Chapter Three: Yasu…Master of Loopholes

Despite their best efforts, the other eliminated contestants were unable to glean anything from the practically joined to the hip best friends. Each question was answered by a squeal, giggles and girlish babbling.

The newest episode of Total Drama Island couldn't have come soon enough for Courtney. Instantly tuning out everything, but the T.V. she impatiently waited for the first appearance of her team.

Eyes like a hawk she watched every motion between her friends and Benedict Harold. Geoff's expression of disinterest as Harold was chosen for the last event caused the CIT to smile. It was only a matter of time now til her revenge…

Courtney rolled her eyes as Bridgette and Gwen argued over the love letter, smirked in satisfaction at Trent's literal downfall and then ground her teeth as the cheater celebrated with HER team over DJ's perfect landing.

The Ogre giving Harold any expression other then sure derision or torment caused her hands to shake as she clenched and unclenched them. "That CHEATER! You'll NEVER FIT IN! AND VENGENCE IS COMING! OH HO HO IS IT COMING!" Courtney yelled out causing the people next to her to startle.

The loud scream coming from somewhere downstairs caused the homeschooler to break away from the kiss. "Wot was that eh?" Ezekiel questioned in confusion as he took a step backwards in reflex.

It proved to be a mistake. Letting out a surprised yelp, the homeschooler fell backwards letting out another yelp as his back hit the carpet. The female in his arms giggled. "Still falling for Izzy?"

"Umm...yes?"

"Good answer!"

Still watching the show, Courtney's satisfied smirk over Heather's dirty trick turned to shock when a familiar furry creature tackled the queen bee sending her on top of the nerd. Seconds later the incident was repeated with Duncan and Lindsay.

Izzy sneaking onto the show…Lindsay in Dunkie's arms…rapidly her normal professional calm was waning. Only Duncan dumping the shrieking blonde into the mud quelled part of her soon to explode temper.

Forcing herself to take deep breath, the CIT looked on the positive. Without a doubt Chris would NEVER let a challenge end in a tie so undoubtedly a fourth challenge would be held to declare the true victors.

"But seeing that the Gopher's also floundered, the ski doo is trashed, the race flags have gone missing and the appearance of that unknown yet wickedly cool monster I'm going to do something that I hoped to never ever EVER do."

Chris shook his head again in disgust. "Today's challenge is a draw meaning no one's getting kicked off tonight."

As Killer Bass and Screaming Gophers celebrated, the girls and Geoff racing to the showers while the remaining Bass boys gave Harold a threatening warning, at Playa Des Losers Courtney finally lost it. "IZZY!" Courtney screeched as she threw a chair at the television.

In between calls to her lawyer, leaving threatening messages on Chris McClain's voice mail and her search for the elusive challenge cheater wrecking red head, unknowingly two days passed. And by then Yasu was done waiting.

"Kurasu ashita wa kon, anata o hitsuyō to suru!" *1* The Japanese lady demanded popping up during breakfast causing the CIT to almost drop her PDA. "Hey! That's a VERY valuable piece of…what are you doing?"

When Yasu didn't respond and instead started to unpack a large multi compartment box on wheels, the overachiever blinked in realization. "Oh. THAT. Sorry, but I'm on an IMPORTANT call to my lawyers and I-"

"Ezekieru! Watashi ga shite kudasai anata no enjo o hitsuyō to suru!" *2* Yasu ordered into a walkie-talkie. After receiving a confirmation from the person on the other end she replaced the radio back into the drawer compartment.

Not long after a soaking wet and battered prairie boy appeared with the cheerfully wet psycho of Wawanakwa by his side. "Watashi no kurasu wa ashita desu. Watashi wa kanojo no ima de dōsa suru hitsuyō ga ari masu." *3*

Yasu explained gesturing to the overachiever who had gone back to chatting away on her PDA. Ezekiel nodded. "Hey Coortney, Yasu said-"

"ON THE PHONE EZEKIEL! Now go away!" Courtney yelled out angrily before replacing her precious device. "Now as I was saying before I was so RUDELY INTERRUPTED…In all good reality shows there are points in time where among other things people CAN be brought back. Now since I was unfairly CHEATED off the show I feel that-l"

Ezekiel looked at Izzy helplessly. Izzy nodded and tapped her fingers together in a wicked gesture.

30 seconds later

"How DARE YOU! I'll have you know that my LAWYER will be hearing about-" Ezekiel suddenly fixed the bound female in the chair with a firm scowl causing a momentarily pause in her verbal onslaught.

"Yasu has her class in the morning. You said you woold help her eh." Courtney rolled her eyes in annoyance. "Ignoring the mere fact that you could have approached me beforehand, reluctantly I admit I did agree to a single session. Which I'll remind you SHE signed a contract."

"Well yeah, boot all elaborate makeup takes toime eh. And Yasu is doing whimsical yet realistic so its gooing to take longer since its noot her strong point." Ezekiel explained causing the CIT to let out a huff.

"Fine! Whatever! Let's just get this done and over with so I can get back to more IMPORTANT things!"

Yasu and Ezekiel exchanged a look while Izzy bounced up and down excitement as the Japanese makeup artist in training started taking out her brushes.

"Are we done yet?" Courtney asked snootily wiggling her nose in an attempt to alleviate the itch. "Nashi." *4* Yasu answered back calmly her attention focused on painting delicate markings on the newly paled skin.

"And that means what?"

"Yasu said no eh."

At the first sound of a camera flashing some time later, Courtney's eyes flew open. "So we're done now?" The CIT asked eagerly only for Yasu to shake her head. "Oh come ON! I've been sitting here for hours! And she is STILL NOT DONE?"

"Nope! But hey you should see your face!" Izzy announced cheerfully from her perch. Courtney scowled as she gazed up at the crazy girl swinging back and forth happily from the ceiling beam.

"GET DOWN FROM THERE BEFORE YOU HURT SOMEONE!"

"Watashi ga idō suru to i~tsu ta!" *5*

The "Posh Pad of Studly, Buff and Good Looking to Boot" was hidden on the far side of Camp Wawanakwa hiding behind a thicket full of false trees and mirrors. Luckily rampaging bears, poisonous snakes and the like kept most of the campers were they belonged…in camp.

And that was the way Chris McClain liked it. Sitting in a lavish chair inside his over embellished cabin the host studied the packet of papers in his hands with various degrees of interest…namely he was ready to fall asleep.

With a flourish the host ripped the copy in half and let the pieces fly just as Chef Hatchet entered. The ex military man gazed at the pieces on the ground before turning his attention onto the shorter man.

"Let me guess…Chicken Girl filed another lawsuit against the show." Chris nodded. "And get this…because of severe angst and the vicious discredit attempt AND the so called unfair vote off she has listed a few stips "when" she comes back to the show.

Chef scowled. "What does Chicken Girl want now? A limo? A live TV conference? For you to suddenly declare the game over and to announce her as the winner?" Chris's nodded solemnly.

There is a brief pause before both the host and the assistant broke down into laughter. "AH HA HA! Not happening! EVVVER!" Chris declared before ripping another of Courtney's many contracts also in half.

"Still Chicken Girl DOES have a point…maybe we SHOULD allow a camper or two to come back. After all…the more the merrier…and the more to torture." Chef commented with half sincerity and half evil glee.

Chris rubbed his chin in thought. "Well you do have a point…and with the special heh heh dining experience coming up…heh heh…I suppose we could bring back another camper for the girls…"

The host's smile abruptly disappeared. "But not not and I stress this NOT Courtney! I mean Sheesh! Listen to this!" Pulling out yet another of the bossy girl's special contracts, Chris proceeded to read.

"In the event that the party known as Total Drama cannot provide any of above I in turn will demand the immediate removal of HAROLD, 700 count sheets, allowance of my PDA during the competition, a PRIVATE bathroom as well as immunity for the next THREE challenges as well as-"

Chris scowled before disposing of the offending sheets. "The ONLY one here on TOTAL! DRAMA! ISLAND! Who WILL have 700 count sheets, a private bathroom, etcetera and so forth is MOI! MOI! And ME!" The narcissist declared firmly.

Chef meanwhile pulled out a clipboard that had the names and profiles of each of the eliminated campers on it. Ripping off the top sheet with Courtney's information on it the burly male crumpled it up in a ball and tossed it aside carelessly before studying the rest of the vote offs.

"According to this there's Brace Face, Bear Bait, Chicken Man, Crazy Girl, Twin 1 and Twin 2, Know-It-All, Rage Girl, Homeschool and…Justin." Chef sighed at the last name causing Chris to look at him strangely.

"Riiight…so eliminating the Break The Sound Barrier Twins, Tyler, Cody, Noah and Curse Girl we have four possibilities…Homeschool would cause instant hate heh heh…but we need a GIRL. So he and Justin are OUUUT!"

Confessional Can

Chef Hatchet stares at the screen with a glare before he breaks down crying.

Static.

"Soo that leaves us with two. Izzy and Eva. Insane, unpredictable and one of them has a GRUUUDGE! HA HA!" Chris laughed in delight. "So unless something happens in the next few minutes the camper who will be returning to TOTAL DRAMA ISLAND! IS……"

"AHHHHHH!" Courtney screamed out as she took in her new reflection. Ignoring Tyler's cry of horror and the mocks and delightedly laughter coming from the other campers from her reaction she took in Yasu's hard work.

Her hair pulled up in an elegant yet spiky ponytail was the only thing remotely recognizable even if it was now powdered white with the edges sprayed a pale blue. Intricate patterns of the same blue artistically decorated snow colored skin while ram like horns protruded from the overachiever's forehead and curved around to frame her face each with ribbons tied to the ends.

That wasn't the worst part. Not even close. It unquestionably the mix of blue and white feathers that now covered her body head to toe in varying lengths, visible even in the elegant dress that she now wore. And Courtney saw red.

"I LOOK LIKE A GIANT CHICKEN!"

Courtney screamed out while Yasu just smiled serenely as she snapped pictures of the enraged young teen. Said angered teen leapt out of her chair and lunged at the camera which the makeup artist quickly moved out of her reach.

"Kimagure wa mada genjitsu-teki. Shitagatte, ereganto na mākingu to doresu o ningyō ningen o iji suruga, saishiki no niwatori no hane to kaku o motsu. Shitagatte, ereganto na mākingu to doresu o ningyō ningen o iji suruga, saishiki no niwatori no hane to kaku o motsu. Kanari mezurashii anata ga dōi shi nai no desu ka?" Yasu commented sweetly.*6*

Ezekiel's eyes bulged and he coughed harshly in attempt to disguise his laughter. Izzy next to the prairie boy bounced up and down excitedly. "Oooh! Oooh! What did she say? Was it about the secret location of horned birds? Or about the feathers being stuck to CIT's body for a week?"

The homeschooler opened his mouth to speak but Courtney quickly interrupted him. "I could care LESS about what that minority uneducated CREEP said! Tell her that THIS is a direct VIOLATION of her contract and she WILL be hearing from my LAWYER!"

Ezekiel winced and quickly translated to Yasu, but instead of being upset the Japanese lady took out a piece of paper from one of her many box on wheels drawers. Courtney quickly snatched it away and gasped.

It was a hand drawn picture of an elegantly dressed human like chicken woman with ram horns that framed her face, spiky ponytail and blue and white feathers. At the bottom Yasu had written Realistic Whimsical, her name and the date...June 20th 2002.

"But…But…" Courtney sputtered while Yasu smirked. "Kyō no ressun? Karera wa, masutā wa amachua to zettai ni konran ga hitsuyō daga kesshite, fukusū no bakkupuran ya aidea o shite aite o kashō hyōka suru." *7*

With that Yasu calmly left the area leaving a bemused prairie boy behind to translate.

Imagi's Ramblings: Today's lesson? Yasu has a heck of a vengeful streak. XD

Okay! Well here is the LOONG list of translations brought to you by Google!

1. Class Tommorrow need you now!

2. Ezekiel! I need your assistance please!

3. My class is tomorrow. I need to work on her now.

4. No

5. I told you not to move!

6. Whimsical yet realistic. Keeping the doll human hence the elegant markings and dress, but with tinted chicken feathers and horns. Quite unusual don't you agree?

7. Today's lesson? Never underestimate an opponent, have multiple back up plans and ideas for when they're needed and NEVER mess with the master you amateur.

Continuing YES! Another chapter DONE! And ONE to go! :D Imagi may just finish these stories yet!

Okay so update…for those wondering about My Name is Ezekiel the next chap will be out shortly. For those wanting to submit PEN PALS here's the deal! There are FOUR letters left. Q, U, V, Z.

There is also one Pen Pal pending…Pierette Lefeyre. As much as I'd like to use her CANADA has been chosen already and also the adventure is too close to another Pen Pal. I however WILL give you another shot if the adventure fits and hasn't been done yet.

For everybody else unless there is a really really good standout girl that screams Pick me now I am only looking for Boy Pen Pals. Remember four spots left and I'll let you know if the adventure is taken already. ;)

Next up 23: The Road to TDR. I've got more ideas, I've finally figured out the challenges and hopefully it shall be worth the long wait!

Winter Rae..Necro…Trying to finish up your stories! Crazy month…our store is closing and then reopening as a much bigger one and it's hectic at times. Not to mention the newbs keep tormenting me with my snake phobia! Want to see a cashier scream at a rubber snake? Come to my store!

Other stuff…

Winter…Joe Meryl...Miss your reviews! Where did you guys go I miss you guys! :((

Other Other…Total Drama World Tour is coming and ZEKE is on it! :D But the trailers don't tell a great story…everyone rally in support of the Zeke! Stories, Fanart..we want him on Season 4 too!

And thanks for the reviews last time guys! :)

Imagi