The Survivor theme song "Ancient Voices" plays, showing the remaining contestants of the series in various scenes:
Asuka Langley Soryu, being attacked by demons
Ami Mizuno, slipping into a puddle of mud
Sasami, standing in the spaceship form of Ryo-ohki
Sango, falling off a tree
Kagome Higurashi, crashing to the ground
And the jury:
Orihime Inoue
Shinji Ikari
Tenchi Masaki
Makoto Kino
Toshiro Hitsugaya
Lies
Day 34
Hakurei Tribe
"I don't understand what happened," Sango says. "I thought that our alliance was in control… but we wake up today to find ourselves without Toshiro."
This morning, Sango goes over to Ami, hoping to receive an answer to what occurred the night before. To her surprise, Ami is entirely honest with her.
"After you guys saw my plushie and thought it was the real one, I knew you wouldn't vote for me," Ami tells Sango. "So I knew that I wouldn't even have to play it last night. I was surprised to find out that it wasn't the real one."
"I thought it made noises when Toshiro squeezed it," Sango replies. "And didn't it have that candy in its mouth?"
Ami pulls out the lifeless Kon replica. "I guess it was designed to make noise when it is squeezed," she says, squeezing the plushie, hearing it make a few more squeaking noises. "It was very well made, to fool us like that. I'm lucky that it did fool your alliance."
"Poor Kagome…" Sango remarks, looking in the distance at her friend, who is sitting by herself sadly. "She was so attached to Toshiro."
"I'm sorry about that," Ami responds. "I had to make a choice, and it had to be one of you three."
She then looks at Sango seriously.
"I need your help," she says.
"In what way?" Sango asks.
"You understand that the winner of this game is decided by the jury of players we voted out, right?" Ami says.
"Yes…" Sango answers.
"Well, in that case, we're all in trouble, if Sasami makes it to the end of the game," Ami states. "Sasami will likely beat any of us in a jury vote, because she's so innocent-looking."
Sango pauses. "You're right," she responds. "I didn't think of that before."
"Which is why I need your help in voting her out," Ami says.
"But aren't you two in an alliance together?" Sango asks.
"At this point in the game, you can't just rely on alliances to carry yourself through," Ami replies. "If Sasami remains in this game, she will likely win it."
A couple hours later, while relaxing on the mountainside, Sango begins to talk with Kagome.
"Ami wants to help us," Sango mentions to Kagome.
"Ami…?" Kagome replies, surprised.
"She wants us to vote out Sasami," Sango says.
"Oh…" Kagome responds. "But… isn't that just in order to save herself?"
"She thinks Sasami would win a jury vote at the end of the game, so she should be eliminated now," Sango says.
"I see," Kagome replies. "I was thinking we should vote out Ami, because we're likely to get help from Asuka."
"But we'd get help from Ami if we voted out Sasami," Sango comments.
"This is so confusing," Kagome says. "I just wish Toshiro was here…"
Reward Challenge
"Come on in, guys!"
The players groan upon hearing Jet Black's latest welcome, as they enter the reward challenge area. At this point, they are all hungry and tired, and a demanding challenge is not something any of them are looking forward to.
"First things first," Jet says, "an update on the immunity plushie."
He holds out Kon, who looks perfectly new.
"My assistant, the Quincy Uryu Ishida, managed to fix the immunity plushie," Jet states. "However, we won't be using the immunity plushie for the rest of the game."
He then tosses Kon into a nearby river.
"Help! Help! Plushies can't swim!" Kon screams as the waves take him away.
"Now, on to today's reward challenge," Jet says. "We have a star-shaped platform, on which all of you will stand on one of the ends. By pressing a button, I will make the platform will continuously tilt in different directions, putting you all in danger of falling off. The one of you who can keep her balance and remain on the platform the longest wins reward. Want to know what you're playing for?"
"Yes," the players reply.
"As this is our final reward challenge, you will be receiving something special," Jet explains. "The winner of this challenge will have the right to choose any person they wish to join them on a feast near some hot springs. Yes, that means anyone, not just necessarily another player in this game. This is a chance to see someone you haven't seen for a while, if you so choose. Worth playing for?"
"Yeah!" the competitors respond.
"Okay, let's get to it," Jet says. "Get on the platform, and wait for my go."
The players board the platform, waiting for Jet's signal.
"Survivors ready?" Jet announces. "Go!"
Jet pushes a button, causing the platform to begin to tilt in various directions, randomly switching the direction of tilt after every few seconds. The first to lose her balance is Asuka, who falls off the platform and out of the challenge.
"Asuka's out!" Jet yells.
It does not take long for Ami to join her, as she slips and falls off the platform only half a minute later. And soon Sasami slips off as well, leaving only Kagome and Sango on the platform.
"Sango…" Kagome says.
"Yes?" Sango replies.
"I really want to see Toshiro…" Kagome pleads.
"I understand," Sango says. She then hops off the platform, giving the challenge to Kagome.
"Kagome wins reward!" Jet shouts.
Ami and Asuka stare at Sango indignantly, feeling it was unfair for her to simply throw the challenge. Meanwhile, Kagome hops off the platform and runs over to Jet.
"Toshiro! Toshiro! I want to see Toshiro!" she exclaims.
"Which Toshiro?" Jet asks jokingly.
"You know…" Kagome replies.
"Okay, okay, come with me," Jet says. "The rest of you, I got nothing for you. You can head back to camp."
Hakurei Tribe
"Boy, that was stupid," Asuka complains. "We put all our effort into that challenge, and we don't get victory handed to us like she did. Would you have given the reward to me?"
"You have to admit, Sango, that wasn't very fair," Ami adds.
"Okay, I'm sorry!" Sango exclaims. "I just wanted to make my friend happy."
"It appears that boomerang girl and her friend are going to get special perks around here," Asuka says. "I don't get any such perks. But if my vote is the deciding one, one of them may get an unwelcome surprise."
Reward
Jet Black leads Kagome to Toshiro, who is waiting for her inside a small village house, where a feast has been prepared for them. They immediately embrace upon seeing each other.
"It feels like forever since I last saw you, Toshiro!" Kagome exclaims.
"It's been… less than a day," the embarrassed Toshiro replies.
The two begin to eat the meal, while Jet leaves them alone.
"So, how have things been for you ever since you were voted out?" Kagome asks.
"Uh… I didn't even have enough time to get back to the Soul Society," Toshiro responds. "Jet told me there was a chance I would be needed back tonight, so I stayed in the city you call Tokyo for the night."
"Oh, okay," Kagome says.
"What's more important is what's going on with you," Toshiro states. "What's happened since I left?"
"Well, Ami's talked with Sango, and she says that she wants to vote out Sasami, because Sasami is extremely popular with the jury," Kagome explains.
Toshiro shakes his head. "Ami's just trying to save her own butt!" he exclaims. "She knows that Asuka would vote her out, so she's in danger. She'd rather turn on her own friend than go out with dignity."
"What should I do, then?" Kagome asks.
"Vote out Ami," Toshiro says. "She deserves to be voted out the most, even more than Asuka."
Later in the evening, Kagome and Toshiro go into the hot springs. Kagome motions for Toshiro to join her deeper into the water, but he refuses.
"What's the matter, Toshiro?" Kagome asks.
She then looks closer at the embarrassed Toshiro.
"Oh, I forgot…" Kagome says. "This water is too deep for someone as short as you!"
Toshiro crosses his arms, beginning to pout. "That was a cheap shot," he remarks.
The two then later are given rooms in the house for the night, where Kagome enjoys a nice sleep under a roof for the last time in this game.
Day 35
Hakurei Tribe
"I wonder who I'm supposed to vote off next," Sasami says. "Ami hasn't told me yet."
This morning, Sasami is brought aside by Ami. Both of them are eating some fruit that they picked the previous evening.
"Sasami, I really think our next target must be Asuka," Ami states.
"Really?" Sasami replies. "But I thought you wanted to vote off the Seireitei alliance."
"The Seireitei alliance is through," Ami says. "There are only two of them, just like there are only two of us. They no longer have the power in the game. We need to vote out Asuka while we can."
"Okay, then," Sasami responds.
She skips away to begin playing with Ryo-ohki.
"Sasami is the perfect person to be in my alliance," Ami says. "So naïve. She won't see this one coming."
Asuka and Sango both are relaxing during the early afternoon hours, preparing for the immunity challenge. Both of them feel their best strategy for preparation is to simply rest.
"I know this one's a big one," Asuka says. "If I don't come through with a win in this challenge, I don't have a plushie to rescue me."
"In case Ami's lying to us and planning to vote out either Kagome or me, we've both got to try hard in the challenge," Sango says. "We saw what happened to Toshiro, and we don't want that to happen to us."
Immunity Challenge
"Come on in, guys!" Jet Black shouts.
The four players walk into the immunity challenge area.
"We'll now bring in Kagome, fresh off her relaxing time on her reward," Jet announces.
Kagome joins the tribe, and she immediately goes over and hugs Sango. Meanwhile, Sasami quickly makes her way over to Jet and takes off the Immunity Beads of Subjugation, handing them over to him.
"Don't worry, I wasn't going to make you sit," Jet says with a laugh. "But anyway, once again, immunity is back up for grabs."
The players watch Jet intently, waiting for his explanation of the challenge's rules.
"Let's get to today's immunity challenge," Jet says. "Today's challenge will require the most precise aim, as each of you will be shooting a bow and arrow at colored targets. Each of you has a different color, blue for Ami, purple for Sasami, green for Kagome, yellow for Sango and red for Asuka. The first of you to connect with all three targets will win immunity and a 1-in-4 shot at being the sole Survivor."
Sango laughs. "This is your perfect opportunity, Kagome," she whispers to her friend.
The players line up after Jet randomly chooses the order they will go in. Kagome ends up as the first shooter.
"You may begin this challenge," Jet tells Kagome.
Kagome takes the bow and gets ready to take her shot. But just as she is about to shoot, an image of Kikyo enters her mind. Just the thought of Kikyo is enough to distract Kagome, and she misses very badly. Asuka laughs as Kagome goes to the back of the line.
"Next up, Sango," Jet says.
Sango takes the bow and perfectly shoots one of her yellow targets.
"That's one for Sango," Jet announces. "Ami, you're up next."
Ami also is able to hit one of her targets on her first try.
"Good job, Ami," Jet says. "Sasami, you go ahead."
Sasami misses slightly to the left of one of her targets on her first shot.
"Sorry, Sasami," Jet says. "Asuka, you may finish this first round."
Asuka takes the bow confidently and shoots one of her targets.
"Okay, so after one round, Sango has 1, Ami has 1, and Asuka has 1," Jet states.
Kagome steps up to the bow and takes aim. This time her aim is so off that she ends up hitting one of Asuka's targets instead!
"Yes!" Asuka celebrates.
"Sorry," Jet says. "That will not count for you, Asuka. It just will be another miss for Kagome."
Kagome embarrassingly goes to the back of the line while Sango prepares to shoot.
"Right on target!" Jet shouts. "That's two in a row for Sango! You're up next, Ami."
Ami misses on her attempt slightly to the right.
"Sasami, it's your turn," Jet says.
Sasami takes the bow and hits one of her targets.
"That's your first one, Sasami," Jet states. "Asuka, you will finish the second round here."
Asuka shoots the bow and hits her second target.
"Okay, we have Sango and Asuka with 2, and Ami and Sasami with 1," Jet says. "Sango and Asuka, if either of you hits your third target, you win immunity. If you both connect, we'll keep going until one makes while the other misses. Go ahead, Kagome."
Kagome misses badly again, with her arrow going into the ground.
"I'll never be as good as Kikyo," Kagome mutters.
"Your turn, Sango," Jet says.
Sango takes the bow, fires the arrow and connects with her third and final target.
"Okay, hold everything," Jet announces. "Since Sango has connected with three targets, Ami, Sasami and Kagome are all eliminated from this challenge. Asuka, in order to stay in this challenge, you must connect with your third and final target on this shot. Otherwise, Sango wins immunity."
Asuka takes aim at her final target. She takes her time, lining it up. Finally, she fires the arrow. It flies toward the target.
"Miss!" Jet yells. "Sango wins immunity!"
Sango celebrates, while Asuka looks down in disbelief. Jet takes the Immunity Beads of Subjugation and puts them around Sango's neck.
"Congratulations," Jet tells her. "You are immune from the next vote. As for the rest of you, someone's going home. You've got the next day to figure out who that's gonna be. You can head back to camp."
The players walk back towards their camp, with all but Sango feeling nervous about the upcoming vote.
Hakurei Tribe
"Well, I lost," Asuka says. "That might be the end of my run here. And to think it was all because of one stupid miss! If I were in my Eva, would I miss in a similar situation? Does this make Shinji or even that Wonder Girl better than me? I can't stand the thought of it!"
The players are rather uneasy tonight, with Kagome weighing Toshiro's advice, while Ami hopes that the Seireitei players are still willing to go through with her plan to oust Sasami. Before the sun sets, it begins to rain heavily, which seems to be some sort of omen- but for whom?
Day 36
Hakurei Tribe
This morning, with the rain having stopped, Asuka begins to explore around the mountain, feeling both bored and disappointed, as she fully expects to be voted out. While she is gone, Sasami runs over to Sango and Kagome.
"Hey! Wanna vote out Asuka? That's what Ami and I are gonna do!" an excited Sasami says.
Sango and Kagome look at each other suspiciously. Had Ami lied to Sasami in order to lull her into a false sense of security?
"Oh…" Kagome replies. "Uh… that's always a possibility…"
"Possibility? You mean you want to vote off Ami or me instead?" an upset Sasami questions.
"No, no, I didn't mean it like that," Kagome says, with Sango putting her hand on her head in frustration.
"You two are still mean!" Sasami cries, running away from the two Seireitei alliance members.
"What did I say?" Kagome asks Sango.
"I guess Sasami was able to easily pick up on the fact that you aren't planning on voting out Asuka," Sango responds.
"But that is the truth…" Kagome says.
"What I wonder is, why is Ami lying to Sasami? She doesn't have to tell Sasami who to vote for. It doesn't matter who Sasami votes for if we and Ami vote Sasami out," Sango comments.
"Maybe Toshiro's right," Kagome remarks.
"What do you mean?" Sango asks.
"Toshiro told me we can't trust Ami, no matter what," Kagome answers. "We need to vote her out, not Sasami."
"I don't know about that…" Sango says.
"What if Ami springs a plan and knocks one of us out because she fooled us?" Kagome asks. "Remember what she did to Toshiro."
"First InuYasha, now Toshiro," Sango says. "Kagome is getting to become obsessed, sort of the way InuYasha is with Kikyo… she's got to start thinking for herself."
Later, in the afternoon, Asuka has returned to the camp, where Sasami and Ami are talking about what Kagome told her.
"I think we need to change our plans," Ami says to Sasami.
"How?" Sasami asks.
"We should get Asuka on our side," Ami says.
Ami walks over to Asuka, but as Asuka sees her coming, she immediately crosses her arms and turns her head around.
"Asuka…" Ami says.
"Oh, what now, Wonder Girl 2?" Asuka snaps.
"We could use your help," Ami states.
"I'm sure you could, but I'm not giving it to you," Asuka says.
"I just would like you to vote off Kagome… she's not one to be trusted," Ami suggests.
"I'll see," Asuka replies. "That's the most of an agreement you'll get from me."
"Fine," Ami says.
Ami walks back over to Sasami.
"What did she say?" Sasami asks.
"Oh, she is going right along with our plan," Ami says. "She doesn't like Kagome either. So as long as we all vote for Kagome, it will be Kagome who is eliminated tonight."
"Okay," Sasami replies, fully believing every one of the lies Ami has told to her.
Tribal Council
The five girls walk into Tribal Council with their torches ablaze, setting them down in their designated positions. They then sit down across from host Jet Black.
"We now bring in the members of our jury," Jet says, as the jury members climb out of the Bone-Eater's Well. "Orihime, Shinji, Tenchi, Makoto… and Toshiro, voted out last Tribal Council."
Toshiro bristles at Jet calling him by his first name, but he blushes when he sees Kagome waving happily at him.
"You five have made it a very, very long way," Jet states. "Over that time, you've had to have grown close to some people. Asuka, who would that be?"
"No one!" Asuka snaps. "These people all hate me! But I don't care. I'm not like that stupid Shinji, whose perspective of himself is based upon what others think of him! I don't need others' approval to survive!"
"Okay, okay," Jet says. "I should know by now not to ask you any questions. How about you, Sasami?"
"I've definitely become close friends with Ami," Sasami replies. "I trust her very much. I know that she would never lie to me."
Those words touch a nerve with Kagome, but she decides not to say anything.
"Is this tribe still divided upon tribal lines, Sango?" Jet asks.
"In some ways, yes," Sango responds. "I'm definitely closer to Kagome, and Ami and Sasami are closer to each other. So I would say that the alliances are strong."
"Finally, what effect do you think these alliances will have on voting, Ami?" Jet questions.
"Obviously they will have a big effect," Ami replies. "Haven't they always?"
"Yeah, I guess so, that was a rather stupid question," Jet says. "Okay, before we get to the voting, Sango, you've got the Immunity Beads of Subjugation. Should you choose, you may give those over to someone else. What is your decision?"
"I'm going to keep them," Sango says.
"Very well then," Jet states. "No one may vote for Sango. One of the other four of you is going home, and we're about to find out who, as it is time to vote. Ami, you're up first."
The Tribal Council theme "Tally the Vote" plays as Ami gets up from her seat.
Ami goes to vote.
"I'm so, so sorry," Ami says. "I really didn't want to do this… but I have to…"
Asuka goes to vote.
"Ha, Wonder Girl 2!" Asuka says. "You thought I was going along with your plan? Well, think again!"
Kagome goes to vote.
Sango goes to vote.
Sasami goes to vote.
"Kagome, you are probably voting out Ami or me, so that's why I have to vote you out," Sasami says.
After Sasami comes back from voting, Jet says, "I'll go tally the votes."
Jet goes over to the voting booth, collects the votes, rearranges them, then returns to the players.
"Once the votes have been read, the decision is final, and the person voted off will be asked to jump into the Bone-Eater's Well immediately," Jet says. "I'll read the votes. The first vote is for… Sasami."
Sasami looks sad upon seeing her name.
"Kagome," Jet says, reading the second vote.
Kagome begins to feel nervous after hearing her name.
"Ami," Jet says, reading the third vote. "That's one vote Sasami, one vote Kagome, one vote Ami, two votes left."
He pulls out the fourth vote, opening it up very slowly.
"Ami," he reads, much to Ami's surprise. "Two votes Ami, one vote Sasami, one vote Kagome… one vote left."
Jet pulls out the final vote and opens it up slower than ever.
"Twelfth person voted out of Survivor: Feudal Japan, and the sixth member of our jury," Jet says. "Ami Mizuno. That's three, that's enough. You need to bring me your torch."
Ami hugs Sasami warmly. "Congratulations," she tells the Jurai princess. "You just won this game."
"What do you mean?" Sasami asks, brushing tears away, still unable to figure out that Ami tried to vote her off.
"You'll see," Ami replies. She then walks over and picks up her torch, then holds it out in front of Jet.
"Ami, the tribe has spoken," Jet says, before snuffing out her torch. "It's time for you to go."
Ami goes over and hops into the Bone-Eater's Well.
"We're down to four players remaining, and only three days to go, until this game comes to a close," Jet says. "You can head back to camp."
The four remaining girls grab their torches and walk back toward Mt. Hakurei.
"I would have won this game if it were played with people who actually had half my intelligence," Ami says. "Unfortunately, my opponents were too stupid, and that's why I lost. If Kagome and Sango wished to actually win this game, instead of finishing as runners-up, they would have gone along with me and voted out Sasami. Now Sasami will win the game for sure. My vote against you was nothing personal, Sasami, it was just part of the game. It also wasn't the last time I'll vote for you."
(Who voted for whom:
Ami- Sasami
Asuka- Ami
Kagome- Ami
Sango- Ami
Sasami- Kagome)
Scenes from our next episode:
Kagura flies off with the Immunity Beads of Subjugation:
Suddenly Kagura appears, flying in on one of her giant feathers. She grabs the Immunity Beads of Subjugation and flies off, much to the players' surprise.
A couple characters come up with an interesting strategy:
Sango and Kagome seem to be hatching some sort of plan, though it is anyone's guess what it could be.
And the Beads of Subjugation are given up again:
As nearly everyone gasps, the immunity challenge winner takes off the Immunity Beads of Subjugation and hands them to a tribemate.