Previously on Nintendo Survivor…
Falco and Luigi had doubts about their survival after Krystal was voted out of Velocidad Azul, and it seemed that the LoZ alliance was keeping more wary of Falco, after Navi and Midna concocted a plan to get Luigi into their alliance and then backstab him in order to prevent Sasuke from switching alliances. At the reward challenge, it was a very close race, but at the end, Naruto slipped, and Velocidad Azul got the reward to go to Echidna City. While there, Navi attempted to talk to Luigi about their alliance, but Luigi aggressively told her that he wasn't as dumb as he looked. At the immunity challenge, Velocidad Azul fell behind when Luigi sacrificed a key to his beloved Daisy, causing Energia Roja to win the challenge. Before tribal council, Navi attempted to convince her alliance to vote out Luigi instead of Falco, but they disagreed with her, and in the end, Falco was voted out in a 5-1-1 vote. Twelve are left, who will become the Sole Survivor?

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VELOCIDAD AZUL'S RETURN

"Okay, how did you know?" Link was referring to tribal council, when Luigi stated that he didn't think that he was going.

"I guessed." Luigi smiled and shrugged his shoulders, then walked past the bewildered Link.

"But…" Link was so dreadfully confused.

Navi flew next to the bothered hero. "I told you."

"We're voting him out next tribal council." Link walked to the shelter.

"As if that wasn't obvious enough." Navi muttered to herself. Then, she too, went to the shelter.

It would be a long night of pure thinking and theorizing.

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DAY 13: Tree-Mail Shocker

Energia Roja woke up to a blistering sun, palm trees, and a bad feeling in their back from sleeping on hard wood.

Of course, this was usual for them. After all, they were on Survivor. Nobody expects someone to live on a deserted island and not face hardships.

Peach rubbed her eyes, and then got up to go to the tree-mailbox. Tree-Mail was often how the contestants learned about challenges. Peach also went with Daisy, who had a brief encounter with Luigi at the last challenge yesterday.

"You're fraternizing with the enemy?"



"Luigi's our enemy, now? Just because we're on a television show?" Daisy asked.

"Well, he's on the other tribe!"

"Well, he's my boyfriend."

Peach paused in her argument, and then gave it up. "I'm sorry, you're totally right. You guys should be together."

Peach opened the envelope, and her eyes widened.

"I have a horrible feeling about going to this next one."

"Why?"

"I don't know. I just do."

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DAY 13: At Challenge Beach.

The tribe of Energia Roja walked on the beach. It had been a while since they had gone to tribal council, so they hoped this was a reward challenge. Ray was there to greet them.

"Let's bring in the new tribe of Velocidad Azul." With that, he turned as they walked in, one member less.

"Falco: voted out at the last Tribal Council." Slippy put his head down, and he knew immediately that he was the last person from the Starfox series in this game.

"Now, drop your buffs."

The contestants began thinking: "Merge? Twist? New tribes?"

Under these red and blue pedestals are new buffs. Stand on one of your original tribe's color. Flip it over. If it's red, you now belong to Energia Roja. If it's blue, you belong to Velocidad Azul."

The contestants, trying to look brave, feared flipping the pedestals over.

"I'll give you a hint: only three of each tribe will be switching tribes. So you have a fifty percent chance of being on your tribe, but it may not be enough. With that, find a pedestal."

The contestants walked to a random pedestal of their tribe's color and stood for Ray's next command.

"We'll go in alphabetical order. Daisy, please flip your pedestal over."

With trembling fingers, Daisy heeded Ray's command. The buff was…

Blue. Meaning only one thing: Daisy had switched tribes.

"Daisy, you are, unfortunately, switching tribes. Take your buff, and stand on Velocidad Azul's mat."

Daisy walked away, and waved goodbye to former tribemates.

"Hinata, you're next."

Hinata flipped hers over, and it was red.

"Hinata, you have also switched tribes. Make your way to Energia Roja's mat."

Hinata also walked off. As she stepped on the mat, Daisy and Hinata exchanged a brief, yet sad smile.

"So, there are only four more people who can switch tribes. Link, will you? Flip your pedestal and find out."

Link anxiously flipped his. He had no need to worry. It was blue.

"Link, you are still part of Velocidad Azul. Go join Daisy."

Link walked over and exchanged a hug with Daisy, then watched to see who else would join them.

Luigi was next. He flipped his over and switched tribes, joining Hinata at Energia Roja.

"Looks like that opportunity might never come." muttered Link.

"What was that?" asked Daisy.

"Nothing." As Link replied, Daisy sighed. The opportunity for her and her boyfriend to share one more kiss, and it was all for naught.

As the day went on, people flipped pedestals to find out their new destiny and course of fate. Finally, Sakura flipped hers over to reveal it being… blue.

"Sakura, you are the last one to switch. You are now a member of Velocidad Azul. As for Sasuke and Slippy, you both belong to your original tribes."

As the three contestants walked off to their, in differing persons, same and new tribes, Ray began to speak. "The new Energia Roja: Luigi, Peach, Navi, Slippy, Naruto, and Hinata. The new Velocidad Azul: Mario, Link, Daisy, Midna, Sasuke, and Sakura. Meet your new tribemates, and get used to them. They'll be with you for a while. Go back to your camps. Have a nice day.

Of course, the tribes couldn't exactly define what would be nice at this moment.

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DAY 14: Getting Used To Each Other

At Energia Roja's camp, Peach and Naruto exchanged a close hug at the campfire. Before, it seemed as if things were all set and planned for them, but now that the twist had happened, three new members had showed up at camp, meaning that they had to build a whole new alliance, or get voted out of the game.

Peach was the first to ask. "What do we do now?"

"We rebuild our alliance. You know Luigi, and I know Hinata. If we can get them in, that's four people. Then…"

"Navi or Slippy?"

"Well, we were originally going to go with Slippy, but… Navi seems more like the choice if we're thinking work-ethic wise."

Peach looked at the gradually failing shelter, the empty food basket that Daisy had weaved before she left, the desolate fire pit.

"You're right. It will be Navi if we go. But Slippy had better give us a good 'thank you' if we get him to the merge."

Naruto laughed. "Yeah."

Back at Velocidad Azul, Mario, Daisy, and Sakura had a little bit more to worry about. Link, Midna, and Sasuke had reformed their alliance, and it looked like if everything would result in a clash. Tiebreakers galore!

"Who do you think they'll vote for?" asked Mario.

"Let's look at previous statistics. Mario, you're obviously a physical threat, and Velocidad Azul sees you as the leader and manipulator…" Sakura began.

"Thank you, thank you."

"Mario, stop flattering yourself." Daisy butted in. "Sakura, what about me?"

"I would presume you're safe for now, Daisy. No offense, but you aren't as much of a physical threat as Mario or Link will ever be. But for me, I think that either Mario or I is going next."

"Then we need to make sure that we take Energia Roja down in the upcoming challenges." Mario said in a voice bathed in glory and leadership.

"What else can we do?" asked Daisy.

"There is one thing." told a quiet Sakura.

"What?" asked Mario.

"We could get Sasuke to quietly join our alliance, then get him to backstab Link."

Mario and Daisy silenced.

"It's worth a shot." said Mario.

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DAY 15: Locked In

The new tribes of Energia Roja and Velocidad Azul walked onto their mats at the beach.

"Hello, tribes." The usual 'hello' back.

"Peach, I am going to need that immunity back." As she gave it back, Ray said "Immunity: back up for grabs."

"Today's challenge is going to be one of your decisions. Your legs will be locked into these chains. You will have to walk around these small poles, each with keys on them. Your goal is to get to your mat. First tribe to make it to the mat will win immunity. How you get there will be entirely up to you. You could not stop for any keys and make it there all at the same time or you could grab keys, unchain yourselves and make it quicker for you to get there. Are you ready?"

Both tribes answered, "Yes."

"Then let's get started."

A good ten minutes later, both tribes were finally in their chains. They were in a complete circle, so some with good eyes and leadership skills were placed in front, while others had no idea what the course even looked like.

"For immunity, survivors ready!"

They readied.

"GO!"

Mario and Link took off for Velocidad Azul, and Sasuke and Sakura took a good backwards step in order to even out the mess that happened with Daisy and Midna on the sides. Energia Roja was having a more difficult time, where Naruto was more or less leading the pack while everyone dragged behind.

Needless to say, Velocidad Azul was gaining more distance on Energia Roja very quickly. Sasuke finally reached out and grabbed a key from the pole. The original plan for them was to make it there at the same time and not grab any keys, but he was sure he could speed this up a bit.

Quickly, he put it in his lock attached to him and Sakura but it didn't work. He tried the one that was attached to him and Daisy, and it still didn't work.

"Sakura, put this in!"

Quickly, and very non-romantically, she grabbed the key and placed it in the lock attached to her and Midna, and…

All of a sudden, Velocidad Azul's circle became Velocidad Azul's line, as Sakura and Sasuke maneuvered their way to the front. Energia Roja was still a circle, and a very slow circle at that.

Mario and Link weren't about to complain and the present moment about Sakura and Sasuke usurping their lead, in fact, they were still ahead by a good twenty feet.

As they continued onward, finally Energia Roja grabbed a key and stopped. Naruto frantically passed it around to all of his teammates, but the key didn't work for any of them.

"Hey Ray, what's the big idea!" yelled Naruto.

"Oops, I forgot to mention, some of the keys might not work." told Ray. "My mistake."

And a fatal one at that. Velocidad Azul was moving forward, consistently, gaining time, gaining distance, and then…

"VELOCIDAD AZUL WINS IMMUNITY!"

The tribe celebrated as the crew came out to unchain both tribes.

"Congratulations, Velocidad Azul. You have won immunity. Energia Roja, I will see you at tribal tonight. You will have to make a decision about who you are sending off by then."

While the new Velocidad Azul celebrated being together for the first time since the switch, Energia Roja was less ecstatic as they marched towards camp.

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PREPARATION FOR TRIBAL COUNCIL

"Of course I'll join!" told a gleeful Luigi. He had just been asked by Peach to join Peach and Naruto's alliance.

"Great!" said Peach. "Why are you so happy about this?"

"You don't know what's been going on at that camp over there. I've been doomed since Falco got voted out, but now I'm saved!" He hugged Peach to show his undying gratitude. Peach patted him on the back.

Now all they needed was Hinata…

"Come on, Hinata! Why not?" Naruto was getting a bit discouraged that Hinata kept declining.

"Well Navi saved me at Velocidad Azul. Why should I vote her out?"

"Because she has been in control of your destinies since the beginning. She has been Link's advisor, feeding him who to vote out."

Hinata thought. "I don't know, Naruto."

"Listen to me!" yelled Naruto. "If you don't join, you will get swallowed up by them, and then, you will be voted out. I can save you. We can save you."

Hinata sighed. What was a girl to do?

"I'll think about it."

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THE FIFTH TRIBAL COUNCIL – ENERGIA ROJA

The new tribe of Energia Roja walked into tribal council and sat down.

"Hello, Energia Roja. For the first time today, you have lost an immunity challenge since the second immunity challenge. Naruto, do you think the twist has something to do with it?"

"No. I think it was my own stupid fault, the way we lined up in the chains. It was a bit hodge-podge, wherever we could go, we did. Velocidad Azul had a strategy, and I think that was what threw us down in the end."

"Luigi, you were the obvious choice to go at Velocidad Azul. Are you happy that you switched, or do you still think you're in danger?"

"I'm very grateful that I switched, Ray. I knew I was next that night when Falco got voted out, but now I'm saved, and away from Link."

"Navi, you obviously have close relations to Link. Now that he's gone, what have you been doing as the only Zelda character on this tribe?"

Navi sighed. "I feel stupid and awkward that I let that twist sneak up on me. I didn't see it coming, so…" She mumbled something else, but it was incomprehensible to the camera crew and the rest of the people at the tribal council area.

"With that, it is time to vote. Slippy, you're up."

Here were some of the votes.

Luigi voted for Navi. "Na-na-na-na… hey hey hey… good-bye. Sweet dreams, Navi!"
Navi voted for Luigi. "Sticking with what I would have done had I not been here."
Hinata's vote will remain anonymous. "I'm so sorry that I have to do this. Thank you for all you've done."

After Hinata's vote, Ray got up. "I'll tally the votes." He came back with a jar. "Once the votes are read, the decision is final. Person voted out will be asked to leave the tribal council area immediately."

"First vote: Luigi."

He knew that was coming.

"Second vote: Navi."

Luigi smiled as his vote was revealed. Sweet revenge: the best kind.

"Third vote: Peach."

That was a bit odd. Must be a rogue vote. Only a rogue vote.

"Fourth vote: Navi."

Navi slowly was floating more closely to her stool.

"Fifth person voted out of Nintendo Survivor: Mystic Ruins: Navi. Navi, you need to bring me your torch."

A crew member brought the torch to Ray as Navi floated to her fate.

"Navi, the tribe has spoken." The snuffing of the torch. "It's time for you to go."

Navi fluttered away. You could still see her, though. Her light was like a beacon of hope for her tribe.

"Well, I suppose that sometimes being on a good position never lasts forever. You may head back to camp."

Energia Roja walked away minus the fairy.

Navi's Final Words:
"Well, I suppose that being king never lasts for long, and I suppose being in control of the game is the same. I got thrown off, and it came to bite me in the butt. Hey, listen Link. Make sure you take out Luigi in the merge. Oh, and that Mario guy too. Something tells me he'll make it far. Very far. Anyway, I have no regrets, and good luck to… Midna and Link. Bye!"

Voting History:
Votes for Navi- Luigi, Peach, Naruto, Hinata
Votes for Peach- Slippy
Votes for Luigi- Navi