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A/N: Chapter 7 is here! Hurray! Let's dance!

Mr. Game & Watch: ...

Remaining Tribe Members:
Pagi: Peach, Mario, Ness, Samus, Dr. Mario and Fox.
Tagong: Link, DK, Kirby, Zelda and Luigi

Favorite Tribe:
Pagi: 2 Votes
Tagong: 4 Votes

Who'll Win:
Peach: 1 Votes
Link: 5 Votes
Mario: 1 Votes
DK: 1 Votes
Ness: 0 Votes
Kirby: 2 Votes
Samus: 4 Votes
Zelda: 1 Votes
Dr. Mario: 0 Votes
Luigi: 0 Votes
Fox: 1 Votes

Survivor: MasterHandIsDaBomb Island
Episode 7
Days 16-18

Last time on "Survivor":

Mario's alliance with Pikachu and Ness came to a close after the little rodent was voted out of the game. Feeling detached, he no longer hung around with Peach and Fox, causing the two to become nervous. In Tagong, the tribe began to worry about Zelda's lack of eating. Fights between Zelda and Kirby broke out every day and it seemed the only way to end it is to lose the challenge and vote Kirby out. Pagi edged out the victory in the reward challenge winning blankets and pillows, and then crushed the weakened Tagong in a race where the tribe members were tied together. Though it seemed that the Tagong alliance would hold steady, Kirby's plea to Luigi and DK was answered as the three forced a tie by voting for Mr. Game & Watch. After the re-vote it was clear that neither Kirby or Game & Watch wanted to go, but with one past vote against him, Mr. Game & Watch was eliminated from the game. 11 Remain. Who will head home tonight?

Why do you do that bro?

...Do what?

They know what happened last chapter...

Shut up Crazy. It gives it more of the real Survivor feel. Plus it's for the people who just skip down to read the tribal council section.

Day 16: The Missing Tribal Unity

Tagong Tribe, Day 16

The sun had only begun to arise into the sky at Tagong Beach. The sky itself was still it's early morning blue with hints of orange from the rising star. Against the side of the hut rested the five until torches of the members of Tagong, and not far from the hut, a small fire was going. Link sat on a log, watching the fire. To his side was Zelda, who was eating a small piece of fruit they had found earlier that morning. Kirby, Luigi and Donkey Kong were still in bed.

"Well we came back from Tribal Council last night." Zelda said in her confessional that morning. "And Mr. Game & Watch got voted out. This makes no sense at all. Luigi and DK betrayed us and voted out our friend. Argh! I can't believe them right now..." She shook he head and sighed sadly. "I don't know what's going to happen anymore. This game has changed."

"I can't believe that happened last night." Link whispered, trying to keep from waking the others up.

Zelda nodded. "Yeah, me too."

"What are we gonna do?" Link asked as he scratched his head.

"Not lose the immunity challenge?"

"If we lose, I think they'd vote me out."

"Why?" She turned in confusion towards her friend. "I'm in worse shape."

"I'm not all that sure, but Luigi said that the merge is when the challenges become every man for themselves. Why keep a strong person when they can keep, no offense, a now frail princess."

Zelda rolled her eyes. "I just want to get to the merge so we can deal with the others. Those three inside the hut over there are nice enough in small portions, but for over two weeks straight... ugh..." She stood up and yawned, then noticed that Kirby was heading out of the hut. "Kirby's up."

Kirby turned and noticed the two by the fire and quickly smiled. "I'm happy today." Kirby said in his confessional. "I'm happy that DK and Luigi went against Zelda and Link. Now, if those two are with me, I have the upper hand." He gave a laugh. "I think it this is the first time I've been in the seat of power during the entire game. I just hope it lasts nice and long."

Pagi Tribe, Day 16

Mario picked up the tribe's knife and stabbed it into a tree. In the bark of the tree were 15 other knife marks. Mario slide his knife down the mark, creating a 16th mark in the tree, then placed the knife on a box and left. "Sixteen days." He said in his confessional. "Feels like it's been more like forty. Anyway, I woke up about the same time I do every day. Early. Earlier then most. Out of the 'Early Crew' as we call ourselves, Samus, Fox and myself, I was the only one up. I guess they wanted to sleep in after that challenge yesterday. So do I. Ness was up also, but he was just staring out across the ocean. As much as I wanted to sleep in, staring across the sea isn't going to help us in camp so I had to go out and get wood, start the fire and nearly everything. So right now I'm real tired."

"What am I thinking about?" Ness asked in his confessional as he stared out across the sea. "The game, my friends back home, real food. I'm starting to miss them. I wonder if the others feel the same way. Oh well, better get off my ass and do something before Mario comes over here yelling again." He sighed and stood up. "Man that guy is a pain sometimes."

Around nine most of the tribe had awoken. Dr. Mario was the only person still asleep. Fox, Peach and Ness were sitting by the hut while Samus ate her breakfast of rice and Mario dozed off under the trees. "Today is just a relaxing day, right?" Ness asked, yawning.

"Yup." Peach said, running a hand through her hair. "Y'know, I like this group of people. Once you get past the glares from Mario and the cold shoulder from Samus, it's a pretty nice place to spend your vacation."

"Who do you think they voted out?" Ness asked.

Fox and Peach shrugged, then replied in unison, "Zelda?"

"Yeah, that's who I would think also. She was the one throwing up, right?" The two nodded. "Ah. Then unless Tagong is stupid or has a large alliance, Zelda should have gotten the boot."

"It's pretty boring around here." Fox said in his confessional. "I mean, besides the chores. Voting wise the four of us are, if we lose, going to vote out Samus. She's a big threat and with us just about to merge into two tribes we don't want to have someone like her around to win. Of course, we could win and we won't need to worry about that. Which is what we want to happen."

The trio stood up and walked over to their raft, pushing it out into the water, then getting on top of it to go fishing. Once they were out some ways, Dr. Mario awoke, left the hut and headed over to the fire. "Hey." Samus greeted, staring at the fire. "You're the last one up."

"I am?" Dr. Mario glanced around camp and noticed that she was right. "Ah. I guess I was pretty tired."

"Here." She handed him a bowl of rice.

"Oh, who made it?"

"Mario... I think."

Dr. Mario sat down and took out the spoon-stick that Peach had given him and started to eat. "Yuck."

"I know. I guess that's why Fox and the others went our fishing."

Tagong Tribe, Day 16

All of Tagong was awake by now, trying to find something, if anything, to eat. Link and Zelda were out fishing along with Luigi, who was reluctant to come along, while DK and Kirby were searching the jungle for fruit. "Hey, thanks for last night." Kirby said as he and DK marched through the woods.

"That's alright!" Donkey Kong replied with a laugh. "I mean, we were going to vote for you, but Luigi remembered what the Tie-Breaker was at the last minute. It would be best not to get any votes against you, Kirby, now that you have three past votes."

"Ah... right, I'll make sure of it. But right now, we don't need to worry." He turned and smiled at the ape. "We're in the seat of power!"

"You, Me and Luigi?"

"Yup!"

"The seat of power." DK said in a confessional later that day. "I guess what Kirby said is true. I mean, before we were only second in command at the alliance. Now we control Tagong. Heh, I kinda like being in complete power. Thank You, Captain Falcon!"

Out on the boat, Luigi made sure to sit in the back away from the two, trying his best to ignore eye-contact. Though his eyes were looking more at the very sharp spear that rested at the angry Zelda's feet. They pulled up to their first lobster trap and pulled it up. "Empty, like always." Link moaned. He reached over and picked up the spear, jumped into the water and began to swim out to find some fish.

"What happened last night?" Zelda asked.

"Erm, Let's see. We came back from Tribal Council, Kirby was singing, Donkey Kong and Link told him to shut up, you fell over a rock, Kirby laughed, you chased him, I told you to stop and you and Kirby began to throw sticks at me until I past out on the Beach." Luigi paused for a second. "Pretty much the same as every night, I guess."

"No. I mean, why didn't you vote for Kirby."

Luigi froze and thought for a second. "Um... I thought Kirby was stronger then Mr. Game & Watch and if we go into the merge will less people, we're in trouble."

"Yes, but now the tribe is split. And you said a while back to me that a unified tribe is better then a strong one."

"We can be both strong and unified now."

Zelda laughed. "No, it's hard to trust you now. I mean if you were so quickly to turn on your alliance, then you might be quick enough to turn on your entire tribe."

"Whaaaat?" Luigi yelled in shock. "Zel, I was like the only person thinking of this tribe for the first few days on this island! I'm not going to jump ship when we get there!"

"Then why did you vote out Game & Watch? With Kirby gone, all five of us would have been together."

The plumber sighed. "Y'know, I really hate saying this... But remember." He turned and looked Zelda straight in the eye. "Another key aspect of this game, besides tribal survival is self preservation. I did what I thought I needed to in order to get further into the game. And if that means pissing you off, then I'd do it."

Master Hand's Mansion

"Ooooooooooooooooooooooh, burned!" Master Hand laughed, watching the conversation between Zelda and Luigi via his fish robots with camera's strapped onto their heads. "That's so going to make the episode. Hahaha...hah...heh...hmm..." The hand sighed. "I'm so alone."

Pagi Tribe, Day 16

The sun sped by and it twas noon time in Pagi camp. Peach and her followers were out in the water, taking a bath. Or just resting. Either way, they said they were going fishing. Mario and Samus were left sitting on the beach. Samus sat in one of the beach chairs, once again enjoying her lovely air-conditioned suit. Mario was resting under a tree, watching the kiddies play in the ocean. "You know, Samus." Mario said, breaking the silence of the beach. "It's now us two against those four."

"I know." Samus replied.

"We've got to make sure we win the next challenge or else one of us will be going home."

"I know."

"So you wanna stick together?"

"I kn- Sure."

"Alright. If we do lose, can you see if you can get Dr. Mario to vote with us? I guess I could try... Ness."

"I'll try."

"They're scheming." Peach muttered from the ocean, splashing some water over herself. "I can feel it."

Ness raised an eyebrow. "How can you 'feel' it?"

"I just can... Hey, wait..." A light bulb would have gone off over Peach's head if Master Hand had enough money to afford on. "Ness, you can read minds, right?"

"Sorta..."

"Read theirs!"

Fox gulped. "Um, wouldn't that be cheating?"

Peach shrugged. "I dunno. Worth a shot." She turned to Ness. "Find out if they're scheming or something."

The boy sighed and closed his eyes, sensing his PSI. He then let his mind wander through time and space till he came upon two voices. "HEY! What are you doing reading minds?"

"Huh?" Ness asked. "Who's this?"

"This is Master Hand, obviously."

"You can use PSI too?"

"Uh, no... but I gots me Mewtwo here helping me keep you from cheating. Mewtwo, fry his brain."

Mewtwo gave an evil laugh. "With pleasure."

"AAAAAAAAH!" Ness screamed, falling back into the water.

Peach, Fox and Dr. Mario leaned over and looked at the boy. "Oy, Ness. Ness? You still alive buddy?" Peach asked, poking Ness's large forehead.

Dr. Mario reached down and felt his wrist. He waited a few seconds, then dropped it and looked at his friends with a sad face. "He's... alive."

The boy quickly jumped up and began to jog in place. "The Human Energy Field as a collection of elctro-magnetic energies of varying densities that permeate through and emit or exit the physical body of a living person!" He began to clap and chant, still while running in place. "It's time to teach the world to chill. It's time to stop and smile."

"I think he's broken." Fox said, rubbing his head in confusion.

Ness began to run around the swallow water, singing, "Take a melody! Simple as can be! Give it some words and some sweet harmony! Raise your voices, all day long now, love grows strong now, sing a melody of love, oooh love!"

"Hey, Dr. Mario, can you do something about him?" Peach asked. "He's more annoying then normal."

Dr. Mario nodded. "Well, I could try. If he wants to sit still and lay down for a little bit."

"Look at me! Look at me!" Ness began to flap his arms. "I'm a fish! I'm a fish!" He began to dance a dance that looked like "The Monkey". "Now I'm a bird!" He then began to spin around in circles. "Now I'm a cactus!"

Back on the beach, Samus and Mario were busy trying to figure out what happened to the boy. "Um... is he having a seizure?" Samus asked, staring at Ness who was now bouncing up and down reciting the countries of the world.

Mario shook his head. "Nah, I guess being on an island with these people for so long has finally driven him insane. Poor boy..."

"Um, Ness got his brain fried today." Peach said in a confessional that afternoon. "I almost kinda feel like it was my fault. Right now he is..." She turned around and looked behind the rock she was leaning on. "...Flopping around in the sand, saying that he's a happy duck. He's been doing that for a good three hours now. I'm starting to think something is wrong with him. I mean more then what was wrong with him from when we first got here."

Tagong Tribe, Day 16

"What is it now? Lunch or dinner?" Kirby asked, staring at the food he had just cooked. They had skipped breakfast and gone with the larger lunch/dinner plan. Of course, by large, it means about a slice and a half of fruit.

The happy tribe of Tagong was sitting around the camp fire, eating whatever meal of the day it was they were serving. "I think it's Lunch." Donkey Kong replied. "Of course, I'm not all that sure either." He sighed. "I wish that we didn't lose the sun dial in the hurricane..."

As Luigi, Kirby and DK ate, Link and Zelda began to stand up and wander away from the tribe. "What did Luigi say on the boat?" Link asked Zelda as they made their way down the beach.

"He said he voted for Game and Watch to keep the tribe strong." Zelda answered. "But then he also said he did it to make sure he goes farther in the game."

Link nodded. "Alright. So pretty much he knows he's in control of the game with DK and Kirby under his belt."

Zelda bit her thumb, turned and glared at the disappearing campsite. "I knew we shouldn't have trusted him." She muttered.

Luigi noticed the stares from Zelda, looked down at his fruit and sighed. "I think Zelda hates me." Luigi said in his confessional. "She hates me cause I voted for Mr. Game & Watch. And I mean, I don't want to be the hated player. I'd rather be the player everyone likes. But I just told her that in the end, this game is about yourself and I'm not gonna let some little princess call the shots for me, then in the end be cut off before the Finals. It's not gonna happen."

"There has been a lot of tension between Zelda and Luigi ever since they came back from their fishing trip." Donkey Kong said in his confessional not soon after Luigi's. "I don't know what happened out there, but right now, it seems that Kirby has fallen off the radar and Link and Zel want to get Luigi. I'm not going to let them, though. I just hope Kirby doesn't notice this and try and side with Link and Zelda to vote us out. Then again, I don't know why on earth he would do that."

"Those two sure don't like us anymore." Kirby said with a laugh as he finished off his fruit.

Luigi nodded sadly. "Yeah..."

"Don't worry." DK said, patting Luigi on the back. "I'm sure something will come around and pull us together but the next challenge..."

Afternoon came and went on the island. The day began to end, covering the island in the golden rays of the setting sun. Tagong sat on the beach, though not entirely together. Link and Zelda sat across the sand from Luigi, DK, Kirby, all of them watching the setting sun. "It's beautiful!" Zelda said in awe. "We never get cool sunsets like this back at Hyrule."

"It's just one more reason why we need to stay on this island a few more days." Link said.

Luigi looked over to the two. He gulped and tried to play the good guy of the tribe once more. "Why are you two sitting over there?" The two flashed his a look that basically told him the reason. "We're a tribe. Even if you don't like that fact, it's true. And as a tribe, we need to at least try to stay united. Can't we forget the past and look towards the future?"

"Yeah. Come sit with us." Kirby said in a somewhat mocking tone, though it went un-noticed.

Zelda and Link looked at each other for a second, then stood up and joined the other three. "I don't very much like Luigi, DK and Kirby right now." Link said in a confessional. "But Luigi brought up a point. We're a tribe and if we want to make it, we should forget the past and move on to the future. We have no other choice. I just hope that we can pull this Tribal Unity together and it doesn't flicker away under the setting sun."

And, for the first time that day, Tagong sat, unified on the beach, watching the setting sun. And once it fell behind the ocean, the tribe got up and went to bed. But touching Tagong Tribe moment doesn't have much to do with the plot, so Master Hand cut the rest out!

Pagi Tribe, Night 16

Most of Pagi had already fallen asleep in their new blankets and pillows. Except Ness, who was on the beach, doing a weird version of the Moon-Walk. "Oooooooh, I feel like dancing! Dancing!" He chanted in his night-vision confessional. "Dance with me! Dance!"

Anyway, Pagi fire was dying, and the last two sane people up were making sure that it had enough wood to keep lit for the rest of the night. Mario threw another stick onto the flames and sighed. "So, we have an alliance?" He asked.

Samus sighed. "I don't really want to call it an 'alliance' as much as it is a way of maybe surviving a few more days and nothing more." She shook his hand for the second time on the island. "But for the next Tribal Council, you can count on my vote... Unless we can't pull it off."

Mario smiled, though it was hard to see in the dark. "Good. Alright then. Start talking to Doc tomorrow and I'll try on the rat. I guess we should try for Peach, seeing as how she's a mental threat." The two turned to gather a little bit more wood, not noticing that Dr. Mario had been awake and heard the entire conversation.

"Those two? An alliance?" Dr. Mario said in his late night confessional. "...That's a surprise. I thought if Samus would join with anyone, it would be me. I wonder..."

Day 17: Flip-Flopping Fun

Pagi Tribe, Day 17

The sun wasn't even up yet and still there were three Pagians (Pagiers? Pagites?) up, sitting around the small fire. They were Samus, Fox and Mario. Samus was enjoying her now heated suit, Mario was fatter, so his body didn't get as cold as quickly, and even though Fox had fur, he had packed thinking that at this time they'd be in a hotel bed, so he was huddled over his knees, watching the fire, trying to keep himself warm. "Is it cold out?" Samus asked. "My weather hasn't been update yet, so I don't know the correct conditions outside my suit."

"Heh. Yeah. You're pretty lucky, it's really cold out here." Mario replied. "Right Fox?" Fox didn't answer at first, as he was too busy staring at the dancing flames. "Foxy?"

"Hm? Oh. Yeah, it's cold. Damn, I need to start sleeping in more." Fox said with a laugh.

"Last night, I think Mario and I made an alliance..." Samus said in her confessional. "I really don't like alliances. I never have enjoyed working with other people. But I guess I don't have much of a choice, seeing as how Peach will most likely be able to use Mario as a puppet once the tribes merge. I'm no ones puppet, so they'd cut me lose before I could screw something in their plan up." She sighed. "If I make it to the merge, I'm just gonna vote in ABC order or something simple like that. I dunno... I'm most likely going home if we lose. Unless I wanna sell Mario out to Peach and try and make them vote him off... I wonder if that would work?" Samus laughed. "Heh, even if it would, I wouldn't stoop that low."

The the sound of footsteps was heard from the hut. Samus and Mario turned around (Fox was already facing the hut) and saw that Dr. Mario was walking towards them. Mario shot Samus a little glance, which she took quick notice of. "Fox, let's go out fishing." Mario said, standing up and heading towards the boat.

Fox let out a moan and stood up. "Man, do we haveta? I'm really cold." He laughed and the two pushed the boat out onto the ocean and paddles out to their normal fishing location.

"They're going fishing?" Dr. Mario asked as he approached Samus.

She nodded. "Yeah." Dr. Mario sat down and began to prepare the rice for their breakfast. "Hey, um... can I ask you something?"

Tagong Tribe, Day 17

It was around 9 when the sun started shining in full blow upon the island. Tagong, unlike Pagi, was all up this lovely morning. And surprise, surprise: they were all sitting together. Kirby had made them some fruit for breakfast, which they were starting to run out of. "Looks like the racoon is starting to notice we don't have any food ourselves." Link said as he took a bite of the fruit.

Kirby sighed. "I miss rice... At least that was a good five spoon fulls. This is two bites."

Link had to step on Zelda's foot in order to stop her from making a remark.

"Yeah, I know what you mean." DK replied. "Ah, well, maybe today's reward challenge has to do with food?"

"Oh I sure hope so." Link said with a smile. They finished up eating and noticed that Zelda had not finished her slice. "Zel..."

"What?"

"Eat."

Zelda stared at her fruit, sighed and took another bite. "Why do they keep making me eat!" Zelda complained in her confessional. "When I'm not hungry, I'm not hungry. Just let me eat when I want to eat. You'd be better off giving that fruit slice to Kirby, he needs it more then I do. Oh, wait, no... he just wants it more then I do."

Donkey Kong and Kirby had gone out fishing that morning, leaving Link and Luigi to get the fire wood and Zelda to fill the water bottles. "Hey, Luigi..." Link said as he picked up a piece of wood. "If we did lose the next challenge, the three of you would be voting for me, right?"

Luigi shrugged. "I dunno. Maybe?"

"Oh... well, I was just wondering because DK is more of a threat then I am. And now we're getting close to the solo challenges."

"Oh, you're right." Luigi answered. "Well, as much as I love the big ape, I'd do anything I really need to in order to keep going in the game. So I guess between you and him I'd... vote for DK..." Luigi said the last part of the sentence with a sigh, causing Link to smile as the two headed back to camp.

"I don't trust him." Link said in his confessional. "But from what I've gathered from what he said in the jungle, there is a small chance he'd vote out DK instead of me. I just hope he follows that route instead of voting me out."

Pagi Tribe, Day 17

"Ooooh, my head." Ness moaned, sitting up. "Damn it... where am I?"

"Ah, so you're awake." Ness turned around to see Peach, sitting on her knees with a stick, looking over the boy. "You past out on the beach from dancing so much last night."

"Wha? Dancing?" As he was sitting up, Ness quickly grabbed is head. "Oooow! Why does my forehead hurt?"

Peach hid the stick behind her back. "Um... I dunno." She replied nervously. Peach then gazed out across the sea, noticing that Mario and Fox were fishing. "Well I'll be... they're working together."

Out on the boat, Mario and Fox were busying checking the lobster traps. "Well, this one is empty." Fox said as he held up another empty trap. He sighed and placed it in the boat. "Man, I hate fishing."

"...Hm. I wonder..."

"Huh?"

"Oh, nothing... Hey, I'm gonna tell you something, alright?"

Tagong Tribe, Day 17

"Guys!" Zelda called from camp. Luigi and Link, who were on their way back, quickly picked up the pace and returned to camp to see what Zelda was calling them about. Once there, they saw her holding their newest tree mail. "Mail time!"

You've been out here for 17 Days,
I bet that's been quite a strain.
So let's hope it hasn't taken it's toll
On the muscle you call a brain.

It will take some logic to win the game,
Yet at the same time you'll need to be shrewd.
If you're tribe has the most members left standing,
The reward you'll win is food.

"Food!" Link and Luigi said in unison.

Zelda smiled. "Let's win this for our new Tagong guys!"

The two boys nodded. "RIGHT!"

Let's see if they're smart.
REWARD CHALLENGE

Pagi made their way onto the orange mat. "Hey Guys." Master Hand greeted. Pagi muttered a group hello as a response. "Come on in Tagong!" Tagong then also made their way onto Challenge Point, walking towards their yellow mat. "Pagi is getting their look at the new Tagong. Mr. Game & Watch was voted out last Tribal Council." Ness whispered something to Fox about how there must be an alliance going on, but before he could relpy, Master Hand went on with the rules. "Ready to get to todays challenge?"

"Yeah." Replied the tribes.

"Kay. Today's challenge is called Mini-Survivor. You will each break up into two tribes of five. You will get one large wipe-away board for your entire tribe and a small wipe-away board for each person. I will then ask you common knowledge questions. Like, what is 2 plus 2 and give you guys choices. As a tribe, chose which answer you think is right and write it down on the board. If both tribes get it right, we move onto the next question. If one or both tribes get it wrong, we will go to the voting out stage. On your smaller board, write down the name of a person in your group of who you want to send to the bench. If a player is sent to the bench, they are out of the game. The player with the most votes goes to the bench and we'll move onto the next question. When a tribe gets down to two members, the next question they miss will end the game. The tribe with the most members remaining wins. Got it?" The tribes nodded. "Here is what you're playing for." He pulled a cloth off of about 10 canned goods.

INSERT THE "OH MY GOD"'S HERE

"Canned Foods. And a Can Opener. This will be enough to last you about 10 days if you eat one can a day. Righto then. Pagi, you've got one extra member. Who will ya be sitting out?" Pagi began to whisper among each other for a while, then came to a choice. "Pagi, you are sitting out Dr. Mario. Doc, come take a seat right here." He pointed to an orange bench and Dr. Mario quickly walked towards it and sat down. "Very well, here you guys go." He then handed out the boards and took out his cue-cards. "Survivor's Ready?"

"Ready!" Chimed the tribes.

"First question." He looked at the cue-card. "If this fraction was a normal fraction with two numbers, what would be the name of the bottom number." He turned the card around to reveal the fraction 14 over x and repeated the question. "A: Variable, B: Numerator, C: Denominator, or D: Exponent."

Tagong quickly bunched together and began to whisper. "So, what's the answer?" Zelda asked, holding the pen to the large wipe-away board.

"Don't look at me, I don't like math." Kirby replied.

"I don't even know what a fraction is..." DK replied with a blush of embarrassment.

"I know that letter symbols are called Variables." Luigi answered. Zelda nodded and wrote down A.

Over with Pagi, all eyes fell on Ness. "Pssh. Easy. Denominator. It's the number dividing the top number." Ness went to flip his hair but forgot he wasn't Link. "Erm...Well, that was still easy." Mario quickly scribbled down C.

"Tagong says A, Pagi says C. The correct answer is C. Tagong, you guys have to vote some out."

The group glared at Luigi. "Erm... Whoops. Hey, I suck at Math also..."

"Guys, vote me out." Donkey Kong said with a sad smile. "I didn't even know what a fraction was." Tagong each wrote down a persons name and hid it from the rest of the tribe.

"Reveal!" The members flipped their boards around. "Zelda voted for DK, Link voted for DK, Kirby voted for DK, DK voted for Zelda, and Luigi voted for DK. DK, you're out, come take a seat here." Master Hand pointed to the yellow bench next to him as the ape lumbered over and took a seat. "Next question."

Pagi - 5 Members Remaining
Tagong - 4 Members Remaining

"Which of these games is based off of gathering large sums of money. A: LIFE, B: Candy Land, C: Scrabble, or D: Monopoly... well, that was an easy one." Tagong and Pagi didn't take much time to write down their answers. "Tagong says D, Pagi says D. Both are right, next question." He went to the next card. "How long can eggs stay in the refrigerator? A: 1 Week. B: 1 To 2 Weeks. C: 2 to 3 Weeks. Or D: 3 to 4 Weeks."

"Guys! I know this one." Kirby said, raising his hand over in Tagong. "I swear, I know!"

Pagi glanced at Ness. "No, guys, I don't know cooking stuff." Ness said.

"REVEAL!" The two tribes turned their boards around. "Tagong says D, Pagi says C. Tagong is right! Pagi, it's time to vote someone out." The Pagis quickly wrote down someone's name and hid it from the rest of the group. "Alright guys, show them. Fox votes for Peach, Peach votes for Mario, Samus votes for Peach, Ness votes for Samus and Mario votes for Peach. Peach, with three votes, you're out."

"Oh darn." Peach said, sighing as she made her way over to the orange bench. "Go get 'em guys!"

Pagi - 4 Members Remaining
Tagong - 4 Members Remaining

"Next question. Which of the continents is the largest in the world. A: North America, B: Asia, C: Antarctica or D: Africa." Master Hand paused, thinking that they would get this question easy, but then noticed the lost looks on each of their faces. "...What?"

"Where are these places again?" Link asked, confused.

Mario nodded. "Yeah, um... I've never heard of these places before."

"Erm... just guess." The groups shrugged and wrote down an answer.

"Let's go with Antarctica." Ness whispered to Pagi. "That sounds like a cool place, it must be the answer."

Zelda over on Tagong shrugged. "Any ideas?" The tribe shook their heads. "...Okay, I'll just put down anything then..."

"Reveal!" The tribes turned them around. "Tagong says A, Pagi says C. You're both wrong, it's B. Vote someone out." A few seconds past and each of the tribe members had written a persons name down. "Alright, let's start with Tagong. Link votes for Kirby, Zelda votes for Kirby, Kirby votes for Zelda and Luigi votes for Zelda. Zelda, since DK voted for you last round, you're out."

Zelda nodded. "Do your best guys. We need that food." She left the mat and took a seat next to DK.

"Pagi, let's see your votes. Mario votes for Fox, Samus votes for Mario, Fox votes for Mario and Ness votes for Mario. With three votes, Mario, come on down and take a seat." Mario dropped his small board to the ground and walked over to the bench, sitting next to Peach. "Ready for the next question?"

Pagi - 3 Members Remaining
Tagong - 3 Members Remaining

"Next question." Master Hand took the next card out. "Which of the following is not a primary color. A: Green, B: Yellow, C: Blue, or D: Red"

"Heh, this is an easy one." Link muttered as he quickly wrote down an answer.

"Primary Colors, Primary Color..." Ness rubbed his head, trying to remember. "Argh! Such a simple question... um, I think it's Yellow."

"REVEAL!" The tribes turned their boards around. "Tagong says B, Pagi says B. Both are correct, we're moving on. The rarest colors of Yoshi's are A: Blue and Purple, B: Blue and White, C: Black and Yellow or D: Black and White."

"Have you ever seen a black Yoshi?" Luigi asked Kirby and Link, who shook their heads. "Oh... neither have I."

"Well, do you have an answer?" Samus asked Ness.

Ness shook his head no. "Nope, sorry. I don't pay attention to Yoshi's."

"Reveal. Tagong says D, Pagi says A. D is right, Pagi it's time to vote someone out." Master Hand watched as the three remaining members scribbled a name down. "Reveal! Fox votes for Samus, Samus votes for Fox and Ness votes for Samus. Sorry, Samus, but you're out."

Samus dropped her board and walked over to the bench. "Come on Tagong!" Zelda and DK cheered.

Pagi - 2 Members Remaining
Tagong - 3 Members Remaining

"Pagi, the next question you miss means its game over. Tagong, if you miss one more question, you can still vote someone out of the challenge. Ready? Next question. On the Periodic Table of Elements, what is the name of the elements in the last column. A: Halogens, B: Noble Gases, C: Metalloids or D: Alkaline Earth Metals... boy, Ness seems to have a smirk on his face. Looks like he knows this one."

"Uh, okay... Any clue?" Link asked.

Kirby nodded. "Alkaline Earth Metals! It has to be, it's the longest name and sounds scientific."

Luigi stared shocked at the puffball. "Really? I was thinking Noble Gases... but I can barely remember Chemistry..."

"Reveal." The tribes turned their boards around. "Tagong says D, and Pagi says B. B is right, Tagong, you're losing another member."

Link and Luigi glared at Kirby. "...Sorry."

"REVEAL! Alright, Link votes for Kirby, Luigi votes for Kirby and Kirby votes for Link. Sorry, Kirby, game is over for ya." Kirby nodded and took a seat next to a sad Zelda.

Pagi - 2 Members Remaining
Tagong - 2 Members Remaining.

"Still left in the game is Link, Luigi, Ness and Fox." Master Hand went to the next question. "Here is how this is gonna work. The next time a tribe gets a question wrong, they will lose. If you both get it wrong, we move to the next question. Got it? Next Question. If I weight 91 Pounds on Earth, How much do I weight on The Moon? A: 100 Pounds, B: 10 Pounds, C: 55 Pounds D: 15 Pounds."

"Easy." Ness said as he took the board from Fox's hand. Tagong was having some trouble, as both Link and Luigi were whispering back and forth, trying to figure it out.

"Reveal. Tagong put B, Pagi put D... Alright guys, this is for the win. The canned food and the opener... The correct answer is... D! Pagi wins Reward!"

"YES!" Fox and Ness cheered, throwing the board into the air. Pagi quickly ran toward in a big group hug, cheering as Master Hand floated towards them with the basket of food.

"Congrats guys, you've proven that you're pretty smart." He turned towards Tagong. "Sorry guys, close doesn't cut it. See ya at the challenge tomorrow."

Pagi Tribe, Day 17

The tribe returned, each with a cheerful smile on their face. "Yeah! We did a great job today." Fox said as they put their new found foods on a log near the fire."

"I think we owe it all to Ness." Most of the tribe nodded in response to Peach's words, causing Ness to blush.

"Aww, well... It was nothin'."

"Let's see..." Mario began to count the cans. "If we have a can a day, we have enough for 10 days. Or are we having 2 cans a day? Or maybe a can per person?"

"I'm sure we have more then enough to last for a little over 10 days if we don't eat an entire can in one day." Samus said, walking over to their prize. "We could eat like half, or maybe Dr. Mario can give us whatever is in the can as a side-dish to the rice." She turned and noticed the surprised looks on everyone's faces. "...What?"

"You made a tribal idea!" Ness replied in shock.

Dr. Mario smiled. "You've never given any ideas to the tribe yourself. First time for everything, I guess."

"I say we vote on it." Mario announced, ending the shock. "All who want one can a day, raise your hand." No one raised their hand. "Who like's Samus's idea?" Everyone, including Mario, raised their hands. "Alright then. Side-Dish to rice it is. Though it will be very small."

"Today, everyone was shocked that I stepped up and said something to help the tribe." Samus said in her confessional. "Or something like that. I don't know, I thought I was being part of the tribe just fine. Either way, I hope this helps show them that I'm not ready to leave the game just yet and that they shouldn't vote me out next Tribal Council."

"Alright guys!" Dr. Mario said, getting out the rice after Ness started up the fire. "Let's have our first taste of reward!" Pagi gave a collective group cheer as their dinner was beginning to cook.

Tagong Tribe, Day 17

"Ugh, I can't believe we lost." Zelda complained in her confessional. "I thought for sure we had it. We don't seem to win anymore." She sighed and sat back. "Oh well..."

The defeated Tagong tribe returned to camp, dropped their things and fell to the sandy ground. "Why do we keep losing?" Kirby asked.

"Because we thought you were smart." Link replied. "I can't believe that we listened to you."

"No one said you had to listen to Kirby." DK replied. "And weren't you the one with the board? If you knew it, why didn't you write down the right answer?"

"He didn't know it." Zelda snapped.

Link nodded. "Yeah. I asked Luigi, but Kirby jumped down out and said it he knew what it was."

"I never said I knew it was right!" Kirby yelled. "I said it sounded right!"

"If you didn't know the answer, you should have said quiet!"

"At least Kirby tried during the contest."

"Oh, shut up you Mister I don't even know what a fraction is!"

"At least I'm not going to starve to death. Maybe if you had answered a few questions, we wouldn't have to worry about you fading to bones!"

The four members got up and began fighting among each other, bickering about the smallest things and pointing out the stupidest negative points in the other person. Luigi, the quiet one, sighed and stood up, then walked towards their hut to take a nap. "I can't stand them fighting." He said in his confessional. "...And they fight twice a day. Ugh, if there was ever a time I wanted a tribal switch, it would be now."

Night came and went on the island of happy fun times and soon the sun was rising on their next day in the game.

Day 18: Cut the Puppet's Strings.

Pagi Tribe, Day 18

The sun was crawling up into the sky over Pagi Tribe. Samus and Dr. Mario were sitting up by the fire, eating their breakfast while Fox and Mario were out getting water for the rest of the tribe. Peach and Ness were both still sleeping.

"So, Fox... Have you thought about what I said on the boat?" Mario asked as they made their way through the jungle.

Fox continued to walk forward. "A little..."

"You gotta know it's the truth." Mario explained. "Peach is using you. She's using you just for votes and in the end will cut you off and bring along someone like Ness to the Finals for an easy win." He smiled. "You're nothing but a puppet to her. And if she makes to the merge, then there is no doubt in my mind that she will win."

"So, you want me to vote for Peach?" Fox asked.

Mario nodded. "Well... yeah. I mean, we already have three votes for her. You'd make it four."

"Wouldn't I just be another puppet to you if I follow your voting ways?"

The plumber paused for a second. "Honestly, I don't care about this game right now. I just wanna see Peach get voted out."

"I thought you loved her."

"I do. But not when she's using me." Mario sighed. "At first, Peach lead me to believe that I was calling in the shots in the alliance. But as it turns out, I didn't. So now, I wanna dethrone the princess. I don't really care if you vote me out right after, just to see her get the boot will get good enough for me. I'm not going to let her get a chance to make me her puppet again."

"I see..." Fox later went on to say in his confessional, "Mario is telling me to vote out Peach. Honestly, wasn't Mario just the person trying to get me out last Tribal Council? I don't know why I would vote with him. But he and Peach were in an alliance together... so he might know what he's talking about... But I don't know if I wanna backstab Peach just yet."

Tagong Tribe, Day 18

Everyone in Tagong was up at pretty much by 10 in the morning. Kirby was cooking some fish that Link had caught much earlier in the morning, DK was getting water, Luigi was getting wood, Link was cleaning some clothes and Zelda was sitting on the beach, enjoying the sun. Needless to say, no one in Tagong spoke a word to each other. "There is a lot of tension between everyone now." Link explained to Crazy. "We're all fighting and stuff... Which really sucks. I hate fighting with friends. But those three are starting to piss me off!"

DK and Luigi returned with wood and water a few minutes before Kirby finished cooking. "Food is done..." Said the puffball, calling out to Zelda and Link.

The tribe gathered and ate in quiet. "This is annoying." Luigi said in his confessional. "They're just so... quiet! Argh! Why can't this tribe just get along?"

Once they had finished eating, DK went out to check for tree mail. The rest of the tribe sat, quietly, waiting. "...So, wanna play volley ball?" Luigi asked, holding up Kirby's volley ball.

"No." The other three replied quickly.

"...Hum... Alright..."

"We have mail!" DK called from off in the distance as he returned to camp. Very slowly, the tribe got up and walked over to the ape and check out the mail.

Pagi Tribe, Day 18

For this next challenge, you'll need to work together.
The object: Find your buried chest.
Pick who does what in the challenge,
Then sit back and hope for the best.

If in the end, your tribe is falling behind,
Give it all for one last surge.
Hope that your tribe wins immunity,
Because then you'd all be off to the merge.

"Argh, that didn't give us any clues." Samus muttered after she read the mail to the group.

Fox shrugged. "Well... we might as well get on going then. Who's gonna wake the other two up?"

"They're still sleeping?" Mario asked in shock. "Wow... I wish I could sleep that late."

Dr. Mario stood off in the back, watching the other three try to wake Ness and Peach up. "Today is very important that we win immunity!" He explained in a confessional. "If we don't, then we're going to have to vote out Samus. And I don't want that happen. I better not let Peach know that Samus wants to vote her out, either."

Tagong Tribe, Day 18

"Ready to go guys?" Luigi asked his team. They muttered something that sounded like 'yeah' and they began to head out.

"You know, Zel." Link fell to the back and whispered to Zelda on their way to the challenge. "If we lose immunity, I'm as good as gone."

Zelda sighed. "Don't worry. We won't..."

Final Tribal Challenge!
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE

"Come on in guys!" Master Hand called out. The two tribes made their way onto their colored mats, Pagi tribe carrying along with them the Pikadol. Master Hand floated over and took it out of Ness's hands, then placed it on a stand. "For the last time in this game, the Pikadol is up for grabs. Ready to get to today's challenge?"

"Yeah!" Replied the tribes, happy that the game had reached it's half-way point.

"Right then. Today's challenge will be held in legs. You'll chose who goes when and it will work as follows. Castaway A will rush into the ocean, hop in a boat and paddle towards a floating platform, where Castaway B is waiting, tied up, with a map. When Castaway A reached B, he or she will untie them, and then both of the castaways will swim back to shore together. Castaway B will give the map to Castaway C, who will then race out into the jungle, following the map to find a key. When Castaway C runs into the jungle, Castaways D and E will start digging in the sand for their buried treasure chest. They then will have to pull it out and wait for Castaway C to return with the key. Once he does, Castaways A, B, D, and E will carry the chest to a table a few feet down the beach. Castaway C will unlock chest and Castaway B will then have to pick up the tribal flag and race to a flag pole, hook it up and raise it. When your flag is raised, it will send a pillar of fire up into the sky. First tribe to raise their flag wins immunity and a one in ten shot at winning one million bucks. Got it?" The tribes nodded. "Okay. Pagi, you've got one extra member, who are you sitting out?"

"Ness." Peach replied as Ness went to take a seat on the bench.

"Okay. Chose slots, who will go when." The tribes began to talk among each other and after a few minutes of preparation, the challenge was ready to begin. "Castaways A will be Fox for Pagi, Luigi from Tagong. Castaways B will be Peach from Pagi and Zelda from Tagong. Castaways C will be Samus from Pagi and Link from Tagong. Castaways D and E will be Mario and Dr. Mario for Pagi and DK and Kirby for Tagong." Master Hand watched as the castaways got into starting positions. "Survivors ready! GO!"

Luigi and Fox both quickly dashed from their starting lines, running towards the boat and pushing it into the water. Fox had more strength then Luigi did, thanks to their new food prize, and so he was able to get it into the water a lot quicker then Luigi. He hoped into the boat, picked up an oar and starting rowing out towards Zelda. Luigi was close behind, however as he was getting into the boat, he lost his balance and slipped in the raft, hurting his side. Once he could stand, he stepped into the boat, took out the oar and began rowing, trying to catch up to Fox.

Pagi: Currently Leading.

It was a very peaceful day on the ocean, so the water was calm and very easy to paddle through. As they continued towards the platforms, it was clear that Fox was going a lot quicker then Luigi and had much of a lead over him. Once he reached the floating platform, Fox quickly dropped the oar in the boat and jumped up to begin untie the ropes. However, Fox was having a problem trying to undo the knot Crazy had tied, giving Luigi some much needed time to catch up. By the time Luigi had reached Zelda, Fox had already untied a few of the ropes binding the princess and was starting on the last few ones. Luigi thought quickly, then bent down and summoned a small fireball. "What are you doing?" Zelda asked, unable to see.

"Don't worry, but stay still." Luigi commanded. The green flames burned through the ropes quickly until Zelda was able to move her arms and loosen the rest of the rope. Once the ropes fell to the ground, the two quickly grabbed the map, got into the boat and began to paddle back.

Fox noticed that Luigi and Zelda were already heading back. "Damn it..." He muttered, bending down to the ropes. He then began to try and bit the ropes off with his teeth, which proved to work much quicker then his hands. "Go, Peach!" Peach shook the ropes loose, took her map and got into the boat, quickly followed by Fox and the two began to paddle back to shore.

Tagong: Currently Leading.

The two tribes began to paddle back to shore, with Luigi and Zelda having a lead over Peach and Fox. However, Zelda and Luigi were both malnourished, which gave Fox and Peach enough of an edge to close the gap between the two. Though Tagong reached the shore first, Pagi was right on their heals. Tagong came ashore and Zelda jumped out of the boat, running towards Link with her map. As she was about half way up the beach, Pagi came onto the beach. However, Peach had jumped out of the boat while in the swallow water, so she was already making her way up towards Samus by the time Fox rowed in. Zelda handed the map off to Link and he quickly dashed off into the forest, followed closely by Samus, who had just received her map. "Both tribes are neck and neck as they enter the woods." Master Hand announced.

"Come on Pagi!" Cheered Ness from the bench.

Master Hand turned to the players waiting to dig. "Start digging!" Mario and Dr. Mario quickly hit the ground and began to dig through the sand as fast as they could, sending it flying in every direction. However, they were only aloud to use their hands, so their progress was very slow. Tagong, on the other hand, was plowing through the sand thanks to Donkey Kong. Poor Kirby couldn't even get close to the hole as the sand was pushing him back.

In the jungle, Link was following the dotted line towards the key. "Um, alright... This way." He muttered, taking a left turn along the path. Samus noticed this, but check her map, which told her to go right. She shrugged it off and quickly ran down her path. It didn't take her all that long to find two keys hung to a tree. Samus quickly jumped over the fallen log in her way, grabbed the key, and turned back.

She exited the forest and ran up to Fox and Peach. "Samus is out of the jungle!" Master Hand announced. "But the Mario's haven't finished digging up the chest." He glanced over at Tagong's side, where DK was already pulling the heavy looking chest out of the sand. "Tagong has their chest. They're just missing the key."

"Come guys!" The three Pagi's yelled.

"Where is Link?" Luigi muttered to Zelda, peering into the jungle.

Pagi: Currently Leading.

In the jungle, Link had reached orange tape, which Master Hand must have put up to make sure they wouldn't go into dangerous areas. He glanced around, but saw no key. "What the..." He looked at his map again... and noticed he had be holding it upside down. "...DAMN IT!" Link cured, turning around and running as fast as he could back to the first turn. He reached it and dashed down the right path, leaping over the fallen tree and slamming face-first into the tree that held his tribes key. After recovering, he reached up, took the key and started his return.

By this time, Mario and Dr. Mario had finished digging through the sand and had also reached their chest. "Ready?" Mario asked. Dr. Mario nodded. "One.. Two.. Three!" The two grabbed onto one of the four handles on the side and gave a massive pull, yanking their chest out of it's sandy tomb.

"Pagi has their chest!" Master Hand announced. Fox, Peach and Samus cheered and quickly ran over to help their friends just as Link came out of the jungle. "Link is coming out of the jungle! It's gonna be a race to the finish!"

Pagi reached the chest first, Fox and Peach quickly racing to grab onto one of the handles. Just as they started to run towards the flag pole, Link, Luigi and Zelda reached DK and Kirby and they started to run down the beach. Tagong was starting close the gap, and they were able to catch right up to Pagi as they reached the stand to place the chest. Samus and Link both quickly stuck in the keys, turned them and pushed open the lid as Peach and Zelda reached in to grab the flags. The two princess then turned to the flag pole, bending down and attracting the flags to the hooks, then racing behind it to raise the flag into the air. It was close, but in the end, only winning by a second or two, one flag reached the top first, sending the fire into the air...

"PAGI WINS IMMUNITY!" Master Hand announced.

"YES!" Cheered the Pagi tribe as they ran together to give each other a group hug.

Master Hand picked up the Pikadol and floated over to the tribe. "Congrats guys. You guys earned it." Samus took the idol in her hands and raised it high over the celebrating tribe's heads. Master Hand then turned to Tagong. "Hey guys. Great effort, it was a close race, down to the last second. But, close doesn't cut it. I'll be seeing you guys tonight."

The very sad Tagong tribe left very quickly, unable to stand the victory shouts from the victorious tribe.

Tagong Tribe, Day 18

The tribe returned from the challenge, broken, sad, defeated and tired. "I can't believe it..." Kirby muttered as they made he made his way towards the fire.

"This sucks..." Zelda muttered, dropping to the ground. "We lost by... ugh..." She placed her hands in her lap and let out a sigh.

"We lost... again." Link said in his confessional. "So... I'm pretty much a goner. Luigi has it made with DK and Kirby right now, and since we're going into the merge, I'd be a target... plus I kinda did lose it for our tribe. There really isn't anyway around it."

"We need to get fish..." Luigi said to the tribe. "Anyone coming?"

DK smiled. "I'll-"

"I'll come." Link said, walking towards the boat.

The ape stared in confusion, but shrugged it off. "Alright then." DK said, sitting down next to Kirby at the fire. He watched the two of them get into the boat and paddle out to the tribe's normal fishing location.

"Do you think Link is trying to get Luigi to vote me out?" Kirby asked.

DK shrugged. "Maybe. But I know Luigi wouldn't do that to us." DK then said in a confessional, "Luigi might want to vote out Kirby. And if he does, then alright, I'll do it. But right now, the three of us are targeting Link. He should be going tonight... though I still would much rather see Zelda get the boot. I really hope Luigi doesn't flip-flop on us, though."

Out on the boat, Link was indeed trying to get Luigi to flip over to his alliance. "So... what are the chances of you voting out Donkey Kong tonight?" Link asked.

"Um... not that good." Luigi replied as they reached their location. He took the spear and was about to jump into the water when Link stopped him.

"Uh, okay.. How about Kirby?" He asked. Luigi stared at him for a second. "...Zelda?"

"I'm going to vote for who I think I should vote for, so I can get further in the game." Luigi answered as he went underwater. The two were out fishing for a while, but before the sun came down, they began to head back to shore.

Link sighed. "Well, I don't think it madders much." He said as they returned with a few fish. "But Zelda and I are voting for DK. He's too strong since we're merging now..."

The returned to shore and Kirby began to cook the fish as the sun fell behind the ocean. The five sat in quiet, watching the sun setting. "It really is nice out here." Zelda whispered to the group.

"Yeah..." They whispered in return. Sadly, for one of the five, it was their last night to ever enjoy the setting sun.

"It seems that tonight, I might be a swing vote." Luigi said in his confessional. "Link and Zelda want to vote out DK... and DK and Kirby want to vote out Link." Luigi paused for a second. "The thing is, Link is right. DK is too strong for the challenges. He'd dominate. But Link isn't my ally, so he wouldn't be above selling me out." The plumber shook his head and sighed. "But I don't see what difference it's going to make. We're going into the merge 6-4 now... Tagong is all but dead."

Once the sun had fallen behind the sea, turning the sky a light blue, Tagong began to pack their things, lit their torches and head on towards...

It's time to break hearts!
TRIBAL COUNCIL

After five rings of the gong, Tagong entered the Tribal Council area, placing their torches behind them and taking a seat on the logs in front of them. Master Hand was their to greet them. "Hey Tagong." The hand said. They didn't respond. "Yeah, I know, it must suck to lose four out of the six immunity challenges. Zelda, how can this tribe stay unified if you keep losing time and time again?"

Zelda shook her head. "It can't. It really can't, this tribe is falling apart. And use losing that last challenge by so little..."

"Kirby, you got three votes last Tribal Council. Are you worried?"

"Not as much as I was last Tribal Council." Kirby replied. "I feel a little safer, but still, I could be the one going..."

"Luigi, you know the merge is coming soon. How will it effect your voting?"

Luigi sighed. "Well, in the merge its every man for themselves. So I'd be voting for the person who poses the biggest threat to me winning immunity."

"Donkey Kong, you're pretty much the strongest person in this tribe. You worried about what Luigi said?"

"Of course." The ape replied. "But I really don't think that just because someone strong, someone would betray that person to get further in the game. At least I hope so..."

The hand turned to the swordsman. "Link, is tonight's vote going to be hard?"

Link thought about it for a second. "In these past few days, we haven't really been friends." He said. "But I'm voting someone out of the game and that is something that I would rather never do."

"Right then. As always, fire is your life. Without it, you're a witch during the Salem Witch Trials." He pointed to five unlit torches behind him. "Five torches for the first five people voted out of the game. Tonight, one more will be added to the group. It is time to vote. Kirby, you're up."

Kirby stood up and walked across the bridge. He wrote down a name, placed it in the urn and headed back.

Link stood up, walked across the bridge and wrote down 'D.K.'. "I'm sorry, but you're just too strong. Good Luck." He placed the vote in the urn and turned around.

Zelda stood up, walked across the bridge and wrote down a name. She placed it in the urn and returned to the campfire.

Luigi stood up, walked across the bridge and wrote down a name. "I'm sorry that I had to cast this vote. But it seems it's the best choice for me." He placed it in the urn and headed back.

Donkey Kong stood up, lumbered across the bridge and wrote down 'Link'. "Buddy, even though we had fights, I'm going to miss you. But it's what Luigi and Kirby want. Sorry." He placed it in the urn and headed back.

Once DK returned to his seat, Master Hand said, "I'll go tally the votes." He floated off to get the urn and the votes within it.

EVERYONES IS SOOOO NERVOUS! LOLOMGWTFHAAHEhEHAeEA!

Master Hand returned with the jar and placed it on his stand. "Once the votes are read, the decision is final, loser heads via the designated exit. I'll read the votes." He reached in and pulled the first vote out. "First vote..." He turned it around. "Link. Next vote..." He pulled up the next paper and turned it around. "DK. That brings us too...

One vote Link,
One vote DK.

The two nodded and began to shake. "Hehehe." Master Hand laughed. He reached in and pulled up the next vote. "DK. That's two votes for DK. Next vote..." He reached in and pulled it out. "Link. Haha! Look at that. Its now..."

Two votes Link,
Two votes DK.

"I'll read the last vote." Master Hand reached in and pulled it out. "...And the sixth person to be voted out off MasterHandIsDaBomb Island is..." He turned the vote around to reveal the name of...

Donkey Kong.

"DK, I'm gonna need you to bring me your torch."

Donkey Kong, once recovering from the shock, stood up, patted Luigi and Kirby on the shoulders, gave a goodbye hand shake to Link and a hug to Zelda, then took his torch and walked over to Master Hand. "Okay." He said, sliding the staff into it's slot.

"Alright. DK, The Tribe has spoken." Master Hand snuffed the flame on Donkey Kong's torch and eliminated him from the game. "It's time for you to go."

DK started to walk down the path of shame, turning around just before he left to give his tribe a thumbs up. "Go get 'em guys." He whispered to his tribe as he started down the path.

"Bye DK..." His tribe muttered as they waved farwell to him.

"Congratulations." Master Hand said to the remaining Tagong members. "You've survived the first half of the game. Tomorrow, a new adventures awaits you - the merge. Get some rest, you'll need it."

The tribe pick up their things and headed back to camp, leaving behind the small nap stack that DK had forgotten at tribal council...

Final Words of Donkey Kong
Time on the Island: 18 Days
Chapters on the Island: 7
Finished in: 11th Place

"Wow. Just... wow. I really didn't see that coming. I mean, when Luigi said he wanted to vote out someone who was a threat, this thought crossed my mind, but I thought he was only saying that to maybe give Link some false hope? Man... I just wish he had told me that he was planing to vote me out. That really hurt me. Eh, well, I guess it's time to move on. I'm a little more then sad being taken out right before the merger, but, you know, things like this happen. I had a great time out here and I wouldn't trade it for the world. Seeing as how Tagong is heading into the merge now with 6-4, I wish them all the best of luck. They're gonna need it. I hope they don't get picked off one by one. ...You know, now that I've had a few seconds to think about it, I'm a little proud to be voted out. For one thing, I really couldn't stand Tagong camp these past few days. But mainly, I was seen as a threat. It's a nice feeling, getting voted out because people think you'd win the game. It's something that I'm proud of and even though I'm out of the game now, I know that if we had won that immunity challenge, I could have won the game. These 18 Days out here have been the wackest days of my life, and I wouldn't change them for the world. It's been a great experience and thats more then any sum of money could give me. Though I am looking forward to giving Luigi a little beat down when he comes home. Haha!"

To Be Continued...

Votes & Why...

Kirby- Voted for Link. Saw him as the biggest threat not in his alliance and very annoying.
Link- Voted for DK. Saw him as a threat.
Zelda- Voted for DK. Thought he was too strong for the merge challenges.
Luigi- Voted for DK. Thought it would get him futher in the game, since he saw him as a threat.
DK- Voted for Link. It was who Luigi and Kirby told him to vote for.

Next time on 'Survivor: MasterHandIsDaBomb Island':

After 7 long episodes, the merge is finally taking place! Where will the new tribe live? What will their name be? But mainly, will the voting still fall along Tribal lines? Entering the merge out-numbered, what will have to the ex-Tagong memebers? Mario still wants to see Peach take the fall at the next tribal council. Will he become Tagong's 'fifth man'? Or will Peach find out about Mario's action and attempt to give him the boot? Or will Pagi stay true, take the the easy way out and send a Tagong packing? Find out next time on Survivor!

Quotes:

"We're out numbered... We need to stick together."

"If there is any chance of us getting rid of him, I'm willing to take it."

"Why on earth would he want that?"

Survivor Chat!
Episode V: Mr. Game & Watch

Tsukasa: Hello and welcome to another episode of Survivor Chat! I've got a co-host with me today. Say hi!

Crazy Hand: ...Hey.

Tsukasa: And, of course, our last chapter castoff, Mr. Game & Watch. Heya buddy!

Mr. Game & Watch: Hello.

Crazy Hand: Can we just start the questions? I need to get home to my girlfriend in a half-hour. Two and a Half Men is on and she 'needs' me to be there for her to watch it.

Tsukasa: Righto! First question comes from our buddy "Hyper Mew"... who seems to need a blanket. Crazy, give the poor man a blanket.

Crazy Hand: ...Grr... -hands Hyper Mew a blanket-.

Tsukasa: He asks, G&W, you ever going to make a comeback in the gaming industry?

Mr. Game & Watch: Good question. I'd like to hope so. The most game time I've been getting at those "Game & Watch Gallerys" for the GBA. However, I have made a few pitches to Nintendo for my own, new game. It involes the world turning into 2-D and mehaving to return it to 3-D.

Tsukasa: But aren't you 2-D?

Mr. Game & Watch: Yes.

Tsukasa: So why return it to 3-D?

Mr. Game & Watch: ...I stand corrected. Switch it around, we go from 2D to 3D.

Tsukasa: Next question. Another regulary, "shooter rainey" asks, why do u always go "beep beep beep" in super smash bros. melee? and wut gives with the sausages?

Mr. Game & Watch: Well you see, back with the Game & Watch systems, when ever I moved, I beeped. So Master Hand thought it would be funny if he made me beep in the tournaments aswell.

Crazy Hand: ...Heh...

Mr. Game & Watch: And my sausages... well, I've always wanted to be a cook. But I've also always wanted to be a gardener, construction worker, lion tamer, plumber, arsinist, fisher man, mole exterminator, sky diver, turtle owner, flag waver, juggler, a
judge, fireman, and a gas station worker.

Tsukasa & Crazy Hand: Wow... You had alot of dreams.

Mr. Game & Watch: Yeah. But cheif is right at the top.

Tsukasa: Next question. "WhiteFanh267" asks, how far back do you and the frying pan go? I mean ur like 50, and the first game u were in was like before mario...so..tell the truth

Mr. Game & Watch: I first got my frying pan in my game called "Cheif". Honestly, I can't remember how long ago that was... it feels like just yesterday. -takes out his frying pan and begins to stroke it- Aww, but I love you. Who's the cutest frying pan in the world? You are! YOU ARE! -hugs the frying pan-

Tsukasa: ...Just when you think you find the sane one...

Mr. Game & Watch: -feeding it a bottle- I call him "Frynkie".

Crazy Hand: -backs away-

Tsukasa: Next question comes from "Nintendo-Sega Fan". They ask, Have you ever been arrested for pouring oil on little children?

Mr. Game & Watch: -jumps up and knocks 'Frynkie' to the ground- WHAT THE! MY AGENT PROMISED ME THAT THERE WOULD BE NO FRYING LITTLE CHILDREN QUESTIONS! I ALREADY DID MY TIME FOR THAT, I DON'T WANNA RELIVE IT! I'M OUT OF HERE! BYE FANS! -storms out of the room-

Tsukasa: ...Kay...

Crazy Hand: ...Um, you forgot your frying pan.

Mr. Game & Watch: -beeps back in- Oh yah. -picks up his frying pan-

Tsukasa: Got time for one last question?

Mr. Game & Watch: I guess so... why, did I say I didn't want to answer another question? I can't seem to remember... My memory just ain't what it used to be.

Tsukasa: Our last question comes from "I like yaks" ... man, we really draw out the weirdest people, don't we? They ask, Where do you keep your stuff, like the snapping turtle and the chair. Also, where do those two people with the trampoleine come from?

Mr. Game & Watch: To be honest, I don't know. When I got my move set, Master Hand just said, "Don't worry 'bout it." And ever since then... bang. I reach into my body and pull out an angry turtle. Easy as that. -reachs in and pulls out his torch- NOW BURN, TSUKASA! BURN! -sets Tsukasa on fire-

Tsukasa: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! AAAAAAAAAAAH! -gets up and runs around the set on fire-

Mr. Game & Watch: ...Oh dear, I'm sorry, I thought you were a house. My mistake. -picks up his frying pan and leaves-

Crazy Hand: -watches Tsukasa run around the studio on flames- Heh. Anyway, we'd like to thank everyone else for reviewing.
Kingofsouls, Darkwarrior17, Lord of Pastries. And yes, Ri2, my girlfriend is a neck. Sadly, I couldn't find a girlfriend of that other female body part men seem to like... -sigh-

Tsukasa: -rolling on the floor- IT BURNS! CALL FOR HELP!

Crazy Hand: -waves- Good Night everyone. And send in your questions for the newest castaway! Till next time!

Tsukasa: DAMN YOUU!