Chapter 10

Put Out the Light

Day 28

Bankai Tribe

That morning, the players are still marveling over what happened the previous night. Light, Ryoko and Kyon go to talk to each other together.

"So, our plan paid off," Light tells Ryoko.

"You're a genius," Ryoko replies.

"Okay, tell me what exactly happened," Kyon requests.

"We saved your butt, that's what," Ryoko says.

"Basically, we were planning on trying to inject some fear into Misato, so we cast a couple of votes for her," Light tells Kyon. "Little did we know Haruhi had multiple plushies and that she would play one. That got Misato out of the game earlier than expected."

"Well, whatever," Kyon says. "Do you think Haruhi's got more plushies?"

"How many times has she been to Exile?" Light asks.

"Too many to count, it seems," Kyon replies.

"Well, that means that she could possibly have another one," Light says.

Haruhi then comes walking over to the other players.

"Kyon, I'm voting you off next time, and there's nothing you can do about it!" she exclaims.

"Well, could you at least tell me if you have another plushie?" Kyon asks.

"Why would I tell you that?" Haruhi snaps.

A smile appears on Light's face.

"Thanks, Haruhi," he says.

Haruhi ignores Light and walks away.

"What did that mean?" Kyon asks.

"You're going home next, Kyon," Light says. "We'll put our three votes together, Erika, Ryoko and me – and you'll go home."

"Now, wait a minute!" Kyon exclaims. "I thought the goal was to get rid of Haruhi!"

"Why take the chance of finding out whether or not she has a plushie?" Light asks. "We can easily just wipe you out of the game, and that's what we're gonna do."

"So Haruhi refused to join up with me in an alliance, and now she's dead set on taking me out," Kyon says. "And this gives Light's alliance easy pickings. I guess I'm going to have to win immunity in order to stay around here."

Reward Challenge

"Come on in, guys!" Jet Black shouts to the players.

The players walk into the reward challenge area.

"First things first," Jet states. "It's been a long time away from home, and I'm sure there are some people who would like to see you. Let's bring them in."

The loved ones of the players walk into the reward challenge area, bringing cheers from the players.

"First, here's Erika's friend Sabrina, a psychic Pokémon trainer," Jet announces.

Sabrina floats towards Erika, and the two embrace.

"Next, here's Light's sister Sayu," Jet says.

Sayu rushes over to Light and hugs him.

"You're so smart, Light, you're still here," Sayu tells Light.

"And I'll be here longer," Light replies.

"Next," Jet states, "Kyon's sister."

Kyon's sister runs up and glomps Kyon, who does not look at all thrilled. She then runs over and hugs Haruhi as well.

"Here's Haruhi's friend, Mikuru Asahina," Jet says.

"Mikuru!" Haruhi shouts, as she rushes over and grabs Mikuru by the neck. Mikuru looks very nervous as Haruhi hugs her. Kyon rushes over and tries to separate the two.

"Come on, Haruhi!" Kyon exclaims.

"Ryoko, here's a person who was marked down as your boyfriend… Tenchi," Jet says.

"Hey, I'm not-" Tenchi begins to say.

"Of course you are," Ryoko says, hugging Tenchi.

"Rangiku, here's your captain, Toshiro Hitsugaya," Jet states.

"Oh, Captain!" Rangiku shouts, rushing over and glomping the not-so-happy short captain.

"Meilin, you requested a player who was also in the game, Li, and we could not honor that request," Jet says. "So in exchange for him, we have brought in a different friend of yours – Sakura."

"Avalon?" Meilin asks. "I don't want to see her!"

"Come on, Meilin, I've come to support you," Sakura says.

"Forget it," Meilin replies.

"All right," Jet says. "Let's get to today's immunity challenge. We're going to ask a series of questions about the players, and each of the players and their loved ones will answer on these boards here. If you match, you score a point. The first group to three points wins reward. Want to know what you're playing for?"

"Yes!" all the players shout.

"The winning player will get to spend the day having a meal with their loved one," Jet says. "Worth playing for?"

"Yes!" the players reply.

"I know it is," Jet states. "Let's get to it. First question: who is your loved one's greatest rival?"

The players and loved ones mark down their answers, then reveal.

"Sabrina says it's Misty, what does Erika say?" Jet asks.

Erika reveals her answer to be Blaine.

"Sorry, no match there," Jet says. "How about Tenchi?"

Tenchi reveals his answer as Ayeka, which Ryoko matches.

"A point for Ryoko!" Jet shouts. "Sayu?"

"I had no clue," Sayu says.

"What's on there?" Jet asks Light.

"Oh, nothing," Light replies, quickly erasing the "L" on his board.

"No point there," Jet says. "Let's move on to Haruhi… Mikuru says it's the computer class president, and we have a match! One point for Haruhi!"

Haruhi and Mikuru clap happily over getting it right.

"Kyon's sister says… you don't know?" Jet asks.

"Sorry, Kyon," Kyon's sister says.

"It's okay," Kyon says. "It was Taniguchi."

"Well, no match there," Jet says. "How about Rangiku and Toshiro?"

Toshiro's answer is "None," and Rangiku's reply matches.

"Very well, no rival," Jet says. "A point there. And how about Meilin and Sakura?"

Both answers are "Sakura."

"A point there!" Jet says. "So points for Rangiku, Ryoko, Meilin and Haruhi. Next question: who is your loved one in love with?"

Light's sister and Kyon's sister fail to give answers again. Sabrina guesses Brock, but the correct answer for Erika was Todd. Haruhi gives a question mark for an answer, while Mikuru guesses Kyon.

"No match! No match!" Jet shouts.

"Mikuru, why would I be in love with him?" Haruhi asks.

"Sorry, Haruhi," Mikuru responds sadly, while Kyon gives a slight smile.

"Tenchi says it's himself, and we have a match!" Jet says. "Two points for Ryoko!"

Rangiku and Toshiro hold up matching answers of Gin, and Meilin and Sakura hold up matching answers of Li, giving each of them 2 points as well.

"Okay, this is important now," Jet says. "The people with 2 points have a chance at claiming reward! Question: what has your loved one come to play this game for the most?"

Sabrina and Erika match answers with "money," while both Light's sister Sayu and Kyon's sister guess the same, and are wrong as Light claims it to be for victory, and Kyon claims it to be for the experience. Haruhi and Mikuru match answers of "winning," giving them their second point. Sakura holds up hers to be "for the money," but it's a failure, as Meilin claimed it to be "to impress Li." Toshiro answers "to get out of work," while Rangiku claims "for the money."

"It's down to you two," Jet says to Ryoko and Tenchi. "What do you say?"

Tenchi's answer is "to be better than Ayeka."

"Ryoko?" Jet asks.

Ryoko reveals her answer to be "beat Ayeka."

"We have a match!" Jet shouts. "Ryoko wins reward!"

Ryoko rushes over and hugs Tenchi, and the two share a warm embrace.

"Ryoko, now choose one player to go to Exile," Jet states.

"Kyon," Ryoko says without thinking.

"Okay, Kyon, here's a map, head out to Exile," Jet tells him. "You will return in time for the next immunity challenge."

"Can I hug my sister goodbye?" Kyon asks.

"Nope!" Jet snaps.

Kyon shrugs his shoulders, waves to his sister, then heads off towards Exile.

"The rest of you, say goodbye to your loved ones," Jet says. "I got nothing for you."

While the rest say goodbye to their loved ones, or in Meilin's case, her rival, Ryoko celebrates with Tenchi. Meanwhile, Light gives a cold stare to Ryoko, who does not notice.

"The last thing we need is Kyon going and finding an immunity plushie while he's in there," Light says. "If he gets one, we may have to greatly change our plans."

Exile

"Well, I'm here again, and it's just as boring as before," Kyon says. "I know that Light is up to no good, but what can I do to stop him?"

He finds some strange fuzzy stuff in the dark cave, but he cannot quite clearly see what it is.

"Maybe I could do something with this," Kyon says. "Perhaps I could fake my way past this vote."

Reward

Tenchi and Ryoko enjoy their feast together in a separate spot of the forest from the camp.

"You know, I was in a previous season, and I made it pretty far," Tenchi states.

"Yeah, I heard," Ryoko replies. "But you got fooled by some girl who voted you off."

"That was an embarrassment," Tenchi says. "She got controlled by a tainted jewel shard and ended up turning on me."

"Well, don't worry about that happening to me," Ryoko replies. "I'm not that dumb."

They continue to enjoy their feast together into the evening.

"Right now I'm in a perfect position in this game," Ryoko tells Tenchi. "I'm being carried by this guy named Light, he makes all the decisions, while I just ride his coattails. He's going to carry me to the final three with his girlfriend Erika."

"Aren't you afraid he might try to backstab you?" Tenchi asks. "I got backstabbed."

"No, I'm not scared," Ryoko replies. "What's more likely is that the other four players won't be able to come to an agreement, and they'll end getting voted out one by one."

"Good luck, Ryoko," Tenchi tells Ryoko.

"Thanks, Tenchi," Ryoko responds.

The two share one last embrace before their time for the evening is over.

Day 29

Bankai Tribe

The next morning, Light confronts Ryoko on her choice to send Kyon to Exile.

"What were you thinking of, sending him there?" Light asks. "We were planning on voting him off!"

"So what?" Ryoko asks. "We can still do it."

"But what if he got a plushie?" Light asks. "This might make us seriously have to change our strategy."

"I'm not concerned," Ryoko replies. "I'm sure you'll come up with the proper strategy."

"Ryoko's simply riding my brains the whole way," Light says. "That could be good, and that could be bad. I don't want to reward her for doing nothing, but I doubt the jury will reward someone for failing to play the game at all."

Meanwhile, Rangiku talks with Meilin about possible strategy.

"I know I've tried to put you out of the game before, but now our only chance is to stay together," Rangiku tells Meilin. "Let's vote with Kyon and try to take out the biggest threat in the game."

"And who would that be?" Meilin asks.

"I'm thinking it's Light," Rangiku replies. "He seems to be a mastermind. If we could team up to vote against him, then all we need is to get a bit of fear within his alliance and one of them will slip up and vote against each other."

"I don't understand," Meilin responds.

"What if Kyon found a plushie?" Rangiku asks. "Then Haruhi may not vote for Kyon, or Light's alliance might not vote for him. Either way, we then may be able to put out the Light."

Immunity Challenge

"Come on in, guys!" Jet shouts to the players.

The players walk into the immunity challenge area.

"We now bring in Kyon, returning from Exile," Jet states.

Kyon comes walking into the immunity challenge area, joining his tribemates.

"First things first, I'll take back the Immunity Beads of Subjugation," Jet says, taking them off Erika's neck. "Once again, immunity is back up for grabs. Let's get to today's immunity challenge. Each of you will be inside your own box, with places for your hands and feet. The places for your feet are very small, so it's going to take your mental and physical strength to stay up there. The last one up there wins immunity and a one-in-what chance at winning this game."

"One-in-what?" Ryoko asks.

"I'm asking you," Jet replies.

"Oh, one-in-six," Ryoko responds.

"That's right," Jet says. "We'll draw for positions, and then get started."

The players stand in the box areas, putting their hands and feet in the small places for them.

"Survivors ready?" Jet asks. "This challenge is underway."

For 15 minutes, no one makes a move, but Erika begins to slip at the 16-minute mark, as does Light a minute later.

"Erika and Light, having trouble there!" Jet shouts.

Finally Erika slips off and falls out of the challenge.

"Erika, out of the challenge!" Jet yells.

Meilin drops out at the 20-minute mark, with Rangiku and Light having some trouble. Kyon, Ryoko and Haruhi appear to be staying strong.

"This challenge tests your endurance skills," Jet says. "How long can you last, if you want to win immunity?"

Light suddenly drops out, with Rangiku quickly following behind him. That leaves only Kyon, Ryoko and Haruhi in the challenge.

"The three of you, battling it out for immunity!" Jet states.

After about 45 minutes, Kyon begins to struggle, as does Haruhi, and they hold on for dear life. Finally, at the 50-minute mark, Haruhi drops out, leaving Kyon with only Ryoko to beat.

"Come on, Kyon!" Meilin encourages him.

Light looks on, silently rooting for Ryoko. About ten minutes later, one of the players drops out, ending the challenge.

"Kyon… drops out!" Jet shouts. "Ryoko wins immunity!"

Ryoko steps down effortlessly, then receives the Immunity Beads of Subjugation from Jet.

"Congratulations," Jet states. "You are safe tomorrow night. As for the rest of you, after 30 days, one of you is going home."

"Big win by Ryoko there," Light says. "Now it's just about making sure Kyon doesn't have a plushie."

Bankai Tribe

That night, Light is discussing with Ryoko the possibility of Kyon having found an immunity plushie.

"I doubt it," Ryoko says.

"But if he has it, he could use his votes to take out Erika or me," Light responds.

"Well, that's your problem, isn't it?" Ryoko asks.

"I thought we were in this together," Light states.

"Oh, right," Ryoko says. "Well, how about this? We'll try to get information on whether he has the plushie, and if he doesn't have it, we vote him out. If he does have it, we take out his girlfriend Meilin."

"Sounds like a plan," Light says.

Day 30

Light and Ryoko spend most of the day watching everything Kyon does, looking in his belongings when he's not paying attention. They cannot find any sign of a plushie.

"Maybe he's hidden it somewhere," Light suggests.

"You look for it," Ryoko replies. "I'm not taking the chance of getting caught."

Kyon, meanwhile, is talking with Rangiku and Meilin about their strategy.

"Light's our vote," Kyon says. "The goal is to try to get Haruhi to vote for someone other than who the three of them are voting for."

"So if Haruhi's going after you, we try to get them to vote for one of us two," Rangiku suggests. "And then we hope that Haruhi gives the tiebreaking vote for Light instead of one of us."

"It's a risky strategy, but we don't have much choice," Meilin says.

Later on, Ryoko and Light go over their plans.

"I'm worried, I think he has it, he's just hidden it," Light states.

"I think you're out of your mind," Ryoko replies.

"You're not in any sort of trouble," Light retorts. "I'm just looking out for poor Erika, who they might go after."

"Well, it's a tough choice, vote for Meilin or vote for Kyon, and we've got to make up our minds," Ryoko says.

"And soon," Light adds.

Tribal Council

The tribemates come in to the Tribal Council area with their torches burning brightly, and they set them down in their respective places, then have a seat across from Jet.

"We now bring in the members of our jury," Jet states. "Rei, Kaji, and voted out last Tribal Council, Misato."

The jury members take their seats across from the remaining players.

"Let's talk about the loved ones visit," Jet says. "Encouraging to get to visit with Tenchi, Ryoko?"

"Of course, Jet!" Ryoko replies. "That one's a no-brainer!"

"The others of you, a little jealous?" Jet asks.

"Yeah, I would have liked to spend some time talking with my captain," Rangiku says.

"I wanted to see Mikuru more!" Haruhi exclaims.

"Does that make you even more jealous, that Ryoko won the immunity challenge as well?" Jet asks. "Kyon?"

"No, not really," Kyon says. "She's just a huge threat in this game."

"Does that concern you, Ryoko, hearing that you're considered a threat?" Jet questions.

"Well, of course, you don't want to be considered a threat, but I'll keep on winning immunity challenges if I have to," Ryoko replies.

"Knowing who your threats are a big thing at this point of the game," Jet states. "Who would you consider your biggest threat at this point in the game, Ryoko?"

"Probably Light," Ryoko says, with Light raising an eyebrow. "He's just always thinking two steps ahead of everyone else, and you never know what move he's going to make next."

"Is she right about that, Light?" Jet asks.

"Absolutely," Light answers. "That's the way you have to think if you want to be successful in this game. You've got to think ahead all the time."

"So, are you planning for the next vote, even while making this vote?" Jet asks.

"I've got the next two votes planned out after this one," Light responds.

"Pretty confident, aren't we?" Jet says. "Well, this game is one where anything can happen, so I wouldn't be so sure. Anyway, Ryoko, you have the Immunity Beads of Subjugation. You can give them away, or you can-"

"Keep them," Ryoko replies.

"Okay, Ryoko is safe from this vote," Jet says. "The rest of you, one of you's going home, as it is time to vote. Erika, you're up first."

The Tribal Council theme "Tally the Vote" plays as Erika gets up from her seat.

Erika goes to vote.

Haruhi goes to vote.

"Kyon, as a rank-and-file member of the SOS Brigade, you must take orders from the Brigade Leader," Haruhi says. "And the Brigade Leader tells you to go home!"

Kyon goes to vote.

Light goes to vote.

Meilin goes to vote.

"Light, you may think you have the next two votes planned out, but unfortunately for you, you'll be watching from the jury," Meilin says.

Rangiku goes to vote.

"Light, Light, Light," Rangiku says, shaking her head.

Ryoko goes to vote.

After Ryoko comes back from voting, Jet states, "I'll go tally the votes."

Jet gathers the votes, rearranges them, then returns to the players.

"If anyone has an immunity plushie, and you would like to play it, now would be the time to do so," Jet states.

No one makes a move at first, but then suddenly Kyon gets up from his seat. Light and Ryoko look at each other in utter panic, as Kyon hands over something to Jet.

"The rules of Survivor state that if an immunity plushie is played, all votes cast against that Survivor do not count, and the person with the second-highest total of votes is eliminated," Jet says. "This is… not an immunity plushie."

Jet reveals it to simply be some fuzz thrown together, and he tosses it into the fire. Ryoko and Light breathe a sigh of relief.

"All votes cast against Kyon will count," Jet says. "Once the votes are read, the decision is final, and the person voted out will be asked to return to the world of the living immediately. I'll read the votes."

He pulls out the first vote.

"Kyon," he says.

He takes out the next vote.

"Light," he says. "One vote Kyon, one vote Light."

Jet pulls out the third vote.

"Light," he reads it. "Two votes Light, one vote Kyon."

Jet takes out the fourth vote.

"Light," he says. "Three votes Light, one vote Kyon."

Jet pulls out the next vote and opens it slowly.

"Kyon," he states. "Three votes Light, two votes Kyon."

He opens the next vote slowly as well.

"Kyon," he says. "We're tied, three votes Light, three votes Kyon, one vote left."

Jet takes out the final vote and opens it extremely slowly.

"Eighteenth person voted out of Survivor: Seireitei Forest, and the fourth member of our jury," Jet says. "Kyon. You need to bring me your torch."

Kyon hugs Meilin sadly, then goes over to get his torch.

"Kyon, the tribe has spoken," Jet says. "It's time for you to go."

Kyon waves to the tribe as he passes through the gate to the world of the living.

"Clearly at this point in the game you have to be asking yourself, 'who is the biggest threat?'" Jet says. "Grab your torches, head back to camp, good night."

"With all I did to save Meilin's skin, you would have thought she would have done more to try to save me at the end," Kyon says. "Instead I get picked by Light's alliance and Haruhi, and there wasn't much I could do about it. Still, it was a great experience, and I look forward to making my statement on the jury."

(Who voted for whom:

Erika – Kyon

Haruhi – Kyon

Kyon – Light

Light – Kyon

Meilin – Light

Rangiku – Light

Ryoko – Kyon)

Scenes from our next episode:

Jet has a different sort of reward this time around:

Jet pulls out a bottle with a note inside it.

"A big advantage in tomorrow's immunity challenge," Jet says.

Someone is thrown out of a challenge before it even begins:

"You are kicked out of this immunity challenge before it even starts," Jet says.

And someone gives up immunity:

"You may have immunity," a player says, putting the necklace around another player's neck.