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!

67. Grudge-by Match

A/N: The cast retreads some familiar ground: The Boiling Isles! But this time, it won't be for broom racing!

Also, I'm just noticing the hits on this story are close to surpassing Multiverse Edition on AO3(by close I mean 900 lol). That probably has something to do with this still being ongoing but still, pretty cool. As I've said before, even if you're not leaving reviews I appreciate it nonetheless! This goes for Wattpad, Quotev and FF dot readers as well!

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Teams:

Radical Rats:

Bennett, Emma, X, Zero & Axl, Albedo, Rick & Morty, Sendo, Akko, Sucy, Lotte & Diana, Blaze, Puss, Rally, May & Becky F., Becky B., Yulaw, Tangle, Lanolin & Whisper, Adrien, Hiruma, Sena/Eyeshield, Kurita, Monta & Mamori, Natsu, Lucy & Happy, Kagami, Kise, Zee, Murasakibara

Storm Kings:

Jotaro, Todd and Riley, Paul, Sophie, Courtney, Rex and Bobo, Reimu, Razer, Din Djarin, Team RWBY and Penny, Ben and Rook, Octavia, Eliza, Huey D., Dewey and Louie, Aomine, Akashi, Sebastian, Isagi and Bachira, Sly, Mayuzumi, Maki

Wave Breakers:

Mr. Wolf, Dwayne, Urien, Ayame and Ryoma(Power Stone), Toxsa, Reagan, Jenny, Julie, Launch, Randy, Molly, Scratch and Libby, Team JET: Kaz, Fiona, Diego, Myron and Shiro, Hailey and Scott,Zak M, Hanamiya, Hinata, Kageyama and Tsukishma, Eijun, Miyuki and Furuya, Kunigami, Bakura, Bass, Asta and Noelle

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Eliminated:

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

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

163rd- Cameron(Storm Kings)- Total Drama

162nd- Duncan(Wave Breakers)- Total Drama

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

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

159th- Owen(Radical Rats)-Total Drama

158th- Zoey(Wave Breakers)-Total Drama

157th - Tetsuya Kuroko(Radical Rats)- Kuroko's Basketball(Quit) 156th-Shintaro Midorima(Storm Kings)-Kuroko's Basketball

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

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

153rd-Priya(Radical Rats)-Total Drama

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

151st- Edward Falcon(Radical Rats)-Power Stone

150th- Shawn and Jasmine(Wave Breakers)-Total Drama

149th- Zak Saturday(Storm Kings)- Secret Saturdays

148th - Nimona(Wave Breakers)- Nimona

147th-Rocky Rickaby(Radical Rats)-Lackadaisy

146th-Huey Freeman(Storm Kings)-Boondocks

145th-Cicini(Radical Rats)- Rabi-Ribi

144th- Blaineley(Wave Breakers)-Total Drama

143rd- Heather and Alejandro(Storm Kings)-Total Drama

142nd-Karin Kanzuki(Wave Breakers)-Street Fighter

141st-Ruby G.(Wave Breakers)-Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken

140th-Noah(Radical Rats)-Total Drama

139th-Marinette Dupain-Cheng(Storm Kings)-Miraculous Ladybug 138th-Dawn(Radical Rats)-Total Drama

137th- Dan Mandel(Wave Breakers)- Dan VS

136th- Ryoma Echizen(Storm Kings)- The Prince of Tennis

135th-Rei Hino(Radical Rats)-Sailor Moon

134th- Johnny Bravo(Wave Breakers)-Johnny Bravo

133rd-Skipper(Storm Kings)-Madagascar Movies/Penguins of Madagascar 132nd-Bren(Storm Kings)-Monsuno

131st- Kurt Wylde(Radical Rats)-Hot Wheels: Acceleracers/World Race

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"Last time on Total Drama Across the Multiverse! It was three days since their first challenge officially staying back on the island. So they got to relax, get back used to being on the island, get super close and hands-on with each other, etcetera. That last part, I was talking about Weiss and Aomine. Sure, they've been training, but with how they've been looking coming outside at times is proof that they've been doing more than just that. But anyways, that's none of my business. Until I potentially decide to use that for a future challenge. Case and point: Literally challenge day. It was the same thing. And Ruby took notice of that during the flight."

Footage of the teams boarding the planes was shown with Ruby questioning Weiss trying to brush her hair, which was noticeably down rather than braided.

"As for the challenge itself, the teams visited Marzipan City, home of Chowder, Mung Daal, Schnitzel, Endive and Panini, all previous guests on the show. Though this time with the addition of Mung's wife, Truffles. But it wasn't a cooking challenge. It was to play the sport of….." Chris cleared his throat as the recap continued to play in the background.

Footage of the contestants entering the arena was shown with Mung explaining the challenge to them.

"Field-Tournament-Style-Up-and-Down-On-The-Ground-Manja-Flanja-Blanja-Banja-Ishka-Bibble -Babble-Flabble-Doma-Roma-Floma-Boma-Jingle-Jangle-Every-Angle-Bricka-Bracka-Flacka-St acka-Two-Ton-Rerun-Free-for-All-Big-Ball! No, that's not multiple words that I just happened to randomly string together. That's the whole challenge name. Congrats Marzipan City, you own the title of hosting the longest-named challenge ever. So long that literally the rest of the recap footage got to play before I even got done."

Footage of the game itself, Chris explaining that the Rats actually lost because they weren't supposed to score, and the elimination of Kurt was shown during him saying all this.

"But yeah, long story short, as you saw from the footage, the Rats won the game but actually lost the challenge because you're not supposed to win, they got mad at me for lying about it, and Kurt got eliminated. Like I told them, that won't happen today. Did I really keep up my word? You're about to find out! On this episode of Total…..Drama…..Across the Multiverse!"

*TD: ATM Intro II Plays*

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Today's Challenge Inspirations:

The Owl House Season 1, Episode 9: Something Ventured, Someone Framed Special Guest for Today's Episode:

Amity Blight(VA: Mae Whitman), Eda Clawthorne, Lilith Clawthorne(VA: Cissy Jones), Hunter/Golden Guard(VA: Zeno Robinson), Willow Park(VA: Tati Gabrielle), Gus Porter(VA: Isaac Ryan Brown) (All from The Owl House)

As the contestants were, like always, off to themselves during non-challenge time, one group, or specifically, one person, seemed to be feeling the worst out of everyone left.

"No, I can't!" Lotte squealed out, face beet red.

"What the heck do you mean you can't? You admitted it to us, but you can't admit it to one other person?" Scratch asked.

"Scratch, this isn't just one other person we're talking about here." Diego said bluntly.

"Well duh. I'm trying to convince her that it isn't as tough as she's making it out to be. She can talk to Morty and do everything else with him but she can't do that?"

"If you know that…. then you know why I can't just do that." Lotte replied as she sat down, knees pulled up to her chest as she looked ahead at the ground.

"In most cases, there's that one moment that's the best time to do it. For her, that moment hasn't come yet." Libby said.

"Counterpoint: That would work. If it wasn't for the fact that this was an elimination show! What is she gonna do, wait until the last minute, when either you or him are about to leave? And with how Chris is kicking out people, you might not even have time for that there." Scratch said.

"I know, but…." Lotte said.

"Look, it's not as if she hasn't been talking or getting along with him. We can clearly see that. I have faith she'll seize that moment whenever it comes along." Molly said.

"And if she doesn't?" Scratch asked.

"She will." Diego declared.

"Doesn't answer my question."

"We don't need to answer it because it's not gonna happen. I just know it." Diego turned to Lotte. "Look, if you need any help, just know that we'll be here for you, even if we are on different teams. Alright?"

She nodded. "Thank you so much guys."

Diego could only laugh a little. "Aw shucks. It's nothin."

"WE'RE DONE! IT'S OVER!" Aomine yelled out, getting the attention of the group. Not too far from them, he and a couple of others, specifically Bakura, Ruby, Yang and Weiss were all at a table.

"What? No!" Weiss said in utter shock.

"Accept it!"

"What's going on here!?" Molly yelled out like a mother trying to get to the bottom of what her kids were doing.

"Already huh? Let me guess, it was him." Scratch said.

"You guys just got together! You can't want to end it now!" Libby said.

"Well duh. We still have a couple games left." Aomine said, calmly.

"Wait…. Games?" Molly said, confused.

"Uh, yeah? We're playing Yugioh. Duel Monsters. Whatever the heck you call it! I'm calling it Yugioh! And I just kicked her a[censored] at it."

"Yes. You finally beat me fair and square. I'll give you all the credit you deserve." Weiss said.

"Yeah. I fi- wait, I just caught that. You're tryna discredit my win! What, you're sayin' I'm not getting better at this game?"

"I'm not saying that. I'm just saying you finally beat me. What's wrong with that?"

"You didn't have to add the finally part. Excuuuuuse me for not being an expert at this stuff from the jump like you. I would have loved for this to be simple like, I don't know Pokemon or Monsuno. But noooo, they had to make Bakugan more complicated, and more boring."

"If you hate this, you'd probably have a hard time with tabletop games." Yang said.

"What you mean like that Dungeon and Dragon stuff I see some people play at school? Probably. Even though you'd never catch me playing that crap."

"Why not? They're fun." Ruby said.

"It's because he's scared of being called a nerd if he does." Yang said.

"What? That's not the reason. I could care less about that. Tetsu goes on and on about books from people I've never even heard of, doesn't mean I don't like him any less. I don't know it's just…. boring ya know? All that stuff to remember and for what? Where's the satisfaction you

get from playing that stuff? Heck, even this." Aomine said, gesturing at the cards on the table at the last part.

"How can you say it's boring when you've never tried it?" Ruby countered. "Because it looks boring that's how."

"But you didn't think much about this and you still tried to learn it. You even got good enough to beat me at it." Weiss said.

"That's only because you were so interested in playing it. And if I didn't play it with you, you'd probably be by yourself. Then it got to me just being frustrated and wanting to beat you. Other than that, I don't really see the hype about this game. Monsuno, Bakugan and Pokemon I get. This? No."

"I think I know why you're so keen on playing those games but not this. It's the visual experience those give isn't it?" Bakura asked.

"I guess. That's not how I'd describe it."

"What if I told you, you can get that experience?"

"Then I might actually be somewhat interested in it. Still probably wouldn't want to do it like the others though. But I'll bite. How would I be able to do that? And don't say play a video game."

"Well, for starters, you'd need a Duel Disk, the same way you'd need a gauntlet for a Bakugan Battle. Then, the battle comes to life! At least, to an extent. They're still holograms."

"Okay. So how exactly did you summon monsters that one time without one? Then again, I'm saying that like I know what they look like."

"This moron is beginning to be too smart for his own good." Yami Bakura thought as he took over after hearing this question.

"Simple. I have a spiritual link with my cards. Because of that, I can summon them without the need for a Duel Disk."

"Ohhh, so that's how you're able to do that unlike Joey!" Ruby said.

"Yes. It's….. a complicated story on how that came to be, however."

"Hey, I was just wonderin' about the how. If you don't feel comfortable talking about anything else, don't think I'm forcin' you to." Aomine said. "Anyways, even with that, it's not like I have one. And, like I said before, this game basically took Bakugan and made it harder. This is a lot for someone new to take in. Knowing when to counter, remembering all those affects of cards."

"I see. I can understand it can be a lot for someone new. And, as you're getting to, overwhelming."

"Yeah. How the hell are the basics this complicated?"

"Some of this is because you're refusing to use more of your brain than you want to, let's be honest." Yang said frankly.

"To be fair, I was a beginner before too." Weiss said.

"Yeah, but this is different. I understand some things being harder to learn and understand than others. But you can't tell me this is that hard. He's just being lazy."

"If I was being lazy, then why the hell did I continue playing this game to get better at it, when I already made it clear that I didn't really like it?" Aomine countered, starting to get mad after hearing her say this.

"Because you wanted to beat Weiss, that's why."

"Excuse me." Lotte said, trying to get their attention, to which they turned to look at her after hearing this. "I'm not sure if this'll help since I'm not familiar with the game but, maybe there's a way to make it simpler? You know, have some stepping stones and gradually learn more and more."

"This is as basic as it gets. How the heck else is it supposed to be simplified? You summon monsters, they have attack and defense points. You have spell and trap cards, which are kind of like the ability and gate cards from Bakugan, the monsters attack each other or the duelist directly, that's it. I mean, there's more but that's the gist of it. You can't learn this kind of game by stripping away basic stuff." Yang said to her.

"Hmm, so I guess it wouldn't work then. Sorry."

"You're saying this stuff like she's supposed to know. She already said she isn't familiar with the game." Diego said to Yang, upset with her by his tone.

"Look Lotte, I'm sorry if that sounded mean, but I was just being honest. The same way I'm being honest about Aomine."

"And besides, it's a little late to be trying something like that anyway for me. My issue is just remembering when and how to use all of it."

"I think I know how to fix your problem." Bakura said, this time it was the actual Bakura again. "Maybe you need a more beginner friendly deck."

"What? Hold on a second you told me the decks you got from that game shop were starter decks." During that three-day period, Bakura went to the game shop belonging to Solomon Muto, the grandfather of Yugi, one of his friends to get starter decks for them. With permission from Chris of course, via Doyle.

"Yes, but, to be honest, I had a bit of trouble figuring out what you would like to use. It was easier for Weiss. Potentially another reason for why she has been able to win against you so many times."

"So let me get this straight, you mean to tell me I've been suffering loss after loss and it was because of that!?"

"Shouldn't have said that. You're screwed kid." Scratch said to Bakura before drinking out of the milk carton he had.

Aomine facepalmed. "You're lucky I won today. Because now I'm not as mad as d probably would have been had I lost again and heard this. Look, I'm not really familiar with the game so I can't really tell you what I'd like to use. Just get something cool. And something that I can understand using better."

"Alright. I'll be sure to remember that. Would any of you like to learn?" He asked the four that had joined in.

"Nah, I think I'll just stay and watch." Diego said.

"Having you all here just watch doesn't sit right with me though…. How about we play something else instead?"

"Somebody get the Monopoly board." Yang said.

"Ugh, Monopoly? Really? At least go with something simpler. I say Spoons or Blackjack." Aomine said.

"Spoons!" Ruby said.

"Blackjack." Yang said.

"Honestly, I'm in the mood to play some Blackjack." Molly said.

"Why not just do both? I'm game for either." Diego said.

"I'll go get the games!" Libby said before running back to the mansion to get them.

*Confessional*

Weiss(Storm Kings):

"Learning and playing this just so I wouldn't be by myself doesn't seem like much but that means a lot to me. I would say something to him about it but then he'd complain about it somehow. I really don't understand what he and Kagami's problems are about being shown affection in front of others. But they're not the only ones. Dan was like that too I think. But, I guess I never will." She said shrugging. "Like….." She sighs. "How can you be such a good kisser but- oh. Did I….. say that out loud?" She quickly cleared her throat. "Uh….. back to those Duel Monsters then!" She said, quickly running out of the confessional, covering her face, cheeks beet red in embarrassment.

"I can't believe I said that out loud!" She was heard saying in the distance.

"Said what?" Hinata asked, passing by.

"Nothing! Nothing at all!"

*End Confessional*

As the eight got ready to enjoy more games, another group were enjoying a different type of game: Video Games. And in many of their cases, for the first time ever.

"This game doesn't make any sense! If he is clearly stronger, than he should do more damage! Therefore, I should have a better chance at winning!" Noelle complained. She had just lost to Myron.

"Yeah, that's not how fighters work. Well, I mean, they kinda do with tiers, but even then, some games, it still doesn't matter." Toxsa said.

"It's less so the player you choose, and moreso the skill. At least that's what I've learned. It's the same thing with fights in the real world. With the right strategy, even-" Asta added.

"Don't get too full of yourself just because you beat me once!" Noelle said. "I'm not! Honest! I'm just trying to compare-"

"I know what all of that means Asta!"

"Then if you know that, why did you ask that question?" Eijun asked.

"He's got you there." Becky F. said.

"You shouldn't be saying anything, controller thrower." Miyuki said.

"That's because I was mad. I don't care what you say, just going through a projectile on the screen without doing a move that explicitly does that makes no sense. If that's not robbery, I don't know what is."

"Look, some people aren't cut out to play this type of stuff. Maybe you and Reimu are two of those people." Randy said.

"So what, you're saying I can't play this when I almost won!? I'm not as garbage as you people say I am."

"Try doing that against a person that also isn't learning how to play for the first time." Mr. Wolf said, who was her opponent.

"Okay, since you guys are soooooo good, go play professionally then! Not you, I'm talking about the rest of these 'pros'."

"You're the only one taking this that seriously here. Just so you know." Zak said.

"Not true. The only reason I want to get better at this is to shut these two up. Not to mention Noelle, who looks like she's taking this pretty seriously too." Reimu said, referring to Miyuki and Todd.

"But is it controller throw levels serious? Doesn't seem like it to me. At least not yet." Todd said. "Just let me have another go at it." Becky F. said.

"We already made the rules clear, where we rotate between everyone here so we all get a chance to play. If you want to play again, you're just going to have to either wait, or someone will have to give you their spot." Hailey said.

The broker could only sigh in both disappointment and slight annoyance. It was clear that she did not feel like waiting at all.

*Confessional*

Becky Farrah(Radical Rats):

"Remember how I said last time that video games aren't for me? Well, to be honest, I can't put my finger on it, but the ones I've played so far are actually pretty fun. Even if some of the logic about what happens still p[censored]es me off to no end at times. That's the part that really turns me away from wanting to try again."

*End Confessional*

When it got back to her turn, she was up against Fiona.

"I figured you out now! Just wait until next round. It's over for you!" She declared. "You mean next game?" Fiona corrected.

"No I mean next round."

"You do realze that was two rounds right?"

"Are you serious!?" Her face turned from angry to frustrated. "But I just started playing!" "Eeyep, matches can go by pretty quick in this game." Toxsa said.

She could only sigh before putting down the controller.

A couple of seconds passed as Hailey had the controller in her hands about to play against Myron before looking at Backy's face. And that was enough for her to cave in and make a decision. "Okay, you can have my spot."

"That's great. If only we had a person named that here." Todd said.

"Becky can have my spot. Better?"

"Look kid, I-" She started.

"I'm not changing my mind. Just get the controller already."

"Thanks. I really appreciate it."

"Don't mention it."

Though this match was no different either. She lost again.

"Hey, at least you're getting better. At least that's what it looks like." Reimu said to her.

"Glass half-full. You know what? I'll take it. Okay, who wants to go next?" Becky said, now smiling.

"There we go. We're making good progress now." Miyuki remarked.

"Yeah, it's a miracle how I can even do that with you around." She said, her mood immediately dampening.

*Confessional*

Becky Farrah(Radical Rats):

"It's easy to just say 'But Becky, you can just ignore it', when you're not the one all this is going towards. And in this case, he makes it his job to do enough where you do say or do something."

*End Confessional*

*Confessional*

Zak(Wave Breakers):

"She's almost there. Enough playing time and she and some of the others here will get to the point of where they're telling people to off themselves when they can't get around a gimmick. Or…. say something racist. What? Don't look at me like that. When have I ever called someone something racist? Never. Because I never found it funny. What, you thought I was going to say it's because I have standards or some garbage like that?" Zak said before laughing.

*End Confessional*

Meanwhile, the second catcher, Furuya, was off to himself pitching balls at a tree.

"No wonder you were able to outhrow somebody like Eliza." A voice said. He looked surprised before realizing who it was: Dwayne, and he continued pitching. The exterminator looked down below him. There were a countless number of balls on the ground. Which told him all he needed to know about how long Furuya had been doing this. And considering how he never seems to be seen anywhere else around the island, even before the original mansion was destroyed, Dwayne assumed that this was all he does when he's not with the other two.

"Looks like the other two left you huh?" Dwayne said to him. Though Furuya didn't say anything back and continued to pitch. "How about I catch some pitches for you? That tree looks like it could need a break."

"Only if you can handle them." Furuya finally replied before picking up a ball and throwing it at the tree.

" 'If I can handle them.'" Dwayne repeated before laughing. "Come on, let's go!" "With no catching mitt?"

Dwayne had completely forgotten about that. But, he was still confident he could catch his powerful pitches even without one. "Like I told you seconds ago, let's go!"

Furuya only nodded and started to pitch to him.

*Confessional*

Dwayne(Wave Breakers):

"Okay, I gotta admit, his pitches are ridiculous. It's one thing to watch them, it's another to catch them. I don't even wanna know how Eijun's feel. This gave me enough of an idea already."

"This is probably why he's tired during every challenge. Kid wears himself out doing this all day. Say what you will about Miyuki and how he acts but to be able to catch these almost every day, in practice, and in real games and not feel a thing? You have to give credit to him for that. Besides, I think people forgot what he did to Haizaki during the future challenge and just look at the shenanigans he pulls. Same with Hiruma. Take away that stuff, and more people will have way better opinions of them around here."

*End Confessional*

Another same-team pair had just finished a run together. That pair being Morty and Sena.

"Not bad. I think that's a new record, huh?" Morty asked before Sena looked at the stopwatch. And indeed it was, with him nodding to indicate so before he heard his phone vibrating. When he pulled it out of his pocket, he saw that it was a message from Suzuna, with him quickly replying back. After taking a bit to do so, he put the phone back in his pocket.

"Sorry about that."

"Hey, it's all good. Family and friends I get it."

"Yeah….." Sena faintly agreed, with a soft smile.

"Oh….. ohhhhhh!" Morty had just come to a realization who he was talking to. "What?"

"Nothin' man. Nothing at all."

"It's not what you think it is!"

"Look man, I get it. Jessica, Zoey, list goes on."

"Huh?"

"That girl. Suzuna I think her name was. You like her don't you?"

After hearing this, Sena had a horrified look on his face as if he had seen a ghost. "What would give you that idea!?"

"Come on man, like I said, I get it. Don't worry, I'm not gonna run around telling people that. Or keep bothering you about it."

"To be honest….. I don't know."

"What do you mean?"

"I know she's definitely a great friend. But….."

That was all Morty needed to hear for him to get it. He grabbed onto Sena's shoulder. "Hey, just keep focusin' on what's happening right now and it'll all work itself out. As long as you don't get asked a dare that is."

"Dare?" Sena asked, confused.

"Don't worry about it. I think we've got a while until we might have to worry about that anyway." Morty grabbed his stomach. "Never felt like wanting a steak more than now. Or a pizza, just something stuffing."

"Steak does sound nice. Too bad we won't get that though."

"Oh….. right. This is when being able to go home pays off."

*Confessional*

Morty(Radical Rats):

"You know, I can't help but think that he and Ippo would be great friends. Really sucks that we were on different teams back then so I didn't get to really talk to him. He seemed like a great guy. But, when you're on different teams and separated like this, less inter-team interactions outside of challenges are bound to happen. At least it's happening less here this time around."

*End Confessional*

Some bottles were shot from a distance. The source: Hiruma, Rally and Din. They were competing on hitting targets the fastest.

"Not bad. Not bad at all Hiruma." Rally said to him. "I mean, it's still last but, it's a really competitive last."

"Still shows he has room for improvement though." Din said.

"Well yeah, but I wanted to at least make sure I gave him credit. Considering what I've said about him before with guns."

I'll be sure to keep all of that in mind. Maybe this will be the gun that puts you down, f[censored]ing Mandroid."

Din didn't say anything, but he couldn't help but be a little amused by the name he was given.

"The fact that you can come up with these names on a whim like that for everyone is a talent. I can't see myself doing that."

"Just like I can't see myself being that attracted to guns and cars like you are. F[censored]ing weirdo." He said, joking on the last part.

"This is coming from the person that made his impression both times be that of a psychopath. Now, set those targets up for round 2."

"Wait! Count me in too." Doyle said, appearing before getting the targets and taking all of them. "For next time. Right now, you guys gotta get ready to go for today's challenge."

"Maybe start off with that instead of taking targets and confusing people? But alright." The teams all gathered around for the next challenge.

"All right guys, for this one, the only way we'll be able to get there is through portal and nothing else. So Rats, consider yourselves lucky. And yes, you'll all get something to eat there. Now, let's going." Chris said before opening the portal.

"Lucky for something that wasn't our fault by the way." Akko said.

"At the very least, we'll all get the same food. Maybe." Sucy said.

"There we go. Glass half-full. Now get in. Now." Chris said.

The Boiling Isles

Boiling Sea, Demon Realm(The Owl House)

The cast appeared through the other side of the portal. A university was seen behind them.

"This one should look familiar to all of you except for maybe three of you." Chris said. "That's probably us isn't it? Because I for sure have never seen this place." Noelle said. "Haven't seen it either." Muraskibara added.

"Yep, it's you three! This-" Chris started.

"Hey! Didn't I say I was supposed to do that?" Eda called out from the steps above in the school. With her was Gus, Luz along with four completely new faces to the entire cast.

The first, Principal Bump, was an older man with long black hair, brown eyes with the left sewn shut, with a scar running down from his upper right scalp. Though the upper-half of his face that would show most of these features was covered by his imp palisman, Frewin. He wore a long black gown with a gold yoke, a black cape, gold trim at the sleeves and cape hem, plus a blue stole draped over his shoulders and black painted shoes.

The second, Amity Blight, had short lavender hair, with brown roots visible at the top of her head. She wore a pink sweater and navy blue skinny jeans with black boots.

The third, Willow Park, had hair braided into twin pigtails and a few pale green streaks dyed into it. She was also notably wearing blue face paint. She wore a blue and white tank-top, black shorts and white athletic shoes.

And finally, the fourth, Hunter, had a fair complexion, a slightly hooked nose, dark magenta eyes, thick black eyebrows, a gap between his front teeth. His hair was ash-blond that was shaved at the top with a forelock bang. He wore a black t-shirt with the fire-type pokemon Cinderace on it, red shorts and red and white sneakers.

"Forgot. My fault. But sure, go ahead." Chris said.

"Sure thing Chris. Welcome to the Boiling Isles! And specifically, Hexside Academy!" Eda exclaimed enthusiastically. "Darn it, Princy-B, why couldn't you have a third word there?"

"What for?" Bump asked.

"I wanted to do the announcing thing Chris does at the beginning and end of every episode. But it just doesn't work right with two words."

"Well excuse me for not knowing you'd want to do something like that at this random point in time, years later. And second, I don't even know what you're talking about."

"Oh that's right. You haven't been keeping up with the show."

"All I pretty much know is that Luz won. And that's about it." Bump said before shrugging.

"Ah….. not that big of a deal." Eda said dismissively, waving it off. "Besides, that wouldn't have been the best part about today. Because that goes to you guys! So, who's ready to unleash their inner darkside? Pillaging homes? Murder sprees? Scams?"

"Yeah you f[censored]ed up when you mentioned scams." Rick said, not taking what she said seriously even before then.

"Eh, don't be surprised if being a criminal actually is a challenge in the future. Even if it won't be from me."

"Nah, Chris wouldn't go that far." Luz said. "Even if he's done a lot of things."

"Come on Luz, this is the same man that had allowed you to set and defuse real bombs on each other." Amity said.

"And has had to make suits durable enough to prevent you from being killed. Multiple times. Look, I think the challenges he makes up are really fun, and I'd love to have a chance at playing and showing off my illusion magic while I'm at it but come on." Gus added.

"Also, haven't you guys trashed multiple places and left? That sounds like destruction of property to me." Willow said.

"Okay, okay I think you guys made your point. But come on, murdering people for no reason? Chris is crazy, not a psychopath." Luz said.

"True. Doing that isn't exactly a fun time to me. Seeing you guys hurt,outsmart and cheat each other over money however…." Chris said.

"Which is what you guys will be doing today. In our great sport of Grudgby! And don't worry, scoring is how you're supposed to win here. It's been that way since its conception and that's not changing any time soon. At least, I don't think." Eda said. "Anyways, let's get to the field shall we, so we can get this show on the road!"

"Hold on a second! We're not going anywhere until we find out where the cafeteria is!" Akko declared.

"Huh? Never had a grudgby match in the cafeteria before. Although…. Chris! I got some challenge ideas for ya!"

"How do you expect us to play anything on an empty stomach!?" Kaz asked.

"Just tell me while they eat. They're pretty adamant on eating before they play. Which to be fair, I did say they were going to eat here because they didn't do it beforehand." Chris said.

"What? You mean you didn't feed these kids!?" Eda sighed. "Jeez. Bump, you don't mind some guests in the cafeteria do you?"

"Help yourselves! I don't mind at all. Besides, I'm almost certain the students would be overjoyed to hear they have the opportunity to talk to some of you all before the game rather than just watch."

"You heard him. You've got 30 minutes. After that, it's game time." Chris said.

The teams went inside the cafeteria. And to the relief of many, the food was a lot better than they imagined.

"Nope, never heard of the guy." Randy replied to one of the students named Bo, who had pale cream skin, dark brown eyes, five freckles across her nose, and brown shoulder-length hair with some strands lying in front of her pointy ears. She wore the standard Hexside uniform, but her sleeves and leggings were blue, indicating her enrollment in the healing track. She asked him about someone named "Tucker".

"Danny! Is Danny here at least?" Boscha asked, suddenly appearing out of nowhere at the table he was at.

"No?"

"What? You mean he got eliminated this early?"

"There was no one here ever named Danny on the show."

"So you mean they prevented him from competing?"

"Why the heck am I the person being asked these questions like I'm supposed to know? Look, if you want all that answered, just go ask Chris or Chef. They can tell you."

"Thanks!" Boscha replied before immediately going to do just that.

Randy could only look at the camera with a confused face and shrug.

"What the heck was that about?" Toxsa asked.

"I don't know man. I don't know…."

"So, this is Akko huh?" Amity said to Luz.

"Yep!" Luz replied.

"Eh, I'm not impressed from what I've seen so far. No offense."

"What do you mean 'not impressed'? I don't even know who you are! And you clearly haven't been watching if you're saying that." Akko said. "Luz, who is this?"

"Amity Blight. Her girlfriend." She replied before drinking out of her juice box, still giving her a look.

"Not the first-time meeting I envisioned between you two. You're not still mad because of what happened all those episodes ago are you?" Luz asked her.

She continued to continuously drink out of the apple blood box even when there clearly wasn't anything left in it. "Oh no, I'm not upset. I'm just, disappointed. I was hoping to see more from the girl that has this whole slogan of 'believing is my magic'."

"Because it's not like I haven't been able to use any magic for more than half the show." Akko replied sarcastically.

"Guys…" Luz interjected, trying to stop this from escalating any further.

"And what about the times you have? Let's see….. You went in impulsively when your team told you to wait. That's a bootable offense in my eyes. Oh wait, one of your teammates had to use a time-stopping trump card just to win, by technicality. You got a…. Wardrobe change into white robes and got your magic reflected by a kid that does nothing but play tennis in that same challenge. You're making a big deal about something that isn't even what you think it is, potentially stunting any type of growing relationship for those two people. And you pushed your friend into doing something she didn't want to do until she finally stood up for herself." Amity responded to Akko, completely ignoring Luz.

"So what? Get to what you really want to say to me as you conveniently leave out all of the positive things I've done." Akko replied.

"Positives? What positives!? You literally have been carried by your teammates! How can I give credit when you haven't done anything for me to give credit to you for?"

"Guys! Stop it!" Luz yelled out, getting the attention of several other people in the cafeteria, including the two people she was trying to stop. "Now I get it, she hasn't exactly made the best decisions. But getting into a fight over it isn't the best way to handle it."

"We're not-"

"Yes, you were. Or at least you were going to. Fights aren't always physical."

"Yes, you were. Or at least you were going to. Fights aren't always physical. And also, what relationship are you talking about?"

"Don't worry about it." Amity said before clearing her throat and calming down.

"Okay, I'll admit, I definitely blew up a little..."

"A little?"

"Okay! A lot. Let's try this again. Amity Blight. And you are?"

"Atsuko Kagari. Just call me Akko. And trust me, you haven't seen anything yet!"

"Let's hope the Grudgby game is a start. Word of advice though, and I shouldn't really be saying this because you're on a different team but, don't try to force it. That's your biggest issue."

"But you're saying this as if I did it a bunch of times."

"Hey, I could be wrong. At the end of the day, it's just my opinion." Amity said, raising her arms up as if she was surrendering. "But anyways, let's try to change subjects so we don't get Luz worried."

"Thanks. Much better." Luz said.

As the three began to chat on lighter subjects, thankfully for the others, it seemed to consistently be that way. At least for the most part.

"Look, when it comes to the three of you, technically four if you count yourself, your older self that is, you and Reagan are the ones that can be reasoned with the most. Someone has to do something. Why not let that someone be you? The youngest person in the room?" Willow said to Bennett outside.

"You don't understand. If-"

"Well no one will understand anything if it keeps going on like this. It'll just get worse and worse until someone at best gets booted without any type of resolution at best. At worst…. I think what's happened to some of the people here should tell you."

"Okay. But did you think about what would happen if I did decide to say something?"

"It cannot be any worse than what's going on now."

Old Bennett suddenly appeared, scaring both of them. "Actually it can be."

"Okay, you're from the future, so what happens? What happens that's this bad, that you've traveled to the past as a projection, and that you'll let things go how they are now?"

"I can't tell you that!"

"Why not!? You saw what happened with Adrien and Marinette keeping their identities from each other. I understand keeping secrets sometimes, but this is not one of those times."

"One, I have no idea what you're talking about. And two, this is one of those times! Kid, there are things that you absolutely wouldn't even be able to fathom that are at play here."

"Oh no. You're not pulling that! I had to escape my own home! Leave my parents! Many of my friends! All behind! At one point, I didn't even know if I was even going to ever see them again! All because of Belos! He threatened to take all of them away from me! So don't you ever in your life, tell me that I wouldn't be able to understand anything!" Willow snapped, to the point that even the Old Bennet projection stepped back a bit. "And another thing! You talk about making things worse, your stupid ego got in the way of helping a teammate! And it spiraled into other things! Like your older self accidentally damaging Edee and him refusing to talk or help Bennett even after he fixed him for a while!"

"Don't you think I know all of that!? That's why I came here darn it!" Old Bennett yelled back. "To fix that!"

Willow was silent before she came to a realization. "That's why you came back didn't you?"

"Duh! That's literally what I just said! Do you have something in your ears!?"

"No. I mean…. that's why you came back to the past. The attitude. The ego. All of it! You messed up didn't you? So now you're trying to fix it!" Willow concluded.

Young Bennett was silent, but Willow could tell from his body language that she was spot on.

"It's not just that. Like I told you, it's not that simple." Old Bennett said.

"Oh it's so complicated, but I just met you today and was able to figure at least some of it out. Well apparently, considering how you botched the situation with Natsu and giving him medicine earlier, then it's too complicated for you too. Go ahead! Yell. Shut down and completely give up and leave when someone doesn't agree with you and pushes back on your beliefs. Just like you did back then too."

"You got your answer. Shouldn't that be enough for you?" Old Bennett said to her, considering leaving before she said that, and is now annoyed due to being called out on it.

"Well, she's still here, so what do you think?" Young Bennerr said to him.

"Aren't you, me, supposed to be on my, our side?"

"Not really. Like we've figured out, we don't always think alike."

"For better or for worst…"

"In this case, it's for the better. Look, I can't give you all the answers. And that's the honest truth because I don't know them myself. But, I can say that you're right on that."

"Kid." Old Bennett said, trying to get him to stop before his younger self said something that he may regret later. But his younger self wasn't listening.

"Something happened. Multiple somethings. But I imagine there was something that broke the straw…. You get the rest. And eventually, at some point, he came back here to try to fix all of it. Prevent those same mistakes from happening again."

Willow sighed. But at the very least, it seemed she had accepted his answer. "You realize how many people have made mistakes in their lives? Some worse than others? But unlike you, many of those people didn't have the capability of going back in time to try to fix all of that and make their life picture perfect. They have to live with those consequences for the rest of their life. I don't know what you did, but I hope you understand that you'll never be able to completely get rid of them. They're going to be a part of you forever. I just hope you've actually grown from them."

Old Bennett put his hands in his pocket. "I know….. I don't do this for my enjoyment. If I was a better person all those years ago I wouldn't even have to worry about all this." He said before sighing and shaking his head. "But, can't worry about that now…. I'll be back for the challenge. See you in about 21 minutes."

Future(Saving Me)

Old Bennett takes off his helmet and gets out of the chair. "Back already? How'd the challenge go?" Edee-34 asked.

"They're eating. Chris decided not to feed them so they're eating at the school. It'll start in 21 minutes." He answered before sitting down at his desk, hands together on top of it, covering the bottom half of his face.

"You look stressed. Do you want a quick snack?"

"No thanks. The best thing for me right now is silence."

"Oh. I got it." Edee-34 said before doing the shushing gesture and quieting down himself.

Bennett said by himself in complete silence, just trying to get his thoughts together.

Present

"To think a guy that works for Chris would be here drinking apple blood boxes like he's 20-years younger than what he actually is." Eda remarked, sitting at a table with Doyle, Dwayne, Eliza, Yulaw and Reagan.

"You say that as you do the same thing. With two I might add." Doyle replied after finishing his.

"Difference is I don't work for Chris. Regardless though, you'd think you'd only really make yourself seen when you're only doing challenges. Like Heloise, for the most part anyway."

"Eh, doing that wouldn't be fun. Heck, I'm sure if he could, Chris would probably doing the same stuff I am. But he can't because one: He's the host. And two: He doesn't want to paint the image of being too chill with the guys he has to come up with ways to make themselves hurt each other for the day. As for Heloise, she might not say it, but I think she enjoys hanging out with you guys at times like I do."

"You know, that's actually a good point. Never thought of it that way. Still think he's crazy though." Reagan said.

"And not to mention, he doesn't have to deal with some of the negatives we have to while reaping the positives of being here with us and as an intern. I'd say he has the best job here. An even better one that Chris, the host himself." Eliza said.

"That's probably only because several people hate or are annoyed by his antics at times, myself included, admittedly." Yulaw said. "Let's be honest, who here doesn't like Doyle or Heloise? At the very least, they don't really care about them."

"Yeah, but that's because they made themselves likeable enough for that to happen. The same way that Chris things to make himself dislikeable enough for that to happen too." Reagan said.

"Aw shucks, you're gonna make me blush." Doyle said jokingly.

"I mean it's true."

"I was joking. I'm not actually blushing. But still, I appreciate the compliment nonetheless."

"Oh…."

Eda could only smile, amused by the whole exchange.

"But honestly though, I'll take this Chris any day over when he was with the Pahkitew cast. Or some of the ones in other seasons made like this one." Doyle continued.

"You think he acts like that because he learned his lessons from the past seasons?" Yulaw asked sarcastically.

"What? No. Absolutely not. At least not in the way you're saying it, even if it was sarcastic. More than likely it's because he knows if he goes too, too far, he could end up getting himself arrested again."

"Glad you picked up the sarcasm."

"Can't host a show and make money in jail. Though to be fair, if it wasn't for the contracts, I'm almost certain he'd be back there already, especially after what happened to Marinette." Eliza said.

"Like I said, I think he knows his limits. There's certain things that you can't use a contract to get out of."

"And what are those limits? We've traveled through time, to different worlds, underwater. Only thing we're missing is going back to the past. Which I think all of you know how I feel about that." Reagan said.

"By limits I mean p*ssing off Gods, etcetera. And I mean in the real world, not virtual."

"Oh, you're serious."

"How can you tell?"

"Don't know if I've heard you swear here."

"Well duh. It's one thing to have upset parents, fans or family. It's another to have a galactic empire mad at you. Or…. nevermind, that's a spoiler. Why do you think we never actually went to Quarton? Toxsa and the rest of the Knights already have one Earth they need to keep an eye on."

"Jeez. Looks like you've seen some things." Eda said to Doyle. "At least since the last time we met."

"Just on other Total Drama seasons on TV. But real world? Not as much as you it seems." Doyle said, looking at the hook where her hand used to be.

"Yeah…" She looked at the hook. "A lot happened. And I mean a lot. But, what matters is, we got through it. All of us."

"Glad to hear it. That's all that matters in the end."

"Sounds like you two have some history." Dwayne said.

"Yeah. Portal to Earth. Abomination Zombies. Just to sum things up in a few words. Just never got around to talking to each other again until now, oddly enough."

"So, Eda, if you don't mind me asking, can you give us some details about Grudgby?" Eliza asked.

Eda laughed. "Can't wait huh? Alright, I guess I can tell you."

Several seconds passed as she said nothing before she even looked at a clock herself.

"Um…" Doyle started, just as confused as everyone else.

"What? The 30 minutes hasn't passed yet."

"Heh. Okay, that one was actually kinda good."

"You've got such an unfunny sense of humor at times." Reagan said to him.

" 'Unfunny sense of humor'. Yikes."

"Look, even if it's worded awkwardly to you, you know what I meant!"

"You're the genius inventor that can't express what she wants to say properly, not me."

"I'll remember when you inevitably make that same mistake."

"Again, I'm just a bounty hunter. Not a genius inventor."

Yulaw could only look at Eliza before shaking his head. She didn't even have to say anything to understand why he was doing that.

At another table, Kagami and Hunter were watching Bakura as he absolutely devoured the meat in front of him and had multiple boxes of apple blood.

"You good?" Kagami asked.

"What? I was hungry. And to be fair, isn't that a daily occurrence for you?" Bakura asked.

"Not like that."

"I didn't know there were different ways to eat quickly like that." Hunter said.

"If there's one thing that's for certain, we definitely did not eat the same way."

"I see. It's funny, I thought only Goku, Vegeta and Shaggy were capable of eating incredibly fast like that. Then, this season comes around and it's pretty much a normal occurrence."

Kagami laughed a little. "Yeah. When you put it that way….. I think I kinda feel what ya mean. I thought Nebuya was the best eater around. Before I got here that is."

"At the very least, we know we have plenty of people to put in for future eating challenges. Or if we're trapped and we have to eat our way out." Bakura joked.

"Heh. Imagine that. A food escape room challenge."

"I'm sure that would be a dream come true for you."

"If I'm hungry then yeah. Speaking of challenges, Hunter, do you have a clue about what Grudgby's about? We're going to have to actually score points to win, right?"

"Didn't Eda already say yes? But yeah. That's how it's always worked. I say this, as I've never played Grudgby before in my life. But trust me, I can promise you things will be completely different from when you played that game in Marzipan City. As for how you play, I don't think I'm the best person to ask. Again, I've never played it before. But, I have played basketball. Once."

"One time huh? What happened? Didn't like-" Kagami got a whiff of something and was absolutely disgusted. The source was from Sucy at another table.. "Would you put that away!? That crap stinks!"

"Sorry." She replied as she continued to work on the potion.

" 'Sorry' as she continues to work on it." He said as he covered his nose. "Please let these 30 minutes pass already."

"There isn't a way for you to work on that and not stink up half the cafeteria?" Gus asked, also covering his nose as he was at the same table, watching her work on it.

"Yeah, it's called doing it outside." Kagami remarked.

"Look, I can't control any of that. I tried that with Zee and it didn't work out like how I wanted it to." Sucy replied.

"Zee? He actually drank some of that?"

"Yeah. The last time we flew. His ears were supposed to grow. I tried to make it sweeter and taste better compared to his sodas, and nothing happened until hours later at night where he did nothing but burp for 10 plus minutes. So no more taking shortcuts. If it doesn't taste like apple juice or soda, then I'm sorry." She explained, shrugging at the end.

"Still doesn't account for the fact that you could still do it outside."

"Again, I already apologized. Not much else I can do."

Eventually, the rest of the 30 minutes passed and the teams were gathered outside on an athletic field. A scoreboard was seen above the bleachers.

"Alright guys, I hope you enjoyed your meal, because from here on out, it's game time." Chris said.

"That's right. I hope you got your game faces on, or at least the best ones you can muster, because you're gonna need em." Eda said as a crowd began to gather in the bleachers. "So, here's how you play. You put the ball in the other team's net, you score. Highest score after five minutes instead of the usual ten, wins."

"Wait, that's it? No way. That actually sounds, easy." Tangle said.

"Yeah, it sounds easy, until you get to the part where you have to stop the other players." Isagi said.

"Oh that. I thought you were gonna mention the traps." Eda said.

"The what now?"

"There it is." Tangle said.

"Here. It's better if I- actually, on second thought…. You'll see it for yourselves. Or feel it. Besides, more than like half of you have powers anyway. I'm sure you can take it if something were to actually hit you." Eda said. "Speaking of which, that's the other thing. To win, you have to do just that: Win! One time! That's it! Which means, there will be two winners this challenge! Obviously, I shouldn't tell you what happens if you're last."

"Wait, hold on a sec. I could have sworn we agreed to something different." Chris said to her.

She shrugged. "If we did, I don't remember it."

"You better be lucky I don't have it on record."

"Like I said, if I remembered, I would have did what we agreed on."

*Confessional*

Eda:

"Yeah, I totally lied. Not gonna be any robbery of any prizes around here on my watch. If you think you're just gonna throw feeding them on us and move on, you got another thing comin' buddy. What? You think because Luz got eliminated I'm not gonna watch or care about the others on the show? I mean it sucks she's gone, but I'm still curious to see who wins. And what wacky games Chris will come up with for them to do."

*End Confessional*

"So how is the matchmaking going to work?" Molly asked.

"For starters, every team is going to be a team of three. And don't worry, I know you're worried about the teams being completely being unbalanced and unfair. I mean, that could still happen, but this'll lessen the chance of that. Each match will be normal-on-normal only. No, you can't use any extra gear that helps out you normies punch above your level. Which means, no suits or any of that power glove nonsense that I've been seeing you guys use. I mean hey, props to Reagan for coming up with a way to help you guys have a fighter's chance in some of these challenges, but you can't use it here. Usually, we allow abilities but because of how you guys are one of two things will happen. One: You'll end up destroying the field. And/or two: You'll be able to take the traps. Which I mean, kinda defeats the purpose of them being there if you can just tank them."

"I guess no gauntlets too huh?" Diego asked, pointing to his arm where he notably wore the gauntlet.

"Nope! I know you guys wanna try 'em out since you just got 'em but that's gonna have to be for another challenge. Oh and none of those machines or Pokemon either. The two winning teams from last challenge get to play each other first."

"Is that stupid insta-win rule still there?" Luz called out.

"Nah. I hate changing the rules like this but I know nobody here wants to see that. So, for this one day, we won't use it."

"Also, there is a confessional here for you to use! Use it as you see fit!" Bump called out, pointing to confessional by the school, away from the field.

*Confessional*

Dwayne(Wave Breakers):

"Glove or no glove. I've already proven what I can bring to the table. Let's get this Grudgby Match on!"

*End Confessional*

*Confessional*

Hanamiya(Wave Breakers):

"Hmm….. I think I'll play this one. Even though this one is really of low-consequence since a weaker player will get booted, the longer those weaker players stay on our team the better. Cushions that can be used later on in more difficult challenges. I do have an idea on who should go if we do happen to lose though."

*End Confessional*

"Look buddy, you got your chance to shine a couple of challenges ago. Now it's time to sit back and watch." Mr. Wolf said to Dwayne as he had volunteered to be one of the three players.

"Just try not to lose. That's all I'm gonna say. And to be fair, I haven't even played the past couple of challenges." Dwayne said.

"Let's make sure Molly gets a spot, regardless of who else we pick." Hanamiya said.

"That's a random pick. No offense to her. But, why?" Jenny asked him.

"She was nice enough to give up her spot for me. So why don't I pay it forward?"

"Wait, you're giving me your spot? Why not just have us play together?"

"I thought about that but then, Mr. Wolf made an excellent point about staying active on the team. That spot should go to someone else. How about we give Hinata a shot?"

"Fair enough. It's out of him or Furuya."

"What about Kageyama and Tsukishima?" Julie asked.

"Latter's played a few. And uh…"

"What?" Kageyama asked.

"Look, no offense, but considering your track record with games involving balls, it's probably best you sit this one out."

"I'm not even that bad! How hard is it to get a ball into a hoop?"

"Very hard, actually." Hanamiya remarked.

"I don't know. It should have been easy to bowl and look what happened with that." Mr. Wolf said.

"Let Furuya play. For one, it'll give him a reason to not fall asleep. And second, if all we have to do is get the ball in the hoop, we can just throw them in. Who's going to try to stop those throws of his?" Dwayne said.

"Several people, actually. If they want to win."

"Just because they can, doesn't mean they will."

"All right. I actually agree with keeping him up. Furuya, you're playing."

"I got no objections. Especially with what happened the last time he played." Reagan said.

"Isn't that a bad thing though? What happened last time?" Hinata asked.

"Yeah. I'm saying that for him to actually stay up instead of sleeping through all of the challenges. Then when he gets suddenly called up at random he basically just gives away a win. Like what happened last time."

"Just throw em like you do in baseball!" Miyuki said, hitting Furuya in the back hard, catching him off guard with the hit.

"All right, we're good to go." Mr. Wolf said to Chris.

"Cool. Because they are too." Chris replied, referring to their 3 opponents: Riley, Dewey and Courtney.

"Don't forget, Furuya has incredibly powerful pitches, so keep watch for those. I think he'll be the focal point of their offense. You stop him, they can't win." Akashi said to three.

"What about Hanamiya?" Huey asked.

"His presence doesn't change anything."

"Let's not go that far yet. We don't know what'll happen the second they start playing." Isagi said to him.

"If the people we chose show why they were the right fit, I honestly don't think it'll matter."

Seconds later, a referee stepped onto the court. That referee being Eda's sister Lilith. She had short red hair with a slight streak of it being gray on the right. Her right eye was gray and her left was mint-green.

"Alright, let's have a clean match. I won't stop it unless I have to, so you don't have to worry about me trying to make myself a part of the game. You've got five minutes." She points to the Kings' three players first and then points behind them. "Your goal is over there." She then does the same thing with Hanamiya, Furuya and Molly. "Your goal is over there."

"You've got five minutes to play. Tackling is legal, along with some other moves. As long as you're going for the ball. But you cannot for any reason eat it!"

"Why would we eat the ball?" Mr. Wolf asked.

"I don't know. But I'm stopping you before you get any bright ideas. Any questions before we start?"

None were given. "Alrighty then. Good luck!" Lilith said before throwing the ball upwards in the air.

Courtney was the first to catch it with her immediately throwing it towards the goal.

"That ain't gonna make it." Mr. Wolf said.

"Wasn't intending for it to."

"What?" Hanamiya said, surprised.

Turns out, it was a pass to an open Dewey.

"Stop right there!" Molly said to him, blocking his path.

"Sure thing." Dewey said, smiling before throwing the ball upwards with one hand

So he decided to throw the ball upwards behind his back.

"Another pass! Stop it!" Hanamiya called out.

But it turns out, it wasn't a pass. Or even an attempt to score. It was a throw out of bounds.

Lilith whistled to indicate this. "Out of bounds!"

"What was that!?" Courtney said to him.

"Sorry. Was trying something." Dewey said.

"Maybe not the best time to be experimenting." Riley said.

"Yeah, doing that's not for everybody." Aomine said, knowing exactly what he was trying to do.

Furuya was the one chosen to throw it in.

"I'm open! I'm open!" Molly called out before she was immediately covered. "I'm still kinda open!"

"No you're not!" Dewey countered.

"Don't listen to him! Yes I am!"

"No, you're definitely not open."

Hanamiya and Courtney were fighting for position with the former looking at him before moving his eyebrows upwards and moving his eyes to the left. Furuya still hadn't thrown it in yet.

"Five seconds!" Lilith warned. He then got the hint that Hanamiya was trying to give and brought his hand back to throw it. It looked to have been a great throw for most people, but Furuya knew that the ball came off his hand awkwardly and already knew it was going to miss. So he tried to immediately run it down. Same thing with Hanamiya who elbowed Courtney in the nose to get her off him, which worked as she instinctively covered her nose in pain.

The latter almost got blindsided by a swinging axe appearing from under the ground. The former wouldn't be able to run it down in time as the throw would go past the goal and be ruled out of bounds.

"What kind of a pass was that?" Eliza said.

"That wasn't a pass. He was trying to score." Akashi declared.

"From all the way back there? Nah." Todd said.

"Remember the last time he threw something? I fully believe it." Isagi said. "Just like I believe that was a once-in-a-game type of move. That's not gonna work again."

"The release was-" Furuya was about to explain but Hanamiya stopped him.

"Don't worry about it. Just make sure you stick to someone." He replied.

"You wasted that opportunity. That's not gonna work again." Courtney said to Hanamiya, still rubbing her nose after the hard elbow, picking up the ball to throw it in.

"You're acting like we're out of it. The game's still tied, last time I checked." He replied, in front of her.

She tried to look over him, even though he wasn't even that tall over her.

"Come on, I'm not that-" The ball suddenly hit the top of his head hard and bounced off, allowing for her to hurry and run to get it back.

"B*astard!" He thought before trying to run to tackle her seconds later.

"Riley!" She called out before throwing the ball to her.

Furuya slid to intercept it and immediately threw it to Molly as if he was trying to stop a runner in baseball, with her quickly running to the exact spot he was throwing it to, having to slide to even have a chance at catching it. She immediately passed it off to Hanamiya. Who attempted to run to score. He jumped up to throw it in but Courtney jumped up behind him as well to tackle him to the ground. It floated up in the air for what felt like forever before it finally got in the hoop, scoring the first point of the day.

A whistle was heard from Lilith. "Point! Breakers!" Lilith called out, raising her hands up to also show that the score was good. The point was shown on the scoreboard.

"One heck of a way to start." Luz commented.

"Yeah. Too bad it took about half the game time for a point to be scored." Amity commented.

"Wait, what?"

"Yeah." She pointed up at the scoreboard, indicating that there was 2 minutes and 16 seconds remaining.

"Even so, it's not like they're not trying to score." Willow said.

"True. Hopefully, Courtney and the others can get a point quickly."

"You alright? He put a lot of heat into that pass." Scratch said to Molly, referring to Furuya.

"Yeah. And you're not kidding about heat. But I'm good. If it wasn't fast, I don't think we'd be able to score. Dewey was all over me." She replied to him, feeling her hands and the sensation that she felt catching the ball without any mitts or gloves.

"I guess. But hey, you guys got a point, so I'm not complainin'."

"We need to be ready for those throws. Furuya's going to throw them out quick, so if we're not ready, they'll get past us like what happened earlier." Courtney said to her teammates as they were huddled together in a group.

"Sorry. I didn't think he'd be that fast in throwing out a strong throw like that. I'll be ready for 'em next time." Dewey said.

"For our sake, I hope so."

"You're not gonna have to deal with all of them by yourself. We got your back." Riley said to Courtney, putting a hand on her shoulder.

Lilith whistled. "Come on, back to the center guys!"

"They got lucky with the traps this time. I don't know about from here on out." Eda commented.

"I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed the lack of traps. Still entertaining what with the elbow throwing and what-not, but there could be room for improvement." Chris said, spectating with Eda on the left of him in the bleachers.

"One thing being commentators. You know what they should have did? Get Boscha, Gus and that girl from Luna Nova. That would have been a great commentary team. Experience in Boscha, and you could do the reverse of what Gus did in Luna Nova. Bump, you dropped the ball."

"Hmm, that would have been a splendid idea now that you mention it. I wish you would have brought that up sooner." Bump said, sitting one row behind them.

Lilith had already thrown the ball up with the Kings getting the ball again, having a clear advantage in the jumping department as seen by this and when the game first started.

Dewey threw a pass to Courtney, avoiding a pit of fire as he did. But Hanamiya immediately blocked her path. "Going somewhere?" He said, knowing that she had nowhere to go. Until she went and immediately charged right through him, catching him off guard as he fell to the ground.

"Yeah, through you!" He grabbed her leg to pull her down but she immediately threw it forward before she could fall, with her immediately kicking him the face after.

The ball was close to the goal, on the ground.

The other four were trying to run to get it, with Furuya looking as if he was going to be the one to get it first before Riley jumped to kick him in the back. While he didn't fall on the ground, he did stumble, giving Dewey at least a chance get the ball before he did.

"Come on Molly! Get those legs movin'!" Scratch yelled out. It was going to be close, but he could tell that Molly was going to be about a second behind Dewey. So he decided to help out a bit by impeding Dewey's path, causing him to trip and fall.

Molly, avoiding the arrows that were raining down from below, picked up the ball and immediately throwing it to Furuya.

"You got this! Again!" She called out to him.

"No you don't!" Courtney and Riley said with Hanamiya bringing the former to the ground before she could try to stop the throw that Furuya was about to throw. Even though there was an ice storm raining right in front of him, his focus wouldn't be broken. Concentrating, he threw it again. But Riley intercepted it, running on the platform of plant vines that was intended to be a trap, as a way to get higher before she jumped and caught it before throwing it to Dewey. Who jumped up to throw the ball towards the goal in a high arc away from Molly, who tried to jump to block his attempt.

Until Scratch intervened again and touched it slightly to prevent any chance of it going in. Seeing it come down, both she and Dewey tried to catch it with both of them fighting for the ball until she was able to get it away from him and quickly toss it away….. Right into a wall of fire.

She was horrified that she burned the ball to ashes, but it turned out to be fine. Now it was ignited in flames. Riley was the first to get to it but immediately yelped in pain from the flames, leaving Furuya as the next closest person to get to it as Hanamiya and Courtney were physically trying to get ahead of each other while also slowing each other down in the process.

"Furuya! Do it again!" Molly called out.

"No! He's already-" Hanamiya started as he was completely brought down to the ground by Courtney, who looked to have been fed up from how Hanamiya was playing.

"I don't care! He's got the arm and I've got the belief! Let him do it again!"

Less than a minute remained. Hanamiya pushed Courtney off into what could have been a fatal trap as sharp rocks appeared from the ground inches from where she was.

He tried to pick it up but couldn't. He was about to put on the mitt that he had in his pocket until Scratch intervened again and possessed him so he could make it at least seem that Furuya threw it with Scratch quickly exiting and using telekinesis the whole way to send the ball into the goal.

Lilith whistled. "Point! Breakers!"

"Damn it. It's pretty much over now." Aomine said.

"Never say never. Anything can happen." Isagi said.

But nothing happened. Hanamiya and the others were able to completely shut down any attempt they had to come back and score, ending the game on 2-0.

"Scratch!" Molly whispered in a scolding manner.

"What? That was to help you guys out. You were trying to get Furuya to keep believing in himself!" Scratch explained.

"And I really appreciate that. But still….it's cheating. And it's wrong. This isn't going to be like back at school with the baseball team. Please don't do it again."

"Hey, it's the superpowered guys time to shine now. They shouldn't need me. At least I'd hope not. Besides, if they actually did, it's not like no one but your team and Lotte can see me." He said before leaving to quickly grab a soda.

"Hold on a second. They cheated!" Jotaro declared with several gasps heard including Molly.

"What!?" Scratch said in disbelief as he came back before getting a confident expression back on his face again. "It's not like he's got any way to prove it." He said before going to Jotaro and relaxing on top of his head, popping open the can. "So go ahead and spout off your crazy takes buddy." He taunted before getting ready to drink it. But Jotaro quickly swiped the drink away with his stand. "Hey!"

"We'll see how crazy they are the minute I give proof." Jotaro replied, still looking forward.

"This is gonna be interesting. Go ahead." Chris said to Jotaro. "If you can actually prove it I'll reverse the results."

Jotaro's Theme from Stardust Crusaders Plays

"Sure thing. First off, Molly."

"Yeah?" She started, trying to hide her nervousness.

"Did someone other than Hanamiya and Furuya help you?"

"Of course not!"

"I see….we'll see what Ben and Albedo have to say."

"Me? I don't have anything to do with this." Ben said.

"Neither do I. Leave us out of it." Albedo said.

"This involves the team. You've got a lot to do with this. Now, Ben, I need to change into Clockwork."

"Okay….Sure thing." He was confused where he was going with all this but wasn't going to argue.

"Albedo, you're going to be a witness."

"I already told you I don't have anything to do with this."

"For someone to be that intelligent, you couldn't be more wrong. The outcome of this match can decide a lot. Momentum, who has to avoid playing another game. Not to mention who you have to play in a game."

"Hmm…. completely fair. Explain what I must do."

"You're gonna use Ghostfreak. But not yet. Ben, I need you to go and playback everything starting at 2 minutes and 16 seconds left in the game. Make sure everyone can see it. Keep playing until I tell you to stop."

"Got it." Clockwork said before playing back the moment Jotaro told him to, focusing on the game. Every moment that happened was played back, but was in green.

"I don't recall him ever demonstrating this ability. How did you even know about it?" Sebastian asked, a mixture of intrigue and surprise.

"You're right. He never used it. But, if you remember, all the way back at the Gran Prix, he offered to."

"Ohhhhh! Now I remember!" Huey said. "Great catch!"

When Dewey and Molly were running for the ball, Jotaro told him to stop.

"These phones of yours. If I recall, they can take pictures right?"

"Yeah. Do you need one?" Isagi asked.

"If you don't mind, take a picture at that exact spot where Dewey is." Jotaro instructed, pointing at the spot as well. After making sure the camera was focused and zoomed in, he took the picture.

"Aw jeez, we're cooked." Libby said.

"Now you're starting to sound like me a bit." Morty joked.

"I'm serious! Look at how in detail he's going with this! It's over!"

After taking more pictures in other moments, Albedo, as Ghostfreak, confirmed that he could see who Jotaro was talking about: Scratch.

"That's from one person. Albedo or not, that still doesn't prove anything." Zak M. said.

"If you're still not convinced, I can get that. But we'll see if you're still that way when I finish."

"When you finish? You mean you're not done?"

"I never said I was. You just assumed that was going to be my biggest point to prove it. But it's not. That's just one part. Heloise, I need you to go back to the Tokyo-Kyoto Goodwill episode. In other words, the episode where we go to Maki's school. And play the final moments of the shopping part of the challenge."

"Wait, Jotaro, you know who shot Marinette? Why didn't you say something about this earlier!?" Adrien asked, starting to get upset.

"I can't answer that because I don't know. That's not the part I'm referring to. Believe me if I could prove who did that to her I would."

"Oh. Sorry about that."

"I'm assuming you want everyone to see this, right?" Heloise asked, looking for the episode to play back on the tablet she was holding.

"If you can do that, yeah."

"Hold on a second. Chris, I'm gonna need to portal back."

"Be my guest." He said.

"With how long all of this is I hope you're right. Because if not, number one, this'll be the biggest waste of time. And two: You'll have completely embarrassed yourself." Yulaw said.

"The best prosecutors don't accuse someone of a crime unless they have absolute damning evidence that they did it. If I didn't have the evidence, I would have never even tried to do this." Jotaro replied, seemingly unbothered by Yulaw's statement.

"We'll see about that."

Heloise came back with a screen to project the tablet to, a cord running through the portal all the way back to the island to power the projector, playing back the specific part that Jotaro requested.

Footage from TD: ATM Episode: Bad Juju Plays

"No way! I'm sorry Marinette, but this is one challenge I refuse to lose!" Rally thought before throwing one of the video game boxes she had at her, as she was the closest.

Though, something was wrong with Maki. Or, was there? She suddenly started to spin around like a ballerina with the polearm she had, surprising everyone and knocking some of them back along with the items, with the exception of Blaze, who used her speed to get across first.

Jenny was the one to knock her down on top of Jotaro.

"Maki, what was that?" Jotaro asked, just as confused as everyone else.

Scratch left from Maki's body.

"So it was you all along." Jotaro said to Scratch.

"Yep! Wait, how the heck can you see me!?" Scratch said surprised that Jotaro was able to see him when he never revealed himself to most of the opposing team members.

"Looks like you forgot, so I had to give you a bit of a refresher." Jotaro said to Scratch. "And you're right, I'm not supposed to see you. Only the people that you choose to see you should. And I wasn't one of those people. But the reason I still can is because of my Stand. You see, Stand users can see ghosts. I've been able to see you since this season started. But I've got a couple more things before I'm finished." He said before drinking some of the soda that he took from Scratch.

"First off, you're probably wondering where in the world I got this soda from. Ben, if you can, play back to when I first said Molly's team cheated."

After doing just that, Jotaro asked Isagi to take a picture above his head, revealing Scratch to be there relaxing, soda in hand, seconds before Jotaro took it.

"And finally, Furuya. If you remember, he tried to pick the ball up and throw it but couldn't because of how hot it was. The same problem that Riley encountered. For him to pick it up seconds later without even putting on the mitt that he had in his pocket doesn't make any sense. He was about to, but suddenly decided not to. Say what you will about him not being the smartest person, but he isn't as stupid as some of you think he and the others similar to him are."

"Says you." Beta said.

Jotaro ignored him and continued. "You could chalk it up to him being in a rush, but even so, he wouldn't be able to pick it up without dropping it or it being a weak throw. And every time that Furuya's thrown it, it's been powerful throws, regardless of the context. Even his form's off."

"Form? Bro, how- you know what? Never mind." Randy said.

"Don't worry, I'm not gonna waste any time by showing every time he's thrown this season. The few times he's tried in this episode alone should be more than enough. Ben?"

"I think I've got enough for a couple more." Ben said before playing back what Jotaro wanted.

"The second time was similar, but Furuya adjusted to the size and feel of the ball compared to a baseball before Riley intercepted it. Hence why this throw was a lot more accurate compared to the first time." Jotaro said, pointing out how Furuya had a better grip of the ball before he threw one of his patented rocket pitches compared to the first time, getting Isagi and this time Akashi along with him to take pictures as evidence so they can be compared side by side. "Which was what I'm willing to bet he was going to tell Hanamiya about. And why he also ran after it. Because he knew the throw didn't feel right compared to however he usually feels. If that wasn't the case, why didn't he do that when he threw it the other times? Barring the last one to score."

"That is an incredible attention to detail. I would have never even noticed that." Lucy commented.

"Agreed. Jotaro really did his homework." Sophie added.

"You thought he was joking about Furuya and the others? Maybe you're the idiot." Miyuki remarked.

"Would you please be quiet!?"

"Thank you." Lucy said to Sophie.

"I'm done." Jotaro said with Ben seeing this as a signal to return to normal before looking at Scratch. "If you would have simply made minor changes like you did with Dewey, there's a better chance you'd have gotten away with it. But you got carried away. In more ways than one. Now your team has to suffer the consequences. Granted, it might not matter since this is only the first game, but your team has to play another game and is at higher risk for elimination, and Molly had to do something that I know she doesn't like to do: Lie. I already knew she was lying from the start. It was plain as day from her body language. It's not in her nature, so of course she's not going to be good at it. But, I had to make sure to use legitimate evidence to back it up."

Music Stops

Chris was in awe at the amount of detail before he snapped out of it when he realized Jotaro was done. "Yeah, that's way more than enough evidence. The win goes to the Kings!" Chris said as Jotaro drank the rest of the soda. "I honestly wish I could give the whole game to them just for that but, that's not how that works. Plus, the Rats would get mad at me like they did last time, and I promised them today's challenge would be a fair one. So yeah. Next normal match please! Rats, you're up!"

"It ain't over yet pal! So don't think you've won!" Scratch said, pointing

"Oh, forgot to mention." Eda said.

"Oh great. Look lady, is there anything else you forgot to mention along with what you're about to say? Anything at all?" Zak asked, annoyed.

"Nope, this is the last one I swear. Okay, so if you lose the first normal game, you lost the ability to have a say who plays in the next one."

Libby had an even more worried look on her face as the Rats began to make their choices with the Breakers getting Miyuki, Hinata and Dwayne as their picks. They would go against Hiruma, Becky F.(at her request), and Akko(at Hiruma's request).

*Confessional*

Hanamiya(Wave Breakers):

"Not the way I envisioned this happening, but I won't complain. Now, this is pretty much a win-win situation. Either we still win regardless, or, we lose and there's a chance she leaves because of Scratch getting caught cheating."

*End Confessional*

*Confessional*

Isagi(Storm Kings):

"Amazing analysis on his part. Though to be honest, I can't help but think he wouldn't have went that hard if Scratch didn't decide to relax on his head like that. He got way too comfortable. And I don't think Jotaro was a fan of that, knowing that he had evidence to that extent."

*End Confessional*

"Hiruma makes sense. But you two? I don't get it." Miyuki said.

"Oh you'll get it soon enough!" Becky replied.

After going over who's goal was who's, the ball was thrown up.

Akko and Dwayne were the first ones to reach it with the former getting possession of it.

"Catch!" She threw the ball in Hiruma's direction who was covered by Hinata. Despite Hiruma having the height advantage over him, what he didn't have was the jump height advantage. In a Monta-like catch, Hinata intercepted it, accidentally falling on Hiruma in the process. He sent the ball Dwayne's direction who was able to catch it and avoid Becky and the ice wall that had suddenly appeared, with the former "incidentally" knocking down Miyuki trying to get open.

"Oh no you don't!" Akko yelled out, quickly gaining distance and chasing down Dwayne before he could throw it, something that he was already able to do before she tackled him, getting the ball in for the first point.

"I was open! Come on!" Becky said to Akko, up in arms.

"Sorry! I thought Hiruma would have been better since you know, he's a quarterback!"

"So!?"

"So, there's a better chance he could get an accurate throw!"

"That's not bad thinking." Hiruma said before immediately exploding and kicking her multiple times. "IF IT WASN'T FOR THE FACT THAT I WAS COVERED BY THE F[CENSORED]ING SPIKER!"

"I'm sorryyyyy!"

"KYFP!"

"WHAT DOES THAT MEEEAN!?"

"IT MEANS KNOW YOU'RE F[CENSORED]ING PERSONNEL!"

"OKAY! OKAY! I GOT IT! IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN I PROMISE!"

Amity watched the whole thing, shaking her head.

"If she tries to cover me, I need you to switch with me, got it?" Miyuki said to his teammates.

"Got it!" Both said simultaneously.

The teams got back to center. The ball was thrown up, this time Hinata was to first to get it, with him running with it for a bit before Akko attempted to put her hands up to block any pass rather than try to tackle him. Even with the vine trap that appeared to try to grab both of them, she still tried to stay glued to him and block his vision for a pass.

"What is she doing? Why isn't she tackling him? He's just gonna-" Rally commented with Hinata jumping to try to throw the ball in with Rally facepalming, already knowing what was about to happen. But was surprised when no whistle was blown, looking back up.

Akko had pulled him down by his leg before he could get any type of hang time to get away from her. Afterwards, she let go of his leg as he was on the ground and picked up the ball. She was deciding on whether she would pass it or keep it herself, deciding on the latter, running down the field and avoiding traps before throwing it the second Dwayne came over to switch on Becky, leaving Hiruma wide open for just enough time for him to catch it and make a quick toss in to score.

"Come on! Ref! How is that legal!? That wasn't a play on the ball!" Becky complained.

"I understand your complaints, but it's easier said than done to know where she was throwing to. I'll make sure to keep that in mind though." Lilith calmly replied before whistling the point to her team.

"Would you hush? You scored!" Eda called out to Becky.

"No! I don't care if our team did score! I still want to make sure the rules are followed. And besides, it's not like the game's over. We still have over two and a half minutes left." Becky responded.

"Says the person that elbowed Miyuki. But whatever….." Eda said to herself.

"And you guys thought I couldn't play." Akko said to the two.

"Don't get carried away! It's tied. That was good defense, but I doubt that's going to work a second time." Hiruma said.

"Agreed. Be prepared for more adjustments." Becky added.

"You're right. So we're not going to go with that again." Miyuki said after Dwayne pointed out how open Hiruma was for that small period of time for them to score. He rubbed his chin, trying to think of any ideas.

"I got a play. If you're up for it." Dwayne said to him.

"Of course! Go ahead!" He replied, a genuine grin of interest on his face.

A few seconds later, the teams were brought back to the middle. Hinata was able to win first possession again with him immediately handing it off to Dwayne, who was right next to him, using his body to shield the hand-off as all three team members stuck close to each other.

Anything else they would try would be cut off by the moving axe that would appear, surprising them. But Miyuki would use this to his advantage and quickly throw the ball forward towards the goal with a sidearm throw.

The throw however, was instantly cut off by Hiruma, who jumped and caught it. He looked as if he was about to throw it, which caused Akko to immediately take off running towards the goal and Dwayne trying to follow her and prevent a wide open throw. She was looking back and not even seeing the vine wall in front of her and ran right into it. Hinata anticipated the throw and tried to cut it off, only for it to never come as he pulled his arm back. Instead, he threw it to Becky, who was still fighting for position with Miyuki. He tried to get in front of her to intercept it and move her out of the way but it was clear that she wasn't going to be denied.

"Move you little ba[censored]ard!" She exploded, basically throwing him to the ground so she could get the pass. She thought about throwing it to Akko but saw that Dwayne was right there waiting to intercept it. So instead, she took it herself. She ducked the ice shards and sidestepped the spikes that also came from the ground.

"Come on! You can think you can get past me?" Dwayne challenged.

"Whatever it takes to win buddy!"

"Then let's go!"

She continued to run towards him, with Dwayne already preparing himself to have to do a well-timed tackle. She raised her arm up as if she was going to throw it but brought it back down.

"Hiruma already tried that. Not gonna-" She threw it to the side. While it surprised him, he wasn't going to give up and let her get it back. But neither of them got there first. Akko did. And before Dwayne could try to stop her or intercept the pass, she threw the ball with all the strength she had, not even looking where she was throwing as her eyes were closed. But it didn't matter as the ball went in, with Lilith whistling and giving the signal that it was good. The score was 2-1 with 41 seconds left.

"You didn't do that so you could get around me. You did that so Akko could get it." Dwayne said to Becky.

"Yep! Scoring isn't the only way you can contribute." She replied, proudly adjusting her glasses.

*Confessional*

Becky F.(Radical Rats):

"Look, all that matters to me is that we win. I don't care if I take the final winning shot or if someone else does. And that doesn't just apply here, that applies to every game played here. I came here to win 10 million, not to impress people. Although…. If I can do that too, without it being at the expense of the team, why would I complain?"

*End Confessional*

The teams were brought back into the middle. Like the other times, Hinata won first possession. But unlike the other times, he hit the ball and sent it behind himself to allow his teammates to get it. Miyuki got it.

"Block!" He called out, with Dwayne taking this as a signal for him to stay slightly ahead of him and block. Which looked to have been a good plan at first, until Akko decided to dropkick Dwayne out of nowhere. Miyuki tried to spike the ball on the ground and bounce it upwards before someone could tackle him, leaving it up in the air only for Hinata to get to first. But instead of coming down to throw it on the ground, he threw the ball at the hoop mid-air, scoring the point and tying the game with 20 seconds left.

"That's what I'm talking about Hinata!" Kageyama exclaimed.

*Confessional*

Hinata(Wave Breakers):

"That wasn't anything discussed. That was all just on-the-fly and a heads-up play from the both of us. I knew it was risky but that was the only chance I had. If I waited for even a bit, I probably would have gotten tackled or blocked. So now it's 2-2. But we can't celebrate yet. We have to finish the job."

*End Confessional*

The teams were at center for what would probably be the last play of the game.

"Not a bad heads up play. Don't think that bulls[censored] is gonna work again, four-eyes." Hiruma said to Miyuki.

"We'll see, Saiyan. We'll see." Miyuki replied.

The ball was thrown upwards. And Hinata was able to get the ball again. The time started to tick away.

"Stay on him!" Hiruma called out to Akko, but jumped back, almost gitting burned to a crisp by a pit of fire that suddenly appeared in front of him and Dwayne.

"I'm trying my best here!" She replied back. Because she was about as tall as he was, height advantage wasn't an option for her. In fact, she was actually a whole inch shorter than him. But he knew better than to try a risky play.

"I can't bite. I have to be patient. Come on Akko, just hang in there!" She thought.

"She's got me cornered. And she knows it too. That's why she's not trying to tackle or do anything crazy. If I charge into her, that might not work. If I pass, it might get picked off. I might be able to jump and try to score, but I don't know if I can make it! And if I miss, that might give them enough time for a chance to win! And who knows what happens if we tie. Damn it! What do I do!?" Hinata thought.

"Come on kid, if you're gonna make it a decision, you need to do it now!" Dwayne thought.

"I just have to believe. I can do this! One more time!" Hinata prepared himself for one more jump.

"I won't let you!" Akko exclaimed, determined to stop him by any means necessary, grabbing onto any part of him she could.

"I… DON'T CARE!" Hinata yelled out, mustering strength for a throw to the goal before being brought down.

Try as they might, Hiruma and Becky were unable to jump high enough to reach the ball as time ticked away. When the clock hit zero, the ball rolled harmlessly to the ground.

Hiruma, Becky, Akko, Hinata, Miyuki and Dwayne were all in the same places they were in before, all silent.

Lilith finally whistled to break the silence. "Out of bounds!"

Akko and Becky breathed sighs of relief, while Hinata expressed disappointment that he missed.

"So what happens now?" Dwayne asked Lilith.

"Now we go to sudden death. Next score wins." Lilith said. "Now, both teams to center!"

"You're not gonna get another ball up." Akko declared to Hinata, deadly serious.

"You wanna bet?" Hinata replied, also just as serious.

The ball was thrown up. Hinata was able to win the jump with him sending it back for Miyuki to get. What he didn't expect was to get tackled instantly by Akko, due to her not actually jumping and instead following the ball. Becky took it and immediately tried to run as fast as she could with it. While it looked as if she was going to make it despite the traps, one of the arrows that appeared knocked off her glasses. Now it was harder for her to see.

"Crap! This isn't good!" She said. But she knew this was probably the best chance they'd have to win. So she tried her hardest to make out the goal.

"Please let this go in. Please! Please! Please!" She thought before about to desperately chuck it to where she thought the goal was.

"Left! Go left a bit!" Hiruma called out before being sent to the ground by Dwayne after figuring out what he was doing.

"No more of that." Dwayne said to him, making sure he couldn't be heard.

"Left. Got it. Thank you!" She thought, squinting before throwing.

Everyone looked in silence as the ball arced in the air before landing on the ground a couple of seconds later. Everyone was silent.

"Come on, not this again! Akko, please tell me I got it!" Becky said, breaking the silence and trying to find her glasses but was startled from the sudden yelling that was heard from several people. But they were voices that she recognized were from her own team including Akko's.

Lilith whistled multiple times. "Point! Rats! Game over!"

Dwayne could only shake his head in disappointment with Hinata falling to the ground, also disappointed. Miyuki didn't seem to have any expression on his face. But he for sure wasn't smiling.

Hiruma immediately started shooting the water pistols he had in the air in joy as he yelled as well.

Becky was still looking for her glasses before she suddenly felt them. When she took them and put them back on, she was surprised to see who gave them to her. It was Miyuki. He smiled before walking off to join his team.

"Hey! Stand up! What are you sad for?" He called out to Hinata.

"What do you mean, what am I sad for? We lost! We lost and it's my fault! I shouldn't have passed!" Hinata said. "I should have known. It was only a matter of time before they found some way to stop that."

"After five plus tries too. Honestly surprised it took them that long."

"Stop trying to be funny. It's not helping!"

"And neither is this!" Miyuki said, completely serious. "You can either sit here and keep blaming yourself or you can move on and improve for the next game!"

"If there's even a next one."

He put an arm around him for a second before saying, "Trust me. I think you'll have another one." He said before going to the bleachers and talking to Furuya next. "Hey! Hey! How ya feelin'?"

"We lost." Furuya simply said.

"Yeah, I know. Next game huh?"

"I don't understand how you can be so happy about this when you're apart of the losing six." Kageyama said to Miyuki.

"At least I'm trusted to throw a ball to help us win."

"WHY YOU! YOU IDIOT! WE LOST AND YOU'RE STILL THROWING OUT THOSE STUPID INSULTS!?"

"Not bad. Not bad at all." Rally said to Becky.

"Couldn't have done it without Hiruma though. That was some good thinking to tell me to go left a bit." She replied before looking back at the person that annoyed her the most on this island and smiled.

"He does one thing and he's okay with you now?"

"Of course not! If it wasn't for the fact that I didn't have my glasses I would have yelled in his face. And absolutely reveled in doing so."

"Maybe next time then?"

"If there is a next time. They've got to send someone home."

"Don't get your hopes up. I seriously doubt they're going to send him home. And it's not just because of his strategies."

"Yeah I know. Unfortunately. And I mean that in more ways than one." Becky said, looking at Libby and Molly.

*Confessional*

Becky Farrah(Radical Rats):

"You know something? Seeing him do that. Not just with me, but with Hinata, even if I'm not sure I would have had that delivery, that gets some kudos points from me. Honestly, I actually forgot about what he did to Haizaki until seeing that. It's just, all the stuff he does to annoy you makes you forget about all the good stuff that he does."

*End Confessional*

"Hey!" Jotaro called out, getting Scratch's attention.

"Let me guess, you came to rub it in. Didn't ya?" Scratch asked.

"No. I was just going to ask one question: Was it worth it?" Jotaro asked before leaving.

"What the- you just asked a question, don't even wait for an answer then leave? That's not even rhetorical!" He sighed before going back to his team.

"Come on, we haven't even gotten to voting yet. You don't know what could happen." Molly said to Libby, trying to reassure her.

"Molly, I know what's going to happen. We're going to voted off. Tonight. I didn't even get to try my gauntlet or my Bakugan!" Libby said, genuine disappointment in her voice. "I leave and don't even get to give Lotte a proper goodbye because she's on another team!"

Scratch watched the exchange, and his eyes started to feel heavy. Not to mention the fact that he was no longer smiling. He tried to help and ended up making the situation worse.

*Confessional*

Scratch(Wave Breakers):

"Look, fine. I cheated. It was for a good cause! I didn't think Mr. Stand User would go full Sherlock Holmes! Look, I'll be honest, I didn't think they'd get that far after seeing what this season was going to be like. But now, knowing they're going to be gone like this? No way! Not today! I'm gonna fix this tonight! I promise!"

*End Confessional*

"All right guys. You know the drill. Head back. Elimination tonight." Chris said.

"No hard feelings, right?" Akko said, rubbing Hinata's back to cheer him up.

"Of course not. Honestly, I really liked how competitive it was. Even though it hurts when you're the one that loses." He replied. "I have to give credit to you though. Not jumping and just following the ball instead was genius. You really got me there."

"Yes. Very impressive indeed Akko." Diana said to her.

"Even though it took five plus jumps for you to figure out that you can't outjump him." Sucy said.

"Come on Sucy, the person I went against gave me credit! How come you can't?" Akko said.

"Because I'd just be saying the same thing others said. But seriously though, it should have at most been 3 times until you tried something else."

"Next time, you're gonna feel what it's like to lose!" Hinata declared.

"Absolutely not. With what Amity's been saying, I've suffered enough already." Akko replied before seeing her near the portal along with Luz and the others.

"Akko, looks like you showed me. You weren't so bad. Even without magic." Amity said to her.

"Yeah! I told you!"

"But, you really need to start slowing down sometimes. The reason why you make some of these bad decisions is because you're going too fast. I love that you're energetic. And obviously, Luz does too. But there's a such thing as too much."

"I really appreciate the advice Amity. I'll keep that in mind."

"Glad to hear it."

"Good luck on the rest of the season everyone!" Willow called out.

"Break a leg guys! Not literally!" Luz added.

"Yeah. Try to make sure you get out of this in one piece. And maybe think about sharing some money with momma Eda?" Eda said.

Lilith laughed before saying "No." as the rest of the contestants went in the portal.

"Says the ref. I bet you had money on this game didn't you?"

"Very funny."

"But seriously though, how was being a ref? It's not the same as coaching your own team but, it's something."

"It was fine. Not something I'd want to do long-term but, fine."

"Good to know. You think you'd do well on Total Drama?"

"Hmm….. I'm not sure. With or without magic, decent enough. Perhaps a winner."

"Of course…."

"What? I'm just being honest."

"You know what? That's fair. I think I'd win too." Eda said before laughing.

Fast forwarding to night time, the elimination ceremony had arrived.

"Alright, I don't think I need to tell you what happens here. I will say, welcome back down to Earth. So, it's time to go vote. Also, quick commercial break! It really will be quick I swear. 30 seconds tops!" Chris said.

"I'll believe it when I see it. How many times have you said that and it's been longer?" Myron asked.

"Quiet! Cut to commercial please!"

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*Commercial Break*

"And now for the answer to the previous Total Drama Across the Multiverse trivia Question!"

The answer to which show did not have a crossover or reference to Chowder is Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack! All of the other shows, including Teen Titans Go, referenced Chowder in some way, shape or form at least once. Teen Titans Go referenced Chowder in the anniversary Warner Bros. Episode, with an actual appearance of the character.

"Now back to the show!"

*End Commercial Break*

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"See? I told you it'd be quick. Now, go vote!"

*Confessional*

Hanamiya(Wave Breakers):

He was about to vote for Molly before suddenly feeling as if he was paralyzed for a second. He then voted for Hinata instead.

*End Confessional*

*Confessional*

Zak(Wave Breakers):

*Stamps Molly*

"Come on, you've got to be stupid to keep a blatant cheater around. And no, that's not ironic coming from me because one, I don't make it obvious and two, I haven't even been doing that lately when I have played."

*End Confessional*

*Confessional*

Hinata:

*Stamped Furuya*

The same thing that happened to Hanamiya happened to him.

*End Confessional*

*Confessional*

Dwayne:

*Stamps Molly*

"Not your fault kid. But, Jotaro was right. You're gonna have to be one that pays for what Scratch did."

*End Confessional*

*Confessional*

Reagan:

*Originally stamped Molly but Stamps Hinata instead*

*End Confessional*

*Confessional*

Diego:

*Stamps Hinata*

Diego holds his head, thinking as he was in a dilemma. "Man, it's hard to not vote for Molly because of Scratch. On one hand, I'd feel bad for Libby not to be able to try out her gauntlet in other challenges. But on the other, keeping a cheater around isn't a good look. I get it, he's not gonna do that every time, but you don't know that. That's like if Hebina and her team was here and they got caught cheating once one day and played legit another."

*End Confessional*

*Confessional*

Miyuki:

*Stamps Molly*

"If you're gonna do something like that, don't make it-"

He suddenly changes his vote to Hinata.

*End Confessional*

Once everyone finished, they returned to the ceremony.

"Alright. For today, I've got some Hex mix for five of you. One of you's not gonna get it. Which means, the road ends here." Chris said. "Let's get the gimmes out the way first. AKA the ones that didn't get any votes actually."

"Miyuki, Dwayne and Hanamiya are all safe." Chef said, tossing them Hex Mix bags.

"Furuya, after the last challenge you were in, looks like your teammates wanted you to prove your value to the team. While you guys still lost, looks like you were able to that because you're also safe."

"Now, it's down to Molly and Hinata. Which means, those that were with them are also leaving too." Chris said.

Scratch, in between Molly and Libby had a confident smile on his face. One that Molly had noticed.

"Hinata, you blame yourself for this loss. And it looks like some of your teammates agree with this considering the number of votes."

"And Molly, because of Scratch being caught cheating, you're in danger of being eliminated too. So, who's got the most votes out of you two? Let's find out."

"The final hex mix bag and right to advance to the next episode goes to…."

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Both Hinata and Libby looked nervous with Molly looking as if she was trying to hold something in.

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"I quit!" Molly yelled out.

"Molly what are you doing!?" Libby and Scratch said simultaneously.

"Hold on. I'm gonna tell you the same thing I asked Kuroko when he did it. If you quit, there's no turning back on that. Are you absolutely sure?" Chris asked.

"Scratch, did you do anything else since the game?" Molly asked him suspiciously.

"No. The game was over. And even if I wan-" Scratch started.

"That's not what I'm talking about." She said, hands on her hips.

"Then no. I haven't done anything."

"What's it gonna be? I need you to make a decision." Chris said to her.

"One more thing. How many of you didn't vote for me? Doesn't matter who it is you picked instead. Just raise your and why?" Molly asked.

"Chris, is that even allowed?" Chef asked.

"Only because she included the part about not being specific. So she saved herself with that." Chris answered.

Multiple people raised their hands.

"You know what? I…. don't even know." Hinata said.

"Yeah. Me either." Hanamiya added.

A couple of other people said the same thing.

"How do you not remember why you voted for someone?" Zak said.

"Scratch." Molly said accusingly.

"Sometimes people forget. How is that evidence?" Scratch asked.

"It's true. I really do forget things sometimes." Scott said.

"Everyone does. It happens." Hailey added.

"You said one more thing. That was it. So I need you to make a decision in the next ten seconds or I'm revealing the results. Are you quitting or not?" Chris said.

"Don't do it!" Libby pleaded.

Molly sighed. "No need to make this dramatic. I still want to quit."

This decision caused Libby to put her hands in her face.

"Kid! Why would you do that!?" Scratch asked, up in arms.

"Look Scratch, I appreciate you helping, but like I already said, this is not going to be like the brighton games a while back. I don't want to win cheating. It wouldn't feel right taking someone else's chance to win, not because we beat them, but because we cheated, especially by rigging the votes. Libby, I'm sorry you have to go too. I know how much you wanted to use that gauntlet. But, I do have an idea. It won't be the same thing, but it's close enough, right?"

"What is it?" Libby asked. Molly walked over and whispered the idea into her ear. Libby nodded in understanding.

"Chris, this is the last thing I promise. Then we'll get our stuff and you can boot us however you want to." Libby said to him.

"I heard that already. Now I'm getting impatient. Hurry it up." Chris said.

"Diego, here." She hands him his gauntlet.

"I can't take this. It's yours!" Diego said.

"It's only temporary silly! Once the show's over, you can always give it back then. I can't give it to Lotte for obvious reasons, but it should be perfectly fine for you to have it."

"Ohhh, now I see. I'll be sure to take care of it." He said before taking the gauntlet before they hugged.

"Alright. You gave him the gauntlet, now get your stuff and let's go." Chris said.

"Sure thing Chris." She replied before both of them got their things.

Scratch thought about possessing Chris, but Molly pulled him back with the two of them. "Don't even think about it."

"Darn it kid! Sometimes you're too kind for your own good!" Scratch said. "10 million dollars! Does that not mean anything to you!?"

"Not when it's earned by cheating."

Scratch tried to fly out the house but was dragged back in by Molly summoning. He tried to hand on to the door but the pull was too strong. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Once they got their things they were prepared for whatever Chris had in store for them.

"Sorry Molly. Libby. You want to blame anyone, blame Scratch." Reagan said bluntly.

"I tried to help!"

"Yeah well you can help by leaving. What would even make you think we'd keep a cheater around?"

"I don't know, you keep Miyuki around. You keep Zak around."

"Completely different. Especially for the former. He's may be an equal-opportunity smarta[censored, but none of his strategies have involved blatantly cheating."

"Not to mention, if you cheated here, who's to say you're not gonna do it again when we get to the merge? Along with the fact that Jotaro would catch you and call you out on it again anyway." Zak said.

"Pot calling the kettle black kid! Mark my words! You're gonna get booted for the same thing! And I'm gonna laugh!" Scratch said before the three of them were sent away on a rocket broom that Heloise had created, causing all of them to yell as they were at top speed, and out of control before being sent through a portal back to Brighton, crashing through some kids' lemonade stand, causing him to cry.

"Sorry!" Libby said, after realizing what happened.

He immediately went to get his parents.

"Okay, I think it's about time we leave. Now!" Scratch said before moving the two along into their houses.

"But shouldn't we clean-" Molly started.

"Yes! Clean yourselves up! Good idea!"

"Not what I meant!"

Back on the island….

"Rest of you are safe. For now." Chris said.

"Goodbye and good riddance…. At least those Bakugan won't go to waste, so that's one good thing out of this." Hanamiya thought.

"Who would have thought? One of the nicer people got booted for cheating?" Chris started in his closing remarks.

"What? That's not what-" Doyle started.

Chris ignored him and continued which caused Doyle to only shake his head and fly off. "Oh well. As they say, nice guys, and in this case gals finish last. Or in this case, 130th. Who's gonna be the 129th? Find out next time on Total….Drama….Across the Multiverse!"

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A/N: And with that, Molly, Libby and Scratch are gone. Just imagine if Scratch had thought of rigging the votes at the start. Would things have been different? Who knows. I do know that the next challenge is going to be another returning challenge from the last season I did: Giant Kungfubots based off one of my favorite CN Online Multiplayers games on the website, TKO(Titanic Kungfubot Offensive)! One of the games that I think started my love of fighting games at an early age. And with this being a returning challenge, this will be double elimination.

I have also started planning out challenges for the island section as we're getting closer and closer to that section. I won't reveal the number of contestants that will be remaining, but just know that with me really starting to plan them out, we're getting there. They may change, but just know that at the very least, I know at least a few challenges that I want to do.

Until next time!

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Episode 36: TDKO: 2nd Impact: Battle in Kungfubots with abilities based on each character(Cartoon Network TKO(Titanic Kungfubot Offensive) Online Video Game) (Double Elimination)

Episode 37: Holding Serve: Compete in Volleyball Matches(Haikyuu!)

Episode 38: Project: TD: Battle in Exonaut Suits with special abilities based on each character in simulated battleground-modified locations Across the Multiverse(Cartoon Network's Project Exonaut Online Game)

Episode 39: Here we go A-Gen: Compete in trials cultivated by Gen, Mr. White and the rest of the Tenkai Knights(Tenkai Knights)

Episode 40: Total Drama: Cul-de-sac Ed-ition: Help the Eds in making the best scam(Ed Edd n Eddy, an idea from G-Man 2.0 on FF Dot Net)

Episode 41:In a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Battle in Simulated Star Wars Battles(Star Wars Battlefront Games)(An idea inspired by a challenge idea from Ginrai12 in another season)

Episode 42: Hold the Fort!: Compete in a Fortnite Squad Battle(Fortnite)

Episode 43: TOTAL KOMBAT II: Test your might and mind in the Test Your Might and Chess Kombat mini-games(Mortal Kombat, with the second game being based off a game mode in Mortal Kombat Deception)(Double Elimination) A/N: Elements from other fighting games will be seen.

Episode 44: You're History!: Help Supreme Kai of Time/Chronoa, Trunks, and the rest of the Time Patrol stop a crisis and save history Across the Multiverse!(Dragon Ball Xenoverse)

(More than likely, the time placement will be post-Xenoverse 1 so only aspects of that game will be used)

Episode 45: Gotta Catch Em All!: Train and Catch Pokemon. Then use them to compete in a Pokemon Battle(Pokemon)(Yes, the Indigo League theme will be used unlike the Bakugan episode where I scrapped it. Haven't decided on whether it'll be a montage or musical yet)

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Placements:

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

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

163rd- Cameron(Storm Kings)- Total Drama

162nd- Duncan(Wave Breakers)- Total Drama

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

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

159th- Owen(Radical Rats)-Total Drama

158th- Zoey(Wave Breakers)-Total Drama

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

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

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

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

153rd-Priya(Radical Rats)-Total Drama

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

151st- Edward Falcon(Radical Rats)-Power Stone

150th- Shawn and Jasmine(Wave Breakers)-Total Drama

149th- Zak Saturday(Storm Kings)- Secret Saturdays

148th - Nimona(Wave Breakers)- Nimona

147th-Rocky Rickaby(Radical Rats)-Lackadaisy

146th-Huey Freeman(Storm Kings)-Boondocks

145th-Cicini(Radical Rats)- Rabi-Ribi

144th- Blaineley(Wave Breakers)-Total Drama

143rd- Heather and Alejandro(Storm Kings)-Total Drama

142nd-Karin Kanzunki(Wave Breakers)-Street Fighter

141st-Ruby G.(Wave Breaker)-Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken

140th-Noah(Radical Rats)-Total Drama

139th-Marinette Dupain-Cheng(Storm Kings)-Miraculous Ladybug

138th-Dawn(Radical Rats)-Total Drama

137th- Dan Mandel(Wave Breakers)- Dan VS

136th- Ryoma Echizen(Storm Kings)- The Prince of Tennis

135th-Rei Hino(Radical Rats)-Sailor Moon

134th- Johnny Bravo(Wave Breakers)-Johnny Bravo

133rd- Skipper(Storm Kings)-Madagascar Movies/Penguins of Madagascar

132nd- Bren(Storm Kings)-Monsuno

131st- Kurt(Radical Rats)-Hot Wheels Acceleracers

130th-Scratch, Libby and Molly(Wave Breakers)-The Ghost and Molly McGee