Chapter 4
Cooked Her Own Goose
Previously on… Survivor…
Haruka defeated an unwilling-to-fight Usagi at Redemption Shrine to remain in the game…
"I will not fight you, Sailor Uranus," Sailor Moon states. "Would you-"
Sailor Moon cannot finish her sentence, as she is blasted to the ground by a huge attack from Sailor Uranus. Once she hits the ground, she is clearly knocked out.
"Sailor Uranus remains alive!" Tuxedo Mask announces.
Then things go awry for Ami's alliance…
"Plan B?" Makoto asks Ami.
"Plan B," Ami replies.
Their Plan B was to vote out an unsuspecting Chibi-Usa, who unwittingly voted herself out of the game. Now she must battle Haruka at Redemption Shrine to remain in the game. 7 are left. Who will be voted out tonight?
Day 16
Senshi Tribe
"Chibi-Usa never expected it," Ami says happily. "Our plan worked to brilliance, and now I'm in even more control than ever before."
The Inner Senshi gather together to talk about their strategy.
"We totally blindsided Chibi-Usa with that move," Makoto says excitedly.
"She practially voted herself out!" Rei chimes in.
"I feel kind of bad for her, though," Minako adds.
"You feel bad for her?" Ami asks. "This is a cutthroat game. You better not feel bad for your opponents, or you'll be the next one voted out."
"Ami seems very cold towards me," Minako says. "I don't know whether I should trust her or not."
"Minako is being too soft," Ami says. "If you're too soft, you shouldn't be here."
"I really hope Haruka loses this challenge," Makoto states.
"So do I, but I doubt Chibi-Usa has a chance," Rei replies.
Redemption Shrine
The seven remaining Senshi enter the Redemption Shrine area, taking their seats.
"We now bring in our competitors for our duel, Sailor Uranus and Sailor Chibi Moon"
Sailor Uranus and Sailor Chibi Moon enter the Redemption Shrine arena.
"It is time for a duel," Tuxedo Mask announces. "The duel will be the same as the previous one. You too will battle it out physically until one of you is knocked out. The one who remains standing stays in the game, while the one who is knocked out is eliminated."
Sailor Chibi Moon looks over at Sailor Uranus with fear.
"Please, Sailor Uranus, I'll just sit out, I don't want to get hurt," she pleads.
"Survivors ready?" Tuxedo Mask shouts. "Go!"
Sailor Uranus then blasts Sailor Chibi Moon as hard as she can with her attack, not giving a bit of concern to Sailor Chibi Moon plea. Sailor Chibi Moon is knocked out within seconds, while the watching players gasp.
"Sailor Chibi Moon is eliminated! Sailor Uranus stays alive!"
Sailor Uranus simply walks away, not making any sign of celebration.
"Sailor Chibi Moon has been eliminated from this game. Sailor Uranus remains alive to face the next player voted out. The rest of you, you can head back to camp."
Senshi Tribe
"Do you think Haruka is overdoing it?" Setsuna asks Michiru.
"That's her style," Michiru replies. "She wants to win. She'll do whatever it takes."
"I think she's being a bit cruel, don't you?" Hotaru says.
"It's a physical game," Michiru explains. "She wants to make sure she is in the best shape to win. I don't blame her for going all out."
"I really want Haruka to stay in this game until there's a point where she can come back in and rejoin me," Michiru says. "Hopefully I will get that opportunity."
Day 17
The Outer Senshi talk about their strategy for the upcoming vote.
"What can we do?" Setsuna asks. "There are only three of us, and four of them. We'll get voted out for sure."
"I'm not sure," Hotaru replies. "Our real chance was with Chibi-Usa."
"I have an idea…" Michiru says, beginning to whisper to the others.
Reward Challenge
"Come on in, girls!"
The seven remaining Senshi walk into the reward challenge area.
"Welcome to today's reward challenge. Today will be a simple challenge: you will put a chip down this Plinko board. If it lands in the 10,000 slot in the middle, you get to have a slice of pizza. Worth playing for?"
"Yes!" the players reply.
"Let's get to it. Hotaru, you're up first."
Hotaru places her chip down the board, but it falls into the 0 slot.
"Sorry, Hotaru. Next up is Michiru."
Michiru places her chip in the middle, and it stays near the middle until it lands in the 10,000 slot!
"Michiru wins reward! Can anyone else join her?"
Setsuna drops her chip, but it ends up going into the 1,000 slot.
"That's not good enough. Next up is Rei."
Rei drops her chip and it ends up going in the 10,000 slot!
"Congratulations, Rei! You'll join Michiru. Will anyone else join her?"
Minako drops her chip, and it heads toward the 0 slot, but at the last second, it bounces back into the 10,000 slot!
"Minako also wins reward!"
Makoto puts her chip down the board, but it ends up in the 0 slot.
"Finally, Ami."
Ami drops her chip, but it ends up going all the way to the left, into the 100 slot.
"Not going to work. So Michiru, Rei and Minako win reward!"
The three girls celebrate.
"Congratulations, here are your pieces of pizza."
The three of them eat their pizza.
"I will get revenge on you, Ami, for what you did to Haruka," Michiru says.
Senshi Tribe
The Senshi return to their camp, and Michiru has a plan.
"I'm going to break up the Inner Senshi," she tells Hotaru and Setsuna. "You just wait and see."
"I hope she's right," Setsuna says.
Day 18
Michiru goes over to talk to Ami in the middle of the day.
"So, Ami, I hear you plan on betraying Rei and Minako," she says in a very loud voice.
"That is absolutely untrue, and I demand that you take that back!" Ami shouts.
"I know for sure it's true," Michiru responds. "Isn't that right, Makoto?"
"Why are you trying to get me into this?" Makoto asks.
"Just mark my words, Ami will betray Rei and Minako," Michiru states proudly.
Rei and Minako look at each other with bewilderment.
"Is this true?" Rei asks.
"I don't know, but I wouldn't worry about it," Minako replies.
Later in the day, Ami has a conversation with the Inner Senshi.
"I have no plans on betraying you two, Rei and Minako," Ami states. "Let that be known. Michiru was absolutely lying, and because of that, she will be the next one voted out."
"Michiru cooked her own goose," Ami states happily. "And I'll be the one sending her home."
Day 19
Michiru talks to Setsuna and Hotaru that morning.
"I think I split them up," she tells them.
"Or maybe you brought them closer together," Setsuna offers.
"You just wait and see," Michiru states.
"Michiru's too overconfident, just like Haruka," Setsuna says. "It's going to come back to haunt her."
Immunity Challenge
"Come on in, girls!"
The seven Senshi enter the immunity challenge area.
"First things first, I'll take back the immunity cat," Tuxedo Mask states.
Michiru hands Luna back to Tuxedo Mask.
"Thank you. Once again, immunity is back up for grabs. For today's challenge, you will each climb up poles, with the intention of grabbing keys off the top of them. Once you claim all three poles that are of your color, you will dig in the middle of this sand pit for a box, then open all three locks to unveil a flag. The first one to find her flag wins immunity!"
The players get ready for the challenge.
"Survivors ready? Go!"
The Senshi begin trying to climb the three poles. Since not all of them can climb the poles at once, they have to push and shove for the right to climb the poles. Ami is fiercely shoving Rei and Makoto as she tries to climb up a pole.
"Come on, Ami!" Rei cries out.
It is no good, however, as Ami is the first one to get her first key. Shortly afterward, Michiru and Setsuna both grab their first keys.
"Ami with a slight lead so far!" Tuxedo Mask shouts.
Michiru quickly climbs up another pole to grab her second key, while Minako and Rei finally get their first key. Makoto finds her way to get her first key shortly afterward as well, with Ami climbing up right behind her.
"It's getting really close!"
Ami grabs her second key, and then Michiru goes up to get her third key. She quickly runs down to start digging for her box, while Ami goes up for her third key. The others are also trying to get their keys, but Ami's fierce play has helped her get ahead of them.
"Michiru looking for her box!"
Ami grabs her third key and runs right toward the sand pit, trying to find her box as well.
"It's going to come down to Ami and Michiru!"
After a few minutes of digging, one blue-haired girl finds her box, pulls it out of the ground, and quickly unlocks all three locks.
"Michiru wins immunity!"
Michiru raises both arms into the air in celebration, while Ami looks on in disgust.
"Congratulations, Michiru, you can have this again."
Tuxedo Mask hands Luna over to Michiru, who pets the cat happily.
"You can head back to camp, I'll be seeing you tomorrow night for Tribal Council."
Senshi Tribe
"Do you think your plan will work?" Hotaru asks Michiru.
"I think they'll turn on each other," Michiru says. "I'm pretty confident."
"I really hope so, or Hotaru or me is going home," Setsuna responds.
Day 20
"So, who are we voting off?" Makoto asks Ami.
"We're voting off the player I think is the biggest threat to beat Haruka," Ami replies.
Ami whispers the name of the player to Makoto, Rei and Minako.
"I'm not sure about this choice that Ami's making," Rei says. "Should I go with it, or not?"
Tribal Council
The seven players walk into the Tribal Council area. They set down their torches, then take their seats across from Tuxedo Mask.
"We now bring in the members of our jury, Usagi and Chibi-Usa."
Usagi and Chibi-Usa enter the Tribal Council area and take their seats across from the players.
"Is it safe to say that there are two distinct alliances in this tribe, Ami?" Tuxedo Mask asks.
"Absolutely," Ami replies. "It's the Inner Senshi vs. the Outer Senshi, and we have more members, so we're going to control this game."
"I don't think so," Michiru breaks in.
"You disagree?" Tuxedo Mask wonders.
"That's right, I disagree," Michiru states. "There are three alliances. It's me, Setsuna and Hotaru in one alliance, Ami and Makoto in another alliance, and Rei and Minako in a third alliance."
"That is completely untrue, Michiru, and you know it is!" Ami shouts.
"I think tonight's vote will tell," Michiru replies.
"Is that so, Rei?" Tuxedo Mask asks.
"Let's just say that someone is going to be completely shocked tonight," Rei replies, as Minako nods her head in agreement.
"Okay, well, it's time to get to the vote," Tuxedo Mask says. "I'm sure you want to keep Luna, Michiru."
"That's right," Michiru replies.
"Okay, you cannot vote for Michiru. Everyone else is fair game, and it is time to vote."
Ami goes to vote.
"Bye-bye," Ami says tauntingly.
Hotaru goes to vote.
Makoto goes to vote.
Michiru goes to vote.
Minako goes to vote.
Rei goes to vote.
Setsuna goes to vote.
"Ami, you're just way too arrogant," Setsuna says. "I hope you don't remain this way."
"I'll go tally the votes," Tuxedo Mask states.
Tuxedo Mask gathers the votes, rearranges them, then returns to the players.
"Once the votes are read, the decision is final, and the person voted out will be asked to leave the Tribal Council area immediately," Tuxedo Mask says. "I'll read the votes."
He pulls out the first vote.
"Ami," he reads.
Ami crosses her arms with a smirk on her face.
"Ami," Tuxedo Mask says as he pulls out the next vote. "Two votes Ami."
Ami makes no response.
"Ami," Tuxedo Mask states. "Three votes Ami."
He pulls out the next vote.
"Setsuna," he reads.
Setsuna frowns upon seeing her name.
"Setsuna," Tuxedo Mask says. "Three votes Ami, two votes Setsuna, two votes left."
He opens up the next vote.
"Setsuna," Tuxedo Mask states. "We're tied, three votes Ami, three votes Setsuna, one vote left."
He pulls out the final vote and opens it extremely slowly.
"Fourth person voted out of Survivor: Hikawa Shrine, Setsuna. You need to bring me your torch."
Setsuna sadly gets up, grabs her torch, then brings it over to Tuxedo Mask.
"Setsuna, the tribe has spoken," he says, as he snuffs out her torch. "It's time for you to go, but you will have a chance to get back into this game."
Setsuna waves to the others, then walks out of the Tribal Council area.
"Michiru claimed there are three alliances," Tuxedo Mask says. "After tonight's vote, it is clear that there are only two. Grab your torches, head back to camp, good night."
"I knew I was in danger," Setsuna says. "I'm not the most popular person in our circle of friends. I didn't have much chance of staying around here for a long time."
Who voted for whom:
Ami – Setsuna
Hotaru – Ami
Makoto – Setsuna
Michiru – Ami
Minako – Setsuna
Rei – Setsuna
Setsuna – Ami
Scenes from our next episode:
There is a fierce fight at Redemption Shrine:
The Space Sword appears in Sailor Uranus's hands. She leaps over toward Sailor Pluto, who dives out of the way of her attack.
Ami gets eliminated from the immunity challenge before it begins:
"Ami is disqualified from the upcoming immunity challenge!"
And Rei thinks about turning on Ami:
"Ami thinks she's got this game in the palm of her hand," Rei says. "But maybe it's time to put a scare into her."
