The Survivor theme song "Ancient Voices" plays, showing the remaining contestants of the series in various scenes:
Asuka Langley Soryu, arguing with Brock
Shinji Ikari, sighing
Makoto Kino, cooking rice
Ami Mizuno, shaking her head
Sasami, apologizing to Brock
Tenchi Masaki, trying to stop an argument
Brock, throwing a Poké Ball
Orihime Inoue, cooking a meal
Toshiro Hitsugaya, talking with Kagome and Sango
Sango, trying to reason with Temari
Kagome Higurashi, trying to encourage the tribe
Alex Louis Armstrong, being attacked by Soi Fon
Edward Elric, talking about who to vote out
Temari, arguing with Toshiro
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Bankai
Day 7
Seireitei Tribe
The players are all awakened early in the morning by the smell of something burning. It does not take long to realize that the thing burning is the very cabin they are in.
"What's going on?" Ed asks.
"This place is on fire somehow… get some water!" Temari replies.
"Everyone out of the cabin!" Toshiro yells. "I'll take care of this."
The other characters run out of the cabin, several of them worried about Toshiro staying inside it. Toshiro then unleashes his zanpakuto, sending ice at the fire. His ice is so powerful that it instantly extinguishes the fire. He then puts away his zanpakuto.
"Okay, it's safe now," he tells the tribe.
The tribe members come running back inside the cabin, seeing that he did indeed put out the fire.
"Wow!" Kagome exclaims. "How did you do that?"
"The same way I'm going to kill whoever did that to us," Toshiro says, tapping his zanpakuto.
Toshiro then walks around the cabin, over to the side where it was burning. He does not see anyone immediately, but looking off into the distance, he sees a running Jaken.
"So, it was him," he mutters.
He dashes toward Jaken, who turns around to see Toshiro coming, and tries to speed up. However, Jaken ends up tripping, allowing Toshiro to come right up to him and grab him.
"Tell me: why did you try to kill us?" Toshiro asks Jaken.
"I was only following Lord Sesshomaru's orders!" Jaken responds.
Toshiro and Jaken are interrupted by Sesshomaru, who walks up to Toshiro and grabs Jaken off him.
"It was your idea to try to burn down our cabin, wasn't it?" Toshiro asks.
"Your cabin does not belong on my territory," Sesshomaru replies. "You can either choose to leave my territory or be destroyed."
"It wasn't our choice to be on your territory!" Toshiro snaps.
"Then perhaps you should choose to get off it," Sesshomaru responds.
"We're not going to do that," Toshiro states.
"In that case," Sesshomaru says, ready to pull out his Tokijin, "I'm going to have to kill each and every one of you."
Toshiro smiles slightly. "Not unless I kill you first!" he replies.
Toshiro pulls out his zanpakuto, which is met by Sesshomaru's Tokijin. The two swords clash back and forth. Toshiro is surprised by Sesshomaru's strength, as Sesshomaru begins to push him backward.
"Face it, boy, you cannot defeat me," Sesshomaru says. "I advise you give up before I am forced to kill you."
"I haven't even released my spiritual pressure yet!" Toshiro replies, building up his spiritual pressure. He then begins to take the offensive in the battle against Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru looks surprised to see a sudden increase in Toshiro's power, but he continues to hold his own against him.
"Are you finished yet?" he asks Toshiro, who continues to fight against him, but remains unable to defeat him.
"No… not at all!" Toshiro responds. "Bankai!"
Toshiro releases his Bankai. Sesshomaru is surprised to see Toshiro gain ice wings and a tail, but he remains as stern as ever.
"So, is that your true form, boy?" he asks.
"This is my Bankai, and it's going to be the last thing you see!" Toshiro yells.
Toshiro swings his zanpakuto towards Sesshomaru, knocking his Tensaiga off him and sending it flying. Sesshomaru strikes back with his Tokijin, trying to hold up against the much stronger power of Toshiro's zanpakuto.
"Freeze!" Toshiro yells, swinging his zanpakuto at Sesshomaru again. This time, Sesshomaru is frozen inside a block of ice.
"Now it's over for you," Toshiro says. He goes to stab Sesshomaru, but suddenly the block of ice begins shaking, and it shatters into a million ice cubes. Sesshomaru's demon power is released, having his eyes change colors and his power increase greatly. He begins to swing wildly at Toshiro with his Tokijin. Toshiro finds himself surprised to be pushed back by Sesshomaru.
"I can't feel your spiritual pressure, but you must have some," Toshiro says. "But you're not going to escape!"
With a swing of his zanpakuto, Toshiro surrounds Sesshomaru with pillars of ice. Sesshomaru drops his Tokijin, but he begins slashing through the ice with his claws. He is a monster now, with no restraint in his actions. He begins slashing wildly at Toshiro, who narrowly escapes his claws.
"Enough is enough!" Toshiro screams, swinging his zanpakuto at Sesshomaru, striking him with full force and knocking him to the ground. Sesshomaru then lies on the ground, motionless.
"That's it," Toshiro says, ending his bankai. He walks away from Sesshomaru, going back to his camp, feeling quite satisfied about having defeated his enemy.
Jurai Tribe
Ryo-ohki is meowing sadly over and over. Sasami tries to comfort her by petting her.
"What's the matter, Ryo-ohki?" Tenchi asks.
"Meow," Ryo-ohki says sadly.
"I think Ryo-ohki is hungry," Sasami says.
"Why don't we go look for carrots for Ryo-ohki?" Tenchi asks Sasami.
"Okay, Tenchi," Sasami replies.
The two of them go off to try to find carrots for Ryo-ohki, leaving the other five characters with an opportunity to talk about how they feel about the cabbit.
"That thing's got to go!" Brock declares.
"It certainly is annoying," Asuka concurs.
"Yes, but how is that fair to Sasami?" Ami asks. "She hasn't caused us any trouble."
"Her pet has caused us more than enough trouble!" Makoto replies.
"I hope they find food for it, or else it's going to keep on eating our food," Shinji comments.
Tenchi and Sasami find a bunch of carrots for Ryo-ohki, who eats them happily. They then eat some of the rice cooked for them by Makoto, who continues to ration it out little by little.
"I think we need to gather more fruit from the nearby trees," Ami suggests. "Is anyone willing to help me?"
Asuka looks bored. "You're on your own with this one, Wonder Girl," she says.
Brock, however, seems to be excited. "Why, I'd love to gather fruit with such a lovely young lady like you," he says, grabbing a flustered Ami's hand. "You and I shall pick the best of the fruits of the trees together, while having a fruitful relationship."
"On second thought," Ami says, "maybe I will go on my own."
After the meal, Ami goes off into the many nearby trees to pick some fruit, while Asuka sits around complaining.
"Look at her," she says to Shinji. "Doesn't she think she's something? She reminds me so much of that stupid Ayanami. Oh, I can't stand it!"
"You know," he starts to say, "Rei isn't so bad once-"
"Oh, so you like Wonder Girl, don't you, Shinji?" Asuka replies. "Why don't you two just go fall in love? Go get married or something? The First Child and the Third Child, the two lovebirds- it's enough to make me sick!"
Shinji sighs. He is frustrated to not be able to shake Asuka's ever-criticizing attitude.
"Asuka's a great girl, but why does she have to pick on me so much?" Shinji says. "She and I would make a great alliance if she would just treat me nicer."
Meanwhile, Makoto tries to get closer to Tenchi.
"So, Tenchi," she says, sitting close to him, "I was wondering… do you have any hidden… um, how can I put this, talent? Oh no, that's not the right word, not for you, anyway… but, uh, maybe some sort of secret ability?"
Tenchi looks embarrassed. "Uh, well, um, ha ha ha," he says nervously, putting his hand behind his head. "I guess I'm a good swordfighter."
"Oh, really?" Makoto says longingly, grabbing Tenchi's hand. "I think that's so amazing."
"Yeah, I guess," Tenchi laughs. "What about you?"
"Oh, me?" Makoto replies. "Nothing much, really. I mean, I have lots of talent, as you can see, but I wouldn't say I have any secrets… nope, not really."
"I can't give my secrets away to him, even if we do fall in love," Makoto says.
Seireitei Tribe
The other tribe members look at Toshiro in amazement, not believing what he has told them.
"You- you killed Sesshomaru?" Kagome says.
"You actually managed to defeat him?" Sango says.
"He may not be dead, but I beat him so he won't think about bothering us again," Toshiro replies. "He was a tough opponent for having no spiritual pressure… he must have it, I know it, I just couldn't feel it."
Temari is not impressed, however. "Yeah, so what, you beat an opponent," she comments. "Big deal. I'm sure all of us have faced a formidable foe at some point and defeated them."
"But this was the mighty Sesshomaru!" Kagome says. "The only demon I've seen that's stronger than him is Naraku!"
"At least we won't have him ruining things around here anymore," Ed says.
"He sent his pawn to try to bully us this time, but I let him know very well that I won't stand for his antics anymore," Toshiro states. "Even if he survives, I don't think he'll do anything to us after suffering that beating."
Meanwhile, out in the field where the battle took place, Jaken has grabbed Tensaiga and rushed over to check on Sesshomaru's health.
"Lord Sesshomaru! Lord Sesshomaru! Are you all right?" he asks.
"I am fine, Jaken," Sesshomaru responds, taking Tensaiga from Jaken. "I lost to a worthy opponent, but we shall meet again, and next time, I'll know exactly how to beat him. Is Rin okay?"
"Rin! Who cares about Rin?" Jaken exclaims. "All I care about is you!"
Sesshomaru stands up and begins walking away.
"Wait!" Jaken shouts. "Where are you off to? Where are you going? Wait for me!"
Back at the cabin, Armstrong has cooked a nice meal for the team and is enjoying it with his teammates.
"This is very good!" Orihime tells him.
"Thank you," Armstrong replies. "You shouldn't expect anything less from me!"
The tribe members are interrupted by Jet Black, who comes walking right into their camp, grabbing a piece of fish on Ed's plate, and eating it.
"Hey, that was mine!" Ed exclaims.
"That's one of the perks of being the host," Jet tells Ed. "Eat whatever I like. But for you players- no, that's not the case at all."
"What are you talking about?" Temari asks. "Ever since we won that last reward, we've had lots of food."
"Maybe so," Jet replies. "But I bet it isn't all that comfortable in that log cabin of yours."
"It's all right," Temari says.
"Well," Jet says with a laugh, "it could be a whole lot better, trust me. I'll see you at the reward challenge in just a bit… and don't eat too much before you get there! See you!"
The players stare at Jet as he walks away.
"What was that about?" Toshiro asks.
"Well, maybe this is another painful challenge," Sango suggests. "That might be why he told us not to eat too much before it."
"Ah, forget that," Ed says. "I'm eating as much as I like."
"Same with me," Orihime adds.
Jurai Tribe
Tenchi and Sasami are surprised to see a friend of theirs join them at their camp: Washu, who suddenly teleported there.
"So, how have things been going for you?" she asks them.
"Pretty good, except for Ryo-ohki eating too much," Sasami replies.
"Yeah, we've had an okay time so far," Tenchi responds.
Washu looks at the shelter that the tribe has been sleeping under. "Boy, that doesn't seem too comfortable, does it?" she asks, pointing over at their shelter.
"It's not too bad," Tenchi answers.
"Well, I've got a way that it could be a whole lot better!" Washu states. "Just win your reward challenge, and you'll get it!"
"Huh?" Tenchi asks.
But before Tenchi can get a response, Washu teleports away.
"What was that about, Tenchi?" Sasami asks.
"I don't know, Sasami," Tenchi replies.
After a couple hours of relaxing, the Jurai tribe members head off to the reward challenge.
Reward Challenge
"Come on in, guys!" Jet Black shouts to the contestants, who slowly walk into the reward challenge area and go to their designated places.
"Jurai, this is your first chance to see the new Seireitei tribe," he says. "Naruto Uzumaki, voted out last night."
The Jurai tribe members give little response to Jet's announcement.
"I am joined here by Washu, the self-proclaimed greatest scientist in the universe," Jet continues. "She will explain today's challenge."
"Thank you, Jet," Washu says. "Neither of your shelters are anything to brag about… some branches over some logs? That's pathetic. And that cabin may not be bad, but it's not nearly as good as what I can make for you. The winner of this challenge will win a large house, complete with bedrooms, bathrooms, living rooms and a kitchen. Since I am such a great scientist, I'll be able to build your house in no time at all! But in order to win it, you've got to complete this challenge."
"That's right," Jet replies. "Both tribes are going to have to build a Mecha-Washu. All the pieces are here, ready to be built, but you'll have to figure out on your own how to put them together. The first tribe to correctly put together Mecha-Washu wins reward! Everyone understand?"
The players collectively nod their heads.
"Okay," Jet says. "Survivors ready, go!"
Both tribes scramble over to the mechanical pieces and go to work on trying to put them together. Tenchi and Sasami tell their Jurai teammates where each piece should go, but after little success, Asuka takes over.
"I think I would know more about a mecha than you," she says.
While Asuka leads the Jurai tribe, the Seireitei tribe is struggling greatly with putting together the Mecha-Washu. Ed, though, has an idea.
"Let me try a little bit of alchemy," he says.
He claps his hands together, then presses down on the ground in front of some of the pieces. Seconds later, the pieces are all connected to each other to form what looks like a giant version of Washu.
"You did it!" Orihime exclaims to Ed.
"Let's see," Washu says. "Yes, that looks right… and so does that… oh no, you don't have it!"
"What?" Ed exclaims.
"You have built Mecha-Washu in reverse," Washu explains. "The colors are all backward."
"Why does that matter?" Ed yells.
"Sorry, but you haven't won yet," Washu says.
Meanwhile, under Asuka's leadership, the Jurai tribe members put together Mecha-Washu, looking at Washu herself to make sure they have the pieces on the right sides. A few minutes later, with Ed still protesting, they call out to Washu.
"We've got it!" Makoto exclaims.
"Let me see about that," Washu replies.
She looks long and hard at the Mecha-Washu that the Jurai tribe has built, then comes to a conclusion.
"You win!" she shouts.
"Jurai wins reward!" Jet announces.
"This is totally unfair! I had it built first!" Ed protests.
"It has to be built perfectly, just like me," Washu replies. "You didn't get it right, with the colors reversed. Sorry, but your science just isn't as good as mine."
The Seireitei tribe members walk away slowly, with Ed still complaining as they do.
"Now, as for you," Washu says. "You're going to get your own house, which I will make for you. I'm coming with you back to your camp to make it for you!"
"Thanks, Washu," Tenchi replies.
"Hey, hey, I think someone else here deserves some thanks," Asuka says. "Like me!"
The other tribe members ignore her and begin following Washu back towards their camp, save for Shinji.
"I appreciate it, Asuka," Shinji tells her.
"Oh?" Asuka replies, in a soft voice. "That's very nice of- hey, I don't care what you think anyway! Don't even try to sweet talk to me!"
Shinji sighs, shaking his head, while following the rest of his tribe members back towards their camp.
Seireitei Tribe
"Most of us are pretty mad at the pipsqueak, after he shows off his science and then fails to come through," Toshiro says. "I don't understand how a guy can pretend he's so great and then fail us so miserably like that."
Ed continues to plead his case to his fellow tribe members back at camp, some (Kagome, Orihime) of which are sympathetic; others (Temari, Toshiro) of which are angry.
"It's okay, Ed," Orihime says. "You didn't know that it had to be perfect."
"Shouldn't he have figured it had to be perfect?" Temari asks. "We could have probably figured out how to get it right, but he rushed to complete it, and ended up losing it for us."
"This is annoying," Ed says. "I use my alchemy in order to help out the tribe, and it backfires because I didn't get it completely perfect. Now I've got people mad at me, although they probably couldn't have done better themselves."
Jurai Tribe
The tribe members show Washu where their shelter currently is. She then finds a spot for their new house, and pulls out a laser gun. She shoots the gun, and out comes a brand new house, complete with all kinds of furnishings.
"Wow!" Sasami exclaims.
"How is that even possible?" Brock asks.
"Thank you so much, Washu," Tenchi tells her.
"Eh, it's no problem, nothing much, really," Washu replies. "Just a little bit of science, that's all. Easy stuff for someone as great as me."
Two dolls pop up on Washu's shoulders, one on each shoulder.
"Yes, Washu, you are great!" one doll says.
"Washu, Washu, you're the best!" the other doll says.
"But don't take my word for it," Washu says, before teleporting away.
The tribe members run inside their new home, finding all sorts of rooms in the three-level house. Each picks their own bed in the house, while Ryo-ohki finds a place to sleep on the couch in one of the living rooms. Makoto heads to the kitchen and begins cooking some rice for the tribe, while Brock goes into a living room and turns on the television that is located there. The entire tribe begins to enjoy all the luxuries of this very nice house. All is well, until…
"Shinji! You pervert! What are you doing in my room!" Asuka yells.
"I'm sorry, Asuka, I didn't know-"
"Oh, sure, you didn't know," Asuka replies. "Get out of here immediately!"
Shinji runs out of Asuka's room, after entering it with the intent of talking to her, not realizing that Asuka was preparing to take a shower.
"Oh, that stupid Shinji! Always trying to take a peek," Asuka says. "I can't believe I have to have an alliance with him!"
Seireitei Tribe
The players are eating some food that has been cooked by Armstrong, though most of them do not seem to be in a very pleasant mood. They begin to look at their log cabin as if it isn't much at all.
"You know, things could be a lot better around here if you hadn't screwed up!" Toshiro yells at Ed.
"Well, excuse me, but I did a whole lot more than you did!" Ed replies angrily.
"Hey, I've been taking care of other business, such as taking out Sesshomaru," Toshiro says. "A pipsqueak like you couldn't do anything like that."
"I'm no pipsqueak!" Ed screams. "And besides, you're not one to talk about being short!"
"Okay, okay," Kagome says, stepping in between the two short arguing characters, hoping to end their squabble. "We don't need to have a fight here."
Toshiro walks away angrily, while Ed crosses his arms and looks away. Kagome gives a nervous smile.
"Well, at least I got them to stop fighting," Kagome says. "But with those two arguing like that, we could end up with a real divide in our tribe."
Orihime, meanwhile, is talking with Sango in the log cabin.
"What do you do with your boomerang?" Orihime asks.
"I kill demons with it," Sango replies. "It's part of my profession as a demon-slayer."
"Wow," Orihime says. "Is it hard?"
"Sometimes," Sango responds. "But I've become very good at it over the years, so it really isn't as difficult for me as it is for someone who would just be starting out at it."
"Interesting," Orihime says.
"I only wish… my brother…" Sango says, with her voice trailing off.
"My brother died," Orihime tells Sango. "I understand your pain."
"It's not quite like that… but similar, in a way," Sango replies. "He's alive, but controlled by our enemy."
As the two of them talk about their brothers, Temari decides to strategize with Armstrong.
"This is a very important upcoming vote, whenever we vote next," Temari says to Armstrong, as he cooks rice for the tribe. "Regardless of whether Ed failed this last time, we have to come together as a trio and put our votes together."
"But that's only three," Armstrong replies. "We need four to get our vote to win."
"That's going to be our problem," Temari says. "Hopefully I can convince one of the others to join us, if only temporarily…"
Jurai Tribe
The tribe members have enjoyed their meal of rice, and now they are sitting in one of two living rooms, talking to each other: Sasami, Tenchi and Makoto in one, and Ami, Brock, Asuka and Shinji in the other. Asuka is of course in charge of the conversation.
"Being an Eva pilot is so glorious, isn't it, Shinji?" Asuka says.
"I don't really think so," Shinji replies.
"What are you, stupid?" Asuka says. "Of course it's an honor to be an Eva pilot. Think of all the good things we do and how important we are."
"It doesn't feel that way to me," Shinji responds.
"How can you possibly feel that way?" Asuka yells at him.
"Let him go," Ami says, butting in. "He has a right to his opinion."
"Oh, sure, like I'm going to listen to you, Wonder Girl," Asuka replies. "Why do you think you're so smart, anyway?"
"I have the highest grade point average in my high school," Ami states.
"High school? That's nothing!" Asuka declares. "I've already graduated from college! I'm just going to high school in order to learn a new language, but otherwise, I'm already through with college!"
"That's pretty amazing," Brock says. "I like a girl with smarts."
"Don't you even think about coming over here, you pervert!" Asuka snaps, as Brock walks over towards her.
Makoto, meanwhile, flirts with Tenchi while Sasami pets Ryo-ohki. As Tenchi becomes more and more tired, she begins to try to convince him that they're in love.
"It's just you and me, Tenchi," she whispers to him. "You and I- we can get through this game together… forget about the past, forget about that cabbit… just you and me…"
Tenchi then falls asleep, and Makoto gives him a kiss on the cheek.
"Good night, Tenchi," she says, before leaving the room and heading towards her own bedroom.
"That Makoto makes me worried," Sasami says. "She keeps on trying to flirt with Tenchi."
The tribe members all then go to sleep in their nice new house built by Washu.
Day 8
Seireitei Tribe
The team wakes up this morning without incident. For the first time since the game has begun, Toshiro is feeling at ease, knowing that he has defeated Sesshomaru. He is relaxing near Kagome and Sango, talking with them.
"You know," Kagome says with a laugh, "you remind me a lot of InuYasha."
"Who exactly is this InuYasha?" Toshiro asks.
"InuYasha is Sesshomaru's brother," Kagome replies. "But he's not mean like Sesshomaru… but he does like fighting…"
"InuYasha and Kagome are pretty close," Sango explains, causing Kagome to blush.
Toshiro leans back, resting his head against the wall. "I can see why that Sesshomaru gets others angry at him," he says. "It didn't take long for him to get me mad."
"I do hope he is all right, though," Kagome says.
"What?!" Toshiro yells. "He's a monster, Kagome! I don't care if he's the brother of this InuYasha character, he's a rotten guy all around, and he's just trouble. It's better for the rest of us if he's out of it."
"Yes, but what about Rin?" Kagome asks.
"Rin?" Toshiro responds.
"Rin is the little girl that Sesshomaru takes care of," Kagome explains. "if Sesshomaru is dead, who's going to take care of her?"
"Sesshomaru takes care of a little girl?" Toshiro asks incredulously.
"Yes, and she trusts Sesshomaru totally," Sango answers. "For some reason Sesshomaru is different when it comes to her."
Toshiro looks a little annoyed. "Well, he's not dead," he says, sounding angry about it. "So I guess we don't have to worry about that problem."
Outside, Orihime is cooking her own meal, choosing to eat before any of the others. She takes all sorts of random pieces of food from the large amount of food the team earned, throwing them together, and cooking them in a large pot. No one notices until she is almost finished, when the pot begins to let off a very foul smell.
"What's that?" Ed asks.
Ed, Armstrong and Temari, who have been talking to each other outside, rush over to the fire to see Orihime taking out her food out of the pot, and they smell the truly awful stench.
"What did you cook?!" Temari asks.
"Oh, this is my specialty," Orihime replies. "It's just for me… not for the rest of you, so you don't have to eat it… it's got a little bit of celery, a little bit of cabbage…"
The three others do not stay to listen to Orihime's explanation, as they walk away while she still explains all the ingredients she has put into her concoction. She then begins to eat her food, which would be considered disgusting by anyone else on her team.
"That Orihime is really bringing down our tribe," Ed says. "She cooks very poorly, she wastes our food, and she isn't any help in challenges. I say we get rid of her in the next vote."
Jurai Tribe
"Shinji, you stupid pervert!"
The yelling is from Asuka, who is just stepping out of the shower when Shinji accidentally walks into the bathroom.
"I can't believe that there were no locks put into the doors of this house," Asuka comments. "That stupid scientist forgot one of the simplest things, so now I've got perverts like that Shinji trying to peek at me."
Shinji, meanwhile, is standing outside the door, with his heart racing, feeling extremely embarrassed. He did not know Asuka was in the shower, and he went to use the bathroom, only to have that shocking encounter.
"Hey, Shinji!" Brock says, walking down the hall, seeing Shinji standing there. "How's it going?"
He then opens the bathroom door.
"Pervert!"
Meanwhile, Makoto is talking privately with Ami, about Tenchi in particular. Makoto is standing by the couch Ami is sitting on, with both looking in the direction of the television.
"What do you think- could we possibly make it?" she asks.
"No," Ami promptly responds.
"Come on," Makoto pleads. "You have to have some faith in me, that I could keep a relationship with him."
"I give it until the time either of you is voted off," Ami replies.
"But… what if we go to the final two?" Makoto asks.
Ami looks aghast. "You mean, you would turn on me, over some guy you just met a week ago?" she asks.
"No, no," Makoto quickly replies. "I mean… you know, just in case he voted out you if we were the final three remaining."
Ami looks up at Makoto. "You're dreaming," she says. "I want to win this game too, you know."
"But if we're together, I refuse to vote against him," Makoto says.
"And that girl…?" Ami asks.
"Sasami? I'd vote her out in an instant," Makoto replies.
Just then, the two Sailor Senshi see Sasami walk into the room. She has clearly heard the last statement made by Makoto. She turns and runs back towards another room, crying for Tenchi.
"Well, looks like your relationship is going to last a little shorter than even I thought," Ami remarks.
"Wait!" Makoto shouts, running after Sasami.
Upstairs, things have finally been sorted out between the now-dressed Asuka and the two boys, both of which have explained that their entrance into the bathroom was clearly inadvertent. Although Asuka had a hard time believing this at first, she finally comes to the conclusion that they must be telling the truth.
"It's that Washu's fault," she comments to the other two, all sitting on the floor outside the bathroom. "She built a house with no locks to any of the doors… why would she do that?"
"Maybe she did that on purpose," Shinji remarks.
"What are you, stupid?" Asuka says. "Who would possibly build a house with no locks on purpose? It had to have been an accident! I can't believe even you would think that, Shinji!"
Shinji sighs, deciding not to tell Asuka his reasoning behind his statement.
"Well, now that we've solved that problem, let's go see if Makoto is making us something to eat," Brock says.
"I agree," Shinji says.
The three all get up to go downstairs. They all get up at the same time, and as they do, Shinji accidentally bumps his hand into a certain spot behind Asuka…
"You stupid little pervert Shinji!"
Seireitei Tribe
The tribe members besides Orihime are eating a meal that has been cooked by Armstrong. They are all enjoying it, although there seems to be an invisible wall of tension built between Temari's alliance (Armstrong, Ed and her) and Orihime. They whisper ideas about their voting, with Orihime looking on, feeling quite worried.
"Hey, what's all the whispering about?" Toshiro asks.
Armstrong and Ed do not know what to say. Temari, however, has no qualms in speaking up to him.
"I think we have the right to talk about what we want to talk about," she responds.
"I don't think that's the best for the tribe," Toshiro replies, looking quite angry.
"This game isn't all about the tribe," Temari says.
"It is right now!" Toshiro yells.
"All right, all right," Kagome says, stepping in between the two, pulling Toshiro away. "We don't need to have an argument over something so frivolous."
Toshiro is boiling with anger towards Temari, as he walks over to comfort Orihime, who looks sad.
"You don't worry about anything," Toshiro tells Orihime. "Ichigo told me I have to protect you here, and I will."
Orihime gives a slight smile, but looks on in wonder.
"Is everyone planning to vote me out?" Orihime says. "Maybe not Toshiro, but I see people whispering around me like they don't want me to hear what they're saying."
The tense atmosphere continues through the rest of the day, with Toshiro, Orihime, Sango and Kagome staying in the cabin, while Ed, Armstrong and Temari stay outside.
"We can't build up a wall between them and us," Ed says. "If they vote all together, no matter what we do, we're going to lose someone."
"Then we trick them," Temari replies.
"How can we do that?" Armstrong asks with doubt.
"It's like this," Temari says. "We bridge the gap between us and them, only separately. If we lose the challenge, you, Armstrong, should tell the white-haired hothead and that bad cooker that he and I are voting off Ed, then Ed tells the other two girls that he and I are voting off you. Then their votes cancel each other out, and we take out that girl with the bad cooking."
"Or… maybe we allow Orihime to embarrass herself further…" Ed states.
"How is that?" Armstrong asks.
"Let her cook tonight," Ed replies. "I'd gladly sacrifice a meal for a chance at getting all of them mad at Orihime."
"Good thinking," Temari says. "The question is, how will they stomach it?"
Jurai Tribe
Makoto is sweet-talking with Tenchi, Sasami sitting very near the two petting Ryo-ohki. Makoto begins to try to convince Tenchi that her vote for Sasami was a fluke.
"You and Sasami get along, and I know that," Makoto says, touching an embarrassed Tenchi's hand. "When I voted for Sasami last time, I was really voting for Ryo-ohki, not Sasami… I like you, Sasami."
Sasami looks over sadly. "You mean that Ryo-ohki got you angry at me?" she asks.
"No, no, I wasn't angry at you, Sasami," Makoto says. "I thought, and it was a mistake of mine, that I wanted to be rid of Ryo-ohki, because it was eating our food. I should have instead voted off Ash, but I wasn't thinking straight at the time."
Ami listens from the other room, rolling her eyes as she does, having a hard time believing what she is hearing.
"So you won't vote me off, Makoto?" Sasami asks.
"No, not at all," Makoto replies. "It's a game, and we try to find a way to win the game, but I want to help Tenchi, and Tenchi wants to help you, so I'll help you, Sasami."
"That sounds like a good plan, right, Sasami?" Tenchi says.
"Yay!" Sasami says, rushing over and glomping a surprised Makoto.
Even more surprised is Ami, listening from the other room, unable to believe that Makoto has just managed to weasel her way out of a situation and get Tenchi and Sasami happy with her.
"Sometimes I wonder why I get stuck in these situations," Ami says. "Of all my friends, it's the flirting one who has to come with me, and now she's ready to desert me in this game over some guy she just met."
Meanwhile, Asuka and Shinji are talking privately, deciding who they want to vote out.
"Shouldn't we take out that Tenchi?" Shinji suggests.
"What are you, stupid?" Asuka replies. "Why would we get rid of the strongest member of our tribe? We have to get rid of the weakest member of the tribe! And that's probably Sasami, thanks to her cabbit always getting into stuff."
"What about Brock?" Shinji asks.
"What about him?" Asuka asks.
"Isn't that who you wanted to vote out beforehand?" Shinji questions.
Asuka thinks about it. "I guess he has managed to make me mad at times," she says. "Okay, so he's in the discussion. It's either him or Sasami. One of those two is going home the next time we vote."
"But how?" Shinji asks. "We have only two votes between us."
"Good point," Asuka replies. "And I know exactly what to do about that."
Seireitei Tribe
"This is disgusting!"
Toshiro is tasting the terrible food that Orihime has made for dinner. Kagome and Sango are also having a hard time stomaching the food.
"We wanted to make up to Orihime for what happened earlier, so we let her cook for us tonight," Temari comments.
"Next time, why don't you choose a different way of making up?" Toshiro asks. "A way that doesn't involve cooking, perhaps?"
"Our plan tonight worked to perfection," Temari says. "We wanted to make it look like we were trying to be nice to Orihime, and we wanted to get the other three angry at Orihime. Both missions are accomplished. Now all we have to do is get them to follow through at voting time."
That night, everyone but Orihime is feeling sick from eating the strange concoction of food that she made. Toshiro rolls over in pain.
"I'm really glad I took out Sesshomaru," he comments. "Or else I'd have a hard time building up my spiritual pressure like this."
"Poor Orihime," Sango remarks. "She doesn't know her own cooking is so bad."
"I'll have to put it to her bluntly," Toshiro replies. "That will be the only way to take care of this."
"But what if she gets mad at you and then votes against us?" Kagome asks.
"You don't know Orihime," Toshiro says with a smile.
Toshiro decides to put that off until tomorrow, however, as he is too tired to talk to Orihime tonight. Instead, he and the girls decide to go to sleep.
Day 9
Seireitei Tribe
"You mean you don't like my cooking?" Orihime asks, in surprise.
It is early morning, and Toshiro is talking with Orihime about her newest cooking disaster. He begins to wonder why he put off this talk until now, at a more awkward time, but he nonchalantly continues.
"We told you this at the Tribal Council, remember?" Toshiro says.
"I didn't know you meant it," she replies.
Toshiro looks amazed. He doesn't know what to say now, with Orihime apparently this clueless.
"Uh, well, it's not an insult or anything," he says, stumbling for words. "But, um, we like Armstrong's choice of cooking better… much better… it's nothing against you, Orihime."
"Okay, Toshiro!" Orihime responds cheerfully. "Is that all?"
"Uh… yes," a surprised Toshiro says.
He then walks back to the cabin to meet with Kagome and Sango.
"What did she say?" Sango asks.
"She's fine with it," Toshiro answers. "As I thought she'd be."
"Wow, I'm pretty surprised," Kagome comments. "I guess Orihime doesn't feel too hurt about others' opinions."
"She'll be a good ally to keep around, that's for sure," Toshiro comments.
A few hours later, everyone is eating Armstrong's cooking, when they are interrupted by Jet Black.
"Hey, guys, just wanted to give you this note," he says.
Temari takes the note off Jet Black.
"Okay, I'll see you later at the immunity challenge!" he tells them, walking away.
"What does it say?" Ed asks.
"Another stupid poem," Temari replies.
"In order for immunity
To be in the bag,
Your team must go
And capture the flag."
"Does that host come up with those himself?" Sango asks.
"I sure hope not, that would be a real embarrassment," Kagome comments.
"Whatever it is, we're going to have to capture the flag, and I'll make sure that we'll do it for sure!" Armstrong says, flexing his muscles.
"Yeah, yeah," Toshiro replies, not impressed at all. "Give me some rice."
Jurai Tribe
Makoto has cooked the rice for the lunch for her team members. She is smiling, because Tenchi has been talking with her and is getting along great with her. Ami looks a little annoyed over the situation, but she decides not to say anything.
"This is great rice, isn't it, Tenchi?" Sasami comments.
"I'd say so, Sasami," Tenchi replies. "Thanks for cooking, Makoto!"
"You're welcome, Tenchi," Makoto says smoothly, unable to stop herself from blushing.
Asuka is talking to Shinji, Ami and Brock about the upcoming challenge.
"We'd better win this," she says. "We don't want to get behind by a member to that other tribe, because if we merge with them with fewer members, they could pick us off one by one. And I'm sure none of us want that to happen."
"Of course not," Brock replies. "We just have to put in all our effort and find a way to win this challenge."
"I wonder what this challenge will require," Ami states. "Hopefully some thinking will be involved."
"Oh, of course you'd want that, Wonder Girl," Asuka says, rolling her eyes.
The players are interrupted by Jet Black, who opens the front door and walks right into their house.
"I have some information about the upcoming immunity challenge," he tells them. "Here it is."
He hands Shinji a note.
"I'll see you guys all a little later!" he says, walking out the door.
The other players scramble to look at the note Shinji is holding, which he decides to read aloud:
"In order for immunity
To be in the bag,
Your team must go
And capture the flag."
"Capture the flag?" Brock asks.
"There shall be some thinking involved in this one," Ami says.
"Thinking? Maybe for you, Wonder Girl," Asuka replies. "Or maybe you don't even need to think, you're so good. But for the rest of us, it will be sheer physical skill that enables us to capture the flag and win for our team."
Ami sighs at Asuka's comments.
"This girl is much too confident for her own girl," Ami says. "She is liable to get herself voted off sooner or later."
Seireitei Tribe
It is now a few hours later, and the tribe is preparing to go to the immunity challenge.
"This is a big one," Temari says. "Win this one, and we don't have to worry about who we're going to try to get rid of. Lose this one, and it's going to be a decision to either go after Orihime or try to split their alliance of four into two separate groups."
"Are you ready for the challenge, Toshiro?" Orihime asks.
"Of course," Toshiro replies. "If I had to take out Sesshomaru again, I'd do it. This should be easier than fighting him."
"We've got to all work together," Kagome says. "That will be the only way we come out on top."
The tribe begins to walk towards the site of the immunity challenge.
Immunity Challenge
"Come on in, guys!" Jet Black shouts.
Both tribes walk into the immunity challenge area and take their designated places.
"Okay, first, the immunity plushie, I need that back," Jet says.
Makoto hands Kon over to Jet.
"All right, let's get ready for the immunity challenge," Jet says. "Here's how it will work. Each team has their own flag, resting on a 3-foot flagpole on their end. The object of this game will be to take the flag off the opposing team. Sounds simple, right?"
The players nod their heads, giving the response Jet was hoping for.
"Well, it's not that easy," Jet laughs. "Every time a player crosses this middle line, he or she is able to be tagged by the opposing team. If you are tagged, you are out of the game!"
Some of the players raise their eyebrows on this idea. "Then why not just stay on your side the whole time?" Ed asks. "Then your flag can never be captured."
"True, true," Jet replies. "However, you won't have a choice. I'll be counting, and every 10 seconds, a player must cross the line, or else I'll randomly choose a player on your team to be thrown out of the game. This means that you'll have to be quick on your feet! Both sides must continually put their own players at risk, or else I'm going to throw players out of the game in order to make it go by quicker. If a team gets down to one player, that player cannot be thrown out of the game, and must be physically stopped from capturing the flag. The team who captures their opponent's flag wins the game and immunity!"
The players look pretty overwhelmed at all the rules.
"You'll understand this game soon enough," Jet says. "Now take your positions!"
Each team gets their team of seven players on their side of the court.
"For immunity!" Jet shouts. "Survivors ready, go!"
Armstrong stays back by his team's flag, making sure no one can get to it. By the same token, Brock decides to stand back by his team's flag.
"Go for it, someone!" Jet says to the players, who are standing on their own sides, refusing to make a move.
Orihime goes running through a small opening towards the Jurai side. She is chased by several players, who tag her.
"Orihime, you're out of the game!" Jet says. "And also, Asuka, you're out!"
"What?!" Asuka shouts. "But I was on my own side!"
"That's right, and so was the rest of your team, for too long," Jet explains. "So I've randomly chosen to throw you out of the game. Sorry!"
Asuka stomps off the court in a fury.
Meanwhile, Tenchi and Sasami both go running, on opposite sides, trying to reach the flag. The flag is in the far-left corner, from the perspective of the opposing team; Tenchi goes on the right side, the long way around, while Sasami goes right at the flag. But both are caught before reaching the other side; Tenchi by Temari, Sasami by Kagome.
"Tenchi and Sasami, you're both out!" Jet shouts. "And Ed, I'm throwing you out!"
"Are you kidding?" Ed asks.
"Nope," Jet says. "Your team failed to put someone across the line in 10 seconds, so I've randomly chosen you to be thrown out. Carry on!"
Temari quickly gathers her teammates together.
"We need a surge," she says. "All of us but Toshiro go on the left, and he goes on the right, and Armstrong of course stays back."
The Seireitei players put Temari's plan into motion, with Temari, Kagome and Sango all running right towards Brock and the flag. They slip through, getting to Brock. Brock tags Sango right before she grabs the flag. Meanwhile, Toshiro sprints out after the others, finding a way all the way around the opposing tribe and to the flag, slipping past the distracted Brock to grab it!
"Seireitei wins immunity!" Jet shouts.
The Seireitei members are jubilant. Toshiro is celebrating, holding the flag over his head. His teammates rush over to him and congratulate him. Meanwhile, Asuka shoots an angry glare towards Brock, and the stunned Jurai players walk away sadly.
"Here is the immunity plushie!" Jet says, handing Kon to Orihime. Orihime squeezes Kon tightly to her chest.
Oh, my sweet Orihime! Kon thinks.
"Seireitei, you can celebrate your victory," Jet states. "Jurai, I'll be seeing you tonight for Tribal Council."
Both tribes leave the immunity challenge area and head back toward their camps.
Seireitei Tribe
The players seem to be very happy with each other after winning the challenge, with everyone getting along much more than usual.
"You really did a great job capturing that flag," Temari says to Toshiro.
"Thanks, although it was your strategy," Toshiro replies.
Orihime decides to use the victory for a chance at something more.
"Because we won, do you think I could cook everyone a meal?" she asks.
"NO!" everyone replies at once.
"Well, I'll just have to cook for myself, then," she says, leaving the others to groan about having to smell whatever horrible jumble of food she is about to cook.
Jurai Tribe
"Well, we lost," Asuka says. "It would have been nice to get an advantage over the opposing team, but this gives us an opportunity to be rid of someone."
Brock goes to Tenchi and Sasami and begins talking with them.
"I'm afraid that you may be a target, Sasami," Brock says.
"Really?" Sasami replies. "Makoto said she wouldn't vote me off. Is this true, Tenchi?"
"I don't know, Sasami," Tenchi replies.
"Well, I was thinking… maybe you should vote off Asuka," Brock suggests.
"We'll have to think about it," Tenchi replies.
Brock then goes into another room, finding Makoto and Ami in the room. He walks up to the standing Makoto and grabs her hand.
"Makoto, you and I could go together, to the final two, and win this competition," he says, with hearts in his eyes.
"Go away, creep!" Makoto snaps.
Before leaving the room, Brock says to Ami, "Please vote off the most annoying member."
"I'll make sure of it," Ami replies.
The tribe shortly thereafter heads to Tribal Council.
Tribal Council
The tribe members walk into Tribal Council, carrying their torches, all with fire. They then place them in an area to their left, and all sit down, facing Jet Black.
"Well, let's talk," Jet says. "You guys are back here for the second time. Why would you say that is, Asuka?"
"I'd say it's because Brock screwed up and failed to protect our flag," Asuka replies.
"Oh, but didn't you get thrown out of the game early?" Jet asks.
"Hey, I wasn't in charge of protecting the flag!" Asuka snaps.
"Okay, okay!" Jet says. "Now, you guys did win that reward. How are you enjoying it?"
"It's great having a roof over our heads," Ami responds.
"I really like the kitchen," Makoto answers.
"It's nice, but there need to be locks," Shinji says.
"Why is that?" Jet asks.
Asuka gives Shinji an angry stare.
"Oh, well, uh, ha ha ha," he says, blushing heavily.
Jet stares at Shinji funnily. "Okay," he says. "So, Tenchi, when you think of who to vote out, what reasons do you think of?"
"Uh, well, I don't really know," Tenchi says, putting his hand behind his head and laughing nervously.
"Boy, I can't seem to get answers out of you tonight," Jet says. "If you're not going to talk, then we might as well get right to it. It's time to vote. Ami, you're up first."
The Tribal Council theme "Tally the Vote" plays as Ami gets up from her seat.
Ami goes to vote.
Asuka goes to vote.
"My vote goes to Brock," Asuka says. "You've been too annoying, and you wanted rid of me before."
Brock goes to vote.
"I'm voting off Asuka," Brock says. "I'm sick of being bossed around by you."
Makoto goes to vote.
Sasami goes to vote.
Shinji goes to vote.
Tenchi goes to vote.
After Tenchi comes back from placing his vote, Jet announces, "I'll go tally the votes."
He walks over to the voting booth, looks at the votes, rearranges them, then places them back in the container. He then walks back over to his original position.
"Once the votes are read, the decision is final, and the person voted off will be asked to jump into the Bone Eater's Well immediately," Jet says. "Our first vote tonight goes to Asuka."
Asuka shrugs her shoulders upon seeing her name on the piece of paper Jet is holding up.
"Our second vote," Jet states, "is for Brock."
Brock looks a little nervous hearing his name.
"Our third vote," Jet says. "Brock."
Brock becomes more nervous after this vote.
"Our fourth vote," Jet remarks, pulling it out. "Brock. That's three votes for Brock, one for Asuka."
Brock looks extremely nervous, now knowing that he is one vote away from being voted out.
"Third person voted out of Survivor: Feudal Japan," Jet announces, "Brock."
Brock sighs, then stands up. He walks over, grabs his torch, and holds it out in front of him.
"Brock," Jet tells him, "the tribe has spoken."
Jet snuffs out Brock's torch. "It's time for you to go," Jet adds.
Brock then walks over and hops in the Bone Eater's Well.
"Clearly this tribe was pretty united in who they wanted out," Jet remarks. "The question is, can you stay united? You can head back to camp."
The players grab their torches and walk back toward their house, the one Washu built for them.
"I figured this was coming," Brock says. "I did what I could to try to get others to change their votes, but it was no use. I guess we Pokémon trainers didn't fit in. At any rate, I'm going to try to become the best Pokémon breeder I can!"
(Who voted for whom:
Ami- Brock
Asuka- Brock
Brock- Asuka
Makoto- Brock
Sasami- Brock
Shinji- Brock
Tenchi- Brock)
Scenes from our next episode:
Kagome gives away food to some wolves:
"Thanks for the steaks!" Koga shouts to Kagome. "Well, let's go!"
--
A team gets a big reward:
The players have followed Jet Black and Roy Mustang all the way to their camp, where they see a gigantic mansion standing in the midst of many trees.
--
And Asuka's rivalry with Rei comes into play:
"Come over here, First Child!" Asuka screams. "I'll take you down!"
