Here's Chapter 16! Enjoy!
(Tribe Passion)
Ace and Fuuka walked back to camp together. The former was still stunned.
"I can't believe it. I just can't believe it. I thought for a fact that I was going to be a goner tonight!" Ace said to the camera. "But no, Fuuka chose me to take the finals. Was it because she thought she would have a harder time in the finals with Mark than me? I don't think."
"Man... My heart is STILL beating." The mercenary said.
"Yeah, mine was too." Fuuka explained. "It wasn't an easy choice, I could tell you that."
"I still can't believe you kept me over Mark though." Ace said.
"Like I said, the choice wasn't easy." Fuuka shrugged.
"I voted out Mark last night over Ace because my biggest asset to myself in this entire game is my intergity." Fuuka said to the camera. "If I play that card in the jury, I would easily to outshined by Mark. That was why I kept Ace. However, I still felt like I made a bad move."
"I am sorry you and Mark won't be in the Final 2 together." The green-haired girl apologized.
Ace simply shrugged. "Yeah. I was bummed but hey, it was either to sit back and get voted out or breaking it. I understand."
"Yes." Fuuka nodded. "So what do you want to do tomorrow?"
"Hm?" Ace said confused. Suddenly, he realized something. "Oh, that's right! We have a whole day of relaxing tomorrow! We don't have to do anything but work on our speeches to the jury."
"Agreed." Fuuka nodded. "I just thought that even though we haven't really interacted with each other much this entire game, now would be the best time to do so."
"Especially since we are the only ones out here." Ace said with a chuckle. "All right. How about this? Do you know how to fish?"
"Not really. Usually you, Xigbar or Mark do that job so the rest of us just sat back." Fuuka shrugged.
"Well, why don't I teach you tomorrow?" Ace asked.
"Really?" Fuuka asked before smiling. "Okay, it's a plan."
"Great." Ace smirked.
With that, the two continued to the shelter.
"Well, I don't have any of my buds with me but that's cool. I am still here. Even when some of my fellow comrades said I would be an early boot or at least an early juror." Ace said to the camera. He then chuckled. "If they were surprised to hear I was in the Final Six, wait till they found out I was in the Final TWO."
"If you told me I make merge, I would say not to count your chickens before you hatch. If you told me that I would be in the Final 2, I will flat out tell you that you are crazy." Fuuka said to the camera with a smile. "I mean I kept worrying that I would be gone on the first week. But here am I. The most unlikely person in the Final 2. Wait till all of my friends at the dorm here about this."
(Day 39)
Ace sat behind Fuuka supervising her as she held the fishing rod in her hands.
"How are you doing, Fu?" Ace asked.
"Fine... Can't say I am doing very well." The teenager asked.
"Just keep at it." Ace explained. "You are just learning after all."
Fuuka nodded. In the meantime, she decided to start a conversation.
"Ace?" The green-haired asked.
"Yeah?" The womanizer said.
"Coming into this game, how far did you thought you would do?" Fuuka asked.
Ace chuckled nervously as he scratched the back of his head. "I have to be honest here. I was outright confident that I will make it all the way to the end."
"Really?" Fuuka asked in surprise.
"Yeah and that confidence increased as the game continued on." Ace said.
"To be fair, I am not surprised. I mean not only you were on the winning tribe for the majority of the game but you was also the leader of your tribe." Fuuka said shaking her head.
"True. But after Eduardo left and I was in the minority, I realized that winning wasn't as easy as I thought." Ace nodded. "Mark and I had to fight our way to get control of the game again."
"I see." Fuuka nodded. "Well, I can't tell you much about me other than thinking that I was going to be the first boot."
"You told me." Ace said.
"But I wasn't. Certain people like Nermal's weakness and Lucy's... Lucyness caused me to breeze through the game till merge." Fuuka said. "I thought now it was the merge, I could relax but ever since Augie left, things got ugly."
Ace again nodded. "Like a twin snake."
"I played the Under-The Radar card for the majority of the game." Fuuka explained. "However, after Lilo got voted out and Xigbar became my only ally, I knew I had to step up."
"Point taken." Ace said.
"I still can't believe I made it all the way here." Fuuka said. "I was targeted a lot of times."
"Yeah. I only been targeted one but I realized that they were times that I would have been out." Ace explained. "And here we are."
"Against seven jurors." Fuuka nodded. Suddenly, she giggled. "Hank is going to go Shambo and rip you limb from limb."
Ace smirked as he chuckled. "Bring it."
"I think I have a good shot on winning this. I made good chemistry with Mark, Clover and Eduardo so I think they would vote for me." Ace said to the camera before frowning. "But Fuuka has the same chemistry with Xigbar, Lilo and Hank. They would sure to vote for her. Also, Swiper might get mad that I backstabbed him two days ago and voted emotionally. Great. Even when he is out of the game, he is controlling the vote."
"I like to say that I got three votes in my pocket but as far as I'm concerned, Hank is my only vote. I am not that close with Xigbar and Lilo." Fuuka said to the camera. "They might even vote for strategy and give Ace him votes. Even though I doubt most of the jury would pull Shambos on me, I am still nervous. It is all or nothing here."
Ace and Fuuka turned around to look at their shelter.
"I am still amazed at how well you and your tribe did your shelter." Fuuka said in awe.
"Well, I can't take all of the credit." Ace chuckled. "In fact, it wasn't for Eduardo, it would just be leaves and sticks."
Fuuka giggled. "Funny. When you kidnapped me, I was marvelled at it but now I can't wait to leave it all behind."
"Word up, kid." Ace laughed. "Mark and I were actually debating whether we should burn it down yesterday."
Fuuka was going to add something else until something shook on her fishing line.
"Oh. I got a nibble!" The green-haired exclaimed.
"Really, sweet!" Ace grinned. "Reel it in!"
Fuuka nodded as she pulled on the fishing rod trying to pull it in.
"Um, Ace-san. I think I may need your help." She said.
"All right, then." The brown-haired man nodded before grabbing Fuuka. Suddenly, he realized how tight the grip was. "Hey! It's a big one! Keep on pulling!"
"Right!" Fuuka shouted.
With that, the two finalists continued to pull on the fishing pole pulling with all of their might and energy.
Suddenly, Ace suddenly froze with wide eyes.
"Wait a minute... FUUKA, LET GO OF THE FISHING POLE NOW!"
Fuuka jumped up at the shock and immediately let go for the pole causing the two to fall on their backs.
Sitting up, they both saw the fishing pole soaring over the water as if being dragged up a massive force. Much to Ace and Fuuka's surprise, they saw a monster fish jumped up from the water into the air and straight back down.
Ace and Fuuka's eyes widened and jaws dropped to the sand at the right. Blinking twice, the two both looked at each other.
Before laughing out loud.
(Tribal Council)
Ace and Fuuka both walked into the Tribal Council cave where what seemed like the last time. Tinyrocket waited with an excited smirk on his face.
"Welcome, you two." The host said. "Please have a seat."
The two nodded as they sat down.
"We now bring in the Final Jury." Tinyrocket said. "Eduardo, Clover, Hank, Lilo, Xigbar, Swiper and Mark who was voted out at the final Tribal Council."
Ace and Fuuka watched as the jury walked in. They then saw Mark was wearing a black leather jacket, a white jeans, blue jeans and brown shoes. What caught their attention was his red-orange Mohawk he had.
"Tonight, your power over voting will shift from you to this Jury of 7." Tinyrocket explained. "Before the jury will ask you questions, you must do an opening statement as to why you should win. Ace, you first."
The brown-haired man nodded. "All right. At one point, I actually was going to win. I was on a winning tribe. I was the swing vote for a couple of times before the merge. And I was the leader. Because of that, I thought I would win the game easily. However, I soon realized that it wasn't as easy as I thought and I had to fight up my way to avoid elimination. I played a lot of moves to save me and my tribe a few times and in the end, I made all the way here.
"Fuuka, you next."
The green-haired girl took a deep breath. "Right. I came into this game thinking I would be an early boot. However, that wasn't the case. I somehow made it all the way to the end. When I was in the majority, I did all I could do to fight my way here. Also, I tried to be as nice as I could be to everyone. Even when people weren't as pleasant to me. I was also tried to play with as much honesty as possible."
Tinyrocket nodded. "Very good speeches out of the both of you. Now the jury will ask their questions which will help them decide who will get your vote. Eduardo, you're first."
The imaginary friend smiled because he was the first one to ask a question. Getting up, he stomped over to the two finalists.
"All right, amigos. My question is for the little guy." Eduardo said. "Which pre-juror would you like to see make sure?"
"Probably Augie because he was a very nice dog." Fuuka explained without much thought.
"I see." Eduardo nodded with a smile. "What about you, Senor Ace?"
The brown-haired man on the other hand actually had to think for a bit. "Well, considering I don't know Zoro, Nermal and Augie that much, Yomi was far too bossy, Mignon gave me month-old bruises and Lucy was obviously out of the question, I think I have to go with Calvin because his sexism was the only thing I disliked."
Eduardo looked a little surprised at his tribemate's comment but then shrugged. "I guess in a twisted way, that makes sense. Okay, I am done. Congratulations to the both of you."
With that, the giant walked back. Tinyrocket then spoke up. "Lilo, your turn."
The Hawaiian girl couldn't help but smile as she got and walked over to the finalists.
"Okay, a million dollars is a lot of money right?" Lilo asked. "What would you do with that money if you win? Ace?"
The mercenary took a deep breath. "First off, I will help pay off any debts the unit I am in has."
"Because you have a gambling problem?" Lilo asked.
Ace's eyes widened before glaring at the jury bench. Xigbar did an innocent whistle.
Fuuka quickly sweatdropped and decided to give her answer. "Well, first of all, my dorm could use a bit of touching. I think a million dollars is more than enough to do that."
"I see. That's nice." Lilo smiled. "I am done here."
The female child then skipped back as Tinyrocket coughed. "Xigbar, all yours."
The sniper smirked before getting and walking to the two with his hands in his coat pocket.
"Okay, you two. You both know that if either one of you wins the money, you would also be celebrities right?" Xigbar asked with a grin. "And what kind of celebrities would you be without a TV Show? Tell me what kind of TV Show you would have. Fuuka?"
The student actually had to think about it. "Um... Well... How about this? The Dorm. A show about um, high school students living in a dorm having everyday lives?"
Xigbar blinked twice with his good bye. "Um, no offense, Fu but that is the worst idea I ever heard."
Fuuka looked at her feet.
"Ace, what about you?" Xigbar asked.
The man gave a wide grin. "Oh, I had this idea in my mind for a while! It's called "Matchmaker"! It stars me! Going across different nodes, helping men become ideal ladies' men."
Xigbar once again blinked twice before turning around and walking off.
"I stand correctly. THAT'S the worst idea I ever heard."
Ace's grin vanished. "Hey! Get back here!"
Unfortunately for the womanizer, the one-eyed man already sat down.
Tinyrocket couldn't help but chuckle. "Mark."
The cheetah smiled and nodded as he got up and casually walked over to the finalists.
"Hey, guys!" He said with a smile. "As you may know, I had developed a lot over these last month. What about you guys? Fuuka?"
"Um, well. I learnt that if I wanted to do something, I shouldn't just sit around and just hope for the best." Fuuka explained. "Sometimes you have to get up off of your seat actually do things for yourself."
Mark nodded. "Very good. Ace, what about you?"
The brown-haired man shrugged. "Like I said, coming into this game, I was cocky. But soon, when I was in the minority, I got a mental wake-up slap. I should had been more careful."
Mark smiled when he asked. "Thank you. I am done."
The young man then jogged back. Tinyrocket spoke up. "Clover, spotlight's on you."
The blonde woman nodded with a smirk before strutting over to the two finalists.
"Hey, first of all. I wanted to apologize to the both of you for making you two worry." She said.
"It's all right." Fuuka smiled.
"I am just glad you are all right." Ace nodded happily.
Clover smiled. "Thank you. Now, you like Acey. But Fuuka's a cool girl. That is why I decided to come up with this solution. Ace, why should I vote for Fuuka?"
The brown-haired man shrank back when he heard this but recovered. "Well, she was more honest to the other contestants and played a better social game than me. She had also proven that when the chips are down, she could fight back."
"Very good." Clover smiled. "Fuuka, vice versa."
"Well, Ace IS better at the Challenges at me. And made a lot more moves." The high-schooler said. "He was responsible for the biggest blindside of the season."
"Thank you. You both been very good." Clover said with a wink before walking off.
Tinyrocket took a deep breath. "And hoo boy. Hank."
The brown cowdog smirked as he jumped out of his seat and walked over to the two finalists knowing what to do and say.
"All right. I know EXACTLY who to vote for so I didn't prepare any questions." Hank said. "However, I DID prepare a couple of speeches.
With that, he coughed a couple of times before smiling sweetly at Fuuka.
"Fuuka, you are a very nice girl. You are always looking out for everyone and trying to be the peacekeeper of the tribe. Also, you had proven that when you want to be, you could be a fierce player. Before the merge, I would had said you deserved to go first but now I see that you truly deserve to be here. You definitely got my vote. I hope you get three more."
"T-Thank you, Hank." The girl said touched by his words.
Hank nodded. However, his expression darkened when he turned to Ace. The man simply narrowed his eyes as he crossed his arms.
"Ace, you are nothing more than a pug-faced, woman-crazed, greedy, arrogant, backstabbing sellsword. The only reason you and that useless pile of fur made it to the Final 3 was because you two tricked everyone else. Because of that Swiper lost his trust with the Kremlings and voted off poor Xigbar and Lilo. THEN, you backstabbed Swiper who gave you the majority you didn't deserved! I am SO glad Fuuka won Immunity. Because if she didn't, she would had been voted out giving the choice between you and... Bleh. Mark."
The brunette blinked twice after Hank had gave his speech. He did what anyone would had done. He flipped him off. Surprisingly, Hank didn't looked fazed by this.
"You don't deserve the million. Period." The dog snapped.
With that, he stormed back to his seat. Mark, Eduardo and Clover had unimpressed looks on their faces as Xigbar, Lilo and Swiper slapped their foreheads.
Tinyrocket nervously coughed. "Swiper, wrap us up!"
The fox smirked before getting up and casually walking over to the two remaining contestants.
"All right. Here I am stuck with two choices." Swiper mused. "Someone who played one of the best moves of the series or someone who is looking like an Under-The-Radar winner. Both had a part in voting me off. My question is simple. Why should I vote for you? Ace?"
"Because even though we weren't that close and we DID backstabbed each other, we are still tribemates." Ace explained. "We weren't close but we were still buds. Besides, you must admit that we are even now."
"Hmm. Good point. Fuuka?" Swiper asked.
"Well, I WAS the one who rallied to get you out." The young girl explained. "I thought that you respect me for that."
Swiper rubbed his chin. "Hm... All right. I think I am done here."
With that, the schemer walked back to his seat and sat down.
"All right. That's everyone! You two had done all you could do." Tinyrocket said before turning to the jury. "Now it is your turn to vote. Remember, you are voting FOR a winner. Make sure you made the right choice. You will give one of these two a million dollars. Eduardo, you're up."
Eduardo nodded and marched straight into the cave not afraid of it at all.
"This is it. My big chance to make sure someone deserving wins." Eduardo said trying to clear his mind.
Clover smirked as she strutted into the game knowing exactly who to vote for.
"Oh, please! Totally not a tough choice!" Clover laughed.
Hank walked into the cave and jumped on the stool grabbing the pen with his mouth before realizing what hard it was to write with.
"You may be U-T-R but you are STILL a million times deserving than that cat-lover." Hank said before holding up a poorly-written "Fuuka" to the camera.
Lilo bounded over the way to the stool and quickly jumped onto it knowing who to vote for.
"I think you pleaded your case well enough. I just vote everyone else thinks so too." Lilo said.
Xigbar smirked as he put his hand in his pocket and casually walked into the cave.
"Man, oh, man! Who AM I going to vote for?" Xigbar said tapping his chin with his finger.
Swiper walked straight into the cave. For once, he was the only one who haven't decided on a vote.
"As much as I hate to admit it, you deserved this." Swiper sighed.
Mark jogged straight up to the voting table and wasting no time writing down a name.
"Oh, please! Do you really need to know why I would give you my vote?" Mark grinned as he held up the name "Ace" to the camera.
He then jogged back. As he did so, Tinyrocket smirked as he walked off into the cave and grabbed the votes.
"The votes are now final. Now I am sure you all want to me to read out the votes." The host said with a smirk. "But not here."
Everyone groaned when they heard this.
"Suddenly, you just have the wait until we get back to civilization." Tinyrocket shrugged before taking the urn under his arm and walking over to the end of the cave.
At the end was a mining cart. The host climbed into the cart and put the urn inside of it.
"Till then. See ya!"
With that, the young man started to ride the cart away from the Tribal area. Everyone blinked twice.
"A mining cart?" Ace said flatly. "Is that the best he could come up with me?"
"I know it goes with the nature of the area but I agree." Fuuka nodded. "That wasn't very original."
(Reunion)
Everyone watched the scene from a television. Tinyrocket turned off the television as he stood on a stage in front of a large cheering crowd at a seaside resort. The finalists and the jury were there clapping for everyone.
Ace was wearing a black jacket, a white casual shirt, black trousers, black shoes and a black tie with a white ace symbol on the end.
Fuuka was wearing a green furry hat, a dark green zipped-up, a lime green thigh-high skirt and dark green high-heels.
In the crowd was the rest of Ace's unit. Geddoe, Joker, Queen, Jacques and Aila. Also, in the crowd were the residents of Fuuka's dorm. Minato, Yukari, Junpei, Mitsuru, Akihiko, Aigis, Ken and Koromaru.
"All right! Here we are at the reunion and finale for Survivor: Xover!" Tinyrocket smiled. "Here we have our finalists, Ace and Fuuka Yamagishi along with our jury of seven!"
Everyone clapped for the two finalists.
"Now, Fuuka, how did everyone reacted when they found out you were in the Final 2?" Tinyrocket asked.
"They were quite surprised at the stuff I did." The teen nodded. "They couldn't believe I managed to squeeze my way through the finals."
"I could imagine." Tinyrocket nodded. "Ace, what about you?"
The mercenary smirked. "They were all surprised to say the least. Especially my own unit."
"Okay, do you guys have any idea how the votes will go?" Tinyrocket asked.
"Nope." Ace said simply.
"No." Fuuka said shaking her head.
"I see. Now, before I will read out the votes, one more question. If given the chance, would you do this again?" Tinyrocket asked.
"Heck yeah!" Ace said with a smirk.
"In a heartbreak!" Fuuka nodded.
"All right, I will read out the votes. One last time." Tinyrocket said. "Now remember. You WANT to see your name come up here because it is the best way of winning a million dollars."
"Good luck, Fu." Ace said.
"You too." Fuuka nodded.
"First vote, Ace."
Ace smiled at this.
"Second vote, Fuuka. One vote, Ace. One vote, Fuuka."
Fuuka gripped her jacket with excitement.
"Third vote, Ace. Two votes, Ace. One vote, Fuuka."
Ace's smile gotten bigger recognizing the handwriting.
"Fourth vote, Ace. Three votes, Ace. One vote, Fuuka."
Ace couldn't believe that he was 3-to-1 so far.
"Fifth vote, Fuuka. Three votes, Ace. Two votes, Fuuka."
Fuuka raised an eyebrow wondering where that vote came from.
"Sixth vote, Fuuka. Three votes, Ace. Three votes, Fuuka."
Fuuka's eyes bugged out. "What!?"
"Whoa." Ace said.
"There is only one vote left." Tinyrocket said. "Whoever's name on this vote will be the Sole Survivor and win one million dollars."
Ace and Fuuka clenched their fists in excitement. They weren't the only ones. The jury and audience got nervous wondering who will win.
"Seventh and last vote. Winner of Survivor Xover."
Everyone got even more nervous.
"ACE!"
The brown-haired man's eyes bugged out before grinning widely. "Really?"
"Congratulations, Ace-san!" Fuuka said clapping happily for him.
Ace clenched his fist in victory. After giving Fuuka a handshake, he darted off to the end of the stage where the rest of his unit was waiting. Despite still in disbelief that Ace had won, they still congratulated him.
"Ace, I never thought I'll say these words but you couldn't be more deserving of the win!" Joker said.
"Yes. Nice work." Queen smirked crossing her arms.
The jury watched as Ace continued to talk with his allies.
"Yes! I knew he could do it!" Mark said clenching his fist in victory.
"I can't believe the dude pulled it off but he did it." Xigbar nodded.
Hank on the other hand growled. "I think I am going to barf..."
After talking with the others for a moment, Ace stepped back on stage to join Fuuka.
"Well, don't just stand there, jury!" Tinyrocket said. "Congratulate the winner!"
Eduardo, Mark and Clover wasted no time rushing over to Ace and one-by-one grabbed him in a death hug squeezing him to death. The others laughed as they joined Fuuka.
"In fact, why don't everyone?" Tinyrocket smiled.
As he said this, Zoro, Calvin, Nermal, Lucy, Mignon, Yomi and Augie walked in.
"Dude, Ace won!" Calvin said in disbelief but in a good way. "Awesome."
"Yes. Quite a surprise." Yomi smirked adjusting her glasses.
Eduardo, Mark and Clover continued to hug Ace. Until the others started to shout that they were suffocating him. The three's eyes widened before they jumped back. Once they did, they let the mercenary fall to the ground unconscious. Geddoe and the others couldn't help but laugh.
Tinyrocket shook his head with a chuckle before looking at the camera.
"So Ace is this season's Sole Survivor. He started out as a slightly overconfident Alpha Male until he was blindsided and put in the minority. Fighting with his ally, Mark, he made it all the way to the end. Because of that and the good chemistry he had with his friends, he became the winner ending the season."
However, he then smirked.
"Don't think the series is over yet! The next one is in the works! You have to wait a long while but for now you can see the cast release on the next chapter! For now, farewell! Hope to see you at the next season!"
RESULTS
Ace: Eduardo, Clover, Swiper, Mark.
Fuuka: Hank, Lilo, Xigbar.
And thus Ace wins this season's Survivor. He played a great game don't you think? The funny thing was. He was supposed to be a Medical Evacuation! That's right! Remember when I said Mark was going to be the winner? Clover was his sidekick and Ace had to be carried out of the game. However, because he was injured instead of being sick. Then, I realized that Mark didn't had much of a good pre-merge story. Ace had a nice one. He was the swing vote that kept two of his friends. He may came off as a bit of an Alpha Male at first but he developed quite nicely along the story.
And Fuuka the Runner-Up. Truth be told, I never had much of a story for her. Not even a bit of development. However, seeing that she was in the Final 5, I knew this was the time to make her get up and be more known. Also, she was supposed to be at the Final 3. However, I realized that everyone but Eduardo would most likely vote for Ace. That would make the Finale very anticlimactic. So let Fuuka go to the Final 2 where even though she wouldn't have a chance, she would definitely have a close vote.
I want to thank everyone for reading my Survivor story. I am sorry your favorites didn't win but that's just the way it is. Again, thank you.
