The Survivor theme song "Ancient Voices" plays, showing the remaining contestants of the series in various scenes:
Asuka Langley Soryu, running away from a giant rock
Makoto Kino, shooting her electric attack toward Ami
Ami Mizuno, shooting her water attack toward Makoto
Sasami, looking upset over the Sailor Senshi battle
Toshiro Hitsugaya, climbing up the stairs in the immunity challenge
Sango, splashing into the water in the immunity challenge
Kagome Higurashi, congratulating Toshiro
And the jury:
Orihime Inoue, waving to her former tribe
Shinji Ikari, coming into Tribal Council with his head down
Tenchi Masaki, using Sword Tenchi to defend against Makoto's attacks
Changes
Day 28
Hakurei Tribe
Ami sits in the cave by herself, still with tears running down her cheeks. She is still very upset about Makoto attacking her.
"My life may be changed forever… I may no longer be able to go on as a Sailor Senshi… I don't understand… why did she attack me?" Ami says.
Ami was not injured by the attack at all, so that has no effect on her. But to betrayed by a friend like Makoto? It hurts her every second to think about it. Her thoughts no longer rest on trying to win the game through an alliance; that alliance has already been destroyed.
"I don't think I could ever forgive Makoto," Ami says. "I can't trust her, I can't be friends with her. I'm afraid she'll try attacking me again."
Meanwhile, Makoto sits far away from everyone else, struggling with her emotions. She doesn't understand what happened.
"What got into me?" Makoto says. "Why did I attack Ami? I realize she was angering me, but for me to attack her like that? I don't get it."
The Seireitei alliance, meanwhile, is arguing over what to do with their newfound power in the game.
"Time for Ami to go, finally," Toshiro says. "If I had known Asuka would vote for her, I would have had us take her out last night."
"How could you?" Sango asks. "After all she's been through? I feel so bad for her. Her own best friend betrayed her!"
"Yeah, so what?" Toshiro replies. "I've been betrayed before. It happens."
"Makoto attacked Ami!" Sango exclaims. "It wasn't just a petty argument!"
"Trust me, I know," Toshiro says. "Personally, I'm a little jealous that a girl like her was able to deflect those attacks like that."
"That's because she's not as short as you," Kagome comments.
"Why, you!" Toshiro exclaims.
"Look, I think we've got to take Makoto out of this game, as soon as possible," Sango remarks. "What if she attacks us?"
"If she dares to send any of that electricity towards one of you, I'll send it back with one swing of my zanpakuto," Toshiro responds. "You've got nothing to worry about."
"Well, I still think we've got to vote her out, next Tribal," Sango says.
"I agree," Kagome adds.
"Oh, so you're going to take her side?" Toshiro groans. "Come on, Kagome, we've got to vote out Ami!"
"Ami's innocent!" Kagome replies. "Maybe a little arrogant, but she was attacked by Makoto!"
"I don't know, she didn't seem like this the first 20 or some days she's been here," Toshiro responds. "Something strange got into her."
This makes Kagome think for a second. "You know, I wonder…" she says, before beginning to walk away from the others.
"Wait, what are you doing?" Toshiro asks.
"I'm going over to see Makoto," Kagome responds.
"No you aren't!" Toshiro shouts. "Not without me, that is."
So Toshiro and Kagome go over to Makoto, with Toshiro ready to draw out his zanpakuto. As they do, they notice that Makoto seems to be feeling sick to her stomach, and suddenly, she begins to throw up.
"Is this another attack?" Toshiro wonders.
"Wait a minute!" Kagome exclaims, noticing what Makoto threw up. "This is a tainted jewel shard!"
"Huh?" Makoto asks. "What's going on?"
"You tell us, electric girl," Toshiro asks.
Makoto looks mortified. "How- how do you- how do you know?" she asks, in shock.
"We know all about you and your powers," Toshiro says. "You and Ami both."
"What?!" Makoto shouts. "When did this happen?"
"Just last night, of course," Toshiro responds. "You and Ami had that big fight… come on, what's with you? Got amnesia or something?"
"I don't remember any of this," Makoto says. "And where's Tenchi?"
"You voted him off!" Toshiro exclaims.
"I voted him off?" Makoto asks. "That's impossible!"
"Wait a minute!" Kagome shouts. "Makoto, what's the last thing you remember?"
Makoto thinks for a moment. "I remember, I was on the reward with Tenchi, and we got served a meal by a girl with feathers in her hair… and that's it," she says.
"Kagura," Kagome mutters.
"Kagura?" Toshiro asks.
"Kagura is an incarnation of Naraku, and she must have planted this tainted jewel shard in Makoto's food in order to control her," Kagome explains. "Everything Makoto did, she had no control over. She was being controlled like a puppet by Naraku!"
Suddenly, Ami rushes over to Makoto and hugs her. She had been watching the situation from behind the shelter, and she heard everything that went on.
"I forgive you," Ami says. "Don't worry about what you did, I forgive you for it."
"Uh, thanks?" Makoto says. "I'm kind of scared about what I did… and I'm really mad that Tenchi's gone!"
Toshiro begins to walk away in a huff, while Kagome smiles, stomping on the tainted jewel shard and shattering it.
"Isn't this great?" Kagome asks Toshiro. "Makoto is back to being herself again… everything worked out!"
Toshiro just mutters something under his breath and continues to walk away. Kagome rushes after him.
"What's the matter, Toshiro?" Kagome asks him. "Aren't you happy that things worked out?"
"Kagome!" Toshiro whispers to her. "Now they've got their alliance back together! We were just about to take control of this game, and now, we're in trouble again!"
"Oh…" Kagome responds. "I didn't think of that."
Over the next hour, Sasami, Asuka and Sango all find out about Makoto's status, and she apologizes to everyone in the tribe. All forgive her, although Asuka really does not care anyway. Makoto is back within good standing in the Jurai alliance, which causes more concern for Toshiro, who had been hoping to take control of the game.
"Now we're back fighting for our lives again," Toshiro says. "After it looked like we had survived the Jurai alliance's threat, it appears that we're in trouble again… we may need Asuka on our side, and that never works."
Reward Challenge
"Come on in, guys!" Jet Black shouts to the players, as they walk into the reward challenge area.
Jet immediately notices Makoto and Ami talking and laughing with each other.
"So, I see some issues have been ironed out," Jet comments.
"Those problems were partially your fault!" Makoto yells. "Were you the one who hired that girl with the feathers in her hair?"
"Hmmm… I think so," Jet says. "She cause you some trouble?"
"She caused this whole mess!" Makoto screams.
"Well, that's a shame," Jet replies with a laugh. "On to today's reward challenge. Each of you will have a bunch of vegetables. On my go, you will begin to throw the vegetables across a small expanse of water into a bucket. Once the bucket is full enough, a lever will be released, which will drop a bag of puzzle pieces. You will then swim out, gather the puzzle pieces, then come back and build the puzzle in your box. The first person to build their puzzle wins reward. Want to know what you're playing for?"
The players collectively nod their heads.
"You will join me on a helicopter ride around Feudal Japan, getting to enjoy all the sights around this beautiful land," Jet explains. "Then you will get a feast back at my camp as well as a comfortable sleep there. You will also get to send one person into the depths of Mount Hakurei, where they will be forced to deal with all the awful things inside there, although they will have a chance to find the immunity plushie. Worth playing for?"
"Yes," most of the players say.
"Take your positions, and wait for my go," Jet says.
The players line up at their starting positions. Asuka puts on her plugsuit for the challenge.
"For reward!" Jet shouts. "Survivors ready, go!"
Each player begins tossing their vegetables toward their buckets. Sasami has a difficult time with this, while players such as Toshiro, Makoto and Asuka are easily getting their vegetables into their buckets. Kagome has bad aim, and she accidentally puts a couple of her vegetables into Sango's bucket instead of her own.
"Aim for your bucket, not your opponent's!" Jet yells at Kagome.
Kagome shrugs off Jet's remark while continuing to toss her vegetables, but her efforts are fruitless, as Toshiro, Makoto and Asuka all fill their buckets and knock down their puzzle pieces. They simultaneously swim out towards the buckets. As they go to grab them, Toshiro slips, losing a little bit of time, but he quickly recovers, trying to catch Makoto and Asuka. He arrives back at shore just seconds after the other two, who go to work on the puzzle. As Makoto and Asuka begin to put their puzzles together, they reveal a picture of the spaceship Bebop, but neither of course recognizes it. Finally, one of them finishes her puzzle, and Jet announces the winner.
"Asuka wins reward!" Jet yells.
Asuka simply smiles while the other players are frustrated from coming up short in the challenge.
"First things first, Asuka, you get to choose one player to experience what you experienced just a couple days ago," Jet says.
"That would be Wonder Girl 2 over there," Asuka replies, pointing at Ami.
"Okay, Ami, you're on your way to Mt. Hakurei, where there will be a lot of excitement, and possibly an immunity plushie, waiting for you," Jet says. "Washu?"
Washu suddenly appears out of nowhere.
"Come with me," she says, and Ami follows her towards the passage to the heart of Mt. Hakurei.
"The rest of you, I got nothing for you," Jet announces. "You can head back to camp."
The rest of the tribe heads back to camp, save for Asuka.
"Congratulations, Asuka," Jet tells her. "Are you excited to be going on this trip?"
"What are you, dense?" Asuka replies. "I couldn't care less about this stupid trip. I just wanted to get away from that bunch of idiots."
"Well, whatever your motivation, you won," Jet says. "And now, you'll get to experience Feudal Japan like no one else has before."
A helicopter comes flying into the area, piloted by Spike Spiegel. It lands near Asuka and Jet, who then board it.
"Prepare for a breathtaking experience," Jet tells Asuka.
"Whatever," Asuka replies. "As long as it gets me away from that tribe."
Hakurei Tribe
"I can't believe Asuka won!" Makoto complains. "I was so close to winning this one!"
"Yeah, well, you can't win them all," Toshiro replies. "If you keep on winning, you become a bigger target, you know."
"I'm worried about Ami," Sasami says. "She has to go inside this scary mountain!"
"Ami will be just fine," Makoto replies. "She's not a weakling or a pushover."
"What happens inside that mountain is of prime importance to us," Toshiro says. "If Ami finds the plushie, we can't vote her out, or otherwise her alliance's votes will end up voting out one of us. Somehow, we have to find out whether she finds the plushie."
Toshiro begins snooping around, trying to find anything belonging to Asuka.
"What are you doing, Toshiro?" Kagome asks him.
"I'm looking to see if Asuka found the immunity plushie when she was inside Mt. Hakurei," Toshiro replies.
He then picks up a bag that he sees lying around.
"Is this Asuka's bag?" he asks Kagome.
"I think so," Kagome responds.
Toshiro looks inside the bag, but does not see Kon.
"Nope, it's not in here," he says. "She mustn't have found it."
"That means Ami could find it," Kagome comments.
"And knowing her, she will find it," Toshiro adds.
"So, who are we going to vote out?" Kagome asks him.
"We'll see whether she gets it or not, then make our decision," Toshiro says. "We're also going to have to get Asuka on our side, and that's going to be difficult."
Inside Mt. Hakurei
Ami has been dropped off inside the dark and dreary mountain by Washu. It does not take long for her to see several demons coming her way. She immediately transforms into Sailor Mercury, then fights them off without a sweat.
"This may not be too much fun, but if I find that immunity plushie, it will be worth it," Sailor Mercury says.
However, as the day goes on, she is not only unable to find the immunity plushie, but she is also put to the test by stronger and stronger demons, forcing her to go all out with her attacks.
"Asuka!" Sailor Mercury says. "This is all your fault!"
Reward
The helicopter containing Asuka, Jet and Spike flies over Feudal Japan. As it does, the three of them get to see the land's natural beauty, with great mountains, large forests, and many lakes. They fly over villages, where people go about their everyday lives, and even over battlefields, where there are warriors fighting each other. They fly past a village headed by an old woman wearing a patch, as well as past a bunch of wolves. They then come close to a castle, where they can see a man with long hair talking to a small girl holding a mirror. Finally, they return to the mansion where Jet and all his assistants are staying.
"I hope you enjoyed that exclusive look at feudal Japan," Jet says to Asuka.
"It was certainly better than an afternoon with my tribe, that's for sure," Asuka replies.
She then joins Jet and Spike inside the mansion for a large feast, which she thoroughly enjoys. Afterward, she is given her own room to sleep in, on a nice and comfortable bed.
"I'm glad I brought you along," Asuka says, as she takes off her plugsuit. She has her normal clothes on underneath, and out of the plugsuit falls a plushie, which she was given by a baboon-suited figure inside Mt. Hakurei. She hid the plushie inside her plugsuit, so the others would not find out that she had it if she left for any reason. She stuffs the plushie inside her plugsuit, hearing a squeaking noise coming from it as she does.
"It's the real thing, all right!" Asuka says. "I'll be staying here a lot longer than they all thought."
Day 29
Hakurei Tribe
"We're prepared for a big clash," Sango says. "There's the three of us from the Seireitei alliance, the three from the Jurai alliance, and Asuka. Whoever gets Asuka's vote wins… but she doesn't want to vote with anyone."
Toshiro talks with his alliance, away from Makoto and Sasami.
"Okay, so Makoto's not all bad," he tells them. "Now that we've resolved that, will you join me in voting out Ami?"
"Sure," Kagome replies. "But we have to make sure she doesn't have that plushie."
"And if she does have it, I say we vote for Makoto," Sango adds.
"Good thinking," Toshiro says. "The problem is…"
"Asuka," they all say at the same time.
"How can we get her vote?" Sango asks.
"She seems to hate Ami," Kagome comments.
"Well, that would make it easier for us to get rid of Ami, if she votes for Ami," Kagome says. "But if Ami has the plushie…"
"Then it backfires," Toshiro says. "Then one of us goes. That's why we've got an important choice to make… either take a risk on a tie vote, or the risk that Ami has the plushie and uses it."
"What happens if there's a tie?" Sango questions.
"Then it would likely come down to Asuka's vote," Toshiro answers. "She would get to choose who stays and who goes."
"That's not a very promising scenario…" Kagome responds.
Inside Mt. Hakurei
Sailor Mercury is exhausted, having fought demons all night long. The demons have gone away for now, so she has time to rest. She sits down to rest on a rock, when she notices something stuck in between the rock she is sitting on and the one next to it.
"What's this?" she says.
She pulls out the item, revealing it to be a plushie.
"I wonder if this is the immunity plushie, or the fake one," she comments.
She tries poking the plushie a few times, but it gives no response.
"Either the plushie was told not to talk, or this isn't it," she says. "But it could be useful either way."
She holds on to the plushie, waiting for her time in the mountain to be finished.
Reward
"Wake up! Wake up!"
Spike is pounding and pounding at Asuka's door, in the mansion housing all the Survivor: Feudal Japan crew members, but she refuses to answer. He decides that the only choice is to go to his conventional method: shooting down the door.
"I'm getting kind of sick of doing this," he mutters.
Just as he is about to blast down the door, Asuka opens it up, looking at the gun-wielding Spike innocently.
"Did you need something?" she asks.
Spike puts away the gun quickly. "Come on, let's go," he says, leading Asuka on her way out of the mansion. Before she can exit, however, Jet comes running up to her.
"Here, give this to your tribe," he tells her, handing her a piece of paper.
"What's this?" she asks, snatching it off him. "Why do they need it?"
"It will explain about today's immunity challenge," Jet responds. "Now, go on, get out of here!"
Asuka exits the mansion, not even bothering to look at the piece of paper. She just goes on her way back toward the camp, which is awfully easy to find from the mansion, given that it is not too far away from camp.
"It was nice getting away from everyone for a while," Asuka says. "Now unfortunately I've got to deal with them some more, but I think it's all going to be worth it in the end."
Hakurei Tribe
"Well, look who's back," Toshiro comments, seeing Asuka returning to the tribe.
The others look annoyed as Asuka walks in, smiling for a rare occasion. She walks past them, dropping the piece of paper in Makoto's hands, as she goes to place her plugsuit back inside her bag.
"What does it say?" Sasami asks Makoto.
"Okay, here it is," Makoto replies.
"In order to stay three more days
You'll have to think up some interesting ways
To crash through a wall and knock it down
And make it collapse into the ground."
"Is it just me, or are these poems getting worse and worse?" Toshiro remarks.
"Knocking a wall down?" Kagome says. "That sounds like it's going to take some physical strength… I don't know if I'll be able to do that."
"Hopefully there's more to it than just that," Sango comments.
The tribe members eat some of the little food that they have remaining, before resting for a few hours, preparing for the immunity challenge.
Immunity Challenge
"Come on in, guys!" Jet Black shouts.
The tribe members come walking into the immunity challenge area.
"We now bring in Ami, back from the depths of Mt. Hakurei," Jet says.
Ami walks into the immunity challenge area, back in her normal clothes. She walks over and hugs Makoto, who is wearing the Immunity Beads of Subjugation. This annoys Jet, because it interrupts his time in the spotlight.
"First things first, I'll take back the Immunity Beads of Subjugation," Jet states with annoyance. "Sit!"
Makoto goes crashing into the ground, allowing Jet to take the beads easily off her neck.
"Once again," Jet announces, "immunity is back up for grabs."
Makoto gets up from the ground as Jet begins explaining the rules of the immunity challenge.
"For this challenge, each of you will have your own wall, made up of intertwined branches and sticks," Jet explains. "On my go, you will begin doing whatever you can to knock down your wall. The first person to completely knock down his or her wall wins immunity, and a 1-in-6 shot at winning this game. Everyone understand?"
"Yes," most of the players say.
"Okay, get to your starting positions, and wait for my go," Jet says.
The players stand in their designated positions, waiting for Jet.
"Survivors ready?" Jet says. "Go!"
The contestants begin pushing, punching and kicking at their walls. Poor Sasami is having the hardest time with this, while Toshiro and Makoto are the strongest. Sango is struggling, and at one point, she reaches for her Hirakotsu, and slams it into the wall, knocking out a considerable portion of it. Ami immediately stops and protests to Jet.
"Isn't that illegal?" she asks Jet. "She used her boomerang!"
"I said you may do whatever you can to knock down your wall," Jet replies. "Weapons and other powers are permitted."
"In that case," Ami says, "Mercury Crystal Power!"
Ami transforms into Sailor Mercury, causing Makoto to become surprised.
"I thought you said not for us to reveal our identities!" Makoto exclaims.
"We already did, remember?" Sailor Mercury replies.
"Oh… right," Makoto replies, remembering how Ami told her about what occurred while she was under Naraku's spell. "Jupiter Crystal Power!"
Makoto transforms into Sailor Jupiter. She and Sailor Mercury begin using their powers to attack their walls.
"This is so unfair," whines Asuka, who has no Eva unit to turn to in order to knock down her wall. She looks over to see Toshiro pull out his zanpakuto.
"Bankai!" Toshiro yells.
At this point, it becomes a close race between Ami, Makoto and Toshiro, who all begin destroying their walls in a hurry. Sango's Hirakotsu is not quite as powerful as their attacks, thus pushing her further behind. Eventually, one of the walls falls, and Jet announces the winner.
"Toshiro wins immunity!" Jet shouts.
Kagome immediately hugs Toshiro, before he can get out of his Bankai form. He then finds Jet walking over to him to give him the Immunity Beads of Subjugation.
"Congratulations," Jet says. "You are safe in the next vote. A girl's going home tomorrow night."
The players head back to camp, but not before Toshiro, Sailor Mercury and Sailor Jupiter transform back into their normal selves.
Hakurei Tribe
"Great job, Toshiro!" Kagome says, congratulating the Soul Reaper.
"Yeah, yeah, it was nothing," Toshiro replies. "What I'm really concerned about is getting Asuka's vote."
"Do you think it's possible to just talk it out with Asuka, and that she'll listen?" Sango suggests.
"Highly unlikely, but we have to try," Toshiro responds. "And if she refuses, it's going to be an uncomfortable Tribal Council."
Kagome pulls at Toshiro's new necklace. "So, do you think you might want to… share?" she asks playfully.
"If I could, I would," Toshiro replies. "Maybe Jet would cancel out a couple votes if I cut this thing in half."
The two laugh with each other, but inside, both are very nervous that they are spending their last night together.
"Ami made no secret that she wanted to vote out Kagome last time," Toshiro says. "She changed her mind after all that occurred, but I have a feeling she'll try it this time. All she would need is Asuka to vote with her alliance, and Kagome's gone."
The couple tries to enjoy the night, staying up late, laughing and talking with each other. Each of them has a premonition that something bad is about to occur.
Day 30
Hakurei Tribe
"Toshiro's winning immunity pretty much made the decision for us," Ami says. "We now are going to vote out Kagome, and hope to get Asuka on our side."
Ami brings Makoto and Sasami over to her, where the three remaining members of the Jurai alliance have a talk alone.
"I screwed everything up, didn't I?" Makoto says with a sigh.
"It wasn't your fault, Makoto," Sasami replies sympathetically.
"We're just going to have to move on," Ami adds. "Whether we like it or not, we now need Asuka's help, in voting out Kagome."
"You sure we want to vote out Kagome, and not Sango?" Makoto asks.
"Kagome is very close to Toshiro, and also to Sango," Ami says. "If she were to make it very far, she'd have support from both of them."
"Is there any way we could convince them to vote out Asuka?" Makoto suggests.
Ami sighs. "We've tried that twice, and it didn't work either time," she says. "Now they're going to go after us, so we have to get Asuka to vote with us."
"I suggest having Sasami talking to Asuka," Makoto says. "She'd have the best chance of convincing her to go along with us."
Sasami looks worried. "Are you sure?" she asks.
"There's no way she'd agree with me," Ami says. "And probably not Makoto either… you're our only hope, Sasami."
"Okay," Sasami says. "I'll try."
But before Sasami talks with Asuka, the entire tribe meets together to eat an afternoon meal, with some of the very little food that they have remaining. The two opposing alliances pretend to be friendly with each other, although it is completely awkward between them.
"So, how are you feeling today, Makoto?" Toshiro asks, with a bit of sarcasm in his voice.
"Just fine," Makoto replies, a little bit angry.
A few minutes later, Kagome gets up from the group.
"I'm not feeling too well," she says. "I'm going to go sit down for a while."
"Go ahead," Sango says.
However, once out of sight from the other players, Kagome sneaks over to see the belongings of the Jurai players. She sees a bag and opens it up, revealing exactly what she did not want to find- a plushie. She quickly runs back to where she had been resting earlier in the day.
"Not what I wanted to see, but I guess it would have been worse if that was a secret," Kagome says. "Now we're going to have to adjust our voting strategies."
Later, Kagome talks with the Seireitei alliance, telling them that she found a plushie in Ami's belongings.
"So she has the plushie," Toshiro comments.
"It may not be the real one," Sango suggests.
"Ami's a smart girl, I'm sure she wouldn't be fooled," Toshiro says.
"Well, we have to assume that it is the real thing," Kagome says. "And because of that, we have to choose to vote out Makoto or Sasami."
"I choose Makoto," Sango says. "Sasami doesn't seem like much of a threat, but Makoto won a couple of challenges recently."
"Yeah, I agree," Toshiro states. "I don't mind Sasami at all, but I'd be happy to see Makoto go."
"The trouble is, how are we going to get Asuka to vote out Makoto?" Kagome asks.
"One of us has to talk to her," Toshiro says. "And it can't be me… she hates me."
"I don't think she likes me either," Kagome says. "What about you, Sango?"
"Um… I guess," Sango replies. "I hope this will work."
So, about a half hour later, Asuka is greeted by not one but two fellow tribe members: Sasami and Sango. Sango is the first one to greet Asuka.
"What do you want?" Asuka snaps.
"I was hoping for you to help us," Sango replies. "We could really use your vote."
"What? So I'm just useful for my vote, and that's all?" Asuka says. "The rest of you couldn't care less about me until it's time to vote!"
"It could really help you," Sango says. "You don't know if Ami's going to go after you."
"I couldn't care less about Wonder Girl 2!" Asuka responds.
Sango sighs. She then turns around and sees Sasami standing there. She figures Sasami is there for the same reason she is.
"It's not worth it," Sango tells Sasami, before walking away.
"Um, Asuka…" Sasami says slowly.
"Yes?" Asuka replies.
"I was hoping that you would vote out Kagome," Sasami says.
"Just you, or your alliance too?" Asuka asks.
"Well, it wasn't just me…" Sasami begins to say.
"I knew it!" Asuka exclaims. "This is a plan hatched by that Wonder Girl 2, trying to get me to go along with her. Well I'm not buying it! Sorry, Sasami, but I'm going to make my own choice!"
"I understand," Sasami responds, walking away.
"I don't understand what it is with these people," Asuka says. "They think I'm only good for my vote, but they refuse to speak to me any other time! I'm going to show them that Asuka Langley Soryu makes up her own mind, and follows no one!"
Tribal Council
The seven players walk into the Tribal Council area, each carrying their torches. Each of them sets down his or her torch and takes a seat across from host Jet Black.
"We now bring in the members of our jury," Jet states. "Orihime, Shinji, and Tenchi, voted out last Tribal Council."
Out of the Bone-Eater's Well come a cheerful Orihime, a depressed Shinji, and an angry Tenchi. Makoto waves sympathetically at Tenchi, but he just scowls back at her.
"Let's get to what happened a couple days ago," Jet says. "Makoto, you weren't feeling yourself, but then, all of a sudden, you're back to normal. How is that?"
"I don't know, Jet, how is that?" Makoto retorts angrily. "Apparently I swallowed a jewel shard when eating at that reward, and it caused me to do things that I didn't want to do, like attacking Ami and voting off Tenchi."
Tenchi looks surprised at hearing this.
"What do you do now, having voted off a member of your own alliance?" Jet questions.
"It was very unfortunate," Makoto says. "But we've got to move on. We have to try to restore our alliance to power. It won't ever be the same without Tenchi, though."
Makoto smiles at Tenchi, who manages to smile back.
"Meanwhile, it was Asuka who won the reward this time, and she sent Ami into the depths of Mt. Hakurei," Jet states. "How was your experience there, Ami? Did you search for the immunity plushie?"
"It was a truly dreadful experience," Ami responds. "But I survived it, and I think I am better for doing so."
Jet notices how Ami conveniently avoided answering his second question. "So, Toshiro, you have the Immunity Beads of Subjugation. Of course that has to make you feel better tonight, but are you still concerned about the outcome of the vote?" he asks.
"Really, I feel just as nervous now as I would if I had not won immunity," Toshiro answers. "I've become really close to Kagome, and if she were to be voted out, it would feel to me like I had been voted out."
Kagome smiles warmly at Toshiro, grasping his hand.
"This has seemed to be a tribe divided," Jet states. "But as for you, Asuka, you haven't seemed to take sides. Is this an advantage or disadvantage to you?"
"It's a pain because everyone in this tribe pretends to be my friend only when they need my help," Asuka replies. "They couldn't care less about me otherwise. So I'm going to make them pay for treating me this way."
"But wouldn't it help you more if you were to take one side over the other, and thus gain some friends?" Jet asks.
"What are you, dense?" Asuka responds. "I'm not going to make any friends just with a vote! These people were ready to take me out several times. I don't trust them!"
"An interesting stance you're taking here," Jet states. "But by not taking one side, don't you risk everyone turning on you?"
"What, do you want me voted out?" Asuka snaps. "It's bad enough I've got these people hating me, I don't need you against me too!"
"Okay, okay!" Jet replies. "Toshiro, you have the Immunity Beads of Subjugation, but if you wish, you may give them to another player. What is your decision?"
Toshiro breathes deeply. "I've been a competitive person all my life," he says. "I've always wanted to win at everything. But until this competition, I've never realized that there are some things more important than winning."
He looks over at Kagome. "Kagome, if this is our last night together, I just want to say… I truly love you," he tells her.
Kagome blushes heavily. "I love you too, Toshiro," she replies.
The two then share a passionate kiss, with the rest of the tribe, as well as the jury, watching intently.
"Whoa, whoa!" Jet shouts. "I didn't ask you if you loved Kagome, I asked you if you wanted to give up the Immunity Beads of Subjugation! I need you to make up your mind, Toshiro!"
Toshiro reaches for the necklace, and pulls it off from around his neck. "I choose to give these beads to Kagome," he says.
"Thank you," Kagome replies, taking the Immunity Beads of Subjugation from Toshiro.
"I didn't expect someone to actually give up the Immunity Beads of Subjugation, but it has happened right here," Jet states. "Kagome, you are safe tonight. No one may vote for Kagome tonight. Everyone else is vulnerable. And with that, it is time to vote."
The Tribal Council theme "Tally the Vote" plays as Ami gets up from her seat to vote.
Ami goes to vote.
Asuka goes to vote.
Kagome goes to vote.
"Makoto, I realize that it wasn't you who caused all that trouble a few days ago, but because of our strategy, you're the one who we're voting for," Kagome says.
Makoto goes to vote.
"Boy, are you stupid," Makoto says. "Stupid, stupid, stupid."
Sango goes to vote.
Sasami goes to vote.
"I was going to vote off Kagome, but since you gave her immunity, I am voting for you, Toshiro," Sasami says. "I'm sorry."
Toshiro goes to vote.
After Toshiro comes back from voting, Jet tells the players, "I'll go tally the votes."
Jet goes to the voting booth, looks at the votes, rearranges them, then puts them back in the urn, before returning to the players.
"If anyone has the immunity plushie and would like to play it, now would be the time to do so," Jet announces.
Toshiro shoots a glance over at Ami, who is not budging. Neither is Asuka, who visited Mt. Hakurei the time before Ami did.
"Okay," Jet says. "Once the votes are read, the decision is final, and the person voted out will be asked to jump into the Bone-Eater's Well immediately. I'll read the votes. The first vote goes to… Makoto."
Makoto looks upset upon hearing her name, knowing instantly that she is the target of the Seireitei alliance.
"Toshiro," Jet says, pulling out the second vote.
Toshiro realizes that he is the target of the Jurai alliance after seeing this vote.
"Toshiro," Jet says. "Two votes Toshiro, one vote Makoto."
He pulls out the next vote.
"Makoto," Jet reads. "Two votes Toshiro, two votes Makoto."
The two alliances realize that the decision will come down to the final vote, making these next two votes predictable.
"Toshiro," Jet says. "Three votes Toshiro, two votes Makoto."
He pulls out the next vote slowly, smiling before he reads it, just enough to give Toshiro and Kagome the chills.
"Makoto," Jet states. "Three votes Toshiro, three votes Makoto, one vote left."
Jet pulls out the final vote and opens it very slowly.
"Ami," he says. "We have a tie between Toshiro and Makoto. We will take a revote, with Toshiro and Makoto not voting. But first, each of you may state your case to the tribe. Go ahead first, Toshiro."
Both Toshiro and Makoto realize that the only person whose vote matters is Asuka, so they tailor their speeches to her.
"Asuka, our alliance has tried to welcome you in several times," Toshiro says. "If you vote out Makoto, you'll remain in this game longer, as we'll pick off the other two Jurai players before even thinking about voting you off."
"And you, Makoto," Jet says.
"Asuka, if you vote out Toshiro, you'll leave the tribe with all girls," Makoto says. "It's your chance to get rid of the one remaining guy."
"Okay," Jet says. "It is time to revote."
The Tribal Council theme "Tally the Vote" plays as Ami gets up from her seat.
Ami goes to vote.
"Toshiro, you chose love over a chance to remain in this game," Ami says. "Hopefully Asuka chooses to take you out."
Asuka goes to vote.
Kagome goes to vote.
"Please, please, please vote for Makoto, Asuka," Kagome says.
Sango goes to vote.
Sasami goes to vote.
After Sasami comes back from the voting booth, Jet states, "I'll go tally the votes."
Jet walks to the voting booth, looks at the votes, rearranges them, then returns to the rest of the tribe.
"Again, once the votes are read, the decision is final, and the person voted out will be asked to jump into the Bone-Eater's Well immediately," Jet says. "I'll read the votes. The first vote goes to… Makoto."
Makoto takes a deep breath.
"Toshiro," Jet reads the next vote.
Kagome holds on to Toshiro's hand intently.
"Toshiro," Jet says. "Two votes Toshiro, one vote Makoto."
Jet pulls out the next vote slowly.
"Makoto," Jet says. "Two votes Toshiro, two votes Makoto, one vote left."
At this point, both Makoto and Toshiro hold their breath. They look over at Asuka, seeing her give a cheeky smile. After treating her like an outcast, they know that they are now completely at her mercy.
"Tenth person voted out of Survivor: Feudal Japan, and the fourth member of our jury," Jet states.
He opens up the next vote extremely slowly, then shows it to the tribe.
"Makoto," Jet says.
Makoto sighs, while Kagome hugs Toshiro warmly. Ami and Sasami look on sadly as Makoto walks over to get her torch. Makoto then holds the torch in front of Jet.
"Makoto, the tribe has spoken," Jet says, snuffing out her torch. "It's time for you to go."
Makoto waves to Ami and Sasami, then hops into the Bone-Eater's Well.
"Amazing that after the way you treated a certain someone in this tribe, she is the one who held all the power tonight," Jet states, speaking about Asuka. "You can head back to camp."
The players grab their torches and walk back towards their camp, with the Seireitei tribe members feeling quite relieved.
"This has certainly been a strange experience," Makoto says. "I think I've found a boyfriend, then I lose control of my mind, and soon enough, I find myself being eliminated. I hope Ami and Sasami can figure out a way out of this, or else it will be my fault that they get voted out next."
(Who voted for whom:
Ami: Toshiro, Toshiro
Asuka: Ami, Makoto
Kagome: Makoto, Makoto
Makoto: Toshiro
Sango: Makoto, Makoto
Sasami: Toshiro, Toshiro
Toshiro: Makoto)
Scenes from our next episode:
A terrible storm ravages the Hakurei camp:
The players watch as the storm becomes worse. The heavy winds blow apart their shelter, while lightning flashes and thunder roars.
There is more trouble for Asuka inside Mt. Hakurei:
Asuka continues to try to escape from Naraku's demons, which are coming from his body, and trying to wrap her up and take her in.
And an old nemesis is part of a challenge again:
"Who's the assistant?" Sasami asks.
"Kagura," Jet replies, pointing to the wind sorceress, and causing a groan from the players.