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!

42. Aftermath I Part 2

Everyone else began to appear along with Rei and Skipper.

"You changed. Why?" Kise asked Rei. She was wearing a simple plain white tee and blue shorts, similar to the outfit that she was wearing when exercising.

"Didn't see any point to keep all of that on if I wasn't going to participate honestly." Rei said before noticing Kagami was gone. "Where'd Kagami go?"

"Don't know. He, Sendo, Morty and a few others left too. Kurt was saying something to them, but I wasn't really paying too much attention admittedly.

"What's with all the boxes?" Isagi asked.

"Tools of war. I used this opportunity to go back to our bases to gather more weapons, tools, etcetera to help our efforts in this battle. Now, status report." Skipper said.

"Well, talent show's about to start. Falcon's gonna go first and the judges…." The judges appeared through a portal. "And there they are."

The four judges appeared. One of them being a veteran of the most recent Total Drama Island revival season, Julia.

The second being a returnee from Multiverse Edition, the Bikini Bottom squid, Squidward. Along with a water tank over his head, he wore a black tuxedo.

The third being a completely new addition to the show in terms of appearances. She has long blonde hair and blue eyes and wore a black blazer over a green dress with blue high heeled shoes. She also had a red beret on her head.

The fourth was also a new addition as well. He was an alien with blue skin and has dark red hair that was pointed up in the middle and outwards to the left and right and matching dark red eyes. He wore a purple racing suit that had a gray ring around his neck, with a red sleeve on the right and the left being purple with a glove on said hand as well. The red pants that was under the suit indicated that the sleeves were also from the body suit that he was wearing underneath, with yellow lines going down the middle of both legs and sleeve and white boots.

"Hey, it's Antares!" Kaz said, recognizing the fourth host.

"Huh?" Antares said, turning around, recognizing the voice. "Kaz!" He said, a smile extending across his face.

"So you're judging huh? How ya been?"

"Oh you know me. Racing and putting on a show for everyone is always gonna be a good time." Antares said. "You participating?"

"Nope. Shiro is though."

"Shiro huh? This'll be interesting. Looking forward to seeing what he's got. A strong racer like him better not disappoint."

"Guys, this is Antares! He's a strong racer like me!"

"And don't forget, we're rivals too."

"'Like you'? You do realize you're not the only racer in the room right?" Fiona said.

"Uh, this isn't a room." Myron said.

"It's a figure of speech!"

"Who is that golden-haired goddess? I have to know her name!" Kise said.

Lucy held her hands on her cheeks, flattered from Kise's compliment. "Oh? I didn't know you felt that way about m-"

"Not you. Her!"

Kise pointed to one of the judges, who was the long-haired blonde Minako.

"Heh. You got all worked up for nothing." Todd said.

"You haven't seen worked up you little brat!" Lucy shouted, waving a fist.

"ARE YOU SERIOUS WITH THIS CRAP KISE!?" Kagami shouted.

"Yes!" Kise insisted, doubling down on his proclamation.

"Uh, that's Minako. Don't tell me you-" Rei started.

"Minako huh? I know she's busy right now, but once this show is over, I'm gonna go talk to her."

"HOW CAN YOU….. YOU HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN A CHANCE TO GET TO KNOW HER!" Lucy shouted in disbelief.

"That's why I'm gonna go talk to her doofus."

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A DOOFUS, DOOFUS!?"

"YOU DON'T HAVE TO YELL! I'M RIGHT HERE!"

"This is ridiculous. If he's going to copy anything, it needs to be brains." Rei said before sighing.

"She may have the same voice, but she's probably a whole lot nicer than you that's for sure." Miyuki remarked to Lucy.

"Yeah. Maybe if you were nicer, a lot more boys would like you." Happy remarked.

"And maybe if you two were less rude, a lot more people would like you!" Lucy shot back.

"Natsu likes me."

"Huh? What's going on?" Natsu asked, stuffing his face with food.

"Natsu likes everybody, he doesn't count. That's not evil anyways." Lucy said.

"You calling other people rude? Pretty rich." Ryoma E. said.

"Just like me kicking you was rich too."

"Eh. I've been hit by worse."

"So you're asking for another beating huh!?"

"Threatening to beat up kids? Pretty low." Louie said.

"See? Doesn't sound nice to me." Ryoma E. said.

"Well if there's one thing they do have in common, kids seem to hate them." Rei commented, referring to Minako and Lucy.

"Nah, she does it to herself." Miyuki said.

"Well, guess we know she'll never take on a babysitting job." Happy commented before he was immediately grabbed and tossed, baseball style by Lucy into the sky.

"Anyone else?"

"Eh." Ryoma E. commented.

"Eijun and Furuya're better." Miyuki said.

"The trolling never stops huh?" Toxsa said to Reimu.

"Trolling?" Reimu repeated, confused.

"Come on is anyone here familiar with today's lingo?"

"I am." Randy said.

"You don't count."

***Confessional***

Reimu(Storm Kings):

"Am I really supposed to know what all of that means? I'm not old. Just... confused. Also, the differences between this Ryoma and the other one are night and day. One's humble, the other's confident. I hope we see Mayhem Ryoma and not the one from the last challenge."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Lucy(Radical Rats):

"For someone that got kicked off a cliff in one challenge and scored no points in the challenge after that, that kid's still got a mouth on him. Looks like he needs another humble pie. And I'll be more than happy to give it to him." Lucy said, putting a fist in her palm. "And no, I don't hate kids or want to beat them up! Don't listen to anything those idiots say. I just hate annoying kids like them. There's a difference. And from the looks of things, that seems pretty common with most of them around here."

***End Confessional***

"Alright! Let's get started! But first, let's introduce our judges!" Chris announced.

"First up, a veteran form the recent season of Total Drama Island, Julia!"

"I just want to say that I'm very thankful to be here. Let's hope you all do your best. I'll be harsh, but fair." Julia said.

"Harsh but fair alright. Julia is the last person to play fair." Priya said.

"I have no idea what you're talking about. How could you accuse me of such things?"

"Uh, because I was literally there? The only reason there's no one here to back me up is because none of the other contestants from that season are here. Seriously though, why am I the only one from that season here?"

"We'll be bringing them in later throughout the season. Right now, we decided to start things off with some familiar mainstays first. So don't worry." Chris said.

"Next up, a veteran from Multiverse Edition, Squidward Q. Tentacles!"

"Good afternoon everyone! I hope you all are having a glorious day! I know I am. An off day from work. No Spongebob. And I get the honor to see all of your talents on display. I hope you won't disappoint!" Squidward said.

"Like you did the last time you were here, right?" Noah said.

"At least I wasn't a first boot."

"And at least I'm not delusional and learned from my mistakes."

"Doesn't look like it when your team didn't even choose for you to help."

"Actually, I was already told what was going on. So you might want to get your facts straight."

"Whatever. I can't wait to see what miniscule role your team scrapped up for you."

"Next up, a completely new face! The ever-talented Minako Aino!"

"That's right!" Minako said before winking towards the camera. "Too bad I didn't get to show my talents to you all here in a season. But there's no use in crying over stale milk!"

"Uh, isn't it spilled milk?" Cody pointed out.

"That's the other thing she's known for. Messing up proverbs and phrases too." Rei said.

"Oh potato, potato Rei. Close enough, right?" Minako said.

Rei could only shake her head.

***Confessional***

Rei(Radical Rats):

"As nice of a person Minako is, she isn't exactly the brightest person in the world. She's up there with Usagi when it comes to horrible grades. But hey, book smarts aren't everything. If they were, guys like Kagami, Asta and Kaz wouldn't exist. They may not be smart, but they make up for it with hearts of gold. But seriously though, Minako's being extra with that beret. I know she's trying to pull off the artist/critic look but still."

***End Confessional***

"And finally, our fourth judge, a fellow Scan2Go racer like Team JET, he's a guy, as said from Antares himself, that likes to race with power and style! Nicknamed the Lightning of the Desert, Antares!" Chris announced.

"That's right! Just like you guys are going to put on a show here, I like to put on a show for everyone watching my races across the universe! And especially for my fans! I expect nothing less than for you to wow the crowd with your performances today! Got it?"

"And you will not be disappointed. I guarantee it." Puss said confidently.

"I hope not. Now let's get this show started!" Antares exclaimed, excited.

"Falcon, you're up man!" Chris called out.

Falcon stepped up to the stage.

"The floor is yours man. Take as long as you need to with whatever you're going to do. Just know that I can't control whether the judges will score based on length or not so keep that in mind. If you've got a problem with a score, you better talk to them about it. Not me. I don't have any control on any of the scores they give you." Chris said. "Oh yeah, and by the way, for anyone wondering, Chef will not be a part of the judging this time. Since he's done it before and since we're not going anywhere today, he's got the day off. Totally not jealous. Not jealous at all. Anyways, get to it man!"

Falcon cleared his throat before grabbing the mic off the stand.

"You know how a lot of times people say show don't tell, or actions speak louder than words? I dunno. With what I've seen so far, that might not be true." Falcon started.

"What's he doing?" Kaz said low.

"Beats me." Myron said, shrugging.

"Don't know, but I'm not gonna sit around to watch it." Zak M. said, leaving.

"When you got guys like Eijun, Kageyama, Kagami, Kaz, Asta and Natsu screaming at the top of their lungs, no action's gonna match that. And plus, with how several people here call out their moves, I think a lot of people broke that rule already. And oddly enough, people still get hit with the attacks too."

"Ah, I get it now." Diego said, grinning before opening a bag of chips.

"What is it?" Kaz asked.

"He's doing a stand up routine. Sit back, relax, and get ready to laugh guys." Diego said before digging in to his chips.

"You gotta think, some people call that out, but who's the bigger idiot? The guy that called out the move, or the guy that got hit by it anyway?" Falcon said.

"Honestly, now that you think about it….." Myron said.

"Which I mean makes sense. Any of you watch boxing?"

"I've watched a boxing match between literal boxes. Does that count?" Squidward asked.

"Uh….. sure. So if that's the case, I gotta ask you. You ever saw a guy go 'uppercut!' 'Jab!' 'Hook!' 'Body Blow'! In a real match?"

"I have not." Alejandro said.

"Yeah. 'Cause then you're basically telegraphing your punches even more. So if that's the case, how come outside of that, we do that here and we can get away with it? The transformations too. Does like no one think off stopping guys like Toxsa from transforming? Or Ben? It's make them a whole lot easier to beat."

"Probably because no one knows what the moves are so there's not much to really expect other than guessing to dodge, counter, or block." Weiss answered.

"Yeah. That's a pretty Weiss thing for you to say. And with how many moves everyone's got, it'll be like a sudden Schnee to the chin."

"Okay. Looks like he's starting to pick up some steam here." Yang said.

"Speaking of steam. I know you get steamed when people mess with your hair. But have you ever gotten mad for people asking Xiao Long it is? Aino Minako's is longer, that's for sure. But then again, I'm not exactly a hair guy, so you can be the judge of that."

"A Japanese name joke too? Subtle, but very clever. This is really starting to get good now." Adrien said.

"I know some people here are probably tired of the cat jokes and puns. 'Oh man, here he goes again with another Cat joke.' 'Stop the jokes and quips, they're annoying'. 'They're not funny'. 'Give 'em Agreste.' And I'm just like, are you kitten me? We're literally on a team full of cats, how could you not resist doing those Radical jokes?"

"Adaptive too. There's no way he scripted any of this." Kise said.

"What, you thought I'd copy them from somewhere? Or really and truly steal them? Nope. No miracles here. Just pure talent."

"Okay, I gotta admit. This is impressive." Doyle commented.

"Too impressive. At this rate…" Yami Bakura thought.

"Hope no one puts a bounty on my head for saying this but dude, I gotta say it. You being a fourth party in challenges is annoying sometimes. And I know everyone else here is thinking the same thing." Falcon said.

"Say it again." Reagan said.

As Falcon continued, Hanamiya was looking towards where the cord for the microphone was running. Afterwards, he made a signal to Blaineley. Though this one seemed to have been different than the one that she showed her before.

But before either of them could make a move, a ton of feedback could be heard which caused everyone to have to cover their ears, Falcon included.

"Wow. Don't know what happened there…. But anyways, I've been getting a lot of feedback so far. Not sure if that's a good thing or bad thing."

Hanamiya gave Blaineley a cutting signal.

Then, the volume was suddenly raised on his voice, which only started to annoy him.

"Alright, who's doing that!?" Falcon said.

"I'd like to know too. It's really annoying." Julia said.

Backstage, as Heloise was enjoying the show herself, Zak M. was messing with the sound mixing in an attempt to distract Falcon, which didn't seem to work at first as he was able to adapt off of that as well.

To avoid getting caught, he quickly ran off, deciding to just move to another area backstage to avoid suspicion or being found. But in his panic, he forgot to even try to fix the sound back, something that irritated Falcon before he tried to fix it himself, heading backstage. Which proved to have been a bad idea as he only made things worse before Chris decided to get Heloise herself to begrudgingly fix it herself.

The rest of his routine continued before he concluded, the performance including several of the contestants and Chris in his jokes and puns.

"Alright! That was certainly interesting. Judges, what are your thoughts?" Chris called out. "Also, for anyone wondering as I don't think I mentioned this before, the scoring will be out of 10, meaning each performance can get a maximum of 40 points."

"Didn't find many of the jokes or puns funny. But they were creative. In a lot of cases, improv or wingin' it doesn't work, but somehow you found a way to do that. So that saves you from getting a low score from me. 4."

"That's not a low score to you?" Falcon said in a deadpan voice.

"Remember that I said I bumped up your score. That should tell you all you need to know."

"Actually, it doesn't."

"2."

"What!?"

"Say something I don't like again and I'll halve it again. Your choice. You could have said 'Julia, please explain why you rated me so low' and I would have broke down what I didn't like.'"

"He didn't even really respond with much of an attitude. How can you be this petty?" Lucy said.

"My score. My opinion. When you judge, you can score however you want and I won't say a thing. Now, Squidward, what do you think?"

"Gotta say. Didn't see this coming at all. You did a lot better than I expected. Finding jokes funny is an acquired taste. And while I didn't like many of them, I'm really impressed at how adaptive you were. That's not something everyone can say they can do. 6. You lost points for taking too long. The feedback part was a perfect place to end it. That was a missed opportunity that probably could have bumped you up to a 7. Word of advice, I don't like filler. Get on with it and wrap it up."

"I'll take it. Trying to do everyone was something I always planned on doing, but I can get why you aren't a fan." Falcon said.

"Okay. I wasn't laughing out loud, since I don't think the jokes or puns are that funny, but I really did like them. The hair part was my favorite. Not just because it's about me, but because it was a good curveball. And the inside Japanese name joke was a nice touch too."

"Uh, the what?" Falcon said, confused.

"Oh. That was intentional? Still liked it though. Solid 8!" Minako said, giving Falcon a thumbs up. "I really wish there was music though.

"First up, and I gotta say, you impressed me. I'll admit, I was confused in the beginning with what you were trying to do. But you got me hooked after the cat and hair puns. Best part was the feedback one though. That was one heck of a rebound. Heck, I can't even call it a rebound. It's like you never fell. A good start. Let's just hope the others can live up to it and go even higher! 7! That shaky start was what lost you points. You gotta hook me in earlier than that. I'm not askin' for fireworks. Literally. But you gotta come in better than that." Antares said.

"Next up, for the Kings, Aomine!"

"Welp, here goes nothin'." Aomine said, opening up his half-lidded eyes. He also notably had a basketball in hand.

"So, what exactly do you plan on doing?" Minako asked with curiosity after seeing the ball. "You don't have to spoil everything. It can just be a hint."

"Watch and you'll find out." Aomine said. "Heloise! You got that goal for me?" He called out.

"Yep. Hold on a sec." Using a crane to bring it over, she dropped down the portable goal gently on the stage.

"Thanks."

"Don't mention it. You used your one favor for the day. So don't ask me to do anything else." She said before driving off. "You wanna pay me back? Make sure whatever you do is entertaining."

"Alright. Just as a heads up, if you wanna understand what I'm saying, just look up above you. Screen should translate exactly what I'm saying. Got Heloise to make a translator for songs too. Anyone can use it. Not just me."

"Translator? This looks promising." Antares said.

"What exactly are you planning?" Weiss asked.

"I literally just said watch. You should like this one. Wouldn't have been able to come up with this one without your help. And Dewey's too. And….. hate to say it. Kagami too."

"Uh, thanks?" Dewey said, confused.

Weiss was genuinely confused as well. "What are you talking about?"

"What's this dude got up his sleeve?" Kagami thought, backstage watching as he was wearing a tuxedo.

Kuroko No Basket Character Song SOLO SERIES Vol.9: Daiki Aomine Song #1: Unstoppable performed by Junichi Sawabe(Aomine's Japanese VA)

*Short Instrumental Plays*

"I'm done talkin'. Now it's time to play. See if you can keep up." Aomine said before dribbling the ball, a slight smile extending across his face. As he was preparing to start Zak Monday returned and got back to his seat, snacks in hand.

Kanousei toka arienai kamidanomi katten da (The possibilities and what we cannot do, all you can do is pray to god)
Konjouron nanka wa nemutaku naruze(Picking an argument with me just because of your temper just makes me want to fall asleep)
Seizei harikitte tanoshimasete kure yo(Stretch to your breaking point at your best, and let me have some fun with this)
Attouteki na chigai wakarasete yaru kara(I'll let you understand the overwhelming differences between us)

Aomine's dribbling started to get faster before turning his back to the goal and falling to the ground, throwing the ball up as he did.

(As the ball goes in without him even turning) UNSTOPPABLE foomuresu ni

(Unstoppable in all forms)

He quickly grabs the ball and shows off his insane dribbling skills before resuming.

Dare ga koyou to ore wa tomerarenai

(No matter who is my opponent, none can stop me)
Dare to koyou ga ore ni wa tsuyou shinai(No matter who I face, none can get pass me)
Kore ga genjitsu ja sonna doryoku mo muda daro(This is reality, even if you put in all your effort, it's all useless)
Muki ni naru hou ga douka shiteruze It's my game(Get out of my sight, I'm heading towards that direction, it's my game)

*Short Instrumental Period Plays*

He throws the ball up, on one leg and off balance from a decent distance away from the goal across the stage and makes it.

"Yo Weiss, do me a favor."

"Huh?"

"Hand me that sword would ya? That myrtle-thingy."

"What? I'm not handing you this! Not until you explain what's-"

Aomine suddenly grabbed her hand and brought her up on stage.

(Pacing around the stage, talking as if he was talking to Weiss)Akirame no warusa wa mitomete mo yaru kedo

(I'll give you credit for not giving up)
Kanjouron nanka ja doushiyou mo nai(If it's an argument made on emotion, there's nothing I can do about it)
Shoubu ni naru nante omocchainai kara(I didn't treat this as a duel between us from the beginning)
Anmari shobokute gakkari sasen na yo(Don't be so gloomy and disappointed)

Seeing as she didn't take the hint, he had to quickly say "try and hit me" out of his teeth when the instrumental period played.

UNSTOPPABLE seorii wa nai

(Unstoppable, it's not a theory)

Weiss, pulling out Myrtenaster tries to hit Aomine with several strikes as he dodges them on pure instinct along, tapping into his Animal Instinct ability.

Iitai koto wa ore ni katte kara ie

(Say whatever you want to say after you've beaten me)
Kekka ga subete ore wo koutei shiteru(The results are everything that confirms what I say)
Kore ga kotae daro iikagen ni unzari da(This is your answer, stop forcing yourself on me already, it's boring)
Kuraitsuku hou mo munashiku nai ka In my game(Isn't having you snapping at me futile in my game? Isn't having you snapping at me futile in my game?)

*Longer Instrumental break plays*

"That all you got?" Aomine taunted.

This caused Weiss to get mad and actually strike him when she saw an opening.

"The hell? You're supposed to pretend!" Aomine said low.

"What's wrong? You seemed pretty confident with that taunt." Weiss taunted back. "The Unstoppable Ace wants a handicap?"

"Now you've done it." Aomine said, entering the Zone. "Playtime's over."

Shoujiki kocchi ga kiitsukauze sorosoro kimari da(Honestly, I'm getting tired of this, it's almost time to end this)
Sukoshi wa honki de yareru katte zenzen ka(There's no way I can do this even a little more seriously, no way at all)

His burst of speed surprised Weiss, causing her to gasp a little as he suddenly grabbed her by her arm, tripped her up and then proceeded to disarm her.

(Striking her relentlessly with Myrtenaster, with Weiss trying to dodge) Dare ga koyou to ore wa tomerarenai(No matter who is my opponent, none can stop me)
Dare to koyou ga ore ni wa tsuyou shinai(No matter who I face, none can get pass me)
Kore ga genjitsu ja sonna doryoku mo muda daro(This is reality, even if you put in all your effort, it's all useless)
Muki ni naru hou ga douka shiteruze It's my game(Get out of my sight, I'm heading towards that direction, it's my game)

*Final Instrumental Period Plays*

He then proceeded to attack her with a mixture of punches, kicks and the blade. His sudden want to genuinely not hold back catching her off guard and causing her to stumble on the ground as she looked horrified as he sent his first forward. She closed her eyes, anticipatinig the punch, only to realize that he hit the ground right as the song ended. He then proceeded to throw the sword up in the air before catching it and spinning around, pointing it at Weiss.

Song Stops

"The only one who can beat me….. is me." He said before holding out a hand to help her up as he exited the Zone. "You okay?"

"What was that? I thought you were legitimately angry with me." She said, taking his hand as he helped her up.

"Nope. It was all an act. You messed things up by not giving me your sword when I asked so I had to improvise. Why do you gotta be so difficult?"

"I wasn't being difficult! You should have been specific in what you wanted the sword for. I'm not just going to give away my weapon."

"Because I could be specific when I'm doing a freakin' song. Come on. For someone that's so smart, you lack a lotta common sense. Jeez."

"Because I should take advice the person that doesn't clean their room like a little child."

"Okay. Aomine, Weiss, stop talking. Wess, you get off the stage. The judges are about to judge." Chris said.

"Let's see. Confidence. Catchy. Creative. I like it. 8. Don't think I didn't catch you saying stuff low to try and change things up. Be more prepared and you would have gotten a 10."

"Yeah. Should have prepared for how much of a bit-" Aomine started before seeing Din and Weiss out the corner of his eyes and stopped himself.

"Excuse me?" Julia said, offended, knowing exactly what he was about to say.

"I said I should have prepared for how much of a b[censored]h this was gonna be to handle." Aomine said.

"Yeah. I guess so. Too bad you realizing that won't make me change my score." She said, calming down.

***Confessional***

Aomine(Storm Kings):

"Somethin' about her annoys the hell out of me. She's like a mixture of Heather and Hanamiya. Tries to act nice, when in reality, she's an a[censored]hole. And that's putting it lightly. You know what I was gonna say. But I had to lie just to make sure I didn't lose any points for us because of her. At the very least, Heather annoys me and doesn't try to hide it. The fact that Julia tries to paint herself being nice and generous genuinely p[censored]es me off. She and Hanamiya are a match made in hell."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Julia:

"At first I thought he was going to say something else. I'm nice so I gave him a chance to explain himself. That would have been an instant zero if I had just assumed. Having the power to decide which of these guys stays and goes home, along with potentially crushing their dreams and their passion that they worked so hard for people to be pleased by feels so good. Hence why I volunteered for this gig!"

"Oh and by the way, Aomine, clean your room. You'd be date material if you did. That's an insta-turn-off for me. If I actually cared about him that is. The tank top and shorts look he's rocking shows his muscles and he totally looks hot like that but the gloominess? And giving credit to some weird duck kid? For what? Ew. No thanks. I'll pass."

***End Confessional***

Squidward was next in judging. "The music. The performance. The themes. I took the time to watch a bit of the ones that were competing so I can get a feel for your personalities if I've never seen you before. And I must say, this song describes you perfectly. A resurgence. A return to form. A return of confidence. Realizing that you can retain that confidence without descending back into the person you despised. It's beautiful! If only you would have practiced a little more so you wouldn't have to improvise. Though I suppose that's more on Weiss. 9! Well done. Give yourself a pat on the back." Squidward said, clapping.

"It's not! How was I supposed to know!?" Wess protested.

"I told ya. Why you gotta be so difficult?" Aomine said.

"Yes! Yes! Yes! The theme of this song fits you perfectly! You made a translator, and you did some acting with Weiss. I absolutely love your chemistry together. You should work with each other more often."

"Are you crazy? Absolutely not." Aomine and Weiss said simultaneously.

"See? You're even in sync now! When I find my special someone, I hope we're in sync just like this. 10." Minako said dreamly while smiling.

***Confessional***

Aomine(Storm Kings):

Aomine laughed. "Wess? And special someone in the same sentence? Guess Falcon's not the only comedian performing here. Not sure if any guy's sane enough to take that attitude. Like I said, she's kinda like Midorima. If he actually laughed, smiled and made horrible jokes."

***End Confessional***

Finally was Antares.

"Easy 10 man! I can forgive the improv because you pulled me in before you even started and you kept me in. Awesome job!"

"A 37? You killed it man!" Rex said.

"Well, least I know I'm not goin' home today." Aomine said.

"Let's maybe not think about that and try to win the game so we won't have to?"

"Next up! Shawn!" Chris called out.

Both he and Jasmine appeared on stage.

"Just wanna make a quick disclaimer guys. Not gonna be anything special or anything like that. Jasmine and I are just gonna sing. So, if we get a low score because of that, sorry in advance." Shawn said.

"Even if it's not anything as special as Aomine's performance, this is something we genuinely enjoyed practicing together. And we hope you enjoy hearing it as well." Jasmine said. "Sometimes, the best things aren't the most shiny or flashy."

"We'll be the judge of that. Literally!" Anatares said before laughing a little.

"I'd also like to thank Scott for giving us this idea. Honestly, it really was fun to do. Thanks dude." Shawn said with Scott giving him a thumbs up.

"Scott, you gave them an idea?" Hailey asked, surprised.

"You? Idea!? Oh we're sunk." Beta said to Scott, covering his face, which didn't work because of how big his head was.

"Wait, what song did you suggest for them to sing?" Hailey asked.

"Shhhh! It's about to start!" Scott said.

A piano was heard playing in the background.

You Fit Me Perfectly performed by Auli'I Cravalho and Manny Jacinto(Hailey's on it!) Plays

(A/N: This version is slightly modified from the one used in the show)

Shawn: We're like pancakes and ice cream

Public pools and chlorine

Tsukishima and Sucy could only look at each other after hearing these two lines.

Like spaghetti and

Jasmine(Approaching the microphone): meatballs

Are meant for each other

We're two puzzle pieces

Both(With Shawn holding the microphone in between the two): Like hotdogs and mustard

You, you fit me perfectly

Can't help but serenade ya

'Cause our love is tailor-made, yeah

You, you fit me perfectly

If I'm a lock, then you're the key

You fit me perfectly

Yeah

You fit me perfectly, yeah yeah yeah

Jasmine(With both holding the microphone together in their hands, sharing it): Like pancakes and ice cream

Shawn: Waffles and ice cream

Both: Anything and ice cream

You fit me perfectly

Both leaned in for a kiss as several people clapped,

"That was….. beautiful." Fiona said, holding her hands together.

"I know. Say what you want about the lyrics but the message….." Rei said, her eyes welling up.

"You can't be serious." Myron said, giving the two a deadpan stare with Diego only laughing a little.

"Shut up! You're only saying that because you don't understand what love is!" Lucy said, eyes also welling up.

"Of course I know what love is. I just believe acting this way is a bit overdramatic that's all. You're with me on this right Becky?" No answer. He turned towards her. "Becky?"

"Honestly, as nonsensical as the lyrics are, that's what it makes sooooo much cuter!" Becky B. said.

"Not you too!" Myron said in horror. "Is everyone's sensibility decreasing?"

Eijun was crying as well.

"WHY THE HELL ARE YOU CRYING!?" Kageyama yelled at Eijun.

"I'm sorry. It's just *sniffle* their relationship. Isn't it nb beautiful?" Eijun said, tears streaming down his eyes as he continued to cry out loud.

"IT COULD BE AS BEAUTIFUL AS A SUNSET THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M GOING TO CRY OVER IT!"

"You've got no heart man!" Kaz said to Kageyama, crying as well along with Hinata.

"AND YOU THREE HAVE GOT NO BRAIN!" Kageyama yelled before breathing and calming down. "Well, at least Asta's….." Asta was seen crying as well.

"Such a beautiful relationship! I want my marriage to be as beautiful as this!" Asta said.

"M-marriage?" Noelle said before Asta held on to her, still crying, which caused her to freeze up, unsure of what to do as she was flustered of the thought of marriage.

"This is ridiculous. I'm surrounded by idiots!" Kageyama said.

"Judges, scores please!" Chris said.

"Okay, I gotta admit. I…. didn't see this one coming. 6 is good." Julia said.

"A six!? A wholesome song like that gets a six!? Get your eyes checked!" Fiona shouted.

"Actually, I think you need to get yours checked. The song was way too short for me to get invested into it. That's what lowered the score the most. Luckily I understood what they were going for with the lyrics. The few that were there anyway. Otherwise, I'd score it lower."

"Your judging is so stupid! What exactly are you judging these performances off of!? You took points off because it's too short? What more do you want!?"

"Something that's better than what I've seen so far. Aomine has had the most impressive one. And even then his had issues too."

"Honestly, I didn't have much of a problem of the length. I was able to understand the theme even with the short song. 10." Squidward said.

Minako, tears in her eyes, clapped. "10! 10!"

"Okay. The wholesomeness is what really sold me. Short and sweet. But that's a-okay! 10!" Antares said, giving a thumbs up.

"36 is decent. Thank you." Jasmine said.

"Yeah. Really glad you guys enjoyed it." Shawn said.

"No problem!" Antares said.

"You know what Scott? Maybe you've got a couple more brain cells than I thought." Beta said.

"Uh, thanks! I think." Scott said.

"That was really sweet of you to help them Scott." Hailey said.

"Hey, what are teammates for?" Scott said.

***Confessional***

Beta(Wave Breakers):

"Even a broken clock like him is right once in a millennium. His three brain cells got put to work for that one. Better enjoy that folks 'cause unfortunately we won't see that again. And no, whacking him on the head won't make him smarter. I'd say it'd give him a concussion, but he gets a head injury, it won't affect him at all. Why? Can't take away something that's never been there in the first place."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Scott(Wave Breakers):

"If you're wondering, they never actually came to me for help. I saw them practicing passing by for a snack and Shawn asked for help in coming up with a song. So that's when I gave them that idea. Wasn't sure how well it'd do but I thought it'd be fun."

***End Confessional***

Rocky was next for the Rats, violin in hand.

"I hope you're ready for quite a show folks. Only fireworks that'll be coming from this time will be from my performance I promise!" Rocky said.

"Ooh this is gonna be good." May said.

Rocky started to play his violin.

Old Man River!

That seems far too austere a name
For something made of mirth and rage.
O, roiling red-blood river vein,
If chief among your traits is age,
You're a wily, convoluted sage.

As he paused between stanzas and some lines, he continued to play, dancing along with taking a page out of Aomine's book and performing different tricks with his hat and his bow and catching them perfectly with either his hands or his tail each time.

Is "old" the thing to call what rings
The vernal heart of wester-lore;
What brings us brassy-myth made kings
(And preponderance of bug-type things)
To challenge titans come before?
Demiurge to a try at Avalon-once-more!

And what august vitality
In your wide aorta stream
You must have had to oversee
Alchemic change of timber beam
To iron, brick and engine steam.

Your umber whiskey waters lance
The prideful sober sovereignty
Of faulty-haloed Temperance
And wilt her self-sure countenance;
Yes, righteousness is vanity,
But your sport's for imps, not elderly.

If there's a name for migrant mass
Of veteran frivolity
That snakes through seas of prairie grass
And groves of summer sassafras,
A name that flows as roguishly
As gypsy waters, fast and free,
It's your real name, Mississippi.

"Encore?" Rocky said, tipping his hat.

Several claps were heard.

"For someone as wild as Rocky, that was impressive." Weiss said.

Akashi smiled backstage, impressed.

"Judges?" Chris said.

"It's okay. But the pace is way too slow for my tastes. I started to get disinterested honestly. 5." Julia said.

"I'm not going to say it out loud, but I think you know how I feel about her right now." Rei said to the people around her.

"Oh no. I totally get you." Lucy said before saying low as Squidward and the others began to give out their scores. "Rhymes with itch right?"

"Yeah. I hate saying that about anyone, but I'm gonna call a spade a spade." Rei said as Squidward gave him a score of 8, taking points off for the "unnecessary tricks".

"Hmm…. I like it. Not as energetic as Aomine's, funny as Falcon's or as wholesome and romantic as Shawn and Jasmine's but that's okay. I do like the creativity from all of these so we're not getting the same thing every time. Not much I can really complain about so….. 10!" Minako said.

"Yeah. Gotta agree with Minako here. I do think it's a little slow like Julia said but I think that's just because we got something like the last two songs that were a lot more upbeat in their own ways. So it's still pretty good. The tricks helps keep the crowd's eyes moving so they won't get bored so I really think that helps. Not many complaints from me here. 10." Antares said.

"Thank you. Thank you." Rocky sad, bowing.

Riley was next for the Kings. Her talent was a collaboration with Akashi and Huey D. for a 2v1 battle between her playing the fiddle and Aomine and Huey playing the violin. Huey and Akashi both wore tuxedos they acquired from their own worlds. Riley was wearing a blue dress.

"This one, though I guess that's pretty obvious, is going to be a little different than all the rest. For this performance, we're actually going to be going against each other." Riley said.

"No sandbagging here. We're all going to try our very best to beat each other." Huey D. said.

Akashi nodded in agreeance, smiling.

"Without further ado, enjoy!" Riley said.

"So it's like rap battles but with instruments huh? This might be interestin'." Aomine commented.

"Didn't take you for a rap battles guy." Rex said.

"Eh, wouldn't say I really watch 'em. I have heard of 'em though."

"Since it's 2 against 1, it's only fair that we let you go first." Huey said to Riley.

"You'll regret that." Riley said confidently before starting to play. Her piece being based off Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver.

After about ten seconds, things switched to Akash and Huey with both of them taking pieces of Flight of the Bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, both of them being able to share and switch very well.

"Man, I didn't think you guys would be this talented in other things." Ben said.

"You should see Akashi when he plays board games. It's like he doesn't lose." Dewey said as things switched to Riley now performing her cover of Chain by Back-On. Moreso the hook.

"Yep. That's just how he is. Not much of a talker, but he's crazy good. Maybe more of a talker than say Din or Ryoma, but compared to the rest of us, yeah. Kinda doesn't help that the guy always seems to be in the best situation when it comes to teams. Rakuzan? Three Uncrowned Kings and a guy that he could train to be like Kurokocchi. Teiko obviously. And now this team. It's insane." Kise said before laughing a little.

Akashi and Huey performed Pumpkin Hill, the song from the first challenge they won.

Riley countered back by performing Vengeance is Mine, from Radical Highway from the same challenge.

Akashi and Huey proceeded by performing a bit of both Zero by Kensho Ono and Memories by Grandrodeo.

Riley performed The Replacements theme and the Total Drama theme.

Huey and Akashi performed the Total Drama Island Reboot theme. And while there was a pause for a bit. They surprised everyone, Riley included by performing Unstoppable¸ the song that Aomine just performed, all the way up to the first minute, Huey covering the instrumental and Akashi, insanely enough, accurately covering Aomine's lyrics.

Akashi and Huey both stood up to bow, indicating that they were finished with Riley doing the same thing as several claps were heard. This almost garnishing more than Shawn and Jasmine's performance.

"Battling against each other huh? I like it. This was the best one so far. And you caught me off guard with the Aomine cover. Perfect 10!" Julia said. "And by the way, Huey and Akashi won this easy."

"Bravo! Bravo! Encore! Encore! The contrast of styles along with the inclusion of classical pieces. Easy 10." Squidward said clapping. "Akashi and Huey win. Though I suppose that's my bias for the violin speaking a little.

"Easy 10. This was really fun to listen to all of those different pieces. I don't wanna say who won though because both were super good."

"Just pick one Minako." Rei said aloud impatiently. "I'm sure they know they all did good. You're not going to hurt their feelings."

"Can I say it's a tie?"

"Sure." Huey and Riley said.

"I don't see why not." Akashi said.

"I guess because I'm not as musically versed or inclined like the others but other than Unstoppable, I'm not familiar with any of whatever you just covered. So sorry about that. I will say that to be able to cover a song you just heard takes an insane amount of skill. That alone guarantees a high score. But what puts it over the top to a 10 for me is the fact that you decided to actually battle each other. And to show you were serious, you asked for opinions on who won too. Before Huey and Akashi performed Unstoppable, this was going to be a tie. But I have to give it to them. It just wouldn't do them justice if I didn't. Doesn't mean Riley didn't do awesome though." Antares said.

"A perfect 40!?" Blaineley said in disbelief.

***Confessional***

Hanamiya(Wave Breakers):

"Depending on what Ayame gets, we might have no choice but to go back to using those methods to win. I was going to target Falcon, but after things went awry with the sound system, there was no way that was going to be able to be done without getting caught."

***End Confessonal***

Ayame was next. She wore a long red yukata dress and had a fan in front of her face. While her hair wasn't as long as the last time she performed, she decided to let it down instead of using extensions like she did then. Her hair was short, slightly shorter than Murasakibara's hair.

"Huh. I've never seen Ayame with her hair down like that before. Honestly, it looks good on her." Falcon commented.

"Sorry, wasn't paying attention. What did you say?" Kise asked.

"Huh? Oh! Uh, nothing." Falcon said, whistling and blushing.

Cherry blossoms dropped from above, the source being Ryoma from above as music that she herself played beforehand got Reagan to record for her and turn into a playable file was heard, which was covered by a Koto.

As she began to dance, her playing was seen in the background on the screen overhead.

"Two at once huh? An interesting way to handle it." Bakura said.

"Interesting? I'd say it was the only way to handle it if she was going to be able to do either particularly as free and as well as she probably envisioned it." Myron said.

"True. I can't imagine her trying to dance with that large thing in her hand." Asta said.

Eventually, she finished, timing her dancing with the length of the song, which was about 3 minutes.

"Judges?"

"Love the blossoms. But starting off with that immediately with no warning is a point off. Nothing that wows me. But it was good. 7." Julia said.

"Starting off immediately was kind of odd. 9." Squidward said.

"Beautiful effects. Dancing and music. I really like the fact that you even did the music too. Startiing off with no warning is what stops you from getting a 10 from me. That was pretty weird. 8." Minako said.

"I for one like that you started off that way. Doing all of that yourself is a unique way to show off your talents as well. 10." Antares said.

Next for the Rats was Lotte as she appeared in front of the stage. She grabbed the microphone and cleared her throat.

"Today I would like to present a play based off my favorite novel series Night Fall by Annnabel Crème. I'd like to thank everyone that helped by participating and/or gathering props as well before we start. I wouldn't be able to do this without you all helping me. Enjoy!" Lotte said before walking off stage. Th curtains closed before opening up a few seconds later as the scene, with the props looked to have been in a classroom.

Emma, wearing glasses and a red sweater, was seen writing something at her desk with a board behind her that had several formulas on it, which were for science. A few seconds later, she stamped the paper before setting it aside, taking off her glasses and sighing before getting her things and leaving. The set changed to outside in a parking lot where May's car, which was, oddly enough, a Mini, was seen.

She got in the vehicle before "driving off", which in this case, was acted out instead of actually done, for obvious reasons of this being an island and not wanting to damage the stage, hurting someone else or actually driving the car into the water by mistake. As exhausted as she was, if there was one thing she had to look forward to, it was his brother's discovery of some potentially valuable items in an old manot that could be placed into the museum, something that she wanted to actually see for herself.

When the scenes changed, both Belle and her brother, who was being played by Noah, were looking in the manor, after being granted access, at different old items inside of the home.

"So, what do you think so far?" Noah asked.

"Looks interesting. Though you'd know the ins and outs of these things way better than me."

One of the items, which was boxed, caught his eye. He went inside the box and took it out. It seemed to have been some medium sized machine with a dial. He turned it.

"I'm surprised the dial didn't break." Emma said.

"Yeah. This looks very withered and rusted. Could you hold it while I continue to look around? I'd rather not have my curiosity get the best of me and I ruin it."

She takes the machine from him. "Sure."

"A real shame that a place like this is being tore down instead of being restored."

Suddenly, the machine started to be encased in light the light started to engulf the entire room. Before he knew it, his sister was gone.

"Belle? Belle!"

The scene changed to a town that was set in the Miiddle Ages. Several prop horses and people, played by Barbara Parker, Diana's fellow blue team peer back at Luna Nova and also a fan of the book series like Lotte is, Becky Botsford, who was able to quickly get changed before the show even started to thanks to her incredible speed, Dawn and Monta.

Belle looked around in confusion.

"Andrew!" Belle called out. No answer. She did the same thing again. No luck again.

"Silence! Cease your yelling! Or must I call for the guards to take you away?" Barabara, wearing an outfit fit for the Middle Ages said.

"Guards?"

"Yes. The royal guards. Yell again and disturb the peace and they will be called to deal with you swiftly."

"This has to be some sort of trick from Andrew. Alright, I think this has gone on long enough."

"Trick? I see. So you're taking my warnings lightly." Barbara said before leaving to report her behavior to a guard.

As she continued to try to look around, still believing this to be some sort of trick or prank from Andrew, one of the guards, who was Kurita stopped her.

"I'm hearing from this woman that you have disturbed the peace with your incessant yelling." Kurita, who wore yellow plated armor over a silver knight's outfit said.

"Disturbing the peace? Okay…. I've had enough. ANDREW! I'd like to go home!" Belle called out.

"Who is this Andrew you keep speaking of?"

"My brother. I'm sure you know him."

"I do not."

"For the last time Andrew! I want to go home!"

"This woman is mad!" Barbara said.

"I'm sorry, but if you don't stop this, you're going to have to come with me." Kurita said.

"Are you going to take me to my brother?"

"Do you know where you saw your brother last?"

"He was somewhere in the manor, looking through old items." Belle said, looking around, unable to find said manor. "Where is it? Where is it!?"

"Until we can sort things out, I'm afraid you're going to have to come with me." Kurita said, putting a hand on her shoulder.

"If you don't even know where he is, why would I come with you?"

"I'm trying to help you. Resisting isn't helping."

"Resisting? Am I under arrest?"

"Your yelling has disturbed the peace, so I'm afraid you are." Kurita said, grabbing her again, this time, using his strength to ensure she couldn't get away.

"This is ridiculous! I just want to find my brother! Andrew!"

After being captured, she was put in jail. Someone was in a cell beside her who was also recently thrown in. This person being Kagami, who unlike before, had slightly torn pants and was shirtless.

"Did they really have to make him shirtless?" Rei commented, not even hiding the fact that she was blushing.

"Probably more of an artistic choice for the storyline." Diego commented.

"Quite an artistic choice." Yang said as his muscular body was put on display for all to see.

"Okay yes, his body does look… well built, but we're supposed to be focusing on the plot, not his body." Weiss said.

"Well built? Just say he's hot. You know you want to."

"I'm not saying that!" Weiss said before everyone was shushed by Ruby Rose.

"Quiet! I'm trying to listen!" Ruby said.

The play continued, with Edgar and Belle, after being judged together by the King, who in this case was Kurt, with his jester being Murasakibara, Edric sentenced to death and Belle sentenced to prison, with Belle vouching to try to save him before Edric chose to attack the King and his guards to fight for his freedom, revealing himself to be a vampire, with Edgar wanting to prove his innocence of the killings of several people at the hands of a fang-toothed man.

The two went on several adventures, bonding together before that bond eventually turned to love, with all of it building up to them eventually discovering the real monster, Arthur, played by Sendo, who was a werewolf.

The two were about to get into a confrontation as wind was heard and felt thanks to Cicini and Bennett deciding to create authentic weather effects to make the show feel more immersive.

"This is ridiculous! With how things are going, she might get a high score without even being that involved!" Hanamiya thought, frowning. "If you want to die. Then so be it." He said before making a gesture to Blaineley.

Blaineley left to "get snacks". But in reality, it was to interfere with the play. But she wasn't going to go backstage to do it.

The problem was, Hiruma, with his binoculars, was watching her the entire time.

Glove in hand, she prepared to throw the sword that she also had in her hand with the glove.

Hiruma suddenly pulled out a sniper and aimed it downwards before shooting it.

"What the hell!?" Isagi said.

The bullet whisked past Blaineley's hair which was enough to make her panic and miss, causing the sword to go in the water thanks to the enhanced strength the glove provided.

"Hiruma have you lost it!?" Rally said, trying to take the gun away from him but accidentally causing him to shoot again, the bullet going onto the stage and just barely missing Morty. His yell caused Bennett, who was in charge of the weather effects, to panic, turning up the wind to too high of a level and causing some of the objects, including Lotte's clipboard to go flying off into the stage.

And that was when things started to go awry. Although Sendo and Kagami were able to play their roles well and ignore the clipboard, Lotte, not wanting either to trip over it, ran onto the stage just as the two were about to fight and ended up running into them, causing Kagami to slip on it himself.

Hiruma, meanwhile, used the butt of the gun to try to knock Rally away, but she was able to thwart that attempt to knock her off rather easily as the two were fighting for control of the gun again, causing it to be shot again, another bullet almost hitting Doyle. Blaineley used this distraction to use the glove and fire at the lights overhead, causing them to fall to the ground, almost inadvertently falling on Lotte until Murasakibara and Becky was able to stop it.

"Get the f[censored] off!" Hiruma said.

"I'll get off when you give me that gun!" Rally said.

"Stop it you two!" Mamori said, trying to get in between them. But Rex, using his smack hands, was the one to really make an impact, picking both of them up.

"Okay, I think that's enough. Break it up you two." Rex said. "If you can't share your toys nicely, I've got no choice but to put you both in time out. As punishment, no sniper until the play ends and you're grounded. I hope you two learned your lesson. Now go to your seats!"

"You okay?" Becky B. asked.

"Yeah. Thank you." Lotte said. "Although, I guess the play's over." She added, disappointed.

"Which if that's the case, its time to judge!" Chris said.

"How is that fair? The lights came down and shots were fired!" Bennett protested.

"The shots were from Hiruma, and the lights, while true, is an inadvertent effect of Hiruma deciding to shoot. So no, you cannot argue outside interference or technical difficulties. And even then, Falcon recovered, so there's no excuse."

"Welp, we're f[censored]ed." Rick commented, watching away from the stage or the seats, as he had a table to himself, drinking.

"Psst. Lotte!" Libby called out low, which got Lotte's attention as she turned. She tried to pretend as if she was singing into a microphone which only confused Lotte.

"But yeah, those lights have gotta go. And the glass. So uh, we're not gonna be able to use the stage anymore until that's cleaned up. Anyways, ratings please!" Chris said.

"Actually, don't have to. Hold on a se-" Ben started before someone, who was dressed as a clock, ran on the stage. It was Morty.

"Oh yeeeah. Oh yeahhhhh." Morty repeated, dancing.

"Uh, what's he doing?" Adrien said, confused.

"Dancing?" Natsu said, a little confused himself.

"And singing. Horribly." Rei said.

"You can't knock him for trying though." Kise said.

"I think it'd be best if he didn't try. With all due respect." Lucy said.

"Help…. Me!" Morty said low in his teeth as he tried to dance and (horribly)attempt to beatbox.

Lotte closed her eyes for what felt like forever before it seemed as if she was no longer tense.

"La la la la laaa." The source of the singing was the polar opposite of Morty's awful singing.

The source being Lotte. As she continued to sing, some of the objects around the island, including Rocky's violin had spirits coming out of them.

She was covering her Song of the Spirits, using the same melody as the original without reusing a single lyric.

When she ended, several people were in disbelief of Lotte's voice.

Several of the contestants and spectators clapped afterwards, all in approval of Lotte's performance. With the exception of Urien and Hanamiya.

"Okay. Now I think it's officially over. Judges?" Chris said.

"No idea why you didn't start off with that. Regardless, it's not enough for me to give you anything other than a 1." Julia said.

"What!?" Kagami shouted in disbelief and anger.

"Too much time. A promising play turned into a mess at the end. And Morty's earbleedingly bad singing. Only reason it's not a zero is because at least there was an attempt."

Kagami balled his fists. He was steaming, but he was trying his hardest to contain his anger and do something he'd definitely regret 10 seconds later. He could only shake his head and leave, deciding to get some water to cool off. Figuratively and literally.

"Now he sees exactly how I feel." Aomine commented.

"You mean how most of us feel." Fiona said. "I get it, it took too long but this is ridiculous."

"The problem is consistency. I think people would be a lot less upset if she was a lot more consistent with what she was looking for. So far, it's like she's just scoring whatever she feels like along with what she likes." Bren said.

"Exactly." Myron said.

"No one's got a problem with people expressing what they like in their judging as long as they're fair. Personally, no team bias here, I liked Aomine and Rocky's performances the best. It's the first thing that annoys me. She's literally just doing this to be a jerk because she can." Sly said.

"I know I'm not the only one that thinks this. Well? Squidward? What do you think?" Julia asked.

"Gotta say, this was promising. But the flub with the play and Morty's horrible singing ruined it for me. 4." Squidward said. "If it helps, you really do have a great voice Lotte."

"I really did like the romance theme you had going with the play. And the song. But I have to be fair. 5. Sorry. You really do have a great voice though." Minako said.

"Very, very ambitious on your part. I know most of this isn't your fault. But you're the maestro here, so unfortunately, you're going to have to take the brunt of the blame here. I think Shawn and Jasmine showed that sometimes simple can be just as crowd-pleasing. And I'm only saying this because you sang really well. I really think you should have just led off with that instead. But uh Morty. I can't even so no offense when I say this. Your singing is awful. Stick to dancing. Please. I think you pleased the crowd when you stopped. 4." Antares said.

Lotte sighed. "Last place again."

"So that was you that was singing after that Halloweentown challenge?" Morty asked Lotte.

"Oh, yeah. Why?"

"I don't understand how you can be so nervous to share that voice. You sounded great."

"But it was just me singing. I'm sorry I couldn't think of anything else."

"If it was just singing, you wouldn't be able to summon spirits. Paperweight my a[censored]. Only reason people are even saying that is because you don't have magic. And look at how far Luz got. She won a whole season!"

"Yeah. That is true. I guess you're right." Lotte said before closing her eyes, smiling and laughing. "Thank you for helping me. First the cooking challenge and now this. I know it has to get annoying eventually."

"Hey, like I said, I've done this before so it's not a problem for me. Hell, looks like it's not much of a problem for you either. It's not like I have anything else better to do. Besides, that's what teammates are for, right?"

"Yeah. I guess so. But eventually, I know this eventually gets bothersome. Sorry for being a burden. Guess I probably should have led with-"

"Who cares? You're doing better than some of the other people here at least. Myself included. How is someone like that, can sing, cook, and is smart be that useless at all?"

Hiruma suddenly came from behind and kicked him.

"The hell!?"

"Good work. Morty." Hiruma said, grinning as Morty started to smile back, realizing that instead of calling him by some nickname, it was by his real name instead. "Now then... GET THE F[CENSORED] OFF THE STAGE!" Hiruma said, suddenly pulling out and shooting at them with dual pistols.

"Okay! Okay!" Morty and Lotte shouted as they ran off.

"I'm sorry!" Lotte added.

"I should... probably apologize to Akko."

"Good luck!" Morty said, giving her a thumbs up as she walked off, smiling. Although, this smile was noticeably a whole lot different compared to the ones she had before as the temperature from her cheeks slightly rose.

***Confessional***

Lotte(Radical Rats):

"For all the times I've messed up, they still want to help me. But I really wouldn't have been able to do this without Morty's help. So, thank you again."

***End Confessional***

Lotte returned to her seat, which was next to Akko, who had her arms folded.

"I understand if you're still mad at me." Lotte said. "I'm really sorry for saying all of that stuff."

Akko was silent for a few seconds before sighing. "Okay, so I'm still kinda mad at you. But some of it's my fault too. I was being a jerk so you decided to be a jerk back. It's Diana and Kageyama all over again. I just wanted you to show off your voice to everyone. It's really good. But I shouldn't have tried to force you to do it if you didn't want to."

"Guess it doesn't really matter much now anyway. If I would have led off with that I probably would have gotten a high score." Lotte said.

"Don't worry about it. You still did great on both. It's Hiiruma that we need to blame. This is on him!" Akko said, pointing to the quarterback.

"Let's not get into any arguments right now. Especially with the challenge still going on. We might end up making things worse. Let's wait until the show's over so we can talk it out." Kurt said.

"There's nothing to talk about. There was no reason for Hiruma to shoot at all." Rally said.

"I had a perfectly good reason for it gun freak. But Wyldeboy is right." Hiruma said.

***Confessional***

Rally(Radical Rats):

"I started to not have a problem with it seeing as he could show he could control himself, but apparently not. If he keeps this up, someone's going to hurt or worse. Which means, either the guns go or he does."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Hanamiay(Wave Breakers):

"Huh. This is unexpected, but I'll take it. If we can get a wildcard like him gone, this'll hurt their team greatly."

***End Confessional***

Octavia was next. She and Marinette were able to actually step on stage thanks to Ben using Clockwork to fix the stage back to what it was before the mishap.

"Today I will be performing a song that someone had shared with me in the past. Honestly, I really do think it rocks and that's what made me want to perform it here. Although it will be Marinette that will be covering it while I perform the special effects and cover the lyrics myself. No screens, no gimmicks, no technology. All of this will be done ourselves. For anyone that is interested in listening to it or following along, the song is called I like It. I'm sure you'll be able to enter the lyrics as you go." Octavia nodded to Marinette before she started to play.

A/N: This song is from the Helluva Boss episode "Seeing Stars" from season 2

Don't wanna do what my daddy told me to

On the edge, tryin' to see a brand new view

Woah, and I like it

Sick and tired of just wastin' all my time

You know, what?

I think I'll go commit a crime, woah

And I like it

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Oh, no

Woah, woah

And I like it

As Octavia continued to sing and add affects to the show, some of them resembling stars, Dewey suddenly got out of his seat.

"Dewey, no." Huey D. said, already knowing what he was thinking.

"Come on, you know it's missing something too." Dewey said.

He went backstage anticipating on joining the fun but forgot something.

"Oh jeez. Can't drum without drums!" Dewey said, hands on his head panicking. He saw Yulaw with a drum set next to him as he was still watching the performance. He jogged up to the martial artist.

"Hey uh, do you mind if I borrow this?"

"The drums? Why?"

"Can't rock out without drums too. Really feel like it's missing something. I know we're on opposite teams but, help a duck out. Please?"

Yulaw knew he shouldn't do this but decided to go against his better judgement and do it. "Just don't break them."

"Thanks. I ow-"

"You want to pay me back? Don't break my drum set."

"You got it!"

Wanna see the sights

Be a troublemaker

Dewey pushed the drumset and joined in. Although he admittedly didn't know the song, he tried his best to adjust to the rhythm that Octavia and Marinette were going.

Turn off the lights

Get in a fight

Prove 'em wrong

I'm not a faker

Octavia was admittedly confused but decided not to question it as Dewey gave the two a thumbs up.

I'm a product of a broken home

I know that I can make it on my own

A story I will write

And, going off the radar

And I like it

After adding a bit of a drum solo at the end, Dewey raised his hands celebrating their completion of the song as several claps were heard.

"Alright! Another performance in the books! Judges?"

"Short and sweet. But a lot better than what Shawn and Jasmine put on display lyrically. The drums felt out of place, was abrupt, and felt like it was an afterthought or a last minute addition. Should have led off with that. 6." Julia said.

Octavia could only roll her eyes. There was nothing that she could have possibly said to her that others haven't already.

"Have to agree. The drums were very out of place instead of natural. But I do like the drum solo at the end. 7." Squidward said.

"I will admit, I was surprised by the drums. I could tell it was a bit shaky a first, but I can really respect the perseverance. 7." Minako said.

"Gonna be honest, I felt like there was something missing the entire time I was listening, but I couldn't put my finger on it. And those drums was exactly what it was. If it was a part of the show or improv, nice work. The shaky start is what I didn't like. It felt like the drums were conflicting with the flow. But the drum solo instantly got you some bonus points from me. 9." Antares said.

"I never asked you to join in." Octavia said to Dewey.

"You didn't ask, but still, I wouldn't have joined in if I didn't think you guys didn't need help. Honest." Dewey said.

Octavia sighed. "True. I probably should have asked for a drummer. Regardless, I appreciate you for trying to help."

"Libby! On the stage! Now!" Chris called out. "Five seconds or it's an automatic zero!"

"They just finished. Why are you rushing her?" Hinata asked.

"Because I'd like to get this over with that's why." Chris said.

***Confessional***

Chris:

"Actually that's a complete lie. I'm rushing her because I know she and Lotte are probably the two contestants here that would definitely trip over themselves the most in a challenge like this. And so far, it's holding true. And it's great TV. Totally didn't rig it to guarantee that these two would be here." He said before winking.

***End Confessional***

Libby was quickly on the stage as Dewey was still pushing the drum set off stage.

She grabbed the mic and cleared her throat.

"I'd like to make this as a tribute to our team for making such an incredible comeback. I asked Myron, Ruby, Molly, Jenny and Julie to help out with picking and editing clips since I wasn't sure of which ones to pick myself. Hence why Myron was so busy on his laptop and why Ruby, Jenny and Julie haven't exactly made much of an impact today, since they were behind the scenes. Literally. Honestly, I wasn't sure what would happen, but everyone continued to try their best and push through it. I guess sometimes, the best superpower, is perseverance." Libby said before laughing. "Anyways, I think I've talked a little too much. I hope you all enjoy."

A video tribute of clips from the best moments of their team throughout the season was seen.

Starting off with Mr. Wolf talking to Haizaki.

"You might have not noticed. Or you're trying to just ignore it, but one of the reasons we keep you here on ths team is because we appreciate your talents. Who else on this team is capable of stealing moves? No one! You don't have to be known as that 'punk delinquent'. Or the 'Evil Kise' counterpart. You can be your own man."

The aftereffects of Mr. Wolf's voice echoing out as the video transitioned was seen, thanks to the editing input of Ruby, Molly, Jenny and Julie.

The Touch by Stan Bush Plays

You've got the touch, you've got the power!
Yeah!

After all is said and done, you never walk,
you never run, you're a winner.
You got the moves, you know the streets,
break the rules, take the heat, you're nobody's fool.
You're at your best when the going gets rough,
You've been put to the test but it's never enough.

You got the the touch, you got the power!
When chaos breaks loose,
you'll be right in the eye of the storm.
You got the heart, you got the motion.
You know that when things get too tough,
you got the touch.

You never bend, you never break, you seem to know
just what it takes. You're a fighter

Eijun was seen on his bike from the Gran Prix challenge, still attempting to finish the race regardless to, in Miyuki's words, "To send a message."

It's in the blood, it's in the will, it's in the mighty
hands of steel. When you're standin your ground.
And you never *give in* when you're back's to the wall
gonna fight till the end and you're taking it all.

You got the touch, you got the power,
when chaos breaks loose,
you'll be right in the eye of the storm.
You got the heart, you got the motion.
You know that when things get too tough, you got the touch.

You're fighting fire with fire!
You know you got the touch!

"FEEL OUR PASSION! GALAXY MAGNUM!" Kaz shouted, which was from a clip from Ego Trip.

You're at your best when the going gets rough,
you've been put to the test but it's never enough.
You got the touch, you got the power.
Yeah!

With the conclusion of the battle between Natsu and Gorem being seen along with match, Haizaki was seen in the video yelling out, "HELL YEAH!"

Touch!

The final instrumental played before the song ended as several claps were heard. They were nowhere near as loud as some of the others, but it was decent. Eijun, Kaz and Asta were all crying again.

"STOP CRYING!" Kageyama said.

"Come on man! That was a touching tribute!" Eiijun said.

"I know! I love this team!" Kaz said.

"EVEN IF IT WAS TOUCHING IT'S NOTHING TO CRY ABOUT!" Kageyama shouted.

"Just like it's nothing to yell about either." Tsukishima said.

"Shut your trap specs!"

"Alright! Judges?" Chris said.

"Cute tribute. But the singing's not good. 3. Took off two additional points because the main event of the performance is supposed to be you first and foremost. Not past you in clips." Julie said.

"For such a touching tribute, I expected better singing. 5." Squidward said.

"I can tell you really put your heart into this performance. And I really do think it's a great tribute. But I have to be fair. The singing could have been a lot better. 6. A for effort though. I still liked the idea of it." Minako said.

Rei could only shake her head. Sometimes Minako could be too nice.

"That really was a touching tribute. And I haven't even watched the show. But I agree with the others on the singing. Which is why I'm more disappointed than anything else. This could have been an easy 9 or 10 from me. But I have to give it a 5 too. It's just too immersion breaking at times." Antares said.

"Thanks. I understand. I'm still glad you guys really liked the thought of it though." Libby said before walking off stage.

"You okay?" Molly asked.

"Yeah. I wasn't expecting a perfect score but…. I could have done better than 19. Guess I know how Lotte feels to be a burden."

"Hey, it's the thought that counts. I think everyone can see that."

"Yeah. Besides, it's not over yet. We've still got one more guy left." Ruby G. said as Shiro was to himself, eyes closed and arms folded, sitting down backstage.

"Something tells me his will be our best show yet." Julie said.

Yulaw appeared on stage with a guitar, an acoustic guitar, and a drum set.

"Today I'll be performing excerpts from four different songs, each being covered with different instruments. The songs will appear overhead. I got Bennett and Cicini to help out in deconstructing some of them so only certain instruments that I want in the songs play. Enjoy." Yulaw said.

"Wait, he's covering all of this by himself? Is he insane?" Octavia said, eyes widened.

"This is going to fail. Miserably." Eliza said confidently.

Yulaw put down the guitar and the drums to grab the mic. Several seconds of silence was heard.

Bodies By Drowning Pool Plays

(Whispers into the mic)Let the bodies hit the floor
(Whispers)Let the bodies hit the floor
(Whispers)Let the bodies hit the floor
(Whispers)Let the bodies hit the...

(Loud)FLOOOOOOOOOOOOOR!

Several people's eyes widened.

"Jesus. When Hiruma said that stuff about Youtube AMVs he was right." Rick commented.

Beaten... why for?
Can't take much more

Here we go... Here we go... Here we go (now)

One - Nothing wrong with me
Two - Nothing wrong with me
Three - Nothing wrong with me
Four - Nothing wrong with me

One - Something's got to give
Two - Something's got to give
Three - Something's got to give

Now!

"LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR! LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR! LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOR!" Yulaw roared out, continuing to show the most passion he's ever had since being on the show.

"Wow. He was serious?" Rex commented as several people's eyes were widened from Yulaw's performance.

"Woo! Rock on dude!" Geoff said, posing.

Doyle was also in rhythm, shaking his head to the sock.

"Jesus, you couldn't be making yourself look more stupid." Reagan commented.

"Stupid or not, you gotta admit, he's killing it." Doyle said, now doing an air guitar.

"Can't argue with that."

He quickly switched to the guitar as the beginning instrumental of The Only by Static-X played, transitioning from one song to another with no break in between.

"This one is a tribute to the late Wayne Static, the founder and frontman of the band, who died in 2014. May he rest in peace as he and his band's music lives on. You can also find it in the Need for Speed Underground video game since I noticed many of you are into video games." Yulaw said as he continued to play perfectly while preparing to cover both lyrics and guitar as he was in front of the mic.

I'm winning, you're losing
I'm falling, your agony
Lower than lower, before
Your forgotten memory

My heaven, your hell
I'm killing, your fantasy
More and more, you follow
Your divorced reality

You're trying to take me
You're trying to make me
This is the only
Give me the only thing

I'm tired of trying
I'm tired of lying
The only thing I understand is what I feel

Identity, fantasy
Heresy, killing me
Lower than lower, before
This thing to feed

Hypocrite, lunatic
Fanatic, heretic
More and more, you follow
Your divorced reality

You're trying to take me
You're trying to make me
This is the only
Give me the only thing

I'm tired of trying
I'm tired of lying
The only thing I understand is what I feel

He continued to play, smoothly transitioning to the Halo 2 theme as he made his way towards the drum set.

"Dude….." Toxsa said.

"This last one is a recent personal favorite of mine from Disturbed." Yulaw said before switching exclusively to the acoustic guitar now.

Another mission
The powers have called me away
Another time
To carry the colors again
My motivation
An oath I've sworn to defend
To win the honor
Of coming back home again
No explanation
Will matter after we begin
Unlock the dark destroyer that's buried in me
My true vocation
And now my unfortunate friend
You will discover
A war you're unable to win

I'll have you know
That I've become

Indestructible
Determination that is incorruptible
From the other side
A terror to behold
Annihilation will be unavoidable
Every broken enemy will know
That their opponent had to be invincible
Take a last look around while you're alive
I'm an indestructible master of war!

He stopped playing, immediately after the music stopped. This garnering several cheers.

"That's what I'm talkin' about!" Sendo said.

"Suck on that Gary!" Doyle said.

"What?" Heloise said, confused.

"Remember that Multiverse Madness season? Apparently the producers decided not to do a talent show because it'd be boring and it'd lead to everyone singing."

Helose wasn't sure how to respond to that. "Okay? And I'm supposed to celebrate with you because..?"

"When people are literally getting murdered, a talent show is the last thing that needs to be on people's minds." Reagan said.

"I know but still. Come on, you guys have to agree it's a cast problem, right?" Doyle said.

"I mean technically some of it is still songs. They're just being creative with how they do it. So yes and no on them being right?" Heloise said.

"In other words, you're saying the guys on that season aren't talented." Reagan said.

"Oh. Now when you put it that way….." Doyle said.

"You said it, not me."

"Yeah but now it sounds like I'm being a jerk!"

"Again, you said it, not me. I haven't even seen the season. And I don't really care to to be honest. I'd rather not have the image of someone getting murdered implanted in my head when I sleep."

Yulaw was given a solid score of 36. A 7 from Julia and a 9 from Squidward, both having complaints of being too loud(something that Julia emphasized multiple times), being the reason why points were taken off. Though Squidward was a fan of Yulaw expressing his passion for the music genre, hence why he only removed one point instead of 3 like Julia did.

***Confessional***

Yulaw(Radical Rats):

"Before any of you ask, I don't consider myself a 'gamer' by any means. If anything, I only play them when I don't have much else to do. Hence why I know of Halo and Need for Speed. And that's moreso because of some of the music. That's it."

***End Confessional***

Huey was next as he and Midorima appeared on stage, with Midorima having a piano, wearing a beige sweater over a white collared shirt with slacks.

"Wait, you can play the piano?" Bren said to Midorima in disbelief.

"Did you really believe that all I'm good for is accuracy and shooting threes? Ridiculous…." Midorima said.

***Confessional***

Bren(Storm Kings):

"Is it bad that I really did believe that after seeing what happened with the cooking?"

***End Confessional***

Huey nodded to Midorima as he began to start playing.

"They say actions speak louder than words. Show, don't tell." Huey began, looking at Din, Haizaki, Kuroko, Mayuzum, Rick, Doyle, Jotaro and Hiruma.

"Hey wait a second, is he ripping me off?" Falcon said. "Get your own act!" He called out.

"Falcon, quiet down!" Ayame said.

"If I know Huey from what I saw with him last season, that's not what he's doing. Give him a chance." Rally said.

"The American memoirist and poet Dr. Maya Angelou has also been credited on record of saying, 'When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time'." He said, looking at Hanamiya, Chris, Eliza and Urien.

"All of these things couldn't be anymore closer to the truth from what was seen here. It's also true that hard times come to everybody. It's come to every team here. And we all had a choice to make. Become discouraged and bitter, or choose to never quit. Doesn't matter who you are, life's gonna get hard. Ain't nothin' worth earning comes easy. Libby, you're a hundred percent correct. Sometimes the best superpower to have is perseverance."

"I heard Midorma say something similar to Courtney. 'Instead of spending time complaining about the walls in front of you. Instead, spend time figuring out how to tear them down'. I'd also like to add something to that. A relationship is a two-way street. No, I don't mean romance. Sometimes, relationships don't have to involve romance. The same way love doesn't have to. True love extends beyond just romance. In this case, I'm talking about the relationships formed when it comes to reform and change. Not only does a person have to want to change them, but that particular person has to want change themselves. And I hate to say it, but not all people want to change for themselves. If they did, racism, sexism, corruption, senseless murder, and more, wouldn't still exist today. That's the unfortunate reality of the world we live in."

"And in the case of romance, it is the same thing. I won't pretend like I'm an expert on romance, because I'm not. But I do know things from what I've seen. True love extends beyond just appearance. Respect also needs to come into play. What the hell kind of a relationship involves stress 24/7? Disrespect? Wanting to hurt your partner? And I don't mean playfully, I mean truly."

"And that's the other thing. Money can't replace relationships. Or happiness. Y'all realize that some of the richest people in the world are some of the most miserable? Not all of 'em, but some of them. The real treasure is not just the 'friendships you make along the way'. It's the lessons you learn, the growth that you experience. So I'll gonna leave you with the same question that Kuroko presented to the Generation of Miracles in Teiko. What is victory? Thank you."

It was exactly 3 minutes when he stopped.

There was a mixture of claps and murmurs. More murmurs than from any of the other performances.

"Huh. Well that was interesting. Judges?"

"Meh. A for effort I guess. At least Midorima's piano skills were good. 2." Julia said.

"Hmm….. I'm not sure what to rate this one. But I do understand some of the message. It's certainly not as low as Julia would rate it. 6." Squidward said.

"This is supposed to be entertaining. I didn't think it was that, so I rated it a 2."

"I don't know, I thought it was pretty interesting. Rei and I, along with Usagi, Mako and Ami wouldn't be still be friends if we didn't respect each other. The same thing with romance. As much as I fantasize about it, honestly, I hope to find someone that respects me as much as I would like to respect him. Like Usagi and Rei." Minako said.

"What? What do you mean me and Usagi? Usagi's with Mamoru dummy!" Rei called out.

"No, no, not in that way! I mean your particular romances."

"Particular roma-" Rei started before realizing what she was talking about.

"And? What's your point here?" Julia said impatiently.

"My point is, I really found Huey's speech interesting. He didn't say that's what it was, but I was able to figure it out. There's a lot of things you can really take from it. And some of those points speaks to me as well. Along with some of the others here. 10."

"A 10? For that!?" Julia said in disbelief.

"It's her rating. And her opinions. Remember?" Aomine mocked.

"Whatever."

"Not exactly a crowd pleaser. But it did seem to stir up some conversation. And I had to admit, I was a little interested to see what you were going to do. Pretty solid overall. Not perfect. You were subtle iin your own way, but I still think Aomine, Libby and the others handled that subtlety in their messages better. But still solid. 7." Antares said.

"Alright, next up, Shiro!" Chris called out.

As Shiro stepped on to the stage, Becky F. as typing something on a calculator.

"Well this is just great." Becky F. said.

"What's going on?" Morty asked.

"This is our score." Becky said, showing the score of the Rats, which totaled out to 108. She then made a calculation again and showed the results again.

"This is the Kings' score." The Kings' score was 131.

"And this is the Breakers' current score." The Breakers' score was 89.

An obstacle course was seen in the distance.

Shiro sighed. "Well, let's get started."

"Wat, Becky, let me see that score." Emma said. Becky showed her the scores. "If that's the case. What's the point of even doing this? The game's already been decided."

"Maybe there's double or nothing?" Morty reasoned.

"We'll see."

"Double or nothing? What for?" Asta asked, overhearing the conversation.

"Take a look at these scores." Becky , passing the calculator to others to pass it to him.

"Uh….. what do these numbers mean?"

"They're the team scores."

"So….. which one is ours?"

"The one with 89."

"I'm still confused. Sorry."

"She's basically saying that without bonus points, it'll be impossible for us to catch up. I just calculated them myself and I can confirm." Myron said.

"But he…. Hasn't said anything about bonus points? So what's even the point of doing this?" Zak M. said.

"We don't know yet. We have to keep trying our best regardless." Hinata said.

***Confessional***

Rally(Radical Rats):

"Last place again. I can't wait to hear Hiruma's explanation for this."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Shiro(Wave Breakers):

"I thought of the idea for the track. Myron, Jenny and Reagan were the ones that helped design it physically with my input. I would have helped, since I've done things like this before, but I needed to practice to make sure things are perfect. And now's the time. It's time to show off my work." He said, a bit of a confident smile on his face.

***End Confessional***

"Scan one!" Shiro swipes Wolver's scan card across said car's scan card slot.

The obstacle course racetrack consisted of hoops, pillars, mines, ramps and several other obstacles.

After running to place the car on the track, jumping as he did so, he slid to a stop and placed the car on the track.

"Go!" Shiro called out.

"What was up with all the extra jumping and sliding?" Kaz commented.

"I guess he was trying not to waste time. Which is a good thing with how they're judging hard with time." Kageyama said.

Wolver was off to a good start, dodging some of the swinging projectiles, the windmill, and jumped on the pillars with no problem.

"He's doing pretty good so far." Asta commented.

"Doesn't seem that way with how he's looking though." Dwayne said.

"Why would he look happy? He hasn't won anything yet." Kunigami commented.

Small little geysers of fire was seen in front of him. "Let's go Wolver!"

Wolver froze the fire to allow it to drive over it.

The next part of the course was going through rings, something else that it was able to go through perfectly. Several mines were seen, with a brick wall at the end.

Wolver dodged the mines perfectly.

"Break through!"

Using the boost, and the blizzard storm, it froze the brick wall, forcing it's way through the frozen wall and shattering.

"Nice job." Shiro said, smiling a little.

Next was an ice area of the course, which was the final area.

"Let's finish it!"

It drifted as it created ice crystals across the ground behind it, drifting all the way to the finish.

"Perfect." Shiro said, balling his fist and grinning. Although you could barely say that was a grin at all.

"Judges?"

"Okay, first of all, that smile at the end. Or grin. I don't even know if I can even call it that, was forced. That's how bad it was. Second, I think you took talent show way too literally. All you did was just show off what your car can do, not you. I want to give this a zero, sooooooo bad. No energy, no emotion, nothing. At least Huey actually looked like he cared about what he was talking about, even if I didn't like it. 1." Julia said.

Shro sighed. From what he was hearing with the complaints as he didn't watch any of the previous performances, he could understand her giving hm a low score. It was the others he was confident of getting a high score with.

"Gotta say, I was hoping for some more pizzaz. Or some music at least. 4." Squidward said.

Shiro wasn's sure how to react to this but waited for the others.

"Hmm… I don't know. Music would have been nice but that's not the issue here. It just seems like you don't really have any passion here. I understand being nervous but….. I don't know. 6." Minako said.

"Man, I know the others are really laying into you man. I know you're a great racer. And I know you love racing with all your heart. I just wish you'd, you know, show it a little more. But the racing was really good. 7." Antares said.

"Antares and Minako are being way too nice. This definitely deserved a lower score." Heather said.

"Well, did we win?" Shiro finally said.

"Nope. Not even close. And it wouldn't have mattered anyway." Chris said, to the surprise of several people, Shro included.

"What do you mean it wouldn't have mattered?" Shiro asked.

"The Kings pulled away enough with Huey's performance to win the challenge. But, I kinda didn't want your talent to go to waste so….. yeah. And wow. You got the second worst score here. Two stinkers in the row from your team." Chris said.

"I don't understand, why didn't you tell him this before?" Noelle asked.

"I literally just said it. He would have been upset if I just said welp, game over."

"You don't even know that. You've got people trying their best only for them to realize it doesn't matter." Lucy said.

"Besides, it's not like you haven't called the game early before so this doesn't make any sense." Courtney said.

"You mean to tell me I went through all the trouble of coming up with a track, and asking others to help make it…. for nothing?" Shiro sad in utter disbelief.

"Wait, you made the track? If you know what's gonna be in it, who's to say it's going to be challenging?" Zak S. proposed.

"Yeah, that's kinda cheating." Dewey said.

"Granted, if he would have done better, I would have given bonus points to tie it but…. yeah." Chris said.

"But then that would have led to us potentially getting robbed when we worked so hard. No one else got offered bonus points. How is that fair?" Huey D. said.

"Someone would have gotten mad regardless, as you see here. So…. I guess at the very least, we got to see how unfit for a talent show Shro is for the entire multiverse to see. Pretty great TV in my book. Am I right?" Chris said.

"You think this is funny?" Shiro suddenly said, starting to huff.

"Actually yes. I do." Chris said.

Blue aura started to surround Shiro as his skin suddenly changed into gray fur.

Fiona and the rest of Team JET looked on in horror at what was occurring. Something all too familiar to them.

"SHIROOOO!" Kaz and Fiona called out.

He transformed into a humanoid werewolf, as his ears were also seen for the first time. His eye pupils were also vertical and his sclerae were glowing red.

The entire area around the island suddenly became a blizzard as he roared, with Wolver also reacting, creating ice everywhere and destroying several trees in the process, horrifying Julia and the others.

Wolver went towards the stage.

"Everybody get off the stage!" Geoff called out. Everyone got off, Chris included. Though Julia and Squidward were frozen. Antares and Minako as they were about to use Scorvilain and transform via the crystal change rod respectively, were also frozen.

"Shiro! You gotta stop man!" Natsu called out.

"RAAAAAAAAAAH!" Shiro roared out as Wolver smashed through the stage, creating large ice crystals in its path.

"Shiro! Get ahold of yourself!" Asta said, getting to him only to be thrown off by stronger winds and crystals forming.

"Asta!" Noelle called out. As she was about to use her Grimoire to save him from falling, she was frozen from the temperature that was quickly dropping.

"Can someone tell me what the heck's going on!?" Dwayne asked, only to be frozen right after.

Jasmine helped up Molly, stopping her from being hit by one of the crystals that appeared. But she didn't notice Wolver coming her way with even more ice.

Shawn pushed her out of the way as he was hit instead from Wolver and the crystals, sending him back onto one of the crystals and causing him to yell in pain as his back hit the crystals hard.

He and several others were frozen as well, including Natsu and Lucy.

"Magmortar! Stand by for-" Paul started before being frozen, the pokeball dropping on the ground.

Before they could be frozen as well, Marinette, Rei and Adrien transformed.

"If we don't calm down Shiro, he'll freeze the whole island and everyone-" Kaz started before being frozen himself as he was about to bring out Falgor.

"Get Shiro! I'll find Wolver!" Ladybug said to Cat Noir.

"You got it!" Cat Noir replied.

Falcon, Ryoma and Ayame were all frozen as well but they were able to break out, their stones transforming them. Natsu, using his body heat, was able to break out of the ice as well.

"POWER CHANGE!" All three called out simultaneously.

Hiruma and Din tried to use their flamethrower to thaw some of their teammates out but were frozen immediately after they tried to get Lucy free. Thankfully, it was enough to melt it and allow her to get free herself.

Jotaro was about to prepare to stop time, but was frozen before he could do so.

"No wait! Not the mansion!" Chris called out before being frozen himself. But Reagan immediately breaks him out with the glove.

"Thanks." Chris said.

"Y-y-y-you know, t-this is your….." Reagan started, shivering before being frozen herself.

"My mansion? Yeah I know."

Falcon tackled Shiro while Cat Noir attempted to get Wolver, only for it to dash and dodged the attempt.

Shiro tried to get him off, but couldn't. So he roared, making the blizzard even stronger, creating hail storms and causing the crystals from Wolver to get even bigger and smash the entire mansion.

"Shiro! Stop!" Falcon said, which caused him to roar even more, making the wind blow even more, sending Falcon flying a little with Marinette, hanging on to a crystal to avoid being blown away, using her yo-yo to catch him.

"Rei! We've gotta protect everyone! At this rate, they'll just keep getting frozen again!" Natsu said to her after several failed attempts of attempting to unfreeze everyone, including the shortly lived summoning of Taurus before he was frozen too.

"Right!" Rei nodded.

"Fire soul!" Rei called out, summoning flames from her fingers.

"Fire dragon's roar!" Natsu called out, summoning flames from his mouth to fight back against the hail storm and the constantly growing crystals in quantity and size with Ryoma and Ayame using their sword and shuriken respectively to cut through the ice. Razer, Team RWBY, Jenny and Penny also joined in.

"I've got no choice!" Falcon said, attempting to fly forward, using more thruster power.

"POWER ROCKET!" He charged at Shiro full intent of bull rushing him. After tackling him he quickly performed the power hurricane, surrounding him in flames in an attempt to suffocate him with the flames and knock him out. Shiro tried to lower the temperatures even more and make the blizzard even stronger to try to resist, which was starting to work, putting out the flames.

"Come on!" Falcon pushed himself even more, trying to create even more flames. But they were also put out.

"I'm gonna go help Falcon! You think you can handle it?" Natsu asked Rei.

"Yeah! Go ahead!" Yang said.

"I'm sorry to do this to you Shiro. But I've gotta stop you!" Natsu said. "Fire Dragon's Roasting Bath!" He engulfed his entire body in flames, his flames cancelling out the cold and starting to make Shiro sweat. He tried to roar to make the window even colder, already well below negative temperatures. But this proved to have been a mistake as it made him use more oxygen, making him fall unconscious.

The blizzard subsided not long after as temperatures returned to normal as if nothing happened. Minus the ice covering the entire island and the surrounding water.

Everyone was thawed out and the ice was melted. Several minutes passed before people started to return consciousness.

"Can someone please explain what that was?" Ben asked, under a cover, still cold.

"That was Shiro's true form of a Wolfgar." Diego answered.

"Wait, that was what that was?"

"Yeah."

"So how come he waited until now to transform?" Asta asked.

"It's not exactly something he can control." Myron said.

"Oh?"

"Whenever Shiro gets overly agitated or frustrated, that's what triggers the transformation." Myron explained.

"Yeah, Shiro's a little too serious and uptight. But there's a reason for some of it." Diego said.

"Yeah. I think we can see that. That's probably the reason why he was able to resist me possessing him. And why he doesn't exactly like bringing that up." Ben said.

"He's transformed before. But it's never gotten this bad." Fiona said. "He's never caused a hail storm. Nor has it lasted this long or gotten this cold."

"What happened must have really made him angry." Kaz said.

"It makes sense. Chris was definitely being a jerk doing that." Ben said.

"To have that type of power….. that's probably why he's not so comfortable sharing that he can do that. If people found out what he could do, they'd be terrified of him." Asta said.

"A little late for that." Ben said.

"How long did you all know about this? That power is….." Noelle started.

"We didn't. For a while at least. We all thought he was from Earth. Like us. Until Ryu forced the transformation out of him. Some time later on, that was when Master Hipopo explained everything to us." Kaz said.

"Who's Ryu?" Asta asked.

"Bad news that's what he is." Diego said.

"Ryu Kaizel. His machine: Dragnite. The spirit of a dragon. If you thought Natsu's power was incredible, then you wouldn't be surprised with Ryu's." Myron explained.

"So scary!" PEL commented.

"An evil racer that was the child of a black hole. We never came across him until he came in at Gurao late. At first, we thought he was just a guy that just played rough and didn't exactly play by the rules. But his true self started to really come out the longer he stayed at Gurao." Fiona added.

"He doesn't care about racing at all. To him, it was just a way to fuel his sick thirst for destruction." Kaz said.

"You know how Haizaki was able to redeem himself? That ship sailed for Ryu a long time ago." Fiona said.

"And where is he now?" Asta asked.

"Defeated for good. It was a team effort. From not just us. But everyone at Gurao. And several other racers all watching from Earth. And even rivals like Antares and Hebina. At first, it turned from a race to prove who was the best at the Final Gran Prix, to a battle for the universe. It took all of us together to stop him from destroying the whole universe." Kaz said.

"WHAAAA!? YOU MEAN THIS GUY COULD HAVE DESTROYED THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE!?"

"Uh, that's what I just said."

"I know but… he's even more powerful than I imagined! Also, Final Gran Prix. What is that?"

"It's a racing cup, or Gran Prix. There, the racers that have amounted the most amount of wins in minor Gran Prix races, advance to one final tournament to determine once and for all who's the best Scan2Go racer. Though the races have to be officially sanctioned. Unofficial ones like friendly races, including the one we had at our old Academy's track with Antares, Dradd, Taiga, Hebina and King Jelok don't count." Myron said.

"At least until the next few official races start to come around. And then that's when the fun begins again!" Antares said, revealing that he had stayed behind.

"Fun? More like difficult. Title defense comes into play I'm willing to bet. Fortunately, or unfortunately for us, because of Ryu, no winner was officially declared. So now things start back up from the beginning. Why do you think every racer gets so pumped up racing a guy like Zero who's won multiple?" Myron said.

"Zero? You mean that robot guy?" Asta asked.

"No, not him. It's another Zero. You've gotta meet him! He's so cool!" Kaz said.

"Is he strong?"

"Are you kidding!? The guy went toe to toe with Ryu and didn't even bat an eye! Until that jerk decided to cheat! That creep!"

"Uh, I don't think that's how that went." Myron said.

"How else would a guy like Zero lose!?"

"Forgive him. When Zero gets mentioned, he gets real delusional most of the time." Fiona whispered to Noelle.

"I can see that." Noelle said.

"Anyways, Antares, you're still here?" Kaz asked.

"Yeah. Just wanted to make sure Shiro and the rest of you guys are okay before I get Chris to take me back."

"You guys must really be friendly with each other." Asta said.

"Of course! What'd make you think otherwise?" Kaz said.

"Yeah, we kinda had our little disagreement in the beginning. Moreso because I just didn't know who they were, so I didn't take them seriously. But after our first race, and we showed each other our strength, it kinda turned into a little rivalry after that." Antares said.

"So what's his machine's abilities?" Asta asked.

"Check it out!" Antares said, pulling out a red car that had a front oddly similar to a scorpion's claws. There was also a retractable mechanical tail. "Scorvilain! Better watch out. You go up against this guy and I'll show you why I'm called Lightning of the Desert. As for its abilities... just check me out in a race and I'll show ya! Would ruin the surprise I would think."

"I would but... I don't know where you guys are. Sorry."

"Knowing Antares, he's probably been training and coming up with some new abilities. That sand tornado was incredible!" Kaz said.

"A sand tornado!?"

"That was supposed to be a surprise. Thanks a lot." Antares said.

"Well how was I supposed to know!?" Kaz shot back.

"You wouldn't want me telling your abilities now would ya!?"

"Well I don't know because I don't go around asking that question!"

"Yeah sure you don't."

"I don't have a reason to lie! You calling me a liar!?" Kaz said, getting in his face.

"And what if I am!?"

"Well I'm not!"

"Really, that all you got ponytail?"

"Nice dress."

"This is my racing uniform it's NOT A DRESS!"

"Don't worry, they'll stop. Eventually. The only one that I can think of that's anything but friendly is Hebina and Fiona." Diego said as Antares and Kaz continued to trade insults.

"It will NEVER be friendly between us! Do you hear me!?" Fiona said.

"Yeah. I think everyone across the island heard ya."

"Speaking of island, what are we gonna do about all this?" Doyle asked Chris, still feeling the effects of the cold as he was thawing out Dwayne.

"Clockwork ain't gonna fix all this I doubt." Chris said. "And we still have an elimination to do. But I do know one thing, Shiro's gone. No question. After what just happened, I can't risk you staying here dude." Chris said. Though he was still unconscious, being put on a futon to rest.

"This was literally your fault and you're gonna kick him out? What the hell is wrong with you!?" Reagan sad.

"Do you not see what he did? He's gotta go regardless. He gets mad about something else, this could happen again."

Chef, reluctantly, after being called, brought down a cage to put Shiro in when he woke up via helicopter.

"Thanks man!" Chris called out.

"Don't bother me again!" Chef said before flying away.

"You're putting him in a cage?" Doyle said in disbelief.

"Uh, yeah." Chris said.

"Even if this did happen, he didn't mean to hurt anyone! You're just treating him like some wild monster!" Nimona protested.

"Intentional or not, I don't care." Chris said.

"I don't know. I understand wanting to keep people safe, but this could have been avoided." Minako said, staying behind with Antares as Squidward had already returned home as his tank was damaged.

"Chris, take me back. Now." Julia said.

"You're not even gonna check to make sure he's okay?"

"I mean he's not dead, right? He'll wake up eventually." She suddenly smelled something. "What's burning?" The source was her hair as Hiruma got a lighter and lit it on fire, grinning as he did so. Jula frantically ran, trying to put it out.

"Someone! Put it out! Put it out!" Julia called out.

"Just go home Julia." Chris said, opening the portal as she ran through it.

"Guys! Come here quick!" Jasmine called out.

After being thawed out, Shawn was in pain.

"What's going on?" Kageyama asked as he and several others gathered around.

"It's his back. He can't get up." Jasmine said.

"Can he move at all?" Kise asked.

"Not without it hurting." Shawn said.

"It's probably broken. He ain't gonna be able to get up without help." Sendo said.

"Chris, call Chef back and take him to a hospital." Kise said.

"I got one better. We send you two home and that'll settle the Breakers' elimination." Chris said.

"Elimination!? His back is broken and that's all you care about!?" Jasmine said, angered.

"Contracts. You get injured, you gotta go. Said the same thing with Cameron. Though in his case, he tried to hide it. So that settles one elimination. Gonna have to figure something out with the Rats though once all this ice is all gone and Ben brings back up the mansion."

Jasmine punched him before preparing to hit him again.

"Someone get her off! Doyle! Heloise!" Chris said.

Haizaki was the one to get her off as she had tears in her eyes.

"Phew. Thanks man."

"I didn't do that because of you. I did it so we could get outta here faster." Haizaki said. "I know it's rich coming from me. But you're lookin' real pathetic right now. Can't even get her off yourself."

"Okay, think it's safe to say we all need a commercial break." Chris said.

"Commercial break? You've got issues man. And I really do mean it this time." Duncan said.

"Do you even care about what happened!? Or is it all just money and back to business for you!?" Fiona said.

"He did the same thing when he left Weiss in the cold." Reimu said. "Looks like he hasn't changed one bit."

"You realize we still have to do the show right? Where was all of this when Cameron-" Chris started before stopping himself.

"When Cameron what?" Sly asked, trying to contain himself. It was rare for him to be angry. But he genuinely wasn't a fan of what he knew Chris was about to say.

"Just cancel the challenge man. Let people rest and we do this again with another challenge another day." Doyle proposed.

"No. I'll go. Just take us to a hospital." Jasmine said. "I…. just don't want to be anywhere near here right now."

"Alrighty then." Chris said before opening a portal. "And you're-"

"I SAID TAKE US OUT OF HERE!" Jasmine shouted.

Doyle carried Shawn with Jasmine as the portal opened to a hospital.

"Thank you." Jasmine said.

"No problem." Doyle said.

"Shiro's next when he wakes up. So I guess that'll be our two. Just thought about that." Chris said.

"If you send him home, I'm quitting too." Nimona said.

"Why do you care?"

"I'm not playing either." Diego said.

"Neither am I. This isn't right." Asta said.

More and more of them, with the exception of Urien, refused. Hanamiya didn't care, but he decided to go along with them anyway to make it seem as if he did care.

"I'm not playing either. Those comments you made abut Cameron were very distasteful." Alejandro said.

"You're lucky I don't hit you too. That s[censored] honestly p[censored]ed me off." Aomine said.

More and more from the other teams refused as well.

An idea suddenly came to Chris. "Alright, alright fine. I won't send Shiro home. I'll let him stay. You guys won't have a challenge for a whole week and you'll get to go home. Ben will restore the mansion and you'll get to get your things. But the Rats' elimination still needs to happen. Or else everything that happened is challenge will have gone to waste. Like right now. I'm not gonna go with a 'you're safe'. You've got a choice between Falcon, Yulaw, Lotte and Rocky. That's it! No one else! So I need to know, going down the line, right now. And I'll ask you if you're sure. So there won't be another Leshawna situation, got it?" Chris asked.

Everyone gave their own versions of showing their understanding.

"First things first, Breakers, Kings. Go home. Right now. I don't want anybody to pull the interference excuse."

"But-" Weiss started.

"No buts. Get your things and go home. Now."

As they went inside the mansion, Dewey had a nagging question in the back of his head.

"Hey, Aomine?"

"Not a good time to bother me kid." Aomine said.

"It'll be quick, I promise."

Aomine knew it wasn't but he decided to entertain it anyway.

"Alright. What is it?"

"You said that you thanked us for that song. What did you mean by that?"

"Jeez. To say that I don't do much outside of basketball, you'd think you guys would leave me alone." He said, grabbing his neck, annoyed. "How come you don't bother Akashi or Huey with this stuff? And I mean the other Huey. Not your brother. Or Ben, Rex or Zak?"

"Uh, the last three, they're a lot more accessible. Akashi and Huey? I don't know."

"Tch. Fine. I'll answer it. It's just that….. for as confident as I was in the beginning of being here, seeing Agon kinda changed all that. A lot. I said before that Haizaki reminds me of me a bit back when I got arrogant. But Agon, he reminds me of myself even more. Pure talent. That arrogance. Yeah, Haizaki was arrogant. But not on the level I was. Or Agon. Agon feels that no one can beat him. Just like I didn't. And that's fine to feel that way. But I took it way too far. I ended up mistreating my friends. Hitting my teammates. And in the case of a nice guy like Sakurai, I basically bullied him into making food for me. He's kinda like Lotte and Libby in a way. Real nice. But not much self-confidence. But his food really is good. Anyways, as for Agon, it felt like I was looking into a mirror with him. And I hated it. And seeing the things Agon did. It made me hate who I was more than ever before. I just….."

"Hey, you're doing great."

"Nah, it's not that. I'm trying to figure out why the hell they're just peeking their heads out like some freakin' weirdos." Aomine said, thumbing to Weiss, Ruby and Yang behind him.

"We're just curious. How does that make us weird?" Ruby asked.

"So just be straight up with it then. This ain't exactly a private conversation."

"Wait a second, how did you know we were there?" Weiss asked.

"You know that weird perfume like smell? It's always you that smells like that. And this time, it's strong as hell."

"My perfume is not weird! I just wanted to freshen up! At least until I get to take a bath."

"Wait, I don't smell it." Ruby said.

"Probably noseblind to it." Yang said.

"Yeah well I'm not. And I only know it's her 'cause of the fact that I train with her. Seriously, who the hell fights and worries about perfume?" Aomine said.

"Wait, isn't it supposed to be weapons training? How close do you two get for you to smell her perfume?" Toxsa asked, passing by.

"Mind your own business!" Aomine and Weiss said simultaneously.

"Jeez. It was just a question." He said, walking away.

"You have no right to question someone wanting to smell decent when you can't even fix your own bed."

"Hey, I put the pillows under the cover, and I put the cover forward. The hell else do you want? Anyways, long story short to finish this off 'cause I been talkin' for too long. I felt like I can be confident in myself again without worrying about whether I'm gonna be considered some arrogant jerk like I was before. Doesn't matter what I don't have or what I can't do. Instead, I should look at what I can. Even if I'm not a huntress, or a mage, or an adventurer, that ain't an excuse for me to pack it in. That's the purpose of the talent show, right? To show off your greatest talents. And my greatest talent is basketball. All of those lyrics I came up with myself. They're not good but, they got the job done looks like. Along with that, I decided to do it in Japanese because, I'm gonna be honest, I don't know s[censored] about my country's history. You may think I do, but compared to other guys, absolutely not. But I do love it. The language, all of it. It's a beautiful language. And I felt like I could express my passion for the game better in Japanese than I ever could in English. The sword stuff was kinda to show off my training too. Least until Weiss decided to mess that up."

"I did not mess anything up!"

"And that's about it. See you guys in a week." He said, walking away.

"Hey! I know you heard me! Don't ignore me!" Weiss said, running after him. "You better practice!"

"Practice? You've lost your damn mind. I'm going home and relax. Not worry about practicing fighting."

"You promised you'd work hard!"

"Here. Not back at my house. My parents are gonna look at me crazy."

"Your parents should be proud that their son is learning how to fight and defend himself and his family."

"Aomine." Momoi scolded, in front of the portal that led back to Aomine's house.

"What the- you literally say nothing the whole time and this is when you show up!?" Aomine said.

"Actually I came back through the portal." Momoi said before turning to Momoi. "I'll make sure he practices every day. This'll keep him busy. Aomine, give Weiss your phone number."

"What? I'm not doin' that." Aomine said.

"Why do I need his phone number?" Weiss asked.

"To send pictures of your training." Momoi said.

"Weiss is my teacher here. Not my mom." Aomine said.

"Actually, that's a great idea." Weiss said before she and Momoi realized he walked into the portal.

"AOMINE! I DEMAND YOU GIVE ME YOUR PHONE NUMBER!" She said, chasing after him through the portal.

"Friend Ruby and Yang. I noticed that friend Weiss' body language changed when Aomine was mentioned in the talent show earlier. What does that mean?" Penny asked, awaiting next to Remnant's portal. Blake had already entered it.

"Wait, what?" Yang said, in disbelief before Momoi gasped and put her hands over her face. Yang was trying to hold in her laughter but couldn't.

"What's so funny Yang?" Ruby asked.

"Yes. I would like to know myself." Penny added.

"Oh you wouldn't get it." Yang said before laughing even more.

"No really. Is Weiss okay?"

"Oh yeah, she's fine."

"Momoi do you know what's going on?" Ruby asked.

Momoi could barely hold in her squealing before going through the portal that Aomine and Weiss went through herself.

"Momoi? Someone? Anyone?"

"Just get in the portal sis. Weiss is coming." Yang said.

Rally was first with Heloise taking record of who voted for who after everyone else from the other teams went home via portals after getting their things. Shiro, still unconscious, was helped through via Team Jet and Asta.

"Thanks. We really owe you one." Kaz said.

"Don't mention it. I hope he doesn't blame himself. He was just frustrated." Asta said.

"I hope not. But it's Shiro. So who knows?" Diego said.

"Sorry Falcon, but you got the lowest score. Lotte would have been higher had Hiruma not decided to shoot." Rally said.

"Falcon." Becky F. said.

"Uh… Falcon I guess. I don't know." Murasakibara said.

"Are you sure dude? Once you make this choice you can't go back on it." Chris said.

"Yep."

"Damn…. I don't know." Kagami said, thinking.

"Pick or I'll pick for you at random." Chris said after a few seconds.

"Damn it! Rocky!" Kagami said. "I'm sorry man."

"Rocky. Sorry man, but I can't bite the hand that fed me. I'm not votin' for Lotte." Sendo said.

Eventually, all of the votes were counted.

"Alright! That's everyone. Heloise, who has the most votes?" Chris asked.

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"Falcon."

"Welp, guess that's it for you dude." Chris said. Falcon sighed.

"Sucks to be gone this early. It really does. I'm not gonna blame this on Hiruma until we know the full story. But at the very least, I got to show off my special talent and people actually thought it was kinda cool. Tell Shawn that I hope he gets better if you guys ever get to talk to him." Falcon said.

After Ben restored the mansion, he got his bags as a portal was open for him to go home.

"Sorry you had to go man." Natsu said.

"Hey, don't worry about it. At the very least, I got to show off what I could really do. Travel to some pretty cool places, even if some of them were pretty confusing. And get one off Ryoma in a fight." Falcon said. "Do a fellow fire user proud."

"Sure thing man."

"And as for you Sendo, you better not disappoint. You're a boxer for goodness sakes." Falcon said.

"Like hell I will." Sendo said.

He was about to say something to Kagami, but he already had a fist bump waiting for him.

"We're gonna miss you and the stone o' yours. A lot." Kagami said.

"Flattering. But hopefully not too much." Falcon said.

"Yeah. I still think we'll do fine." Kagami said.

"Well, I know Chris is gonna get mad at me if I stay any longer so this is my farewell. Later guys!" Falcon said before going into the portal.

"Alright, that's it! Get your stuff and go home!" Chris said.

"Wait a sec. I gotta-" Kagami started.

"Don't care! Go home! You asked to go home and now you don't wanna go. Go…..home!"

"Alright! Alright! Jeez."

Before they went in the mansion, Rei stopped Kagami.

"Kagami." Rei started.

"Huh? W-what's up?" Kagami asked.

"I…. just wanted to say…" Rei paused for a few seconds before finally deciding to come out with it. "I like you okay? I mean, like like you."

Kagami's jaw dropped a bit, shocked to hear this along with several others that were passing by.

"I don't know when it started. I guess….. somewhere around the cooking challenge. I didn't think much of you at first. But then as I started to see more of your personality I…. saw that there was more to you than meets the eye. Even if you don't have book sense. You make it up with everything else you do. Passionate, ambitious, caring, thoughtful….. I was scared of telling because I didn't know how you'd react. I know it seems out of the blue and so sudden but….. seeing Shawn and Jasmine after what happened today. And Cameron. I don't want to leave here with regrets. Thinking about what could have been if I had confessed. Like what happened with Yuichirou and I. And something happens where either of us gets hurt or….." Rei explained before shaking her head and closing her eyes, not even wanting to think about it before he puts one hand on a shoulder and one on one of her hands.

"Hey. Don't say that. I know what you're thinkin'. And that ain't gonna happen. To either of us. Alright? I was frozen. And I turned out alright. Because the entre team had each other's backs. Not sayin' that's not what happened with Shawn. Quite the opposite. That team's got a strong bond with each other. It's just unfortunate that that was what happened. All I'm sayin', is don't put those negative thoughts in your head. Just like you protected me and everyone else. I'll protect you and the rest of the team too. With everything I've got. I told you before. I don't give a damn what powers those guys have. That ain't ever gonna be an excuse for me to not give it my all. And I a hundred percent meant that." Kagami said.

"And you talk about me being those things. You've got a lot more courage than me. To tell you the truth….. I like you too. It was somewhere around that challenge for me as well. I just, didn't have the courage to tell you. I thought you'd laugh me off. Honestly, even if I didn't show it, that would have hurt. A lot. To tell you the truth, I've never had a girlfriend. I don't know a single thing about romance. So everything that I answered about my ideal type of girl was something that I genuinely thought of myself." Kagami continued.

"That you answered? What are you talking about?" Rei asked.

"Oh. You don't know. But yeah. Even if you can't cook. And even with that fiery and strong personality. I know those things might be a turn off for some people. But it ain't for me. You're more than just a pretty face. You work. You can sing. You're ambitious. And you're not above admitting when you're wrong."

Rei put her fists on his chest. "Kagami….. you…. you big dummy. You've got it all wrong." She said, looking down again, sniffing.

"What? Damn it! I'm sorry! I didn't-"

"You say you've never had a girlfriend before. That's so wrong. Because….. I'm your girlfriend." She said, looking back up at him, smiling as Kagami held on to her hands as they still rested on his chest. He then dried her eyes, seeing the tears in them.

"Come on, let's get our stuff. You know Chris is gonna get mad." Kagami said.

"No kiss? Really? You really are a dummy when it comes to romance sometimes."

"What? Uh…."

"Don't worry about it. Because sometimes, for those moments, there's several more moments that make me love you." She said before pecking a kiss on his cheek, which caused hm to freeze up for a bit.

"Come on. What happened to getting our stuff?" Rei teased.

"Oh. S-sorry." He said, regaining his senses before going to get his things.

"Hey, hey congrats!" Minako said, running up to Rei, catching her off guard.

"Don't scare me like that! And what were you doing, just watching the whole time?" Rei asked, annoyed.

"No. Only saw the kiss. Also, you happen to know Kise, right?"

"Yeah? What about him?"

"Well, he just talked to me a couple of minutes ago and, I think-"

"He's the one?"

"How'd you know?"

"Just a lucky guess." Rei lied. This was something she said very often. "So what, you two are dating?"

"Are you crazy? No. I want to start off as friends first. Get to know each other a little more. I meant what I said before. I really don't want to mess this opportunity up. And instead, take things slow unlike what I've been trying to do before. Kise said he lives in Japan too so we could hang out some time and hit the arcades when he's free."

"Huh. Guess he and Haizaki are alike in more ways than one."

"I guess. He doesn't hit me as someone as hardcore like Haizaki, but who knows? Anyways, I've gotta get home. See ya later Rei! And good luck! Hope you win!"

"Yep. I hope so too."

As the Rats approached the portal, Akko had an idea.

"You know, during this week, we should do something like a video call or something to keep in touch." Akko said.

"Video call? For what? To chat it up about the weather?" Sendo said sarcastically.

"Actually, that's not a bad idea. I know people still wanna hear Hiruma's side of things on what happened. Instead of letting that linger, getting that resolved quick is a good idea." Kurt said.

"Hmm… I know not everyone may have access to that style of communication but…." Lanolin started.

"That's what these can be used for, remember?" Cicini said, reminding them about the earpieces that she made. "In fact, when Hiruma suggested that I make an extra, I decided to make a few more too. Right now there's five in total."

"Great! Pass them to anyone that may not have access to that style of communication and we'll be on our way."

"Pass one of them to me. We can get Palette and the others to look into syncing it with our communicators." Axl said, pointing to the red circles on his ears.

Only Rocky, Natsu and Lucy seemed to have that problem so they were all passed to them.

"Alright. You've passed those off. Now go home!" Chris said.

"Really insistent on kicking us out huh?" Lucy said.

"Yeah. I am. Now get out!"

The Rats went to their respective portals.

As they closed, he turned to Heloise.

"All right. We're gonna tear this whole thing down." Chris said to her.

"What? Then where are they gonna stay?" Heloise asked, confused.

"Oh you'll see. And no, they're not going on the island. They're still gonna be here."

"Well, guess that'll be interesting. Knowing you you'll either make something worse or make them build it themselves."

"The second one. Now go home. We'll take care of all that later. Kinda lookin' forward to going home myself for a bit." Chris said.

"Fine by me." She said, shrugging before a portal was opened.

"Well, what an….. unexpected way to end things. What do I have in store for them now? Find out, in about a week! Give or take a few days on the next episode of Total….. Drama….. Across the Multiverse!"

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A/N: And with this aftermath over, another returnee is gone, another contestant is unfortunately injured, and Rei and Kagami are official. As for Shiro, let's hope he doesn't get like that again, or everyone in the area could be in trouble.

To be honest, this episode was originally going to end a whole lot differently, hence why I decided to make a few changes to it.

For anyone wondering, the Island section is not coming up yet. That's not even close to happening yet. More of the cast right needs to be gone before that happens. Upcoming episode order will remain the same as Chris wanted to avoid having to change them again, though the building challenge will still occur later. You'll see the format soon.

Also, Yulaw's talent isn't canon. Though his love for metal is. I'd imagine that with the time he's had to spend living a normal life due to a lack of having a way to travel through universes anymore, he'd take the time to learn all of those instruments.

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Upcoming Episodes:

Episode 17: Just Bust a Move!: Compete in a dance battle across the multiverse(Bust-A-Groove Video Game)

Featured Song: The Heat is on by Aaron G.(Bust-A-Groove 2)

Episode 18: Chris' on it!: Complete several mundane tasks as presented by Chris(The Chris concept is subject to change)(Hailey's on It!)

Featured Song: Hailey's on It/The Future's in My Hands by Auli'i Cravalho(Hailey's on It)

Episode 19: Race in five Kart racing tracks(Team Sonic Racing, Mario Kart, Mortal Kombat Armageddon's Motor Kombat Mode, Modnation Racers & Ben 10 Galactic Racing)(Potentially double elimination)

Song: Super Sonic Racing(Sonic R)

Episode 20: Supervillain Lockdown: Battle against villains across the multiverse, including old enemies from Multiverse Edition(Various, slightly inspired by the Mega Man boss selection style)

Song: Mutants over Broadway by Tee Lopes and Anton Corazza(TMNT: Shredder's Revenge)

Episode 21: Compete in the Beacon Academy Invitation(RWBY)(Potentially double elimination)

Song: This Will Be the Day performed by Casey Lee Williams and composed by Jeff Williams(RWBY)

Episode 22: Krusty Krab Kraze: Compete in a Krusty Krab Eating Contest(Spongebob Squarepants)

Song: Spongebob Squarepants theme(More than likely anyway)

Episode 23: Compete in a Monsuno Battle(Monsuno)

Song: Monsuno by Far East Movement

Episode 24: Splatoony!: Compete in a splatoon battle. Then, the top two from each team compete for a prize(Splatoon & Monsuno)

Song: Skatoony intro(Skatoony)