"There is one catch though. Because the Orange Team had the most wins for their battles yesterday, and because otherwise, we would have an odd number for battles, they get to select two members to participate in the Tug-of-War! This gives them an edge in the game, but also gives them a chance to have two losses on their team if they don't win.
"You have five minutes to select which members will participate, and I will pair up the remaining ones for battles."
Five minutes later, all teams had chosen their participants. Hopeless and Raifuu were in for the Orange Team, Yuri was in for the Blue Team, Yuriko was in for the Green Team and miyano was chosen for the Pink Team. Raiden directed hopeless and Raifuu to stand aside, and then closed his eyes and waved his hand wildly around before having it land on...
...Yuriko. "Okay, it looks like the Orange Team will be paired up with the Green Team for this event! Which means that the Blue Team and the Pink Team will be paired!"
He hands the rope off to hopeless, who takes it with her mouth. Raifuu and Yuriko line up behind her, Raifuu holding the rope with her... strings? and Yuriko following hopeless' lead and taking it in between her teeth. On the other side, miyano also hold the rope in her mouth while Yuri wraps her tail around it.
"On the count of three, you'll begin. One... two... THREE!"
While they fight it out with the rope, Raiden pairs up the remaining team members.
Gio fights Kirby, who takes her down with a couple of well-aimed psywaves. breva continues flopping about, easily handing Stopwatch her win. Kaito Lady knocks Kain out with a comet punch. Conia tries growling googleearth into submission, but googleearth pulls off a win for his team too.
Giogio vs. Kirbypepe - Kirbypepe wins
Meme vs. pofa - pofa wins
Paix672 vs. Kamite - Paix672 wins
xpon vs. aly_angelflight - xpon wins
Abs. vs. Jecka - Jecka wins
breva vs. Stopwatch - Stopwatch wins
KainTheVampire vs. Kaito Lady - Kaito Lady wins
googleearth vs. Conia - googleearth wins
Trickster vs. Fujiwara - Fujiwara wins
GREEN TEAM: 4-1
PINK TEAM: 3-1
ORANGE TEAM: 2-2
BLUE TEAM: 0-5
The Tug-of-War ends in a rather spectacular fashion. miyano and Yuri had been up a pretty good fight considering they were outnumbered, but hopeless decided to use her ability to her advantage and transforms into a Machamp, giving their side a huge strength boost and ending the match rather quickly.
"Alright, it looks like the Orange and Green Teams are the win--"
"Wait!" shouts Kain, who had caught the end of the game. "Isn't that cheating? She can't just transform like that, can she!?"
Raiden considers this for a minute and then shakes his head. "She was being resourceful and using what she had available. It's not cheating. Now! Without further ado, the winners of today's event are hopelessidiot, Raifuujin and Yurikochan!"
He takes a moment to add their wins to their team's stats.
GREEN TEAM: 5-1
ORANGE TEAM: 4-2
PINK TEAM: 3-2
BLUE TEAM: 0-6
He then turns to the Blue Team. "You guys were really terrible today. I mean, so bad that I feel sorry for you. So bad that I feel like punishing you would be kicking you when you're down. How did you manage to lose every single thing today?" He sighs. "Okay, seriously. You guys need to work on this. I expect better results for the night event, okay? I won't be this kind to you again, so don't screw up. You don't have to get rid of a team member... for now."
He's just about to leave when he remembers one last thing. "Oh, and the stats will be posted soon. Go take a look!"
But before Raiden could leave, someone got his attention with a shout. "You are such a cheater!" the person yelled, and everyone turned to see Kamite pointing angrily at Paix. "I saw you helping google beat Conia! google isn't even on your team, why are you helping him!?"
"He's not on my team, and he doesn't need my help to beat Conia! Conia only knows growl, for crying out loud!" Paix shouted back, attempting to defend herself.
But it was too late. The mob had been alerted and they were now chanting "Cheater! Cheater! Cheater!" at her.
Raiden was torn - on the one hand, he couldn't prove that Paix had actually cheated, and her claims made sense; but on the other hand, he really did want to eliminate someone today.
"Okay, that's it. Paix, you're coming with me to solitary confinement where you can think over what you've done."
And thus Paix (Kir) was eliminated from the challenge. But just as she was being handcuffed and led away, someone grabbed at her and... pulled her face clean off, revealing that she was actually Kaitou Kid!