Kaido parked the car on the parking lot behind the building where the Hanabi office was, aswell as where the boxing gym Gin trained in was. He left the car, followed by Gin, who had gotten a ride from the Ryuzaki & Co. building here.

"Thanks for the ride, almost thought I had to come down here on foot." Gin said, sighing. "Can't believe I lost the bus for ten seconds."

"It's called sucking, it sure sucks to do that." Kaido deadpanned. "I'm more surprised that Ryuuga and Masato are already here for once. Hard to believe neither of their bitch asses asked me for a ride."

"Yes, it's surprising to see those two having any sort of work ethic. Either that or Masato has brought yet another anti-tomato machine into the office, but I don't remember giving him any new programs for it."

"What if he just grabbed the old one and gave it some tweaks here and there? Wait why am I saying good things about the shit that makes me have to buy a nee table every few days..." Kaido pondered.

When the two arrived at the second floor and opened the door of the office, they were welcomed into nearly a pitch black room, only illuminated by the circle of candles on the floor, and with the sound of a religious chorus playing on the background. Around the circle were five figures, all wearing black cassocks and with road cones on their head. Upon the arrival of the duo, the figures looked at them.

"I see, we must have been invaded by an enemy seeking to put a stop to our progress in the Dream Team challenge!" Gin declared.

"How did you jump into that conclusion, you delusional schmuck?!" Kaido asked.

"Incorrect." The center figure spoke. From its voice, it was Ryuuga. "We are here for you, Fuchigami Gin."

"Why are you saying his name in a weeb way, Ryuuga?" Kaido asked.

"Shut up, mongrel." Ryuuga said, stepping into the circle. "Step into the circle of brotherhood, Fuchigami Gin."

"Ahuh." Gin nodded, stepping into the circle.

"In our bond as bros, even with bros before hoes, I still am the one who was in a intimate bond with she you try to persue in your quest to find romance and love."

"I thought you and Fujiko decided to uncanonize your relationship." Gin said.

Ryuuga lifted the cone on his head and sighed. "Look, Hikaru said he'd pay me lunch if I did this stupid cult-like because of bros and stuff, just roll with it, okay?"

"Can I get a yakisoba bun out of this?"

"Huh, sure, whatever tickles your pickle." Ryuuga placed the cone back on his head. "Now, Fuchigami Gin, extend forward your hand. We shall now make our promise between men real and unbreakable."

"The promise between men, the bond a girl with never understand..." One of the figures said, looking away and taking off the cone on her head to clean her bloody nose. "This is grade A material!!!"

"Oh hey Kanao." Kaido said. "Let me guess, the other three are Hikaru, Renji and Ichigo?"

"Hikaru threatned me with the possibility of making truth brownies once again." One of the figures said. It was Ichigo.

"Me and Kanao had nothing better to do. Either was either this or contemplating the eternal damnation of the Vanguard community with its many bad takes." It was Renji.

"Strelzia and Emma went shopping and I didn't wanna carry bags that weren't filled with Strelzia's over the shoulder boulder holders and pantsus so I thought I'd bribe Ryuuga into do a thing." The final figure was Hikaru. "Besides, it's good that I don't see what she buys, it makes th experience of seeing it for the first time much more exciting!"

"That's why I never go shopping with Emm." Kaido said with a nodded.

"Can you just... Okay?!" Ryuuga said. "Fuchigami Gin, do you swear to this promise between men?!"

"Sir yes sir, I do!" Gin exclaimed, grabbing Ryuuga's hand and firmly shaking it.

"Very well. However, you still went after a bro's ex without consulting him first, that calls for divine judgement!" Ryuuga revealed, slamming his foot between Gin's legs. "....Ow...." He muttered, placing his foot down. "What are your balls made of..."

"Wouldn't you like to know, weather boy?" Gin snickered. "Hey wait, where's Masato?"

Masato quicked opened the door, carrying his arms the upgraded version of the anti-tomato machine. "I GOT A NEW AND BETTER BIG METAL PISTON SPIKE BECAUSE NOW THERE'S THREE OF THEM!"

(Opening)

At maid cafe Arsene, Hanabi sat around the usual table. Ryuuga, Kaido and Gin all shared the same expression, eyes closed in a thinking manner with arms crossed, while Masato was on his knees on the floor, bowing repeatedly. Hanae and Homura watched from the sidelines, Hanae giggling while Homura sighed.

"You idiots..." Homura muttered.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Masato apologized. "I won't bring anti-tomato weapons into the office anymore, I swear!"

"The problem isn't the machines has a whole this time." Kaido said, opening his eyes. "The problem is that abomination!" He exclaimed, slamming his hand on the table. "You slapped some grappling hook engine into the crap an and began shooting big metal pistol spikes everywhere!" He lifted the right side of his blazer. "You made a hole in my blazer, you idiot! It could have gone through me if my battle instincts didn't act up!"

"Battle instincts?" Ryuuga asked.

"After two years of dealing with, for the lack of a better word, scrubs, I developed sharp instincts that allow me to doge said scrubs and their bullcrap. That's how I managed to dodge seeing Takanori's dumb face all summer!"

"There it is, the words that degrade the poor guy." Ryuuga sighed and took off his blazer aswell. "You brought a bag of tomatoes to use as a test subject and while you pierced all of them, you got tomato guts all over my favourite and only blazer!"

"Just wear T-shirts like normal people." Gin said, chuckling proudly at being the only one from the team who always wore a shirt without a blazer or jacket over it. "However, you two might need to find some your size. You lack the muscle flexing power to sport a tight shirt like me."

Kaido looked down on Gin and clicked his tongue. "Did you made the program for that robot crap, Masato?"

"Hm? Hell no, Gin sent me a new one over the weekend."

"Is that so?" Kaido growled, flicking his non-existent glasses up. "Out of all the pains man can feel, I'm ready to embrace the harshest of punishments for this one..."

"W-wait... Kaido, you don't mean-!"

"Yes, Ryuuga! I'm throwing myself into the fire that is Hanae's inhuman strength!"

"But why though?" Gin asked.

"You... YOU FUCKING IDIOT, IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU THAT MY FUCKING FAVOURITE FUCKING BLAZER HAS A HOLE IN IT! IT WAS THE GREATEST FUCKING BLAZER IN GEN AND NOW HAS A HOLE IN IT, YOU FUCKING IDIOT! IT WAS MY BLAZER REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE YOU OWN ME BIG TIME, YOU FUCKING FUCKING DUMBASS FUCKING SHIT FOR BRAINS IDIOT!" Kaido yelled, blinded by his rage.

Suddenly, all eyes on the cafe turned to Hanae, who tilted her head.

"Hm? What's up, masters?" Hanae asked.

"Didn't you hear what he just said?" Masato asked.

"Well yeah but to be fair, if a friend of mine got one of my clothes damaged, I'd totes slap that bitch so..." Hanae shrugged.

"I wasn't not expecting this middle ground..." Kaido said. "I... I don't know what to do now, I placed all my money on-"

"But this place is still Arsene, the maid cafe where words are appreciated if they're cute, spice, and everything nice." Hanae said, charging at Kaido.

"There we-"

Slamming down her left foot and using her leg as the center of gravity, Hanae lifted her right leg and delivered a roundhouse kick against Kaido's head, following it up with a second kick with the same leg against his ribcage by simply spinning around and finishing it off with a third kick against Kaido's legs, making him lose his standing and fall back.

"Triple Kick! Follow it up with Hanae Special - Slaying Dragon Fang!"

Hanae lifted her right leg up and swung it down like a blade, slamming it deep into Kaido's gut and then slamming his body into the ground, causing a loud cracking sound to be heard.

"IT BROKE!!!" Ryuua, Gin and Masato yelled.

"Gah... G-gah.... A-ah... Bleh...." Kaido tried to mutter words to no avail, resembling a fish out of water losing its breath, and then just pacing out on the spot.

"One thing is using swear words, the other is yelling them at your friend! The bonds between people are precious, so don't put spikes on them just because of something as irrelevant as a piece of clothing! There are many blazers like that, but not friends like those you have now!" Hanae pouted.

"I think I almost pissed myself..." Gin muttered.

"I'm going to need to stop home before we go to Zoo..." Masato murmured.

"I say we raid the body before it goes cold. We might get a good price on his cards and his wallet must be packing more heat than any of us." Ryuuga suggested. "Or we can just order a bunch of food and and say Kaido pays for them."

"I love that idea." Masato said.

"Same here. I feel like having an entire bowl of ramen." Gin said.

"Me too, and with tons of pickled daikon slices in it." Ryuuga nodded.

"I want mine with spicy pork!" Masato exclaimed.

"Make mine heavy on the spices." Gin chuckled.

"Oh oh, I want mine with two eggs instead of one!!" Hanae giggled.

"I want the soup on mine with tons of tomatoes- Why am I agreeing with you guys..." Homura groaned.

"And this is our private gold mine!" Ryuuga laughed, swiging Kaido's wallet around. "Today, on this lunch, we eat like gods! All because one of our friends is a degenerate and Hanae's inhuman strength is still more goddamn terrifying than School Day's existence!"

"It is sad to remember someone had to green lit that show." Gin sighed.

"It's even sadder when you consider people had to animate it and voice on it. Yeesh." Masato shrugged.

"That's besides the point..... LET'S RAID KAIDO'S WALLET ALREADY!"

"YEAH!"

"You fuckers did WHAT?!" Kaido yelled, slamming his foot on the seat in front of him.

"Hey don't kick me, I got dragged into this!" Masato cried. He was the driver of the day, tasked with driving Hanabi safely to the location of the Zoo event.

The design of the Zoo's branches headquarters was irrelevant, because on that morning, all teams were notified that if they were planning on entering the Zoo event today, they should instead meet on the entrance of a park on the outskirts of Tokyo, with the fee for transportations being paid by the Dream Team challenge, and for those who decided to drive there, they'd have to pay for their own fuel.

"Where are we even going? Why's the event being made in the middle of nowhere?" Kaido asked, arms crossed. "Who's brilliant idea was it to make this?"

"I'm not sure myself. It perhaps was the idea of the branch manager." Gin shrugged. He sat on the front seat. "I find it most surprising that us four can all drive."

"I got my license some time after Hikaru." Masato said.

"Ah, nice."

"The branch manager? Who the hell's the branch manager here?" Kaido asked.

"His first name sounded super roman, I think." Ryuuga answered. He sat on the backseats with Kaido, with his arms tied with Gin's belt for the safety of them four and the citizens of Tokyo. "What was it... Maxios or something? Ryuzaki's friends with him, I think."

"My dad's friends with some Maxios guy? Never heard of him." Kaido shrugged and leaned back on his seat, closing his eyes. Sudden, his eyes opened. "Wait! Maxios, his last name is- And he's brothers with- Who married- AND THEN WENT ON TO HAVING-! HE'S THAT SHITTER'S UNCLE! IT'S THE HONORARY PROFESSOR PLAYING CRIPPLE!" He yelled, repeatedly kicking the back of Masato's seat.

"Oi oi oi oi oi, stop kicking me, I'm innocent!!" Masato begged.

"Shitter's uncle? Wait, I don't follow." Gin said.

"Maxios Blade, dammit! He's brother is Yza Blade, who married this Rukia Takanori chick and then the two went on to make and having the shitter that haunts my existence, Maxios' Takanori's uncle!" Kaido explained.

"Then why does he go by Takanori and not Blade?" Masato asked.

"What part of loner shut-in neet virgin loser with daddy issues who had a crush on his mom don't you understand?"

"Most of it." Ryuuga nodded. "But why's he a crippled?"

"It all ties back to the moment where my parents and their friends met his parents and their friends! It was a tournament over three decades, cut short because Maxios got squashed under metal pipes!"

"Ahuh..." The remaining members of Hanabi muttered.

Kaido sighed and facepalmed. "It's the one where a guy asks my mom if her breasts are real."

"That was one hell of a tourney, mate." Masato said.

"I liked its execution. The video quality at the time does the scenes justice." Gin nodded.

"Eheh, are your boobs real go brrrr." Ryuuga chuckled with a sleazy grin.

"STOP TALKING ABOUT MY MOM!" Kaido yelled, slamming his foot against Masato's seat with enough strength to startle him and make him briefly lose control over the car.

"DAMMIT KAIDO, YOU'LL KILL US ALL AT THIS RATE!" Masato shouted.

"I'LL KILL YOU ALL BY BEING HORNY FUCKS AND I'LL DO MUCH WORSE THAN KICKING YOUR SEAT WHILE YOU DRIVE!"

"I'm just sitting here, hands tied because I can't have manual freedom within a meter from a steering wheel." Ryuuga sniffed. "I know I'm a good driver."

"You also played like four Nextages when the deck only needs like three, your credibility is highly questionable." Gin said.

"GIN YOU MEAN!" Ryuuga exclaimed, kicking the back of Gin's seat. "AT LEAST I DIDN'T PLAY FUCKING BRANDT!"

"You really sure you wanna go into a deck choice discussion now?" Masato asked.

"Depends. Do you really want to do in depth into deck choices in the same space as the guy who had to unrionically be in a card game war with a class filled with questionable deck choices, where the representitives played Metatron and Great Composure Dragon, I repeat, Great Composure Dragon, and the only two people with good deck choices play The X and Messiah, one of them only playing Overlord because of the vast amount of high rarity cards the production company shat out of their executive ass to make Kagero a good clan?" Kaido asked.

"....no...?" Ryuuga asked.

"You don't wanna get into a discussion about deck choices now." Kaido replied, shaking his head.

"Y-yes sir..." Ryuuga weakly muttered.

The team arrived at the design place shortly but because of the lack of any parking spaces at the entrance of the park, they parked near the closest train station, a small fifteen minute walk away from the meeting place. After making their way on foot to the meeting place, the team came across a large cluster of fights surrounding a stage where Inu was standing, alongside Aijou.

"I can't believe Ryuzaki made me do this again because I passed out after seeing the electricity bill..." Inu murmured, letting out a sigh. "Welcome to today's quest of the Zoo branch, of the Dream Team challenge! I am your host for the day, Inu Blaze, the announcer sent by Ryuzaki & Co. to explain you fighters the challenge, the goal and its rules!" Inu announced. "And because no announcer is good without one hell of a special guests, here's today special guest! The beautiful queen of Heiwa Academy's Royalty, standing here to represent the insectoid clan of Megacolony, Aijou Fukai!"

"AIJOU!!! AIJOU!!! AIJOU!!!" The row of fans in bright orange shirts yelled, waving flags with Aijou's face on it.

"Ehue, Joe once made they cry by calling them spider simps." Ryuuga snickered.

"Nice." Kaido replied.

"Hello, everyone!" Aijou greeted, waving excitedly at the crowd. "My name's Aijou Fukai and I'm your special guest for the day! Thanks for having me!" She bowed with a giggle.

"NO THANK YOU FOR COMING, AIJOU!!! AIJOU!!! AIJOU!!!"

"You're telling me her fanclub goes as far back as before high school?" Masato asked.

"So many parents disappointed that they had these guys for children." Gin sighed.

"Meanies on the back, shut up!!" Aijou demanded. "Anyway! On today's event, teams will enter what is know as a test of survival! The team who lasts longer within the forest will be granted the morevpoints! However, special fighters from Zoo will chase after you after thirty minutes have passed, making this a giant game of tag! If you lose a cardfight against them, you will be escorted out of the challenge! Special stashes of items, such as items you'd need for camping and snacks, have been spreaded out the area, protected by Zoo fighters who you shall defeat in order to obtain them! But it's all or nothing, so losing against them will lead on you being thrown out!"

"Hey hey, you're getting all the lines..." Inu muttered. "Let met get-"

"And if you wanna be a big jerk meanie, you can do it by chasing after other fighters and beating them into leaving! Like the maze trial done on Magallanica last week, you may issue an unrefutable challenge using your Dream Team bracelets!" Aijou explained. "Also be careful in there and try to not get hurt! The momentbyou cross the entrance line, you basically signed the contract that makes you responsible for all of the doodoo head things you do, such as falling or smacking or head in a branch really hard!"

"That's not true but you're saving us from possible lawsuits so I can't complain..."

"And remember, the most important thing of all time! Make sure to have fun because that's all we're here to do, right?!" Aijou followed her question with a giggle.

"YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAH AIJOU AIJOU AIJOU!!! AIJOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!" The fans yelled.

"They scream for a girl who got a Mordred bodypillow because of her ex-boyfriend at the time." Ryuuga deadpanned.

"Which Mordred?" Kaido asked.

"What Mor- The Shadow Paladin one! What other Mordred would it be?!"

"Ahuh, noted." Kaido nodded. "It's just that Hikaru got into this mobile game that then Strelzia got into, then Emma, and then... Me..."

"Oh god, you went down that route... Oh god you're into the red Saber because she's flat like Emma!"

"She's flat, so what?! Flat is justice! Also she isn't the Red Saber, she's the Saber of Red! Red Saber is roman emperor Nero Claudius who in Fate lore is a girl that says 'umu'!"

"Wha- What's that supposed to mean?! I understood none of the words that came out of your mouth!! We lost Kaido to gacha hell but he can afford it so we'll never have him back!"

"Look at those losers arguing over some waifu gacha game. Eh, everyone knows Azur Lane is better. They have Belfap afterall." Yuichiro, standing with Tate and Izuru near Hanabi, chuckled with a sleazy grin.

"Eh... You got into a game like that some days ago, didn't you Miyuki?" Tate asked.

"Don't look at me like I'm some degenerate." Izuru sighed. "I got into it over a joke about this girl with a red spear being a scot. I don't have any interest in that type of games, I did it as a joke." Izuru shrugged. He went on to waste three months worth of allowance money on trying to get the character Scathach shortly after Ryuuga and Homura started playing the game she's from because of Hikaru, but that wouldn't happen until November.

"Ahem..." Inu coughed. "The event will begin shortly. You're free to take your phones if you want, but the park has low reception so using online maps will be basically impossible. There are five entrances, spread out as you-"

"GO GO GO!!! THE ZOO EVENT IS UDNERWAY FROM THIS MOMENT ON!" Aijou yelled.

"WAIT WHAT?!" Inu asked. "THAT'S NOT WHAT HE- OH GOD!" He yelled, looking at the crowd of fighters charging into the park like a herd of bisons. "OH GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!"

"LET'S GO LET'S GO LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Gin yelled, carrying Masato and Kaido over his shoulder.

"I'm having a small sense of deja vu..." Masato muttered.

"Same..." Kaido nodded.

"Why do I have to run too?!" Ryuuga asked.

"Between a smart rich guy and a guy who spends nights making big metal piston spike cannons, you probably have better physical abilities!" Gin explained.

"Seems legit."

"You two are heavier than I remember, damn rich and their big food..." Gin said, throwing Masato and Kaido into the ground. "Does any of you know where we are?"

"Consider we spent the last twnty minutes on the run, I'll say far." Masato answered, jumping up and stretching. "Just take a sniff of this, nature's incredible scent!"

"There's grass, cows eat grass, cows make milk, milk becomes cheese, things with cheese are cheesy, your lines are cheesy, you're on your natural habit." Kaido said, getting up.

"That's a convuluted way of insulting me, I actually don't feel hurt by that."

"Can you all shut up for a bit..." Ryuuga asked, his voice drained. He fell to his knees near the river near them and washed his face. "We ran way to much, how the hell are we going to find our way out when the event ends?!"

"We can deal with that when the time for it comes." Kaido said. "Let's just focus on what we need first."

"Fufufufu, that light novel I like has an island trial similar to this event, so I know exactly what to do!" Masato declared.

"...ahuh, let's do the opposite of what comes from Masato's mouth." Gin suggested.

"Agreed." Ryuuga nodded.

"Hey, that's rude! The hell, dude?!"

"Let's see, we headed east from the main entrance, that's about... A shit ton of meters." Kaido said. "Consider this park's peremiter is pretty fucking huge, I'd say we're safe here, but should be on a move. You never know when we can cross paths without someone."

"What calculus are those?!" Masato asked. "Wait you never are scared of fighting- Oh no, losing to Izuru's brother traumatized you!"

"It's not my fault he sacked harder than me, Calico is a dumb card and so are you!"

Ryuuga nodded, holding up his phone. "I'm going to show this one to the Takanori guy whenver I meet him. That should equal the playing field between you two."

"You wouldn't dare! Damn brat, I'll sue!"

"You'll sue me one day or the other, what's the difference?!"

"The difference is that- No, that's a fair point. Moving on, we should start getting a move on. There's only so much energy we can use from Arsene's food and if we're going to take the win here, we need to find those food stashes and asspull our way into sustaince."

"Or we could..." Ryuuga chuckled, pretending to adjust a pair of non-existing glasses. "Use science! Hell yeah baby, this is where binging Dr. Stone instead of studying for midterms is all about! This is exhilarating!"

Gin raised his hand and smacked Ryuuga's head from behind. "That's stupid, don't be stupid."

"What?! It's a fair and logical idea, we can totally use science to survive here the whole day!"

"What about food?" Gin asked.

"We can pick up berries, hunt and fish."

"Yeah, we're not hunting or fishing without any tools." Kaido said.

"Then we'll craft some!" Ryuuga exclaimed. "He who hold science holds the world! I'm ten billion percent sure that with science, we can win this challenge without any setbacks whatsoever! So get excited! This is exhilarating!"

"So our options are A, survive off dubious vegetables and fruits native to this forest and off animals we have to hunt, skin, degut and cook, which means making pots and starting a campfire; and B, survive off the good pastrami sandwiches on the event stashes." Kaido said. "If we go north, we'll probably find stashes while dodging other participants and hunters."

"Yeah, I can see us work with that." Masato nodded.

"I'm always up for some good pastramini." Gin said.

"Alright, we'll do this the non-caveman way..." Accepting his defeat, Ryuuga sighed.

The four teammates walked towards the north, always following the path laid out to them by the river. Eventually, they abandoned their path they were taking after failing to find any of the item hideouts placed for the event, following one of the park's man-made paths to a part far away from the river.

"Guysss..." Masato mellowed, hanging his arms low. "I need to pee..."

"Oh, not again! We've had to stop three times already because your stupid bladder, hold it in for a bit longer!" Kaido replied.

"Kaidoooo, my ding dong won't hold it in...!!!"

"We're not stopping dammit, I'll punch you to sleep if needed but we aren't stopping!" Gin offered.

"I don't even care about that, I just know that if I trip and fall here, Homura won't show to heal me!" Ryuuga cried.

"Yikes, the sun got to his head already." Kaido sighed.

"Truly, today's being a rather heated day. Being in the middle of nowhere where the trees don't make that much shade also isn't great help." Gin said. "I think it's best if we take a break here. At this point, these two will be deal before we ever find food."

"Oh god, thank you Gin!!" Masato exclaimed, rushing behind a tree.

"I'm tired..." Ryuuga muttered, falling to his knees. "This event sucks! We're already on the lead, let's just get out now!"

"We sorta... Lost the lead during the weekend." Kaido admitted.

"That's fine- WAIT WE DID WHAT?!?!" Ryuuga yelled, jumping back onto his feet. "Who was it?! Star Gate?! Dragon Empire?! Those loser who hired Sakuya just for the Magallanica event?!"

"No, those lost literally everywhere else after Magallanica." Gin sighed.

"Gekkoukan is ahead of us, they cleaned the Dark Zone on the weekend."

"Gekkoukan? The hell's Gekkou-"

"Go to hell, dumbass." Kaido said.

"IZURU IS AHEAD OF US?! OH GOD, OH FUCK, WHAT?!"

"You're yelling way too much about this." Gin deadpanned.

"Well to be fair, Gekkoukan's been the rogue team the entire event. They just takes names left and right without anyone noticing, they've gone unnoticed for a majority of the event. They made it into the quiz show on Star Gate, they got Sakate's approval on Dragon Empire, almost cleaned the entirity of Mikitak's team on Magallanica and they reached the finals on the United Sanctuary. At this point, we should have recruited your brother."

"I'd prefer if you'd just call me a monster virgin like old times..."

"Easiest insult greenlight I ever got. Damn, I'm really the most awesome person out there." Kaido smiled proudly at himself.

As the three waited for Masato to turn from from doing his needs, they heard a high pitch scream coming from near them. Out of pure instinct, the three rushed towards the source of the sound, where they found a girl with long and dark purple hair and bright blue eyes, sitting under a tree hoding onto her right ankle.

"Oh it's just a girl." Kaido bluntly said.

"It's just a- Shut up, shut up, you tactless idiot!" Ryuuga said, smacking Kaido upside the head before approaching the girl. "Hey, are you okay?!"

"Y-yeah, I just got separated from my friends and tried to climb a tree to try and see them... It didn't help so well..." The girl laughed lightly.

"That was a dumb-"

Gin slammed his hand against Kaido's mouth. "Can't you get a hit and be quiet for a moment?!"

"Looks like a swollen ankle, worst case scenario it's twisted... Here, let me help." Ryuuga said, crouching down to match the girl's sitting height. He took off his blazer, now cleaned from the tomato stains from earlier, and ripped the sleeves off, using them as makeshift bandages for the girl's injury. "It's not much but it'll do. What's your name?"

"Hm? I'm Airi Nijimura, a first year at Heiwa. Good to see you here, president." Airi smiled.

"A first year? Oh, my bad for not recognizing you!"

"No no, it's alright, I try to not stand out too much!"

"Ah, I see. But still, I should be more knowledge of the students on my school." Ryuuga chuckled, rubbing the back of his head. "Those two idiots behind me are my friends, but ignore them."

"Dude, that's rude." Gin sighed.

"Okay." Airi nodded.

"She went with it!" Kaido exclaimed.

"Airi! Airi!"

Soon enough, two girls came rushing to the scene. From the looks of it, they were the friends Airi tried to find by climbing onto a tree, which failed miserably. They bowed at the rescue trio and helped their friend up.

"Thanks alot for taking care of Airi, president!" One of the girls said.

"You're kinda scummy but thanks alot!" The other said.

"It wouldn't be an interaction with my students without somone dissing me..." Ryuuga muttered. "No problem, just make sure she gets treated quickly."

"Already on it, we've managed to reach the fighters guarding the items and they called for help already." The girl that insulted Ryuuga said.

"Ah, good. Well, see ya!" Ryuuga waved at the girls as they walking away in a slow pace due to helping Airi move.

"Soooo, what'd you think of the president? He's a total snack, right?" The girl that insulted Ryuuga whispered.

"I think the one with the scars is better." The other said. "What do you think, Airi?"

"What are you talking about...? Their fighting skills? I guess the president's little brother is better, right...?" Airi asked, confused.

The girls sighed. "What are we going to do with you Airi, at this rate you'll never nab yourself a boyfriend. You need to be totes less dense!"

"I don't think anyone says 'totes' anymore..." Airi chuckled.

Ryuuga feel to his knees when the girls left his sight. "Even one of my first years thinks Izuru's better than me.... This calls for action, we need to win this event no questions asked!"

"We already agreed on that though." Kaido grunted, forcefully pulling Ryuuga up. "Come on, let's haul ass. I'm starving and I refuse the existence of the chance of me eating leaves."

"Agreed. I need some protein, man." Gin sighed.

"I'll take the freshest cola you got, sir..."

"This isn't a drink shop, now get moving!"

The three of them returned to their journey to find food, heading west this time, walking for minutes that became hours. Without them even noticing, four hours had passed already, but they gained no success whatsoever.

"I'm hungry..." Ryuuga muttered, leaning against a tree. "I want some omurice..."

"Matcha soda, matcha soda..." Kaido coughed, falling to the ground. "Matcha soda..."

"I don't see what's the issue." Gin spoke up. "I'm doing perfectly fine."

"That's because you got a shit ton of protein swimming in your blood, we got unhealthy ammounts of cola and matcha soda on ours!" Kaido exclaimed, jumping back onto his feet. "Goddammit, it's been hours already! Why can't we find anything or anyone find us?!"

"Man, I'm so hungry... I'd be down to eat some of Joe's shit cooking or Yuri's cookies made with her special ingredient..." Ryuuga mellow.

"Me too- Her what?" Kaido asked. "I watched enough Shimoneta to know where this is going but I need a verbal confirmation."

"You don't want a verbal confirmation."

"Maybe I don't. Wait that's besides the point! Let's face it, we're lost! Dammit, why didn't I force Ryuzaki to take me camping more, this is where those skills would come in hand! Wait, I'm sure the lower class is a pro at this, I just have to think like the lower clas!"

"That's a horrible idea and offensive, I am the worker class!" Gin exclaimed.

"Sucks to suck. No, think like the lower class, think like the lower class... Quick, one of you say I hit women and annoy me to the point of punching you."

"There's... Specific." Ryuuga said.

"Nah that isn't good enough... I know, lynch me! No, that isn't enough... Hm... I know, call me loner virgin shut-in-"

"Oh you can't be serious!" Ryuuga snapped. "You're insulting the poor bastard again!! Jesus christ Kaido, take a break from it! The poor guy doesn't deserve it that much! I'll be the better person here and whenever I meet- What does he look like?"

"Here, I took this one while making sure he didn't try to touch my cousin." Kaido showed Ryuuga his phone.

"That's creepy but kudos for admitting it, I guess if you can be a siscon at times. Anyway- Whenever I meet that guy, whenever a guy like that comes to me and says ''Hi I'm something Takanori'-"

"We never found out his first name, now that I think about it." Gin mused.

"I'LL BE THE BETTER PERSON SAND SAY 'OH, YOU MUST BE THE NEET' LIKE A GOOD GUY, NOT CALL HIM THAT DUMB STUPID LONG NICKNAME LIKE YOU YOU, YOU MEANIE, MEANIE, MEANIE, MEA-"

Gin slammed his foot against Ryuuga's back, making hism fall forward. Ryuuga knocked ont a tree's branch when falling, and landed fully knocked out.

"I guess hunger can make someone go sicko mode and then pass out from a simply bonk in the head." Gin said, looking down on Ryuuga.

"Guess so." Kaido nodded, looking down on him aswell.

"So... Do you have mar-"

"Already ahead of you." Kaido interjected, handing Gin a black marker.

"Neat."

"So... This park's weird. I haven't been here alot of times but I don't remember it having rubber tree branches."

"Why do you think they're from rubber trees?" Gin asked, holding the marker's cap between his teeth as he scribbled down something on Ryuuga's torso.

"That branch behind us doesn't look too stiff so it's probably rubber. And it's green so."

"Huh, I always thought rubber was made from plant extract, not that came from a tree like fruit. There we go, all finished." Gin said, tossing the marker back at its owner. "So what do you think?"

"Hehe, nice."

"Now about that tree branch." Gin looked at the ground behind them and tilted his head. "Now that you mention it, is does look weird... It looks sloppy and scaly..."

"Yeah, it's also changing forms every so often."

"Hm." Gin froze. "C-c-change forms...??"

"Yeah. Just a while ago, it looked yellow underneath and it had a pink leaf coming out of the front."

"Kaido, Kaido listen to me, I did two high school years in one and four years of programming in one, I might not be a science guy but I know this much... That isn't a branch."

"Hah? Oh please, of course it is." Kaido said, fetching a wooden stick from the ground. "Watch."

Kaido hurled the stick at so called branch, causing a hiss to come from it. The front end of the branch turned around to look at the two, hiss with its sharp tongue.

"Oh fuck my life, I deserve to be verbally abused by this one."

"FUCKIN' RUN DAMMIT!" Gin yelled, throwing Kaido and Ryuuga and over his shoulder and dashing away from the chasing serpent at full speed. "YOU HAD TO GO AND PISS OFF A SNAKE!"

"I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY!"

"Hm....? Hey guys, what's going on..." Ryuuga muttered, slowly opening his eyes. Gin was fast, but the serpent was faster, and was already face to face with Ryuuga. "Oh hey Kaido HOLY SHIT IT'S A SNAKE, IT'S A FREAKING SNAKE, PETA LOOK AWAY!" He yelled, combining what he had learned over the years through physical strikes dealt by Fujiko and Homura. Focusing all the strength he had on his right palm, he outright slapped the snake away from them. "YOU IDIOTS, GET A MOVE ON!"

"He slapped a snake!" Gin exclaimed.

"You fucking madlad, you actually slapped a snake!" Kaido applauded.

"I'm flattered, BUT NOW'S NOT THE TIME!"

Until the skies turned orange and the sun began setting, the Hanabi trio kept running and running, lost and hungry, and always come across that same snake whenever they took breaks to rest their legs. For Ryuuga and Kaido, it felt just like the previous summer, where they ran away from a gorilla.

Hanabi managed to win the event, mainly because even the staff forgot they existed and dediced to begin packing around the time Tenma's team arrived. With their newly acquired points, they maintaind their second spot, with Gekkoukan having a large lead over them.

Back on the car, Kaido sat on the driver's seat, exhausted, Ryuuga sat by his side with his head hanging low, and Gin sat on the back, taking all the backseats for himself.

"We won..." Kaido muttered, holding onto the steering wheel with a weak grip. "But at what cost..."

"Just... Just drive..." Ryuuga murmured.

"Hai..."

Already at nightime, Kaido parked the car in the empty terrain belonging to the building where his and Ryuuga's apartment were.

With trembling hands and eyes that were always closing, Kaido looked back at Gin. "Oh, I forgot to-"

Gin was already fast asleep from the exhaustion caused by the event, snoring loudly like a bear.

"Just leave him be, I wanna go home..." Ryuuga murmured.

"I'm home..." Kaido sighed, slowly closing the apartment's door due to the lack of strength. "Fuck that damn Blade cripple, I wish the pipes had returned for round two..."

"Mhm, that isn't very nice but you're tired so I understand." Emma said, placing her hands on his chest. "Let's go put you under a warm shower, alright?"

"That can't wait..." Kaido placed his arms around his lover and turned off his strength, falling back with her in her arms. "I don't care if we never get married or have kids, I'm just happy that you're still with me despite the walking ball of toxcity that I am... I love you, Emma."

"Sheesh, getting tired left you all soft." Emma sighed, resting her head on Kaido's chest. "I'm just happy you and the guys came back safely. You four must have gone through hell and back."

"Yeah..." Kaido closed his eyes, smilling, but suddenly opened them. "F-four?"

"I'm home, please put me out of my misery..." Ryuuga yawned, walking into the living room. "Sup..."

"Yikes, nature went and did you dirty my dude." Joe said. He was sitted on one of the chairs around the couch.

"Don't even mention it..."

"It was karma for using Kaido's money to pay for our lunch." Homura sighed to herself. She was sitted on the main couch. "Come on, sit down." She said, moving to give Ryuuga some space.

"Thanks honey..." Ryuuga fell straight on the couch, his head landing perfectly on Homura's thighs. "Warm..."

"A-at least turn your head around, your nose's pocking me!" Homura said with a blushing face.

"I've seen this in some anime." Joe muttered to himself. "But damn, considering how fast you got here from whe you texted me saying you finished the event, you probably turbo'd your way to Gin and Masato's places. Speed runner indeed."

"Nah, Gin's sleeping in the car..." Ryuuga said as he shifted around to be facing up. "I'm too weak to make a joke about the giant shadow being cast upon my by your-"

"Say the B word, you die here and now." Homura warned.

"Like I said, I'm took weak for that... I'm just happy you're here, Homura." Ryuuga closed his eyes with a large smile.

"S-shut up, I got worried when Aijou called me saying you guys hadn't shown up already..." Homura muttered, looking away from Ryuuga.

"That's nice..." Ryuuga's eyes suddenly sparked open. "M-masato?"

"Link Joker is boring, I wanna play Royals..." Gin muttered in his sleep. He suddenly woke up with widened eyes. "Oh crap."

"This sucks..." Masato sighed, sitting near a campfire made by himself. "Can't believe I got so lost trying to take a wiss... Ah well, at least I have some company." He shrugged and began patting the green serpent sitting next to him, making it hiss happily.

(Ending)

Next Week-

#52: Four Idiots Walk Into the Dark Zone

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MINI SOUL: "Masato's Nightmare, the unwanted ending to the trilogy"

Joe: *waltz out of Yuri's room* Now to go annoy Masato with my wang out to get by dang game back on.

Masato: *kicks open the door to his room* IBUKI, BITE HIS SCHLONG OFF!

Joe: Ibuki? The fuck's- *runs away from the green snake* YOU ACTUALLY WENT AND ADOPTED THE THING, WHAT THE HELL?!

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Masato: I hate you.

Gin: I'm sorry.

Kaido: I regret nothing.

Ryuuga: I got a lap pillow, you three don't matter anymore.

Masato: It's canon, I adopt the snake.

Hey guys, it's your Fate trash Shida boy here. You're probably going ''Shida, a new character who's a student in Heiwa? At this stage in the series? On the final volume? Why?'', aren't you? Well, it's quite simple. I needed a named character to remember us all that Ryuuga sucks.

Ryuuga: I hate you.

Airi: I was more relevant than half the already existing cast!

Ryuuga: God all the school is out to get me...

One chapter down, nine more to go. Next week, the conclusion to the branch event part of the Dream Team Challenge!

Ryuuga: We may be under Izuru, but we'll pull through!

Izuru: Come, dumbass.

Kaido: The fact this was the first chapter with the new opening, you can understand Ryuuga's suffering.

Ryuuga: Man today is just a bully me day, I thought the next bully me day was on september.

Kaido: Everyday is a bully you day.

Ryuuga: True.

My name is Shida, thanks for reading and I will see you later. Bye bye!

Masato: PS, my snake is named Ibuki because while she might be a snake in her own way because of the island trial arc, she's still better than Kushida :chronokekdran:

Kaido: What the fuck are you talking about, go back into being forgetable by your teammates.