Total Drama Action: Aftermath Show Episode 1
In another studio, Geoff and Bridget returned as the hosts of a new show covering Total Drama action. Where they were joined by the cast members of Total Drama Island that were not able to make it to the second season. Where the couple of the show were hoping to interview certain people and share some thoughts for some entertainment value.
"Welcome to Total Drama Action's Aftermath Show!" Geoff announced, making the crowd clap with excitement.
"That's right, I'm Bridget and this is Geoff and we'll be covering Total Drama Action. Where we–"
"AHEM!" said a booming voice in the background.
The booming voice created a small earthquake that made the set shake as well making the lights flicker on and off. The impact frightened everyone minus Eva who didn't scare easily as well as Courtney who was being angry for ridiculous reasons. The latter only not noticing the situation until her cell phone service started to short out.
"...and we better win this case or else… uh, hello!? Hello!?" Courtney angrily asked.
Meanwhile, Geoff and Bridgette were hanging onto each other as they looked around the set. Both noticed the lack of structural damage but a few faces of fear within the crowd and peanut gallery.
"Oh my gosh! Is anyone hurt!?" Bridgette asked.
"While we're at it, are we still broadcasting? Just how big was that earthquake?" Geoff asked.
Before anyone could gather any answers, a scroll landed on top of Geoff's head. Bridgette then noticed the scroll and picked up as she realized it was written in a Greek style font. Despite needing to read between the lines and rereading a few confusing parts. Bridgette looked at Geoff with a face filled with concern.
"Geoff, when you said the producers were okay with letting this show happen. You read through the contract clearly, right?" Bridgette asked nervously.
"Of course, babe. I mean, I didn't read every word. I'm no scholar but I know the boring details like how we won't get paid and are liable for a lawsuit if we do weird or illegal things." Geoff said, unaware of what he signed.
"Geoff, I know you're not the smartest guy and I love you anyways, but you really needed to get a lawyer or someone to look at this first." Bridgette said before giving him the scroll.
"Okay, I get it. Maybe magic stuff is happening." Geoff said before taking the scroll and trying to read it.
Unfortunately, literacy was far from Geoff's strong suit so he didn't understand everything right away. That's when he noticed the scroll's contents condense to where the passages and sections he needed to see caught fire. Of course, Geoff was not freaked out right away as he thought it was a cool effect that made it easy to read.
"Sweet effects, now let's see here. Once again, no pay or doing illegal stuff. Yatta, yatta, yatta, boring." Geoff said, muttering towards the end.
Geoff read for another minute while the peanut gallery started noticing the set was slowly being engulfed in blue flames and being replaced by fancier furniture. Like a mix of ancient Greek craftsmanship mixed with modern designs. All of which made the set look more classy yet interesting as the whole place changed without Geoff's notice.
"Geoff!?" Bridgette asked, sounding more scared by the moment.
"Oh, I guess I did screw up. We have to present an extra guest… no wait, not a guest. An extra host? That's lame." Geoff said with a sigh.
Bridgette took back the scroll to read it over again before looking shocked.
"Geoff, you made a pact with the devil!" she shouted, scaring almost everyone.
"Not the devil, missy! The King of the Underworld!" said a familiar voice.
A second later, the couch stretched out and separated the young couple. Where a blue flame appeared and an image of Hades appeared. Despite the audience being shocked, the sounds of an excited crowd was heard within them. It was unknown if the crowd was actually excited, confused or if that was just a random sound effect.
"Thank you! Thank you! I'll be here until the end of your life and then afterwards, haha!" Hades said as he stroked the fire on his head.
Meanwhile the entire cast was stunned and Geoff was the only one trying to recover from the shock. As well as trying to compose himself enough to where he could try and present this shocking reveal as something exciting.
"King of the Underworld. King of the Underworld. King of… oh right!" Geoff said before clearing his throat and standing up. "Ladies and Gentlemen, meet Hades!"
Hades waved at the crowd as his black toga was replaced by a black and gray suit with a dark blue dress shirt underneath with a pair of sunglasses. Once the clapping settled down, Hades removed the sunglasses and looked at his new co-hosts.
"Well, I see someone wasn't expecting me, but that same someone knows how to welcome a guy." Hades said, making Geoff laugh nervously. "Anyways, does your girlfriend want to finish up the intro or should I do it?"
Geoff looked over at his girlfriend, "Hey Bridge, you wanna keep going or do you wanna pass?"
Bridgette started muttering something under her breath as if to try and comprehend what is going on. A Greek God appeared before her and she has no idea as to what to say. She wasn't fully able to understand any of this and it didn't help that she wasn't there for the racing challenge that took place in the underworld.
Then again, if Bridgette was there, she probably would not have a better time trying to deal with it now.
"She's stuck speaking in tongues." Hades said.
"Oh… well, I guess that leaves it up to you, H-Man!" Geoff said, trying to hype up the god.
Hades chuckled, "Anyways, like the blonde girl was saying. Welcome to the Total Drama Action Aftermath show. You met the two blond brats, but if you don't know me. I'm Hades, God of the Underworld, Wealth and other things you're all too lazy to look up."
The crowd clapped again as Hades skimmed through the introduction of the show.
"So here we are, we're gonna talk about the background and the post-production drama of the show. Why? Because none of you have had enough of the craziness that these teens are going through!" Hades exclaimed with excitement in his voice.
"And joining us are the eight contestants from last season who didn't make it for TDA!" Geoff said before introducing everyone.
After introducing Ezekiel and the others, Geoff then started showing some clips of the past episodes of the show.
"And while we're at it, we're also bringing back everyone who got eliminated this past season." Geoff added.
"Because who doesn't miss that ginger haired nut job or that guitar boy with chronic OCD?" Hades asked, earning some odd looks. "What? You don't think that Trent kid has OCD? It wouldn't go past me if that's why he's screaming about everything being patterns in nine."
Geoff winced, "Ouch, mental health is a big thing. Then again, if Trent's open for it. I hope he tells us about it. Not that it hurts anymore than getting dumped."
Hades shrugged, "He'll get over it. Trent and that goth girl were literally two people that were nice to each other. Did they have any chemistry at all? Someone tell me otherwise."
Katie and Sadie were the first in the peanut gallery to snap out of their shock in order to speak up.
"Trent is a sweet guy! He deserved better!" Katie said.
"Yeah, totally! Trent is like a nice guy." Sadie said in agreement.
At that moment, Hades and Geoff looked at Bridgette who was silent until someone splashed water on her face.
"Woah! Where am I!?" Bridgette asked.
"We're talking about our guests. Specifically, the guy with an obsession with the number nine." Geoff whispered.
"Oh Trent? He was a sweetheart, quirks and all, but I guess he was too quirky." Bridgette said, feeling awkward.
"Pretty much, but do you know who's more crazy? A girl who's on RCMP's wanted list and changed her name to Kaleidoscope! But we like to call her, Izzy!" Geoff exclaimed as the camera panned to the left side of the stage.
Everyone was met with silence and a blank space. Which prompted Hades to send a signal to his minions who ran to the guest room to retrieve their guest. Who then appeared a moment later and quickly spun in the air before landing on the couch.
"Hey guys! What's up?" Izzy asked, not caring about the change in decor.
"Hey Izzy, welcome to the show." Geoff said, greeting her.
"Hey, Milim's favorite contestant." Hades said as he gave a light clap.
The two then turned back to Bridgette who appeared stunned again. Forcing Hades to snap his fingers and get someone to throw a bucket of water in her face.
"Huh!? Oh right! Izzy, we're glad to have you!" Bridgette said, trying to be warm and welcoming.
Izzy nodded and waved at the hosts and the crowd. When she saw Hades disappear in a puff of red smoke only to appear behind her.
"So crazy girl, tell us. How does it feel to get kicked off? Or are you going to sit here and tell us that you don't care?" Hades asked, looking her right in the eye.
Izzy stared into the bulging red eyes of the God of the Underworld and saw a lot of pain and suffering. For someone with normal cognitive function, they would have started screaming like a lunatic. For Izzy, she felt like she was going on a roller coaster moving at extreme speeds.
"Okay Spookie, I'll tell the truth." Izzy said as she winced.
"Woah! Izzy, did he hurt you?" Bridgette asked.
"Nope, that's the microchip that they put on me so I can't lie anymore. I'm going to get shocked if I do, haha." Izzy said, making Hades sigh and disappear again.
He then appeared again on a chair of his own right next to Geoff and Bridgette's couch.
"Okay, back to the topic. What did losing mean to you?" Geoff asked, getting back to the point.
"Let's see, I lost a chance to get some chocolate from a Gilded Chris award. That reminds me, I took an art class sculpting chocolate. My instructor said I had a flare for coco— OUCH!" Izzy cried out in pain.
"Izzy?" Bridgette asked, sounding worried.
"Sorry, I meant to say. He said I was totally loco (crazy)." Izzy corrected.
As Izzy finished, Geoff decided to introduce a special segment on the show and gestured for Hades to do something. Which was to pull out a pair of bronze scales and placed it on the center table.
"Do we even need to do this? The girl will short circuit her brain or something." Hades said, sounding bored.
"Sure we do! Because it's time for… Truth or Hammer!" Geoff said as the monitor showed a statue of blind justice being smashed.
"Oh boy, Themis is going to *BLEEP* about that one." Hades said as he lied back in his chair.
"Who?" Ezekiel asked as he scratched his head.
"The Goddess of Justice, she's the blindfolded lady that courts use as a symbol." Noah said, sounding bored.
"Then if pagan gods are real. Then clearly, Themis is not doing her job because I got cheated!" Courtney ranted, making everyone sigh.
Then suddenly, one of the spotlights fell from the catwalk and hit Courtney on the head. After that, Courtney was electrocuted as the spotlight was torn at the cord and was sparking with electricity.
"Is that Themis?" Ezekiel asked.
"It wouldn't go past me to think that was Eris. She likes causing chaos whenever she feels like it." Hades said with a snort.
After Courtney managed to recover from her accident. The focus returned to Izzy who was being threatened with a giant hammer.
"If the hammer doesn't get me, my chip will." Izzy said, ignoring the danger she was in.
Geoff then looked at Bridgette who gave the first question.
"So Izzy, where do you think things went wrong for you during this season?" She asked.
"Probably when Chef tried to form an alliance with me." Izzy said, making the hosts expect a flying hammer to hit her.
Only for nothing to happen. Not even the chip inside of Izzy reacted.
"Seriously? Is there a never before seen clip?" Geoff asked.
The screen pulled up and showed Chef trying to bargain for an alliance with Izzy. Even with the promise of sharing half of the winnings. Izzy kicked Chef in the stomach with enough force to send him flying while Milim was there to watch it and laugh.
"Wait, Milim saw that? Why didn't she report Chef?" Bridgette asked.
"Probably the same reason no one reported Chef for doing the same with DJ. Then again, it could be because her dad told her not to interfere with the game. So I guess they can't do anything about Chef trying to get DJ's team to win more often. But what do I know?" Izzy explained, earning some odd looks in the process.
Everyone minus Hades looked gobsmacked by how much was going on. Then again, there was not a whole lot they could do. The show on its own does get away with a lot of dangerous stuff so they would have to wait and see what will happen.
"So you think Chef might be rigging the game for Chef to win?" Geoff asked.
"Maybe, I don't really know. Haha!" Izzy said, not caring about the illegal alliance.
Bridgette decided to get the show moving and looked at a computer screen where questions loaded up.
"Okay Izzy, one of our viewers would like to ask you. Do you think DJ will get busted?" Bridgette asked.
Izzy laughed again, "I have no idea, but I busted my arm once. Look, I'm double jointed now."
"That's not what I asked." Bridgette said, feeling grossed out by Izzy's arm bending the wrong way.
"Oh? Well, I busted a lot more. I gotta thank Milim for keeping me alive. She said I almost qualify as a ghoul or something, whatever that means." Izzy explained.
That last part confused everyone and thus they turned to Hades who was picking his teeth with a toothpick.
"Depending on the magic used. A ghoul is basically a zombie. Sometimes they look human but don't eat, sleep or feel pain." Hades explained.
Everyone nervously looked at Izzy only to see her eating some food that she stuffed under her bra.
"Well, Izzy is still somehow alive but if someone's gonna die. It's gotta be Trent from embarrassment." Geoff said, ready to introduce Trent.
"Hey, don't be so harsh on him. It's bad enough that his girlfriend dumped him on live television." Bridgette argued.
"It's on him that he can't control himself. Still, what was up with him going crazy all of a sudden? I wanna know more about that." Hades spoke up, wondering why a normally relaxed boy started acting crazy.
"Well it led to him getting voted off by his team. They didn't need Gwen convincing them to do it." Geoff said, unaware that Trent could hear them through the screen.
When Geoff did notice, he saw a look of shock on the musician's face. Geoff and Bridgette were confused until they realized something.
"Did no one tell him that Gwen had him voted off?" Geoff asked.
"I'll tell him." Hades said as he looked at the screen. "Hey Elvis! Your girlfriend told your friends to vote you off after she dumped you! Congratulations, everyone abandoned you!"
Trent was already feeling sad, but now he began to cry with how blunt Hades was. Half of the former contestants felt bad to see Trent crying loudly.
"Did you have to go that far?" Bridgette asked.
"I don't see you saying anything nice." Hades retorted, making Bridgette frown.
After a couple of minutes, Trent cleaned himself up and put on a more calm face. Even though he still felt like his heart was in pain. Like it was hit by a boxing glove made of steel that was covered in spikes.
"Feeling better?" Hades asked, seemingly sounding sympathetic.
"Not really, but—"
"Too bad, Cowboy and Surfer Girl have questions for you. But first… how do you feel?" Hades asked, sounding more condescending.
"Okay, that is just rude. God of Death or whatever, you could be more nice." Bridgette said, putting her fear aside.
"Kindness is what Death delivers and you can't die from a broken heart." Hades said, waving her off.
Once the exchange finished, Trent took a deep breath and collected his thoughts.
"I guess in short, I feel really bad. Like it hurts that I got betrayed, if I can even call it that." Trent began to say.
"You got thrown under the bus or limo in this case." Geoff interjected, but still agreed that this was a betrayal.
"But still, I tried too hard. I thought Gwen wanted to win and thought I wasn't hurting any of my teammates. I guess I was thinking more about myself than about everyone I cared about." Trent continued.
"And I think that's a sweet thought, Trent. You have a good heart and at least learned from your mistakes." Bridgette said, sympathizing with him.
Several members of the peanut gallery including Katie and Sadie teared up as they listened to Trent's confession of regret. Meanwhile others looked indifferent or didn't feel like giving him a free pass.
"Still dude, I'm glad you realized you did something wrong, but that doesn't make up for what you did." Geoff said, earning a glare from his girlfriend.
"I know, I hope I can apologize to them later." Trent said.
"You could apologize to Izzy." Bridgette suggested.
Izzy laughed in response, "I don't really care. But you know what I want to know? What's up with you talking to stuff and counting to the number nine?"
"Actually, that just happens to be a question from one of our viewers. What is the story behind that, Trent?" Bridgette asked.
"20 dollars says it's a case of extreme OCD." Hades interrupted.
"I'll take that bet!" Tyler said as he pulled out his wallet.
Bridgette sighed at how insensitive everyone was being. She then looked at Trent who once again composed himself as he told the story.
"When I was a little kid, I had this train set that I loved. I played with it everyday and it had ten wheels, but one day. A wheel fell off and it broke my heart. So my mom said that nine is my lucky number as a way to cheer me up." Trent said, melting the hearts of the audience.
But of course, there were some who acted indifferent or just the opposite.
"So why spontaneously bring up the number nine? You were pretty chill during season one." Geoff asked, still curious about Trent's odd behavior.
Trent just sighed and rubbed his head as he didn't really have an excuse for being weird. It looked spontaneous when he always looked so calm and composed even when he got a bit mad. There were those like Hades who wondered if Trent really did have OCD or was just close to breaking down.
"I don't know, I guess I relied too much on my luck. I mean, I don't think it's wrong for everyone to have a lucky charm or minor ritual, but I guess I was just afraid." Trent explained.
"Afraid of losing? Seriously?" Goeff asked, sounding confused.
"Not losing exactly, but losing Gwen at the time. You saw how close she got with Duncan and I just wanted to relate with her." Trent said.
"Dude, I understand trying to get into whatever your girlfriend is. Except sometimes its not worth it. At least Gwen didn't force you to try Ethiopian food." Geoff said, earning a glare from Bridgette who looked offended.
"Excuse me, you said you were fine with—"
"I'm sorry, Bridgette! I'm not interested in whatever all that was!" Geoff exclaimed which only annoyed Bridgette.
"Hey! Hey! I gotta agree with the Cowboy, sometimes lovers or wives make you do dumb things." Hades spoke up.
"Didn't you kidnap your wife?" Trent asked, remembering some Greek Mythology.
"That is not how it happened and also, we're not talking about me. We're talking about you. You're the one getting jealous." Hades retorted.
"Well Duncan's a jerk. I wanna respect Gwen's space." Trent began to say.
"At least you gave her that much. Sort of." Hades interjected.
"But you saw how obnoxious he is." Trent said.
"Haha! Duncan would have picked on Harold but Leshawna is basically his bodyguard." Izzy spoke up.
"Okay, now that makes a bit of sense. Still, Trent has a point." Bridette said.
"It doesn't make up for the fact that he cost his team all those challenges. It wouldn't go past me that he tried to fail the salsa dance challenge." Geoff said, earning a guilty look from Trent. "See? I'm right!"
"That doesn't excuse the fact that Gwen stabbed him in the back to cover for herself. That was only after dumping him on live television." Bridgette countered.
Several people clapped in Bridgette's favor.
"Yeah, but Naruto stepped in and pointed out that they would have voted Trent off at some point. It shouldn't take a guy who can turn into a dragon to point this much out." Geoff argued back.
Several others clapped in Geoff's favor.
"Trent and Gwen both deserve to be punished!" Eva said, earning claps from everyone stuck in the middle.
"That sounds fair." Hades said, earning a scared look from Trent.
"Let's not forget, Trent backstabbed Gwen when he kissed Heather." Geoff added.
"Because she tricked him!" Bridgette pointed out.
"You can't get tricked into kissing the hottest girl on the show." Geoff said, earning gasps and a facepalm from Hades.
"And Geoff just got cancelled." Hades said with a sigh.
He didn't care about opinions or anything like that, but the god knew Geoff screwed up.
"What? I mean, not as hot as Bridgette!" Geoff said.
"You still admitted to being attracted to everyone's least favorite contestant. You're in hot water now." Hades said with a snicker.
"Uh guys." Trent said, trying to diffuse the situation.
The couple then began to bicker and derail the show with their arguing. Which got a few people feeling uncomfortable while others were just goading them into making things worse.
"Guys, maybe now is a good time for a break." Trent suggested.
"That's the first good decision you've made, Trent! The two of us should break up!" Geoff said, misinterpreting his statement.
"That's right!" Bridgette said in agreement.
"No, I meant a commercial break. Right, Lord Hades?" Trent asked, hoping the god would help him.
"Oh yeah, we might be a bit over." Hades said before looking at the camera. "Stick around mortals, the Broken Hearts Program isn't over just yet. Stick around and see if things get better or worse."
The cameras then stopped broadcasting and the audience was allowed to leave to stretch or whatever. Giving everyone on set to prepare to continue in a few minutes. All the while Geoff and Bridgette looked very angry at each other.
Which made Trent feel worse as it was his drama with his teammates and Gwen that caused this debate.
"I really wish I could help." Trent said.
"You are helping. You're helping to break up more loveable couples." Izzy said, her smile not faltering the whole time.
"Izzy, you're not helping." Trent replied.
"I know." Izzy said bluntly.
Izzy then got up to grab some more snacks before the show continued. Leaving Trent alone to sigh before Hades teleported right behind him.
"Hey kid, I know breakups and pointless dramas earn high ratings, but we gotta get a happy ending." Hades whispered.
"What do you want me to do?" Trent asked.
"Follow me, I need your soft mortal heart for something." Hades said, gesturing for him to follow.
Given how Trent had nothing else to do, he followed Hades despite his better judgement.
In the backstage
Despite having no part in the show and not caring enough to participate. Naruto was backstage getting some personal things done. Namely, he was preparing an extra guest that was meant to appear on the show.
"I'll be right back. Hopefully they don't burn down the whole set." Naruto said to the guest before closing the door to their room.
As he prepared to leave, Naruto saw Hades digging through a chest with Trent anxiously standing nearby.
"Do you two need help?" Naruto asked.
"I just need this mortal's help." Hades said before pulling out a small idol with a crystal.
"Uh, what is that? It's not going to rip out my soul or whatever, right?" Trent asked nervously.
Naruto sighed, "It's an idol belonging to the Goddess of Love, Aphrodite. I'm guessing Hades must be desperate if he's trying to get her of all people to help."
"Wait, another god is coming?" Trent asked with wide eyes.
"Probably just a thought projection or an avatar. Think of them as holograms or robots speaking in someone else's place." Naruto explained.
Trent couldn't wrap his head around whatever Naruto was talking about. He didn't even know how to respond but it didn't matter once Hades handed him a guitar.
"Kid, play your heart out." Hades said.
"What?" Trent asked, confused.
"You know, perform like you're in front of a crowd. Play in a way that describes how your heart feels. Aphrodite will notice if she sees how depressed you are." Hades explained.
"He is right, if you're depressed enough. She's bound to appear and help cleanse your sadness." Naruto said, surprising Trent.
Trent hesitantly strummed a few chords and took a minute to focus. He thought about what Gwen meant to him and how she hurt him. At the same time, realized what he did was wrong and wished to repent.
"Okay, here goes." Trent said before playing a few chords.
It didn't take too long for the gem on the idol to glow brightly.
"I'm staying out of this one." Naruto said as he left the two there.
A while later
A few seconds before the cameras started broadcasting, Geoff and Bridgette looked like they were ready to box. Literally, they had gloves and some of the production crew looked like they were ready to set up a boxing ring. That is until Hades arrived and slammed down the idol on the center table.
"That's enough, you two. Domestic violence isn't good for rating so now we're having an extra guest before surprise guest." Hades said.
"Wait, what?" Geoff asked.
"An extra guest? Do we have time for that?" Bridgette asked.
"We will if you two don't knock each other out." Hades said as the idol began to glow.
Then suddenly, the set was briefly blinded by a pinkish-purple fog. Despite being harmless, a few such as Eva and Courtney began to cough as if someone was smoking in their face.
"Gross! What is this!?" Eva angrily asked.
"The literal power of love." Hades answered, making Eva want to vomit.
"I'm adding this to my list of lawsuit charges!" Courtney said as she began dialing on her phone.
Hades just rolled his eyes and began walking to his seat.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please give a round of applause to the Goddess of Love, Beauty, Desire and Weebs, Aphrodite!" Hades announced as he tried to hype up the crowd.
"Aphrodite!?" Geoff and Bridgette asked with shocked faces.
The fog then came to life and started to form the shape of a woman who flew around the set. She moved around as if to spread the fog that surrounded her before floating behind Geoff and Bridgette.
"I know I was called by someone else, but why do I sense so much conflict between you two?" Aphrodite asked, looking distraught.
Somehow the look on the goddess' face made the two stop fighting and see that they were doing something wrong. However, their pride as humans made them still hold contempt for each other. So after a moment of overcoming the shock of another diety's arrival, Geoff spoke first.
"Bridgette here refuses to see that Trent screwed up. Just because he feels bad, it doesn't make things better." Geoff said bluntly.
"But does it strengthen your heart to make one man the target of hate? Even when your heart is no more pure?" Aphrodite asked, making Geoff feel bad.
"Ha! See Geoff? You're not as good either!" Bridgette said.
"And what makes your lover bad?" Aphrodite asked curiously.
"Firstly, he admitted that Heather is the hottest girl and before you say that's me just being jealous. He acted like any other guy would be okay with kissing some pretty girl regardless of their relationship." Bridgette said, making Geoff feel a bit guilty.
Aphrodite nodded and listened closely before flying in between them. Where she showered them with the fog her astral body emitted. Not only was it good for creating bonds of love, it was able to push away negative emotions such as hate and rage.
"I see, you realize your boyfriend isn't perfect but you see him as a worse person." Aphrodite said.
"Yes, that's… I mean, no! I'm not saying–"
Aphrodite then flew closer to Geoff's face and began to question him again.
"And you boy, why do you clash with your lover? Do you not care for her feelings or do her feelings harm you?" Aphrodite asked.
"Look, I'm just saying. She's going easy on Trent. I already said it, Trent screwed up and has got to work for it." Geoff said.
"And I'm willing to do that. I'm already stuck at rock bottom." Trent spoke up.
Aphrodite put a hand on her heart and nodded at Trent.
"I'll help cleanse you of that pain shortly." the goddess told the musician.
Geoff then continued, "And also, Bridgette is just defending him like he did nothing wrong!"
"Do you not love your girlfriend for being so compassionate? I can see that you harmed her in some way. Even if it was small." Aphrodite said, reading his soul.
Hades chuckled, "Oh yeah! You voted her off last season then lied about it!"
Bridgette knew that much already and showed no reaction. Except now she can see Geoff started seeing himself as a hypocrite.
"Well, I guess a cool thing about Bridgette is that she's forgiving and understanding. There aren't a lot of girls who are that patient and try to care." Geoff said, admitting that he cares for Bridgette even now.
Aphrodite grinned before floating right above them. She then clasped her hands and released hundreds of rose petals to fly all over the set.
"Now then, lovers! Open your hearts up again! See both the beautiful and ugly aspects and see into your beloved's soul!" Aphrodite cried out.
Bridgette and Geoff looked at each other and they weren't sure if it was actually divine magic that was doing this but they felt like they could see into each other. Both looking at each other's negative aspects but being able to understand them.
From Geoff being immature and dumb, but loyal and caring to Bridgette being defensive and stubborn but understanding and compassionate. The two could see each other's aspects and hugged each other, creating a bright pink glow that created a heart that Aphrodite generated before gently placing down on their sofa.
"And once again, love prevails!" Aphrodite announced, making the crowd cheer. "Ladies and gentlemen, I will always be here so long as you have love in your heart."
Aphrodite's astral body then returned to the idol and disappeared in a poof of pink smoke. Leaving Hades and a few others coughing as the smoke reached their mouths.
"Okay, I'm glad that's over with. Are you two done fighting? Are we done picking on Guitar Hero over here?" Hades asked while gesturing towards Trent.
A split second later, Geoff and Bridgette went back to kissing like they always did. Leaving Hades to facepalm while Trent awkwardly tugged on his collar.
"You know, I, uh, got inspired by that. That love is always in the heart and stuff." Trent began to say.
"Yeah? And?" Hades asked, clearly not caring.
"I think that's a sign I gotta move on. Basically whether or not my future involves Gwen, I gotta clean up my act but not become someone else to do it." Trent said, spreading some good energy.
"You got that right, dude! You're still in the game! The dating game I mean!" Tyler said.
"Yeah Trent, like I would totally date you. Like hypothetically I mean." Katie said, trying not to be forward.
"Really? Like I would date him right now if he was up for it." Sadie said, being more direct which made Katie frown.
"Hehe, I wonder if Gwen's up for the dating game when this season is over." Cody whispered as he combed his hair.
"Go get her, casanova." Noah said sarcastically.
By this point, Eva had enough of the talk of love and positive messages.
"Can we move on!? Is the show over yet or do I need to hurt someone!?" Eva asked, cracking her knuckles.
"Oh right, we got one last guest. So put away the knuckles, Muscle Girl." Hades said, surprising Geoff and Bridgette.
"Another guest? I thought we were just doing the guys that got eliminated." Geoff asked.
"Yeah, well. We got some extended time so I decided to add someone you don't see on set so often." Hades answered.
"Really? Who?" Bridgette asked.
Hades stood up and grinned, "Ladies and gentlemen, you only saw her portrait in season one. You were shocked and confused to see her come back like nothing. So let's welcome the woman who birthed the Dragon of the Apocalypse, Kushina Uzumaki!"
The crowd clapped as Kushina started coming out from the right side of the stage. She came out wearing a nice dress with a simple design with heels and small earrings. Trent and Izzy made room by sitting on the couch behind the guest seat. However, Kushina started noticing that the former contestants were still in their normal clothes.
"Am I underdressed?" Kushina asked, giving an awkward smile.
"No dear, everyone else is just underdressed." Hades replied.
Everyone from Geoff and Bridgette to the peanut gallery just looked at their clothes, wondering if there was anything wrong.
"Seriously, all of you wear the same clothes. Do you all own pairs of the same thing or do you just wear the same thing everyday?" Hades asked, earning some laughter.
The only person who didn't seem embarrassed or offended were Ezekiel and Tyler.
"If it don't stink and it's got no holes, I'm good bro." Ezekiel said, not caring as he was from the countryside.
"Dude, I own multiple tracksuits. I ordered all of them red by mistake, haha." Tyler said, feeling slightly sheepish.
"Style is pointless. This isn't the red carpet." Eva said, feeling annoyed.
Hades just snickered at the last comment before looking at Kushina and welcoming her.
"Banter aside, how are ya? How's your second life going for you?" Hades asked, being direct.
"Well, I'm happy to reunite with my son, meet my extended family, but this new world is scary, confusing and I can't feel the weather temperature." Kushina said, casually summarizing her life.
Hades nodded and waited for his co-hosts to add their input to the show.
"So, Kushina… I said that right, right?" Bridgette asked, earning a nod in return. "Seeing as how your son never mentioned you or his past. How do you feel about talking about yourself?"
Kushina chuckled, "If we do that, we might be here forever and I might scare every man here."
As Kushina spoke, Geoff saw a lot more comments with questions for Kushina. There were a lot more questions from the viewers compared to the ones for Izzy and Trent. Geoff had to guess that there weren't many questions for them other than how they felt about leaving the show or how they acted.
"Okay, let's get to the questions. First one, Kushina, since you're not an ordinary human. How strong are you and do you know any cool tricks like your son?" Geoff asked.
"I think I've been naturally strong. There was this one time where these bullies cornered me in my academy days. They would mock me for my hair color and say they hated it because they said I looked like a tomato and started calling me that." Kushina began to explain.
"Children of all ages and origins sure are viscous." Bridgette jokes.
"Yeah, well I took that personality since I hate tomatoes too. So I decided to kick their butts and suddenly, everyone but the girly boy who would become my husband ended up learning to back off." Kushina said, sounding happier by the end.
"Ooh! Follow up question! Is your husband also a dragon or a similar monster?" Geoff asked.
"Unfortunately, my husband was a wimp. He was smart and strong, but my son inherited his vicious personality from me. Albeit, I think Naruto has long surpassed me so I doubt I can do anything equally destructive." Kushina explained.
"Something tells me that doesn't make her any less tough." Tyler said, sounding smart for once.
"You think?" Noah asked sarcastically.
Noah didn't have to be as smart as he already was to know Kushina would turn a normal person into swiss cheese. He doubted anyone with the skill and strength of an olympian with weapons could keep up.
"I think we all learned a lesson here, ladies and gentlemen. Never mock a woman's hair or her kids." Geoff said, earning some laughs.
"Or their age, weight and a long list of other things." Trent added, earning some nods of approval.
"Yeah, well I wanna give my thanks to you, Kushina. For bringing Naruto into existence." Hades said, surprising everyone.
"You're welcome, but why do you say that?" Kushina asked curiously.
"Well, he did make this world entertaining. Sure it cost us the Minoan civilization but at least things got interesting. He even got Ares excited with how much things moved forward." Hades said, remembering what he considered to be the good old days.
Meanwhile everyone else either sweat dropped or just felt concerned. Some people assumed Hades hated all the work that piled on with souls being collected and being placed somewhere. Regardless, Geoff and Bridgette decided to move on before any other weird things came out of Hades' mouth.
"Okay, next question. Let's see." Geoff said as he rapidly looked at the screen. "One viewer likes to ask, what are some ways to stay fit and look good doing it?"
Kushina snorted, "Well, obviously no one here is in a society where you learn to fight for your life as an adolescent."
"That's because Canada isn't a third world country." Hades joked.
But then the crowd booed at Hades for reminding them that child soldiers still exist. With that likely being less bad compared to most of the issues that the world claims is a thing of the past. It also just sounded like a rude remark to nations that are less economically stable or full of controversial issues.
"What? You know it's true. Don't boo at me, boo at all the idiots you put into office. Here, I'll put you on speed dial with some of them." Hades said as he pulled out a phone.
Kushina decided to continue with her explanation before Hades decided to contact someone like Joseph Stalin.
"Like I was saying, in my youth, it required a lot of physical training. A downside was that the next generation thought that dieting would help them stay thin. Trust me, starving yourself and physical training are a bad mix, especially when you're just focused on your good looks and not wanting to sweat. Don't work out if you're not going to eat properly." Kushina explained, sounding more tired by the end.
"If you ask me, I've seen too many women showing up to the gym and wearing lipstick and eyeliner or whatever you call it." Eva spoke up, earning a nod from Kushina.
"That's right, that's stupid." Kushina replied.
"To be fair, I get what you mean about starving yourself. I mean, I don't train to fight but I've seen plenty of girls in my school's sports teams pass out because they don't eat enough." Bridgette added, also knowing the importance of a balanced diet.
"I'm not trading my snacks for a nice body." Izzy said as she shoved more food into her mouth.
The two young hosts then looked at the screen for more questions.
"Okay, here's another one. How do you handle small children? Especially when finding out that you're suddenly a grandma?" Geoff asked.
"Okay first step, this is super important, assert your dominance. Show them who's boss." Kushina said, earning some laughs. "What? That's not a joke!"
"Uh, this isn't the animal kingdom." Bridgette said awkwardly.
Kushina ignored the surfer girl and continued.
"Second, patience obviously. Unlike older children who need love but have to learn their limits. Kids need to avoid feeling like they're in a hostile environment. They need to understand morality and this part may be up for interpretation. Just make the child feel welcomed and make them know what's right and wrong without making them feel bad or angry." Kushina explained.
The crowd murmured on that one with some forming their own opinions.
"Okay, there's a whole lot here and some pretty much overlap or say the same things." Geoff said as he scratched the side of his head.
"Sorry to everyone who's questions we couldn't answer. So we'll just ask one more question." Bridgette said gently.
"That's right, you guys rock and you help keep both us and Total Drama Action alive." Geoff said, encouraging the viewers.
They quickly scanned through the screen and settled on a good question before deciding to end the broadcast.
"Here we go, Ms. Kushina, this is a fairly simple one. Who do you think is the most kind hearted, the most evil and most likely to win this season?" Bridgette asked.
The question sounded like a simple question with a single opinion. However, while some might disagree or not care. This might stir up a lot of drama or some arguments on who is who. Leaving Kushina to think of how to word her answer.
"Well, obviously the most kind hearted is that boy, DJ. Owen and Beth are nice, but I feel like the latter is ready to snap if annoyed enough and Owen isn't completely innocent." Kushina said, answering the first part of the question.
"Okay, I get DJ is the most soft hearted but what's wrong with Owen?" Bridgette asked.
"Bridge, no offense but Owen abandoned Izzy. Sure, Naruto made sure none of them would die in his house but seriously. He abandoned the girl he hooked up with." Geoff explained bluntly.
"He got scared. No offense to DJ, but he's not exactly brave either." Bridgette said.
"Yeah, but he still saved Heather. He saved the meanest girl on the show." Geoff said before looking at everyone. "Raise your hand if you would save Heather. Even if there's a 200% chance of survival."
No one raised their hands and in fact, most looked annoyed at the thought.
"Evil or not, that's just cold." Hades joked.
"Well obviously, we can't all be friends but someone like Heather is a determinant. There's no use in keeping someone who would betray you first." Courtney spoke up.
"Yeah, I gotta agree. Even if it was because of some honor bound thing or something. I can't see myself sticking my neck out for just anyone." Tyler said, looking uncomfortable.
Geoff nodded, "Some solid arguments. Now Kushina, is it safe to say we know who the most evil person in your opinion is?"
Kushina shook her head, "Oh no, Chris gets that award. I don't care if he's in charge of the show. If Heather is a monster, then Chris is an Oni."
"Oni?" Bridgette asked.
"I think that means demon or devil." Trent answered, earning a nod.
The entire peanut gallery began to ramble at the same time. Ignoring the fact that Chris isn't a contestant but might as well be evil incarnate on the show. Which only earned some laughs from the crowd who agreed but didn't care how unethical Chris can be.
"Sometimes the most evil person is the one who does the most harm. It's one the responsible for most harm." Hades said, confusing everyone.
"Uh, what?" Geoff asked.
"I mean, you don't have to get your hands dirty to be the one that's evil. Heather's a manipulator but what's stopping you all from backing out of a challenge that could kill you?" Hades asked.
"A lot of money?" Geoff asked.
"You want to sacrifice yourselves for a lot of money? Unlike me, I doubt any of you will get a second chance." Kushina said, making most of the former contestants look embarrassed or ashamed.
But some looked strong and held their pride high.
"If you can't handle the danger. Then you have no place on this show." Eva said, sounding aggressive about her opinion.
"For once, I agree with Eva. Whether it's money or pride, you can't back down even when some man with an evil grin tries to scare you." Courtney said.
"To be fair, while I prefer being alive. There's no guarantee that we always get eliminated if we back out. Look at Home School here, he got kicked out for being sexist and he participated in the first challenge." Cody explained as he pointed to an embarrassed Ezekiel.
Ezekiel sighed as he felt pathetic. Not only for putting down girls with his opinions but because he completed the first challenge when Courtney and DJ refused.
"So DJ's got a heart of gold, Chris is a villain but who is going to win the million? What do you think, Kushina?" Bridgette asked, wanting to wrap up the question.
Kushina sighed again as she thought it over. A part of her was kind and compassionate and wanted to reward those who play honorable. However, this game was cruel and harsh, with little reward for those who don't stray away from the path of good. She thought of this all as the Chunin Exams without the guarantee of death.
"As much as I hate to admit it, this game can only be played by anyone willing to be selfish or strong enough to put aside honor. It will take someone with a strong heart and willingness to overcome adversity. Someone like Duncan, Leshawna or even Heather to win." Kushina began to explain.
Hades snorted, "Assuming everyone finds an excuse to not vote off Heather first. She's going to come close to winning this like last time."
Everyone groaned as they were reminded once again of how many times Heather escaped being voted off either to invincibility, manipulation or not becoming dead weight.
"As for Leshawna, she only lost because the game became rigged." Kushina pointed out.
So many of the former contestants slapped their foreheads at the thought. Many didn't want Leshawna to leave and she was eliminated because they were either being stupid or because Chris counted the mention of her name as a vote.
"Okay, seriously that was stupid! There were like 8 of us who didn't vote for her!" Trent said, sounding annoyed.
"Yeah, we screwed up. Leshawna probably would have outlasted Heather in the triple dog dare challenge. Heck, she would have made worse dares than Gwen." Geoff said, earning some nods.
"Yes, that's why I'm mostly stuck between her or Duncan being the winner. Assuming no one gangs up on Duncan or he gets tricked." Kushina said, reminding them of the wilderness challenge that Chef put him through.
Geoff chuckled, "Do you hear that everyone? Do you agree with Kushina's choices or do you have your own theories?"
"Who knows, we still have a long season ahead of us. So stick around and until next time where we'll interview two more contestants." Bridgette added.
"Kushina, thanks for coming here. Again, thank you for birthing Naruto. Otherwise, this show would be less entertaining and Chris would probably be in prison for attempted manslaughter." Hades joked.
Kushina nodded as she chuckled. She then turned to Trent and Izzy and said her farewells as the broadcast started to end.
"Until next time, I'm Bridgette."
"I'm Geoff!"
"And I'm Hades!"
Hades generated a large fire to obscure the set just as the broadcast came to an end. With the fire dying down and Hades seemingly disappearing.
"So is he just going to be a permanent part of the show now?" Noah asked as he pointed towards Hades' spot.
"I guess, it's part of the contract. I should have read the fine print." Geoff said.
"You should have realized how easy it was to get a show, Geoff. Still, I'm glad we were able to sort everything out man." Trent said.
"Yeah, sorry about the hazing." Geoff said apologetically.
"It's cool, I deserve that. I mean, I'm still a bit hurt but a guy's gotta move on, right?" Trent asked, sounding chipper.
"That's right Trent. See ya later." Bridgette said as Trent nodded and Izzy bounced away somewhere.
After everyone said their goodbyes, Kushina went looking for her son. Whom she found getting off of the phone and preparing to head out.
"I'm going to pick up Marco and his friend." Naruto told her.
"Can I come?" Kushina asked, almost sounding like a curious child.
Naruto sighed, "Okay. You might want to get changed first."
Kushina grinned.
A while later
In dragon form, Naruto flew towards California in the United States while Kushina rode on his back.
"How come I don't get a dragon form?" Kushina asked.
"You weren't born with the Fairy Heart like me." Naruto answered, making her pout.
Kushina mentally cursed as she remembered the Fairy Heart being one of the myths of her clan. She outgrew fairy tales and now her son had to live through it to gain powers. Then again, it wasn't a nice life considering what happened on the day of his birth. Which reminded her…
"Uh, Naruto. Sweetie." Kushina called out. "Um, I don't know if this is a touchy subject or not, but what happened to the kyuubi?"
Kushina closed her eyes, expecting a growl or something but Naruto acted like her question meant nothing.
"Gone."
"Eh?"
"Gone, it's not inside of me. You know that already."
"...gone where?"
"It's a long story, but we had a pact. Long story short, I survived the removal of the fox and it was allowed to roam free in some other dimension."
Kushina wanted to argue and say that Kyuubi was a mindless beast but felt like Naruto would get offended by the remark given his history in the world. So she chose to leave it at that and wait until the ride ended.
Where they landed in front of a normal looking house with a desert themed front lawn and an Indian style pillar sticking out the side.
"Someone doesn't understand symmetry." Kushina commented as she hopped off of her son's back.
Naruto then reverted back to human form and could already sense the craziness about to happen. Regardless, he knocked on the door and awaited whatever nonsense he was about to witness. With the sounds of puppies and lasers adding to this prediction.
"So, what do I say?" Kushina asked.
Kushina was just going to let Naruto handle whatever business he was going to do. However, she wasn't sure what to say in front of a relative that she had not met yet. Which was more awkward given this was not some cousin or niece, this was her granddaughter from a couple of generations down.
"Just be yourself. Angie is super cheerful." Naruto said, thinking that would be enough.
A second later, the door opened to reveal a youthful looking woman with brown hair and green eyes. As Naruto stated, she had a cheerful personality that was written on her face.
"Oh hello, abuelo! It's good to see you and…" Angie stopped and gasped as she grabbed Kushina's hands. "You must be my great-great grandmother, Kushina! Oh, it's nice to meet you!"
Kushina chuckled as Angie eagerly shook her hands.
"Yeah, that's me. Nice to meet you, Angie." Kushina said.
Their nice little greeting was ruined by the sound of fighting and yelling in the backyard.
"What is that?" Naruto asked, making Angie sweat slightly.
"Well, I may have forgotten to mention this, but the princess may occasionally be harassed by a crazy wizard or something." Angie said, looking at Naruto sheepishly.
Naruto gave her a blank stare, essentially demanding for more details.
"Okay, I don't know the details because I don't ask, but this man wants the princess' wand and occasionally visits the dimension to start a fight." Angie explained as the fighting could be heard.
Naruto sighed and went inside of the house to see what was going on. Not without passing by Angie's husband, Rafael, who is making something in the kitchen.
"Hola abuelo! How are you?" Rafael greeted as Naruto walked past the kitchen.
"I'm fine Rafael, nice to see you too." Naruto said, showing little emotion.
"If you're looking for Marco. He's right outside in the backyard." Rafael said.
"I kind of guessed that." Naruto said as Rafael chuckled.
"You should stick around for dinner if you have time." Rafael added as Naruto went outside.
Rafael continued cooking when Angie arrived with Kushina and was greeted by the latter.
"Rafael, this is Kushina. She's essentially my tatarabuela (great-great grandmother), the one that was resurrected." Angie said as she saw her ancestor and husband shake hands.
Kushina was caught off guard by how accepting Rafael was of this wild detail. Then again, the fight outside had told her that he was used to this sort of stuff. She could also guess that Angie also revealed her background and biology at some point.
Ironically, this detail probably made the Diaz house perfect for Star to stay at. What's more ironic is neither parent told their son about his own lineage.
"Oh don't worry, he's caught up to everything. In fact, we're fans of the show." Angie told Kushina.
Kushina nodded and took a seat at the kitchen table.
"Now then, do you want to stay for dinner?" Rafael asked Kushina who contemplated the idea.
"I don't see why not." Kushina said, wanting to meet everyone.
"Oh, now that I think about it. We should let Marco and Star know about you two." Angie said as she went after Naruto.
In the backyard
Naruto took one step outside and saw various monsters fighting a blond girl with a magic wand and a boy who knew martial arts. He could only watch as the monsters were being commanded by some short bird-like man with a skull for a hat.
"Give up Ludo, we don't care if you hired new guys to your little army!" said the blonde girl.
"Never! Not until I have that… wait, what? They aren't new! I just reorganized them again!" Ludo replied.
"See Star? I told you we've fought this chicken guy before!" Marco said as he kicked a chicken monster in the face.
Naruto just sighed as he could tell this was a recurring thing. So he decided to step in and put an end to the squabble.
When Angie opened the door and stuck her head.
"Marco! We have company!" Angie announced.
"Mom! Now is a bad time!" Marco shouted before he and Star noticed Naruto. "And who's this guy!?"
"Bad timing, Random Guy!" Star shouted, thinking Naruto was some stranger.
However, Ludo fired a random energy blast with his wand and it made its way towards Naruto. Before the teens could warn Naruto, the Dragon of the Apocalypse proceeded to backhand the energy blast before it landed.
"What the? Let me try that again." Ludo said, thinking his wand wasn't working.
He proceeded to fire three heavy blasts at Naruto who proceeded to flick them away like he was Darth Vader being shot at by Han Solo. All the while slowly transforming again as Ludo tried to come up with a new solution.
Ludo tried using other magics such as levitation and started throwing large objects at Naruto. Only to watch him shrug it off as if nothing could harm him.
"What the heck? Are you magic proof or something?" Ludo asked.
"Uh, Star, is he with you?" Marco asked.
"Nope." Star answered bluntly.
Before anyone else said anything, Ludo ordered his larger thugs to charge at Naruto. Starting with the frog and giraffe monsters who tried to throw heavy punches at him. Only for Naruto to backhand them away as well. Only to be followed up by the giant chicken who was running at him with a stop sign on hand. Which ended with Naruto raising his arm to bend the stop sign before kicking the chicken across town.
Naruto was then seemingly ambushed when a thug named Monster Claws got behind him and pinched his shoulder.
"HA! I got him, boss!" Monster Claws shouted as he continued to pinch.
Naruto let the lobster monster pinch for a few seconds before squeezing his claws and making him fall to his knees.
"AHHHH!" Monster Claws shouted before being knocked out.
"Woah, this guy is tough." Star commented.
"Yeah, I mean we handle these guys every day but it always takes a few punches and kicks to beat them. Seriously, where–"
Marco suddenly interrupted himself when he began to hiccup, resulting in him growing a lizard-like tail.
"Are you kidding me? Right now?" Marco asked.
"Yeah, we gotta get that fixed." Star said, wondering why her friend kept partially transforming.
Their attention was then pulled back to Ludo who was staring down Naruto who was continuously blasting him with everything his wand had.
"Let me guess, you just want the wand like I… oh no."
Ludo stopped as he saw Naruto transform into Acnologia and began looking down at him. Leaving Ludo with no choice but to continue blasting until he hid behind his army like a meat shield.
"Defend me!" Ludo commanded.
The army of monsters just stared at Naruto who breathed on them. One of them was brave enough to rip out a nearby cactus and throw it at Naruto's face with all the strength he had.
"You like that?" they asked.
Naruto just opened his mouth and released a powerful beam of magic.
"Apocalypse Dragon's Roar!" he roared as he nearly blasted Ludo's army into nothingness.
Thus forcing Ludo and the rest to escape in a black hole before they were dead for good.
Once it was over, Naruto turned over to Marco and Star. With the latter getting in front of Marco and raising her wand, ready to fight. Only to be interrupted by Angie opening the door again.
"Is it over?" Angie asked.
"Uh, mom. Kind of busy here." Marco said, pointing at Naruto.
"Oh, don't mind him. He's your ancestor." Angie said, confusing Marco and Star.
"What?" Marco asked.
Angie continued to smile before deciding to spill the beans.
"Marco, meet your taratabuelo. The history books call him Acnologia." Angie said.
"Huh?" Marco asked, still confused.
"Acnologia? Where have I heard that name before?" Star asked, having a sense of familiarity with that name.
Star's mind wandered around for a solid minute with most of it covering cataclysms, myths and images of a scary monster destroying civilizations. Star continued to think hard before her mind went back to the writings of a textbook she had to read back on Mewni.
"Was that the name of a volcano? A hurricane? Oh, now I remember! It was an inter dimensional monster!" Star said, looking happy.
"What!?" Marco asked, sounding more lost by the minute.
Star's smile then faltered and she began to panic.
"Marco! Why didn't you say you were related to a dragon!?" Star asked as she began to shake him.
"I didn't know! Wait, is that why I keep changing!?" Marco asked before his hands turned into dragon talons.
"Boy, you are experiencing poor control over your bloodline." Naruto spoke up, getting his attention. "Your bloodline is so far away from mine that you can't control it instantly."
Marco had no idea what Naruto meant and just looked horribly lost while Star started scratching her head in confusion.
Later that night
Dinner went uneventful outside of Angie having to explain her background. Which only left Marco feeling more confused as to why his mother was hiding these things. He felt worse knowing his father knew this too and just looked like this was just another story from work.
"Wait, so why didn't you say anything!? Shouldn't I have known if I was part dragon!?" Marco asked, looking concerned.
"Well, you never asked." Angie replied.
"That's not something I should ask." Marco said before looking at his father. "Dad, are you also part magical animal? Are you secretly part phoenix or something?"
Rafael laughed, "I wish, but don't worry. You will get used to it."
Before Marco could reply, his eyes turned into slits and he accidentally breathed fire onto his fork and knife.
"You know, this is actually concerning. I don't think your mother went through this." Rafael said, having seen his wife transform wildly.
"That's why I called my ancestor. For me, I just grew fangs and claws, sometimes a tail too." Angie said, remembering her own experiences.
However, back in the day when she was a teenager and dating Rafael. She just remedied her situation with gloves and thick clothing until her own parents had to teach her. Except Angie had doubt in her own abilities.
"Anyways, since you're both on Summer vacation. So, why not go with your great–great grandfather?" Angie asked.
Naruto just silently ate the whole time while Kushina tried not to beam with excitement. Naruto just watched as Marco decided not to argue or question things. Seeing as he could tell that Marco had been through too much in order to argue. Even though he could sense the fear and uncertainty in the boy and the girl.
"Marco, are you sure about this?" Star asked in a whispered voice.
"I guess, what else is there? You haven't exactly found a solution to–"
Marco was cut off by a pair of wings growing on his back.
"To this." he finished.
"Yeah, but uh… I'm not sure how my parents will react. Especially if they hear that I'm near what they call a walking apocalypse in our textbooks." Star said.
"I can hear you." Naruto said, making Star shiver. "And don't concern yourself. I can have a connection to Mewni set up and I can speak with your parents from there."
"Uh, okay. I guess." Star said.
Marco just sighed and went to grab more utensils before deciding to pack up his and Star's things.
"So, where are we going?" Star asked in the meanwhile.
"The Total Drama Action film set. I told the host that you can also work part time as interns." Naruto answered.
"What!?" Marco asked.
"Wow… I don't know what an intern is." Star said.
"It's like a job, but you don't get paid. Although you do get training experience." Angie explained.
"Oh good, I thought it was slavery for a minute." Star said.
It might as well be slavery given that Chris always makes his interns test the dangerous challenges he has prepared. Only the ones that are guaranteed to not kill anyone who tries them.
"This is going to be a long summer." Marco said with a sigh.
"Aw, look at the bright side Marco. You're going to have a reunion with your extended family." Star said.
"Yeah, I… wait, what?" Marco asked as he looked at his parents.
"Oh right, your mother has multiple aunts, uncles and cousins." Fernando said as Angie nodded.
Marco didn't know how to react and just went up to his room and prayed that things don't get any more weird from this point.
"He'll be alright." Angie told Naruto who just shrugged in response.
The thing about extended family is trying to keep up and connect with them. There's also the fact that for someone who's essentially immortal. Naruto sometimes loses track of his family members whenever they decide to make the family tree grow.
Then Kushina got curious.
"Angie, since I'm still trying to navigate the family tree. Do you mind telling me from which one of my grandchildren you descend from?" Kushina asked, wondering which one of Naruto's sons or daughters Angie descended from.
"Oh right, that would be my great-great grand…"
TO BE CONTINUED…