The Thwarts Tournament!

'''The seven previously eliminated contestants return to compete for a chance back in the game. The challenge this week being a series of sports matches. One contestant is outraged that the contestants he eliminated are returning. One contestant is dead-set on returning. Once this contestant wins the challenge, the other reveals himself as the antagonist, much to the dismay of his partner.'''

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Plot
"Last time on Total Drama: Battle of the Sexes, the remaining eight contestants battled it out in a classic challenge, the brunch of disgustingness! The score was four to three for the boys, until the final two rounds. The girls eventually caught up! When Huck refused to eat his old friend, his team lost. That night, Romulus, Josiah, and Huck himself sent Huck packing! Now we're down to the final seven and we have something that will change the way the game is played!"

It was mid-afternoon.

The sun was already up in the sky.

"This is great, isn't it?" Rose asked, looking up at the sky.

"It sure is." Corey said, inhaling deeply.

"I wonder when we're going to merge." Rose said to herself.

"Sometime soon, I'm guessing. There are only seven competitors left." Corey pointed out.

"That's true." Rose said, "But we could merge at the final six." Rose said.

Corey shrugged.

"I guess." He agreed.

"Hey, guys!" Josiah said as he and Jennifer walked on the beach.

"Hey!" Corey said, waving.

Corey and Rose were sitting on the beach, watching the waves.

"What's up?" Jennifer asked.

"Nothing much. What about you?" Rose asked.

"We're taking a romantic stroll on the beach." Josiah cooed.

"It's great!" Jennifer chirped.

"Contestants, please be alert. I have a special surprise for you!" Chris announced over the PA system.

"A special surprise? That can't be good." Feline sighed.

"That usually means pain. And agony." Rosalie said.

Romulus nodded.

Feline was sitting in the girls' shelter.

Rosalie and Romulus were sitting just outside the shelter, holding hands.

'''Feline Confessional: I am surrounded by couples! Rosalie and Romulus, Jennifer and Josiah! Rose and Corey aren't together, but they may as well be! Come next elimination, I am so going to be eliminated!'''

"Hey, what is that?" Rosalie asked, squinting her eyes.

"What's what?" Romulus asked.

"That!" Rosalie said pointing.

Feline came out of the shelter and started.

On the horizon, three small speedboats came racing towards the island.

"Why are they coming over here? The island's uncharted. They couldn't have known where we are." Romulus said.

"So then who are they?" Feline asked.

The remaining seven contestants gathered near the shelters as the speedboats came closer.

At this point, Chris had arrived.

"Chris, what's up with the boats?" Jennifer asked.

"I'll explain that part later." Chris said, "But I have something really important to announce."

"What?" Feline asked.

"It's merge day! That's right! No more teams! Every man, woman, and child for themselves!" Chris said.

"Oh, wow. Well. It's been fun, guys." Rose said, giving Rosalie, Jennifer, and Feline hugs.

"We'll always be friends." Jennifer said.

"Above anything else." Rosalie agreed.

'''Rosalie Confessional: Besides money. *smirks*'''

"We'll always be close." Josiah said to Romulus and Corey.

"Obviously." Romulus said.

"You know what they say." Corey said.

"Bros before ho-" All three began, before Chris stopped them.

"Regardless.." Chris said, "Today isn't just merge day. We're bringing back eliminated loser!" Chris said.

"What?" All seven contestants asked.

The one who was the most outraged was Romulus.

"That's right! One of your friends will be returning! Kennedy, Jacob, Dutch, Cherry, Titus, Alexis, and Huck! One of these seven losers will come back to play the game! And here they come now!"

On the first speedboat stood Alexis and Dutch.

Alexis' arms were crossed and she was smirking as she saw the island.

"Back at this old place." Alexis said, "Oh how I haven't missed it."

"Then why are you coming back, weirdo?" Dutch asked, a scowl on his face.

"Why is anyone coming back? For the grand prize!" Alexis said.

Dutch shrugged, agreeing with her.

On the next boat stood Cherry, Jacob, and Huck.

"I can't believe I'm coming back." Jacob sighed.

"Neither can I." Cherry said, "These guys voted me out in cold blood."

"I wouldn't consider it to be cold blood." Jacob said, rolling his eyes.

"Whatever." Cherry spat.

"I was just here last week!" Huck said, getting a little teary-eyed, "It's changed so much!"

On the final boat was Titus and Kennedy.

They were currently locking lips.

Kennedy pulled away.

"Okay, we need to, like, stop now. We're almost at the island!"

"Just a few more minutes...?" Titus asked.

Kennedy thought.

"Okay!" She said, perkily.

Titus smiled and the two continued to kiss.

Back on the island, the contestants stared in horror and confusion and happiness.

'''Romulus Confessional: No, no, no! They can't come back! I worked so hard to get them eliminated! Not one of the people Rosalie and I eliminated can come back! That is my mission! To stop any of them from returning! Dutch, Cherry, Titus, Alexis, and Huck have to stay eliminated!'''

'''Rosalie Confessional: Are all my sins coming back to haunt me?! Oh I knew I should have listened to daddy! Penance is the only way to relieve myself of these ghosts- No! Stop with the christian school memories, Rosalie! You have to make sure that these guys stay gone!'''

Rosalie and Romulus exchanged a worried glance.

The speedboats arrived at the island.

The seven eliminated contestants stepped on the white sand beach.

"Alright! All fourteen of you, gather around!" Chris said.

The contestants and the ex-contestants gathered around Chris.

"So here's the deal. We'll be competing for different things. Contestants currently in the game, Rose, Corey, Jennifer, Josiah, and Feline,; you're competing for the biggest and best reward so far. Eliminated contestants, Kennedy, Jacob, Dutch, Cherry, Titus, Alexis, and Huck; you are all competing for the chance to get back in the game. Not to mention also competing for the biggest and best reward so far." Chris began.

"The challenge is simple. There will be a variety of sports that we'll be playing. Each game is one on one. Whoever wins that game advances. Whoever loses is out. That means, if you're an ex-contestants, you're out of the running to come back into the game. Once all of the other ex-contestants are out, the last one standing gets to compete for the big reward. Since there are fourteen of you, that makes seven pairs. As that's an odd number, in the second round one of you will be facing off against Chef. We do it this way until there is only one person left standing." Chris explained.

"Alright." Kennedy said, "That should be easy enough."

"Please meet me in the arena in five minutes to get your matches!" Chris said.

Five minutes later, the fourteen teenagers stood in the arena.

"Alright! Let's get the ball rolling!" Chris said. "The first three matches are as followed: Jacob and Alexis in the wall climb, Rose and Jennifer in a hundred meter swimming meet, and Kennedy and Cherry in a tennis match!"

"Prepare to go down, Jacob!" Alexis shouted.

Jacob growled.

"Let the best girl win!" Rose said.

Jennifer giggled.

"You're are going to eat my tennis ball!" Cherry shouted.

"Ugh! As if! You are so going down, Hipster Girl!" Kennedy said.

A rock-wall, the height of a small skyscraper, stood in the center of the arena.

"Alright! Your job is to get to the top of that rock wall and grab your flag! Whoever gets the flag and manages to come down first, wins. But it isn't as easy as you think. We've rigged some special surprises in there so be careful!" Chris said.

Jacob and Alexis stood in front of the rock-wall waiting for the word.

"Go!" Chris announced.

Jacob began to climb immediately.

Alexis, although slow, began to climb at a normal pace.

"I thought you were supposed to be a wolf, not a billy goat!" Alexis said, sarcastically, as she climbed.

Jacob rolled his eyes. "Watch what you say about me."

Alexis rolled her eyes as she continued to climb.

She grabbed a grip screamed.

Jacob looked down and mindlessly placed his hand on a grip.

He screamed, too.

In Alexis' hand was a nail.

"You have got to be kidding!" Alexis cried, "Agh! Skip it!"

She grabbed the nail with her mouth and yanked it out of her hand.

On Jacob's hand was a snake.

It's jaw was clamped onto Jacob's finger.

"Is it poisonous?" Titus asked, eating a bag of popcorn as he watched.

"I doubt it." Dutch sighed, "That would have been hilarious though."

"Hey, pass the popcorn!" Feline said.

Jacob grabbed the snake and threw it.

At this point, Jacob and Alexis had tied up.

Jacob continued to scale the rock wall.

They were both so close.

In the last few seconds, Jacob managed to grab his flag before Alexis did.

He began to climb down.

Alexis grabbed her flag and climbed down after Jacob.

Jacob was jumping from grip to grip.

Alexis was doing it the old fashioned way.

Jacob rolled his eyes and jumped off the rock wall.

He hit the floor hard, albeit with a flag in his hand.

'''Jacob Confessional: I didn't care if I was going to break all the bones in my body. I was coming back.'''

'''Alexis Confessional: I was going to expose Rosalie for elimination me! How am I going to do that now if I can't get back in the game?!'''

"And Jacob is one step closer to coming back! Alexis! You're out of the running, and you're 9th place just turned into a 10th!" Chris said.

Alexis screamed as she reached the floor.

"This is so unfair, I was going to expose Rosalie for the traitor she-" Alexis began.

"Okay, bye, crazy girl." Rosalie said, waving.

Alexis growled and walked off.

"Next game!" Chris said.

Jennifer and Rose were on the shore, in their bathing suits.

"All you girls have to do is race to those markers and then race back! Whoever arrives first is still in the running for the awesome prize!" Chris said.

Rose and Jennifer nodded.

"Ready, set, go!" Chris announced.

Rose and Jennifer dived into the shallow end of the sea.

They swam, at first equally matched.

'''Rose Confessional: My mom made me sign up to be on my town's swimming team. She said if I didn't win, I would be grounded for three months.'''

Rose did a variety of swimming styles.

She began with a flutter kick, followed by the butterfly and the breaststroke.

Jennifer on the other hand was just swimming underwater to her destination.

Rose reached the marker first and returned.

Jennifer reached the marker and returned as well.

Rose continued to swim, without a problem.

Jennifer swam after her.

Rose was only ahead by a few feet.

Not that big of a margin.

But she still won over Jennifer.

"Rose! You are still in the running for the awesome reward! Jennifer, dry off and head back to the arena! There, you'll be treated with a cup of cocoa and will be able to watch all the events go down on the big monitor!" Chris said.

"Goody!" Jennifer cheered, running to the shelters.

Kennedy and Cherry were facing off on a tennis court in the arena.

The rock-wall was long gone.

The score was currently 15-40, in Kennedy's advantage.

Cherry was trying her hardest.

'''Kennedy Confessional: I was only one point away from winning this game! I could almost taste the million!'''

Kennedy served the ball, which hit the square adjacent to her.

Cherry ran over and hit the ball with all her might.

The ball hit inside of the court.

Kennedy returned it, using an impressive backhand.

Cherry gave the ball back to Kennedy, using a crazy overhead.

The ball hit Kennedy in the head and then hit the court before it went out.

"Thirty-Forty!" Chris said.

Cherry cheered.

"Take that, Malibu Barbie!" Cherry laughed.

"That's it! You're through!" Kennedy cried.

Cherry scoffed.

"I'm so sure." She said, serving the ball.

Kennedy channeled all her rage and returned the tennis ball, spiking it to the edge of the court.

The ball rolled off before Cherry even knew what was going on.

"Kennedy! You're still in the running! Cherry, enjoy 12th place!" Chris laughed.

"Why?!" Cherry asked, getting on her knees.

"Alright, the next three games! Corey vs. Josiah in a game of soccer! Huck and Dutch in a game of badminton-" Chris began.

"No thanks! I'm good without coming back! Thanks though!" Huck said.

"Are you sure?" Chris said.

"Let the runt quit. Makes it easier for me."

"Don't quit!" Romulus said.

"Sorry." Huck said, shrugging.

"Alright that, I guess Dutch advances. Romulus and Rosalie in a game of badminton, then." Chris said.

Corey and Josiah were lead to a clearing in the forest.

Chris tossed them a soccer ball.

"First to two wins!" Chris said.

"You can go first, dude." Corey said.

"Thanks!" Josiah said.

Josiah put the ball down and began to dribble.

He made his way to Corey's goal.

Corey stood at the ready in front of the goalpost.

Josiah stopped in his tracks and drop-kicked the ball.

The ball went soaring at the goalpost.

Corey was just barely able to catch it.

Josiah backed up.

Corey set the ball down and began to dribble.

He juked out Josiah and raced for the goalpost.

Josiah freaked out and began to run for the goalpost.

Corey kicked and the ball soared in.

"One point, Corey!" Chris announced.

Josiah was given the ball.

He began to dribble and made a kick from the half-way line.

The ball curved and went in, entering at the corner of the goalpost.

Josiah cheered.

"One point, Josiah!" Chris announced.

This time, Corey got the ball.

Corey began to dribble slowly, looking at Josiah as he did.

Josiah was slightly intimidated by this.

Corey ran at Josiah and tried to send the ball under Josiah's legs.

Josiah stopped the ball before it could go between his legs and ran for the goalpost.

Corey freaked out and ran back.

But before Corey could reach the goal, Josiah kicked the ball.

It was in the air for ten seconds.

It was swirling as it flew into the air.

The ball soared into the goalpost.

"Woo!" Josiah cheered.

"Josiah wins!" Chris announced.

Once cycle of rounds later, only two contestants remained.

Titus and Dutch for the ex-contestants.

"This is going to be a boxing match between Titus and Dutch!" Chris announced.

"Fun, I've been itching for a good fight." Dutch laughed.

"Beat him, Titus!" Romulus shouted.

'''Romulus Confessional: Okay, so I know that I eliminated both Titus and Dutch. But Titus is the one who's easier to live with. I mean Dutch is a jerk, and not to mention a big threat. At least Titus is nice.'''

The ring was pushed in by two interns.

Titus and Dutch jumped into the ring, standing on either side.

Romulus was sweating bullets.

"Relax, Rom. Who cares if they come back?" Rosalie asked.

"Dutch will make our lives torture on this show. He has to lose." Romulus said, his voice full of fear and anger.

Rosalie was taken aback.

The bell rung.

Titus and Dutch circled each other, both ready to attack.

Titus made the first move, he swung for Dutch's face.

Dutch blocked and made a jab for Titus' stomach.

Titus barely moved out of the way.

"Nice try." Titus said, smirking.

"Thanks, freak." Dutch said, smiling.

Dutch made another jab, which hit Titus in the face.

"Ow! Why you little-" Titus said, punching Dutch in the gut.

"Oof!" Dutch breathed.

"Destroy him, Titus!" Romulus called.

"I plan to!" Titus said, "You see? They're rooting for me!"

"As if, freakshow." Dutch said, swinging his arm around to hit Titus in the face.

Titus ducked.

Dutch growled.

"Stop doing that!" Dutch spat.

"Ha." Titus laughed.

"Destroy him, babe!" Kennedy shouted.

"What she said! Cream him!" Romulus said, desperately.

Titus aimed to hit Dutch in the jaw.

Dutch leaned back and grabbed Titus' arm.

He threw up against the ropes of the ring.

"Ugh!" Titus said, sitting down in the corner.

"Get up! Get up!" Romulus cried.

Dutch leaned down and grabbed Titus.

He threw him into the air and jumped up himself.

That's when Dutch punched Titus in the face with all his force.

Titus slumped to the floor, knocked out.

"One!" Chris said.

Romulus' eyes went wide.

"Two!" Chris continued.

Kennedy's heart stopped.

"Three!" Chris finished, "Titus is out!"

"No!" Romulus screamed, "No, no, no! That will ruin my plan! I eliminated him fair and square, I convinced everyone to eliminate him as opposed to that freak, Huck! I campaigned to get that jerk out of the game! This whole orchestration of eliminations are useless if he comes back! Titus, Alexis, Huck, Cherry! There's no point if he returns! He has to go or that'll ruin my strategy!"

All the contestants gasped and were taken aback by Romulus' own confession.

Corey Confessional: Romulus is the bad guy?!

Josiah: This whole time he was telling us who to vote off... It wasn't for the good of the team... It was for his own secret agenda!

Feline Confessional: But he was so nice, I don't understand!

'''Rosalie Confessional: He blew it! That idiot blew it!'''

"Romulus, you're a villain?!" Rosalie asked, her voice shaky.

She feigned tears as she ran off.

"I thought you were a good guy!" Josiah said.

"Oh, grow up!" Romulus spat. "It's called playing the game! Yeah, I'm the villain! I've been convincing you guys to eliminate my biggest threats, and now that Dutch is back and we're merged, it's useless to keep it a secret!"

"This is so juicy!" Chris cheered.

"And you were using Rosalie weren't you? So you could get farther in the game using the couple card!" Jennifer said.

Romulus stood there, contemplating.

Sell out Rosalie or use this to his advantage?

"Yeah, I did that too! Stupid girl had it coming!" Romulus said.

"Hold up! As much as I would love to keep the drama going, we kind of have to send these losers back. Congrats to Dutch for returning." Chris said.

Dutch rolled his eyes, but then smiled.

'''Dutch Confessional: This is getting a lot more interesting. *smiles*'''

The remaining six competitors who were eliminated from the challenge loaded the three boats.

"Seeya on finale night!" Chris announced, hitting one boat.

The three speedboats pulled out and raced off.

"That concludes another episode of Total Drama: Battle of the Sexes! Come back for some more juicy drama and backstabbing! This is Chris McLean signing off." The host waved.

Trivia

 * This marks the first, and so far only, time a person returns to a competition.
 * As of this episode, Romulus is openly recognized the season's primary antagonist.