ANIMOLE: FINAL CHAPTER
R = W, H = L, M = M
Well, this is it! And it has been a fantastic journey, and one I intend to repeat in the future (although it will be a while yet...). For now, just enjoy the final chapter, the clues, the sabotages…and of course, who wins the prize…both in the game here and the game you've been playing at home.
FINAL POLL
No more games. Time to reveal all.
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(We left you last time with Ryo's pitch heading towards someone. But before that…we catch up on the movement in the sky box…)
Chiharu: I can't see!
(Shot of the 11 eliminated victims of the mole, along with Skuld and Urd in the top. We see in front, Shampoo, Kensuke and Akari all looking on, as poor Chiharu can't see over their heads…)
Touji: Up you go!
(…until Touji give her a helping hand and lifts her onto his shoulders. Chiharu smiles.)
Chiharu: Thank you!
Naoko: It's very intense isn't it?
Touji: Don't ask me! I got eliminated early…(gets a kick from Chiharu)…oww…
Chiharu: And what about me?!
(Shot of Haitani…on the floor a bit bloodied…)
Giselle: What happened to him?
Naoko: (sighs) Apparently, ever since he was kissed by Mutsumi, Shirai has been beating him up constantly ever since he came back.
Giselle: All's well then…although I'm skeptical why they did it like this rather than the reunion…
Urd: (sweatdrops) Well…just in case something may happen to one of you in a few months…
(Urd takes a nervous look at Chiriko, whose simply pressed his face at the window…)
Chiriko: You can do it Rika…
Shampoo: Silly boy…true Chinese pronounce their love in the right ways…
Duplica: Please don't even comment about that…
(Shot of Cody and Ken with the ditto girl…)
Ken: I don't know what will happen. If Haley wins it…I dunno. If Yolei wins it…I dunno.
Cody: And if either of them is the mole?
Ken: (smiles) I dunno.
(Akari bundles over…)
Akari: This is more exciting than I ever expected…
Duplica: I know. It seems like the tension is never ending…not that I'm complaining…
Naoko: I know…this is the final chapter of the story…I hope I can do this…especially if Rika is the mole!
Kensuke: We'll see my partner, we'll see.
Haitani: I'm sorry…
Shirai: Shut up! I'm only up to pounding number 933!
(Urd and Skuld direct their attention ahead)
Skuld: With it coming so close to the end of the game, we'd like to hear your opinions on who is the mole and who will win. So Shirai?
Shirai: You think I have a clue?! Well…I'll say Haley is the mole and Yolei wins.
Urd: Chiharu?
Chiharu: I'll say Rika wins and yes, Haley the mole.
Touji: I'll say Haley wins and Yolei is the mole.
Shampoo: Shampoo see Haley as strongest…so he mole, and Kasumi girl (Rika) wins.
Cody: I believe Rika will win and Yolei is the mole.
Skuld: (surprised) You think your friend is the mole?
Cody: Happened before.
Giselle: I believe that Rika is the mole and Yolei will win.
Haitani: Nah…Haley is the mole…Yolei to win though.
Naoko: I agree with Cody that the friends can be the best moles…so I think Rika is the mole as well but say Haley will win!
Ken: I disagree with Cody and say Yolei will win and Haley is the mole.
Akari: Yolei is the mole…and I'll go with Haley-kun.
Kensuke: Haley the mole…Rika to win.
Duplica: I think Rika will win…Yolei the mole.
Chiriko: Agreed. Rika to win, Yolei the mole.
Urd: Why was I not surprised with that one.
(A few light chuckles spread before a voice is heard…)
Yukino: Below Ryo is a Roulette Spider, normally in Yu-Gi-Oh, this will spin until it locks with a target. When the target spots, Ryo will throw a ball. If you are the one that Ryo throws at, and is caught by the respective player…you win the game.
(Rika, Yolei and Haley gasp.)
(The group above gasp…)
Yukino: (shouting) LIGHTS…OUT!
(The lights go out from the stadium, meaning that the spider is the movement and no-one can see who she throws to..)
Yukino: The spider has the data of the winning score…so no more games. Let's end this. SPIN!
(In the box…)
Chiriko: I can't see…
Touji: Let's just wait it out…
Naoko: Come on!
(Ryo closes her eyes as the roulette spider spins…brief shots of Haley, Rika and Yolei respectively.)
(It spins fairly fast, but not too much for poor Ryo to handle…and then…starts to slow down. It's still dark and no-one can see where's it's slowing down…)
(…and then…it stops.)
Ryo: Here it comes!
(The pitch throws towards whoever is catching it…ball meets glove…)
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(A light appears over one person that illuminates the catcher and the person in front of her…)
(In the box…)
Shirai: Who is it?
Giselle: What's happened? Winner, loser, mole? What?
(No more suspense. Let's take a look…)
(Shot of Ryo smiling as is Yukino. Yukino smiles brightly as she walks up to the person that has been lit up…)
(In the box, the view is clearer, and the team are gasping…especially three people…)
(Yukino stops in front of the person, and puts her hands on the shoulders.)
Yukino: Congratulations, you've just won the game.
(Reveal the winner…)
Rika: Thank you.
(Up in the box, Chiriko, Naoko and Chiharu are astounded and do a merry little jig between them. Duplica's smile is ready to burst and Akari's is jumping up and down. Touji proudly applauds and everyone, including Giselle and Shampoo also begin to clap.)
(Back on the mound, Rika gets a hug from Mao, and ones from Yukino, Rika slowly crying…but it's tears of joy.)
Yukino: Rika, Rika…jeez, it's like back home…Rika-chan, congratulations. You, Rika Sasaki are the winner and the recipient of £141,700 in English pounds. In yen, that's a whole chunk of change. How do you feel?
Rika: I'm…I'm shocked. I'm stunned…I never thought I'd make it this far, I didn't think I had the smarts or the sneaky skills to win a game like this…but…it's true, I've won?
Yukino: (smiles) Yes sweetheart. You've won.
RIKA SASAKI – WINNER OF ANIMOLE
(The beaming smiles of Chiharu and Chiriko say it all as Naoko remains dignified but still smiling. Some are not so happy…)
Giselle: (sighs) My prediction was wrong again…I'm just not made for these games…
Shampoo: Aiyah? Kasumi-girl no mole?
Naoko: Hey, I thought she was as well! But…I'm not complaining at all!
(Chiharu gives a winning smile to Chiriko, who blushes…as Akari and Duplica put a hand on his shoulder)
Akari: Chi-chan…
Chiriko: (crying) I'm so happy for her…
Duplica: It's not over yet…
(True, as Yukino and Rika now face the two remaining people, still in darkness.)
Yukino: Your victory Rika means that you now know who the mole is.
Rika: (nods) Mmmm!
Yukino: But only you are sure. Even I still don't know…so let's unmask them. Ryo?
(The cute pitcher again goes into her strand as the roulette spider activates once more.)
Yukino: This time, the pitch will aim for whoever the mole is. Haley or Yolei? Which one of you is it?
(Bated breath on the ground and below as Ryo spins again. This time, it stops much quicker, as Ryo throws the final pitch of the game…)
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(A slow motion shot of the darkness being removed off one person as Yukino chuckles. Rika's smile says it all as she slowly goes to hug…)
(…a smiling girl with glasses. Also known as Yolei Inuoe, but in this game, she also went by this name.)
THE MOLE
Yolei: Congratulations Rika-chan! (hugs the winner)
Rika: Yolei-san…you played brilliantly.
Yolei: (cocky) I know!
(Yukino laughs as she joins the three girls. Back in the box, a few gives smiles to the revealing of the mole, as Cody and Ken are partly shocked, but also smiling.)
Ken: We should have known…
Cody: She's always full of surprises….
(As they begin to try and restrain Shampoo to try and kill Yolei, Yolei, Yukino and Rika have a quick talk)
Yukino: Well…I'll admit that I was undecided with my mole choice. I thought it was a toss up between Chiriko and Duplica for the longest time, then they went out…and I felt…it could have been Yolei, but she played a great game.
Yolei: It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, except for certain executions, but I'll explain all later.
Yukino: When were you onto her then Rika?
Rika: The piano challenge.
Yolei: Ah, I thought you might deduce something there.
Rika: I knew this was a challenge where I could find the mole. So I stayed quiet and waited to hear your opinions. Yolei was the most challenging and I knew which was right and which was wrong, and just made my own choice…
Yukino: …which in turn drew more suspicion towards you. Akari and Duplica both seemed to change from Yolei to Rika which led to their executions.
Yolei: But it was fun keeping you on your tracks!
Rika: Mmmm!
Yukino: But before we go on, we're missing someone here. Let's get Haley out there.
(Shot of the runner up, now in brightness, Haley Mabiki is this season's runner-up, disappointed, but still got a smile on his face.)
Haley: (sighs) I suspected you for so long and yet I go now…but I can't imagine anyone else more deserving that you Rika.
Rika: Thank you.
(Haley and Rika share a small hug, before Haley and Yolei have a big one…)
Yolei: Wait, you suspected me for a while? On the interviews that I heard, you never once suspect…
(Haley smiles)
Yolei: You trickster!
Haley: The advantage of being from the future is reviewing tactics of past moles, including TV UK Mole 2…
Yolei: I spent all that time…gaaahhh! (smiles) Ah well…sorry Haley-kun.
(Shot of Skuld coming down)
Skuld: Yes…in fact Haley had been pretty much sticking with Yolei on his quizzes since he joined with her, although he always suggested someone else, it was a perfect strategy as we'll explain later. However, in the last quiz, Rika won with 16 points to Haley's 15. It was close…but Miss Sasaki, congratulations!
(Rika nods one more time and then notices a horde of people coming. Yolei, Haley and Rika wave to the mass exodus from the box…)
(Chiharu immediately glomps Rika as Cody and Ken can't help but smile (although Haley is slightly nervous) at the mole…)
Chiharu: Rika…you were awesome! You made me look real bad…but still!
Naoko: Wow Rika, you showed everyone.
Rika: (blushes) Guys…
(The Digidestined are beyond grinning…)
Cody: Well, my childhood friend has a few devious tricks up her sleeve…
Yolei: Oh Cody, you expected anything else?
Ken: Yes…why didn't we think of it earlier?
Yolei: Because I'm so cute?
Ken: (chuckles) I guess that would be it.
(As Ken puts an arm around Yolei, Akari consoles the loser.)
Akari: Well, at least the future does have something going for it…
Haley: Almost Akari-san, almost.
Giselle: I'm a bit steamed that little girl won it though, after well…
(Shot of Chiriko blushing like mad towards the winner…)
Chiriko: Rika…
Rika: Chi-ch…I mean Chiriko…
Yolei: Not again…
(Yolei does the same thing that she did at the swimming pool and pushes Chiriko into Rika…although at the same time, Duplica has pushed Rika into Chiriko…)
Yukino: Wow…you'd think they weren't so young…
(The two have now locked into a fairly long kiss, which Chiriko breaks…and nearly faints…Yolei then falls to the ground after Shampoo throws a bonbori at her…)
Shampoo: Mole beat me, now you die…
(Shampoo's about to strike…but it's hard when a Goddess from the past blasts you with a mild case of lightning…)
Shampoo: Ai…yah…(collapses)
Urd: Guess Chris didn't think of everything…
(Back to the group…)
Haitani: Well, I can't complain about the result, Yolei played brilliantly.
Shirai: It's hard to see what you sabotaged though…
Yolei: Oh, you'll find out!
Yukino: Indeed we will, but congratulations to our winner Rika, our runner-up Haley, and our Mole…Yolei Inuoe.
(Applause and wolf whistles come from the remaining contestants…as they head back to the oden bar, for a talk, and a late supper…and the discussion of everything…)
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Coming up;
The sabotages: How did Yolei fool most of the group? Hear comments from the majority of the contestants, including how Haley had cottoned onto Yolei the moment they alligned, and how Rika won the game.
Also…the many clues, including how the four clues that everyone knew linked to Yolei, plus the hidden ones, including the weird titles and how they were also linked to Yolei…
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What you waiting for? Click on the next chapter and be amazed at how Miss Inoue fooled pretty much the majority of you…