Here's Chapter 15! Enjoy!
(Tribe Passion)
Ace and Mark walked back to camp happy about the vote. Fuuka on the other hand was walking back still relieved by the vote.
"I... I can't believe it! I am still in!" Fuuka said to the camera stunned. "Ace and Mark actually kept me over Swiper! I actually pleaded my case and they accepted! I don't believe it!"
The teenager recovered herself as she ran over to Ace and Mark.
"Guys!" Fuuka cried getting their attention. "I couldn't thank you enough for keeping him!"
Ace smirked. "No problem, Fu."
"Last night, I chose to vote off Swiper over Fuuka. I been thinking about it a lot and I think if we let Swiper into the finals, he would just sweet-talk everyone into getting to vote for." Ace said to the camera. He then smirked. "That and I wanted to give him what was getting to him."
"Over Swiper?" Mark asked. "We been waiting for this chance to outlast forever!"
"Heck yeah!" Ace grinned.
Fuuka smiled at this. "Again, thank you.
"This is gets better and better. My partner and I are in the Final 3, I outlasted Hank AND Swiper and I think Ace and I could beat Fuuka in the Final Immunity Challenge!" Mark said to the camera with a grin. "This is wonderful!"
"Now let's go to bed and get some shut-eye." Ace explained. "The Final Immunity Challenge is also the most gruelling one."
"Oh, dear..." Fuuka frowned.
"Come on, let's go." Mark nodded.
With that, the three of them walked off to the shelter to sleep knowing that this next Challenge would be their hardest. However, Fuuka seemed to be bringing up the rear thinking.
(Day 38)
Ace and Mark were talking to each other in the shelter.
"I can't believe it!" Mark cheered. "We are in the Final 3!"
"Yeah... After what happened a while ago, I doubt we were all done for." Ace agreed with a grin. "But here we are!"
"I had a few doubts and I managed to keep me and Mark safe until the Final 3." Ace said to the camera. "It wasn't easy and took a lot of luck but we got here."
"So the plan is simple, right?" The sai-fighter asked.
"Vote Fuuka out." Mark nodded. "I don't mean to sound rude but I think either one of us could beat her in Final Immunity."
Ace grinned. "Right on! True bros to the end!"
The two then high-fived each other.
"After so much strategy, it is nice to know that our plan will be a great forward one." Mark said to the camera. "No backstabbing. No Immunity Idols. No talk of threats. Hopefully it would just be Ace and me in the finals."
"Hey, guys!"
Ace and Mark looked to see Fuuka running over with a letter in her hand.
"We got parrot mail!" The teenager shouted.
Ace gave a smirk. "All right, Challenge time!"
"From what it says, but first we have to pay tribute to our fallen comrades." Fuuka explained with a smile
"Oh man! I LOVED that part of the show!" Mark said with a grin.
"Yeah. It would be nice to pay tribute to the people who got their torches snuffed." Ace nodded. "What does the letter say, Fu?"
The green-haired girl then read the letter. "Go to the Challenge area. Once there, you will see a raft at the beach. Ride the raft and pay tribute along the way. After you are done, make your Final Immunity Challenge."
"Sounds like a plan. Let's go." Ace said.
"Right."
The three remaining contestants then made their way to the Challenge beach. However, Fuuka cast the two Kongs a thoughtful look.
"Hmm... I think there is a way I could sneak my way into the Final 2." Fuuka said to the camera. "I just need to convince Ace and Mark that each other was a serious threat to face in the finals. I mean I could hope I won't be able to win Immunity."
(Fallen Comrades Path)
Ace, Mark and Fuuka walked into the Challenge area.
"So where is the raft?" Ace asked.
"There!" Mark said pointing to the beach.
Indeed, at the shore was a large raft with three oars in it. The trio made their way over to the raft. Fuuka climbed inside as Ace and Mark got ready to push it into the water.
"Sooo... What do we have to do?" Mark asked.
"We row around the marked path passing torches and grabbing them." Fuuka explained. "After we collected them all, we'll row back to the beach and put them in a roaring fire."
"Sounds like a nice little burial." Ace said with a smirk. "Let's do it."
With that, the two men pushed the boat in the water. After doing so, they quickly jumped in the boat and grabbed their oars. The three finalists then proceeded to row into the ocean.
"Fallen comrades Ho!" Mark cried.
The three of them rowed their way to their first torch. It soon turned up as they reached their first torch. It had a picture of a green-haired man with a stern look on his face.
"Zoro. Him leaving really left surprised me." Fuuka lamented
"You weren't the only one." Mark said. "When I saw that the Kremlings voted him off, everyone was shocked."
"He didn't deserve to go like that." Ace said shaking his head. "I think I speak for everyone when I say the poor guy went before his time."
Mark and Fuuka nodded as the latter's took Zoro's torch and putting in the boat.
"Being the first one out sucks. Especially you know that you had a lot of potential to go much further in the game. Well, don't you worry. I got myself a little super soaker and made sure a certain brat's time at the Losers' Lodge turned into a tropical terror."
The three rowed on over to the next torch. This time, it had a child with beady eyes and blonde hair.
Fuuka shuddered at the picture. "Calvin..."
"I am sorry he made you such a hard time when we kidnapped you, Fuuka." Mark apologized.
"I... Just wondered why he hated girls with a passion." The teenager said.
"I am not really surprised that he was out early." Ace said taking Calvin's torch. "However, I felt I could had try to help him become a little bit more of a gentleman."
"Ugh, if I targeted Yomi instead of Clover, I would probably be in the Final 5! Well, as much as I hate to admit it, this trip taught me a valuable lesson the hard way. It doesn't matter when you win or lose on Survivor, it's how much time you spend away from school."
Next the finalist reached a picture of a grey adorable kitten.
"Nermal..." Fuuka said. "He was cute."
"He... Was a he, right?" Ace asked blinking twice.
"Yes." Fuuka sighed. "I wish I could say more about him besides being a nice guy."
"He was a bully victim of Hank." Mark said sternly as he took Nermal's torch. "That only gets my sympathy."
"I actually thought that everyone would want to take me to the finals because I was so cute but instead, I was an early boot. It just goes to shows that being the world's cutest kitten cat will get you everywhere but without strategy on Survivor, it is pretty much useless."
The trio rowed until they reached the next torch. This time, it had a picture of a dark-haired child with pink sunglasses and a grumpy impression. Instantly, the three shuddered.
"Lucy..." Fuuka winced.
"Aka Lilly Pendragon Jr." Ace said.
"She... Certainly wasn't afraid to speak her mind." Fuuka said.
"That's ONE way of putting it positively." Mark said. He then took the torch and quickly tossed with the other torches. The three didn't even cast it a second glance.
"Okay, you know what? I felt that I could had won this stupid game. However, to do so, I had to deal with those idiots for a whole month. And that is not worth a million dollars. So go ahead. Let the blockheads have their bottle."
The three continued to row only to stop when they saw a cheerful face and pink hair.
"Mignon!" Mark grinned. "She probably had more enthusiasm than anyone else in this game."
Fuuka giggled. "She does seemed like she had an endless supply of energy."
"Yeah, she was a good kid but I can't say I really miss her." Ace said.
"Oh, you are just hating because she gave you bruises that are STILL there." Mark said with a smirk before taking the torch.
"Yeah... Mignon didn't do as good as she thought she did. She was nowhere near her goal on bringing world peace. However, she made a lot of new friends. Mignon should know because if it weren't for them, I probably wouldn't even been in a tiebreaker at all."
The contestants then went to another torch of a Kong girl. However, it was a brunette with glasses and a serious look.
Ace suddenly smirked. "Yomi's fall was epic, wasn't it?"
"It wasn't exactly a blindside but yeah, it was epic." Mark said with a shrug.
"I still can't believe she actually threw the Day 15 Challenge and targeted Mark." Fuuka said in disbelief.
"Yeah. Hopefully, this will teach her too lighten up and less loose a little." Ace said before taking the torch. "She was far too serious."
"I wanted to rule the Kongs with an iron fist. However, apparently the iron was too hard for some people's tastes. If I ever do something like this again, perhaps I should just relax and let things fall into place."
The first post-merge torch came up. It held the picture of a tan-furred puppy with a small smile.
"Augie. He was a nice, smart child." Fuuka said.
"Yeah. I really felt bad for blindsiding him like that but it was either him and me." Mark frowned.
"True. But we voted him off because he was the biggest threat of the Kremlings besides Xigbar, of course." Ace said. "At least we can't say he was just random vote-off."
"I suppose that is true..." Fuuka lamented taking Augie's torch.
"Despite I was in a bad position the entire time, I really had a lot of fun out here. At first, I was upset that I got voted off but soon I kinda glad I did. From what I heard, things got really nasty after I left."
Next the three headed towards the first jury torch. Where it held a picture of a purple-furred creature who looked nervous.
"Eduardo aka the guy with the heart as big as he is. My best friend out here." Mark said with a small smile
"Poor lug." Ace said shaking his head. "Getting blindsided like that."
"I really liked him as well even though I was praying for him to go over Xigbar." Fuuka agreed. "He was a very nice guy."
"Yeah... He deserved better." Mark said before taking the torch.
"Coming into Survivor, I thought I would get put against a bunch of scary people who were willing to slit my throat to win. However, a lot of people were very nice and I made a lot of long-life friends with them."
The three then rowed until they reached a picture of a blonde teen.
"Clover." Ace said with a smile. "I am so relieved she got better."
"Same here. I got super freaked out when I found out about she got pulled out of the game." Mark nodded.
"Yeah. It was a fright to us all." Fuuka said.
Ace took her torch and looked for it. "Don't worry, Clove. I avenged you and Ed by voting off Hank and Swiper."
"Being pulled out of the game due to medical conditions totally stinks more than you could ever imagine. Even if I was in minority and I was gone next, I would had like see my torch snuffed at the next Tribal Council. I also feel bad for making Ace and everyone else worry."
The trio rowed to the next torch which had brown dog with a grin and a cowboy hat.
"Hank..." Fuuka said.
The teenager then looked back and forth between Ace and Mark. They had their eyes closed and their heads high in a snobby fashion.
Seeing this made her sigh. "I could understand that you had every right to dislike him. But there was more to him than just having a stereotypical hatred of cats. He was a good friend to have around."
"Oh, yeah. Just like he was with Augie." Ace said sarcastically.
"Fuuka, don't mean to sound harsh but you may want to grab Hank's torch before Ace and I "accidentally" leave it behind." Mark said coldly.
The green-haired girl sighed before taking the torch.
"Looking back, I had one heck of a hootenanny. I had made eleven friends, four enemies and made it to seventh place despite being a quadruped. Sure, I am still mad about the vote but at least I could say it took the Immunity Idol to get rid of me."
The finalists rowed realizing they were seeing a lot more familiar faces. The next was a dark-skinned girl with a joyful expression.
Fuuka couldn't help but smile herself. "Lilo. Definitely the sweetheart here."
"Yeah, I really liked her. She was nice and quirky." Mark said.
"Definitely her own person." Ace grinned. "People like her are one in a million."
"I felt I could had learned so much from her." Fuuka said taking her torch.
"Survivor was everything I hoped for it to me and more. The Challenges were fun. Living at camp was great and I made a lot of cool and fun new friends. I had a blast and I would give a million dollars just to play it again."
The trio then rowed to the torch of a smirking scarred-face man with an eyepatch.
"Xigbar-san." Fuuka said with a smile.
"The definition of the word "wildcard." Ace nodded.
"As ironic as it sounds, he definitely has a lot of heart." Mark chuckled. "Which he put in the Challenges AND at camp.
Fuuka sighed as she took her torch. "Despite not having a real heart, that didn't stop him by letting his emotions get the better of him. Which is both good and bad."
"Survivor was like a rollercoaster ride. I had a lot of awesome and fun ups but a lot of uncool and depressing downs as well. And I enjoyed every single second of it. This was without a doubt the best vacation ever."
The three of them then rowed to the last torch. Where it had a purple-clad smirking fox.
"Swiper." Ace said before sighing. "As much as I hate to admit it, he matured the most out here."
"Yes. I must admit, I wouldn't guessed so much backstabbing from someone on a child's show." Fuuka nodded.
"He said he came on the show to prove that he wasn't a disgrace to thieves and foxes." Mark explained.
"Well, kid. Do not worry. When this thing is over, you will get a lot of less jeers." Ace said before taking the torch.
"I came into Survivor with a mission. To prove I am as crafty as most thieves and sneaky as most foxes. I had prove that by making the most moves, backstabbing the most people and other stuff. Even though I lost the million dollars, I still felt like I won."
"Come on. That's all of them." Ace said. "Let's go back to the beach."
"I still can't believe we outlasted of all of these people. Some were major physical, mental and jury threats." Fuuka said in awe.
"Yeah. And at least one of us had a hand in having them leave the game." Mark nodded.
With that, the three of them rowed back to the Challenge beach. However, due to the added weight of the torches, they went slower. Soon, they reached the shore and got out of it. The finalists got out and grabbed the torches. Fuuka grabbed the least torches meaning the weakest. The three of them walked over to a blazing fire in a pot. One by one, they all threw the torches in the flame. Ace, Mark and Fuuka stepped back as they watched the blaze grew brighter from the fire.
"So I see you done the Fallen Comrades Tradition with no problem!"
The three of them jumped in surprise before whirling around to see Tinyrocket walking towards.
"Now. Are you three ready for your final Challenge?" The host asked.
Ace and Mark nodded with confident grins. However, Fuuka wasn't as confident.
"Perfect." Tinyrocket said with a grin. "I will tell you about your Final Challenge. It is simple yet difficult. You will stand on pole standing over the water. The point of the game is to stand on the pole for a long as possible without falling off. Last one standing wins Immunity guaranteeing a spot in the finals."
"Sweet!" Ace grinned.
"Now, let's get into positions." Tinyrocket said.
Later, everyone stood on the poles over the ocean. They soon found it hard to stand on them.
"All right! The Challenge begin now!" Tinyrocket said with a grin. "Ace, how confident do you feel to win this Challenge?"
"Standing on a pole to outlast two people?" The mercenary smirked. "No sweat!"
"Mark, what about you?" Tinyrocket asked.
"Pretty confident as well." The cheetah explained. "After all, like Ace said. I only have to outlast two people to win that Immunity Necklace."
"Fuuka, what about you?" Tinyrocket explained.
"I am just trying to not to buckle under pressure." Fuuka groaned.
"All right, then. Just a few more minutes and I will ask again." Tinyrocket said.
Thirty minutes had passed. That how long the three had been under the scorching hot sun. They were certainly feeling the full heat of it as they were starting to sweat.
"Thirty minutes in, Fuuka. How are you doing?" Tinyrocket asked
"I am surprised I haven't fainted." The green-clad girl groaned. "I do not do good in heavy sunlight."
"Ace, what about you?" Tinyrocket asked.
"Yeah, definitely more intense than I did granted for but I still think I could do it." The brown-haired man said. "However, as a mercenary, I work under a lot of tough difficulties."
"Mark, you?" Tinyrocket said.
"I am a cheetah. Heavy sunlight is nothing to me." The sprinter grinned.
"Okay, then. Let's see how you..."
SPLASH!
Tinyrocket's eyes widened before looking at the person who had fell in the water.
"Ace is out of the Challenge!"
The man growled as he swam back to the shore. "Darn it! Once again I am the first one out!"
Mark and Fuuka looked at each other knowing that they were this close to winning Immunity.
Twenty-five minutes later, the duo were definitely feeling the pressure. Their legs were aching. Ace watched in awe surprised that Fuuka was still in it.
"So... There is nearly a hour. How are you two feelings?" Tinyrocket asked.
"Like I am going to faint at any minute." Fuuka said.
"Yeah... My legs are about to fall off." Mark nodded.
"Wanna give up?" Tinyrocket asked.
Mark's eyes widened. "You mean throw the final Immunity Challenge? No way!"
"Yeah... I don't want to go home a quitter." Fuuka said.
Tinyrocket smirked liking those answers. "All right, then."
He and Ace continued to watch the two waiting to fall.
"Between you and me, Ace. Who do you have your money on?" Tinyrocket asked.
"Well before, I would put all of my potch on Mark without any doubts." Ace said. "However, Fuuka is lasting longer than I thought."
"Whoa!"
Tinyrocket and Ace's eyes widened before they turned to the finalists to see somebody falling into the water.
SPLASH!
"MARK IS OUT! FUUKA WINS FINAL IMMUNITY!"
The green-haired's eyes widened in horror. "Wait! Come again?"
"You heard right, Fu!" Tinyrocket smirked. "The necklace is yours!"
Fuuka continued to stay stunned that she won Final Immunity. Soon, her face turned into a smile before she jumped in. Ace and Mark looked very upset by this.
The two Konami stars watched as Fuuka stood in front of Tinyrocket proudly.
"Congratulations, Fuuka. You had won Immunity guaranteeing a spot in the Final 2." The host said.
"Oh, you don't know how to good to feels to wear this thing." Fuuka smiled.
"As for the two of you, one of you will join Fuuka in the finals while the other one will be the last one to hand in your torch." Tinyrocket said.
Ace and Mark looked at each other with looks of worry on his face.
"You may head back to camp."
(Tribe Passion)
Fuuka proudly walked back to camp with Ace and Mark slowly following.
"I must had it to you, Fuuka." Mark said with a chuckle. "You sure showed us good."
"Thank you." The Persona-user said. "But it is again consolation, I am just as surprised I won."
"You can't imagine how great I feel right now! Not only did I won the final Immunity Challenge and get to go to the finals but I am the swing vote for the first time!" Fuuka said to the camera with a wide grin. "I dealt with two choices. Ace, someone who played one of the biggest blindsides with Survivor History and Mark, a likable guy who gets along with everyone. Either could make or break me in the finals."
Ace and Mark sat in the shelter. Their backs were leaning against each other as they looked at the sand both being quiet.
"Well, this stinks." Ace said breaking the ice.
"Words couldn't express how upset I feel right now. Mark and I made a deal to make it to the Final 2 together." Ace said to the camera in despair. "Then, Fuuka came out of nowhere and win Final Immunity meaning one of us will go."
"We were both overconfident by saying Fuuka wouldn't win Final Immunity." Mark said clenching his knees. "In a way, we deserved this."
"Yeah..." Ace said.
"I actually thought Ace and I will be in the Final 2. But instead one of us will watch the other hand in their torch after making it so far." Mark said to the camera. "I gotta tell you. This royally blows."
Ace let out a deep sigh. "Well, look on the bright side, kid."
"Hm?" Mark said.
"At least we both outlasted Swiper and Hank." Ace said with a grin.
Mark chuckled a bit. "Yeah. Their falls were epic."
"Hey, we won't be able to go to the Final 2 together but at least we achieved our secondary goal." Ace said. "Outlast those rats!"
"Yeah... That was really my main hope." Mark said.
He then slowly turned to Ace.
"Well, it was nice working with ya." Mark said with a small smile holding out his hand in form of a handshake.
Ace blinked twice before taking the hand and shaking it.
"Same here, kid. Same here."
"Well, none of us will be upset that one of us will go home. However, I know for a fact that it is me Fuuka will give the axe!" Ace said to the camera. "I mean. I did more moves than Mark and was the leader of my tribe. Keeping me would be stupid."
"At first, I thought it was be Ace's name Fuuka will write down. However, I realized something." Mark said to the camera. "I am a jury threat. I am more sociable with the others than Ace and I was even the swing vote at one point at the game. Also, people might sympathize with me for being bullied by Hank for at least 12 days."
Fuuka sat on a log content with herself. She seemed lost in thought though.
"I probably am in charge of the most important swing vote of the game. If I want to win, I need to take out of the Kongs." Fuuka said to the camera. "However, both have their cons to take to the end. Ace was the leader of his tribe and made more moves than Mark. However, Mark is a jury threat and very likable. The way I see it, the Kongs on the jury might vote for either of them by default and the Kremlings probably vote for me. I don't really know. Both could easily beat me in the finals. I just know it."
(Tribal Council)
The remaining three people walked into the cave where Tinyrocket was waiting for them.
"Welcome, Survivors." The host grinned. "Have a seat."
Everyone did what they were told.
"We now bring in the jury!" Tinyrocket said with a grin. "Eduardo, Clover, Hank, Lilo, Xigbar and Swiper who was voted off at the last Tribal Council."
The three watched them the jury walked in. They noticed that along with his trademark mask and gloves, he had a matching suit and mobster-esque hat.
"Remember, you are not here to address the jury. They are merely here to observe." Tinyrocket said. "Now, Fuuka. You of all people won the most important Immunity in the game."
"Yes, I feel on top of the world. I was also bad at sports so I never thought I would win one Immunity Necklace just once!" The student said with a smile. "And you can't imagine how much I needed it!"
"I knew she could do it." Xigbar said with a smirk as Hank and Lilo looked very happy for her.
"Now, tonight, you are obviously the swing vote in all of this." Tinyrocket said. "I will give a chance for Mark and Ace to plea to you about why you should take them to the Final 2. Mark, you first."
The cheetah nodded. "I was pretty much a non-entity for most of the game. I just sat back and let Ace did most of the work. The only good thing I was good at the Challenges. But that's rarely makes a winner."
"Ace, now it's your turn."
The man nodded. "I admit that I made a lot of moves but in doing so, I ticked off a lot of people. Hank, Lilo, Swiper. Mark was more nicer to most of them than I was. Survivor isn't just a strategic game, it is also a social one and I felt Mark won the latter."
"Well, Fuuka. Did that help?" Tinyrocket asked.
"No..." The teenager frowned. "In fact, they made it harder."
"Well, whenever you are ready, go into the cave and write down the name of the final jury member."
Fuuka nodded as she made her way into the cave. Everyone was watching her in fear knowing that this was the big moment of truth. She then made her way down to the voting table and grabbed the pen thinking about who to vote for and who to keep.
"Hmm... Ace definitely has the strategic game down, Mark got the social game as well. They both big threats in the finals. I would have trouble going against both of them... Oh dear..."
Fuuka then gave a deep sigh before writing down a name and putting it in the jar hoping she made the right choice. She then walked back to the main cave.
Tinyrocket smirked as he got up. "I'll go tally the vote."
The host then walked up and get the jar. He then walked back with the precious item in his hands. Ace, Mark and everyone else looked in fear.
"First and Final vote. Fourteenth person voted out of Survivor and last member of our jury..."
Everyone looked excited about the vote. Ace and Mark obviously voted the most nervous.
"Mark."
Everyone in the jury looked shocked.
"Whoa!" Xigbar said with a wide eye.
"Didn't see that one coming." Swiper nodded.
Hank on the other hand smirked. "Well, it's about time."
Ace was the most shocked. Fuuka took a deep breath before turning to Mark.
"Sorry." The teenager said.
The cheetah shook his head. "It's all right."
"Mark, you need to bring me your torch."
"I understand." The feline said. He then put a hand on the still-stunned Ace's shoulder. "Well, see ya, man!"
With that, he grabbed his torch and walked towards Tinyrocket.
"Mark, Fuuka had spoken." The dark-skinned man putting the snuffer over the torch extinguishing it. "You may now go."
"It was amazing." Mark said walking off.
"Well, that's it. Mark was the last juror." Tinyrocket said before looking at the two. "You guys had gone to the furthest part of the game. And now it is time to put your fate in the hands of the jury."
Once he said this, everyone either smiled or smirked.
"Seven people which one of you had a hand in getting rid of." Tinyrocket explained. "You have the whole day tomorrow to figure out your speech to the jury. You may now go."
"Well, I am out. I can't say I am surprised or upset. I am a lot of fun out here. Survivor was much cooler than I thought it was." Mark said to the camera with a grin. "I made a lot of cool new friends and did a lot of stuff I would had never did in my node. I already know who I am voting for. I just hope that person gets three more votes to win."
RESULTS
Mark: Fuuka
And thus, Mark left the building. And you know what is the funny part? He was originally going to be the winner in my early drafts. However, when writing this. I realized how much of a non-entity he was pre-merge. He had a good winner's story though. Getting bullied by Hank and developing for the better because of it.