A/N: Alright, sorry that I didn't update for a while, maybe I'll update twice today. I'll try to. I'm talking to you MoonstoneWings.

Episode 5: When You Swap…

Last time, On Survivor: Beyblade Style…

When a second person was sent home, Hikaru celebrated another 3 days on Redemption Island.

"Hikaru, you have won the privilege of staying on Redemption Island and in the game once again. Masamune, you will now be exited off the island and back to your home in Japan. Good luck to you Hikaru." he said, and escorted the spectators back to the boat. Hikaru smiled. She didn't use her full strength. At all.

And Nature paid a little visit to the Blue Team.

"What's going on Julian?" Gingka asked, rubbing his eyes. "You woke me up from my sleep."

"There was a bear." Julian said. He pointed at the rice sacks. They all had holes in them and all were down to about half of what they used to hold. Gingka's mouth dropped open. He was now fully awake, and ready to punish the bear.

"Where is it?" He said. "Where's the bear that ate my food!" He assumed a launch-ready stance. Madoka pulled him back and told that the bear was gone. "Darn it!" he said.

But Blue Team prevailed in the challenge once again, leading the Red Team to their third straight Tribal Council.

"Blue Team wins immunity and a reward!" he said. He tossed the Idol to Yuu, who was jumping for joy at the prospect of winning for his team. "Blue Team, you have also won a supply of Dr. Pepper, hot dogs, and brownies for three days! Enjoy!" He said and walked away. The Blue Team headed off to camp, as did the Red Team.

And Chao was sent to duel with Hikaru on Redemption.

Chao started to sweat, as one more vote would send him to Redemption.

"Fifth vote...Chao!"

What new twists await the campers this time? Will Hikaru's reign end on Redemption? And who will be the third person sent back home? Find out, on this episode of Survivor: Beyblade Style!

Blue Team Camp – Day 16

After the challenge, Blue Team had a three day supply of food. Food that wasn't rice. It tasted good to them, after 14 days of rice. So, when they woke up the morning that the food was to be taken away, they weren't exactly happy. "Why! Why must they take our food?" Gingka cried. Madoka went to calm him. Everyone else stared.

Kyouya Confession: Man, that Gingka can be so annoying at times. I think the only reason he's still in is because he's the best guy on the largest alliance here. It's hard to get that guy out.

Yuu Confession: As much as I love Gingky, he's so annoying at times! I'm glad I'm in an alliance with him though. He's like my first wall of defense.

After that episode ended, Gingka settled down next to Madoka. Mostly everyone calmed down. Julian was meditating, along with Mei-mei. Argo and Kyouya were wrestling in the mud, almost the only ones moving. Yuu was sitting on a log, twiddling his thumbs out of boredom. They mostly relaxed that morning, until Julian stood up. "Gingka, may I talk with you?" Gingka nodded and walked after Julian into the woods, much to Madoka's dismay. "Gingka, I believe something will happen today that will change the game at the Redemption Duel. I think we need to send our two strongest players there, just in case." Gingka took a minute to process Julian's thoughts, and then asked a question.

"How do you know this? And what if something happens to our two best players?" He said. You could see the lines of thought on his forehead as Julian continued to speak.

"I saw it in a vision." Julian said. Gingka shrugged his shoulders.

"Fine. I'll get Argo and Kyouya." The redhead said. As he walked off, Julian smiled.

Julian Confession: I saw something in a vision alright, but not what Gingka was expecting.

Gingka sighed as he walked back into camp. He saw Yuu with the Tree Mail, about to draw the marbles. "Stop! Yuu!" Yuu looked up as he heard his name. "Listen up guys!" he said, gathering the attention of everyone, and distracted Argo for a second, which caused Kyouya to flip him into the mud. "Nice move Kyouya." Gingka said, to the satisfaction of Kyouya. "Now then, I think that Argo and Kyouya should go watch the Redemption Duel today." Gingka said, to the surprise of some of his teammates.

"Gingka, we're supposed to draw the marbles! What if Blader DJ finds out or…" Madoka didn't get a chance to finish, as Gingka cut her off.

"What he doesn't know won't hurt him. Right?" Gingka said. The other bladers slowly nodded agreement, and Argo and Kyouya got out of the mud. "Mudmen, I need you to go get in the river and clean up before you go. I want you to represent us well." Gingka nagged. Argo and Kyouya just shrugged though, and went down to the river to clean up.

Red Team Camp – Day 16

The few Red Team members that were left sat in silence. Kenta was the only one not moving. He sat in anxiety, before he got up. "I'm going to get the Tree Mail. See you." Kenta said, and then walked off to get the Mail.

"Finally." Sophie said. "Some time without anxiety floating in the air." Ryuga nodded his agreement.

Ryuga Confession: Man, Kenta can be kind of annoying, especially when he's bored. I don't get bored. I'm always thinking.

Kenta walked back in shortly though, and he came with Tree Mail and the marbles. "Uggh." Dashan said, tired of drawing marbles. But Kenta had already drawn.

"Sophie and I are going to watch the duel." He said. He grabbed Sophie's hand and said his good-byes, before leaving for the boat. That left Tsubasa, Dashan, and Ryuga to talk strategy.

A few hours earlier, on Redemption Island…

Hikaru woke up in her camp, but she felt a warm mass next to her. She quickly turned around, and punched the thing that was next to her. "Ow." Chao said, rubbing his nose. Hikaru covered her mouth, not realizing that Chao had found her camp so fast. She had seen the boat last night, but him waking up to her this morning, it sent shivers down her back.

"What are you doing in my tent Chao?" Hikaru asked. Chao responded by punching her back in the nose. "Ow! Okay I deserved that." Hikaru giggled. Chao smiled.

Chao Confession: I know that Hikaru's been unstoppable the last few days, but I plan on doing the same thing she did to Nile. Confuse her.

Hikaru shook her head. She had to put Chao out of her mind. She needed to train. She walked out of the tent, and started doing her usual morning workout. Chao walked out of the tent as well. He smiled as he watched her workout. Hikaru turned and saw him watching her do sit-ups. She blushed for a second, before reminding herself to focus and train.

When the 'audience' arrived, she was still having trouble keeping Chao out of his mind, because he kept flashing his gorgeous smile at her. "Well, are we ready?" Blader DJ asked them. They nodded yes and went to the Challenge Grounds. The familiar sight had changed once again, this time into something slightly less elaborate. There was a pool to start with, then a short run, and a small maze to end the track. There was a mat behind the maze, but they couldn't see it yet. "This challenge is another half physical, half mental one. We producers seem to like those, huh?" Blader DJ laughed. "Anyways, there are three puzzle bags, one in the pond, one at the end of the run, and one at the end of end of the maze. After you grab your third puzzle bag, sit down on the mat behind the maze, and solve the puzzle. Good luck, survivors." Hikaru and Chao nodded their thanks and took their places at the starting line. "Survivors ready?" Blader DJ asked the always rhetorical question. "Go!" He said. Hikaru had finally lost herself in Chao's eyes, and at the worst possible time. She didn't snap out of it until he was completely into the water. She then dove down and tried to find the first puzzle bag. "Hikaru has lost the lead for only the second time she's been here!" Hikaru, hearing this, found her puzzle bag and swam up to the surface, only to see Chao already up and running. She jumped out of the water, holding her bag, and ran after him. She quickly caught up though, right as they were entering the maze. They both grabbed their second bags and ran into the maze. "The contestants have entered the maze." Blader DJ said, and as they could no longer see them in the maze, screens along the top edge of the Spectator Temple showed them running along in the maze. They watched in awe as Chao overtook Hikaru again, this time by luck. He found his way out of the maze just as Hikaru was turning the final corner. He tossed his third bag onto a mat and got to work on the puzzle. When he dumped the puzzle pieces out though, he was surprised to see that about half of them were bent at a ninety degree angle. "Oh, did I mention that the puzzle was a cube?" Blader DJ said evilly. Hikaru was just out of the maze and was on the mat, already solving the puzzle, while Chao calculated what piece went where. Hikaru was about halfway done when Chao put his first pieces down, and went from there, catching up to Hikaru when she was about 7/8 of the way done. "It looks like we have a dead tie going into the home stretch." Blader DJ announced. His announcement made one of them nervous, causing them to fumble a piece and drop it in the almost completed cube. That person reached down into the cube to get it before he/she looked over at his/her competitor and see that she was done.

"Hikaru wins immunity once again!" the host said. Chao hung his head in defeat. Hikaru saw this and went over. She held her hand out, in a peace offering. Chao slapped it. "That was for being an awesome competitor." Then she did something unexpected. She kissed him. Chao just went into it cool. When she pulled away she spoke again. "That was for seducing me." She said. Then she slapped him. "That was for trying to seduce me into losing." She walked away at that, and left Chao rubbing his cheek in pain.

"Good job Hikaru." Blader DJ said as she walked up, followed shortly by Chao. "Chao, you have lost the Redemption Island Duel. You must now walk to the other Boat of Shame that will take you home. You played a good game. Good luck back at home." Blader DJ said. Chao nodded his thanks and left.

Chao's Last Words: Man, I can't believe I lost. I thought I had her in that maze, but she came out of the maze already knowing the puzzle was a cube, and she just got to work. She didn't look at me once. That was where I lost the challenge. Good game Hikaru. I hope you win.

As the spectators were walking back to the boat, they were called back by Blader DJ. "Where do you think you're going?" He asked. "We aren't done here." He said, which caught some of them off, specifically the Red Team, but they walked back anyway.

Blue Team Camp – Day 16

When the spectators returned back to camp, they were greeted by Gingka. "Hey guys, how was the…" He never finished the sentence, because he looked up at who was walking into camp. It wasn't Argo and Kyouya. "Kenta? Sophie? What are you doing here? I thought you were on the Red Team." Gingka said, confused, along with the rest of the camp. Everyone was confused at the Red players' arrival, everyone except Julian, but he didn't show it. He acted confused, along with everyone else.

"There was a team swap back at Redemption Island. We're on the Blue Team now!" Kenta said, holding out his newly painted blue blade. Sophie held hers out too, and left the Blue Team speechless, and mad at Gingka, because he had lost them their powerhouses. Julian though, had a smirk on his face. Gingka gave him a glare that anyone but Julian would've melted under.

Red Team Camp – Day 16

"So basically, our team is stacked right now?" Dashan said. He looked around at his team. The New Red Team was, surprisingly stacked with powerhouses. Argo and Kyouya from the other team, and Tsubasa, Ryuga, and Dashan himself. "Man, we could win any physical challenge there is now!" Dashan said.

"Eh." Kyouya said. He looked around at his new camp. It was a serious downgrade, the only upside being that there was more space in their horrible shelter.

Kyouya Confession: It was kind of crowded back at Blue. Argo, me, Gingka, and Julian were the only good ones there. Even though this team is smaller, I came into it as good as it was going to get. Maybe if Hikaru comes back after the merge, us six could make an alliance and crush whoever the last three would be.

The small Red Team talked amongst themselves late into the night, in case of a trivia challenge tomorrow. They only slept once the Sun just above the horizon on their seventeenth day on this island.

Blue Team Camp – Day 17

Sleeping with people you didn't like was just embarrassing, but you grew used to it after a while. When they mixed up the teams like this, it caused almost everyone to be a little embarrassed and not get much sleep during the night. That didn't bode well with Gingka. When he crawled out of the shelter, his eyes were drooping, his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked like he was just plain out tired. He was trying to make it to the soda, but he realized that the third day with the food was yesterday, and now it was back to rice and water. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Gingka yelled, waking everyone else up. Yuu crawled out of the tent in a similar position to Gingka, i.e. tired.

"Gingky, what is your problem! The Sun is barely over the land!" Yuu said, unhappy. When everyone else crawled out, they didn't look too happy either. Kenta and Sophie were the only ones who were even remotely awake. Madoka was the only one who was willing to come to Gingka's aid.

Mei-mei Confession: Gingka is really starting to tick me off. I know he's on our alliance, but he lost our best players, he's been sneaking off into the woods with Julian, and now this? I'm seriously considering voting him off.

Julian Confession: Everything going exactly as planned. Now, all I have to do is throw the challenge and…

Most of the Blue Team woke up eventually, but Mei-mei was still a little ticked off and Gingka.

Red Team Camp – Day 17

"Let's get psyched for the challenge guys!" Dashan said. Ryuga rolled over and looked at where the Sun was. He had to sit up to see it barely over the horizon. He groaned and sent back to sleep. Everyone else had a similar reaction to Ryuga, and they tried to go back to sleep. Dashan sighed. "I guess I'll wake them up when the Tree Mail comes." He said, before walking off to sit by the Tree Mailbox.

When the Tree Mail did come, he walked back to the camp to see that Tsubasa was awake. "How long have you been awake, Tsubasa?" Dashan asked.

"Couple hours." Tsubasa said.

Dashan Confession: A couple hours? He must have already been awake when I tried to wake everyone else up. It's kind of scary how he can just disappear sometimes.

"You ready to go to the Challenge?" Dashan asked. Tsubasa nodded in return. "I'll wake the rest of them up then." He did, and they headed off to the Challenge.

Reward/Immunity Challenge

"Welcome back Survivors! Do you like your new teams?" Blader DJ asked to no one in particular. He was met with silence. "Okay then, I hope you like your new teammates, originals, because they're about to hold your tribe's fate in their hands. Bladers who switched teams, step forward." Blader DJ asked. Kenta and Sophie walked up for the Blue Team, while Argo and Kyouya walked up for Red. "You are about to hold your new team's fate in your hands. This Challenge could accept you into the group, or it could send you to Redemption. In front of you, you may see a maze split in two and two platforms." Sure enough, there was a huge maze with a wall splitting it down the middle. There were two platforms running over the maze, one on each side of the wall. "There will be one Maze Runner, and one Navigator, the Navigator must lead the Runner to the other side of the maze, while the Runner is blindfolded. "At the end of the maze is a piece of paper which holds a riddle on it. The Navigator must now lead him back to the beginning of the maze and climb down to solve the riddle. First team to solve their riddle wins Immunity, and coffee, creamer, milk, and donuts for the next three days." The teams cheered at getting more food besides rice and water. Some of them cheered for coffee. "Now, just one question before we begin. We have our players, but who will be Navigator and who will be Maze Runner?" Blader DJ asked.

"I'll be Navigator." Sophie, Kyouya and Argo said at the same time. Kyouya, realizing that if Argo and he argued it would just waste time, then said, "Never mind, I'll be Runner." Argo smiled.

"Alright then. Kenta, Kyouya, here are your blindfolds. If they come off before you exit the maze, you're disqualified, making your team lose. Got it?" Kenta and Kyouya nodded. "Navigators, climb up onto the rail." Sophie and Argo did as they were told and Blader DJ got ready to start. "Survivors ready? Go!" He said, and the challenge began.

Kenta and Kyouya ran into the maze and stopped when they hit a wall. "Go left!" both Navigators said, and the runners did as they were told. This continued until the Red Team had a hitch. "Go left! Argo said. Kyouya did as he was told and turned left. "No! You're other left!" Argo said. Kyouya frowned at this, as he had turned left, and turned around and yelled at Argo.

"I did turn left, you big galoot! Learn your left and right!" Kyouya said, then turned around and ran to Argo's "left". The Blue Team was going smoother than the Red Team, and they had the riddle about a half minute before the Red Team did.

"Looks like Blue has taken the lead." Blader DJ announced. Red Team had finally reached the end of the maze, but they had started to argue about which way to turn, as Kyouya had just come back a different way that Argo was telling him to go. "And Blue is out of the maze!" Blader DJ announced. Kyouya sighed at this, and went the way Argo was telling him to. Kenta had his blindfold off and was helping Sophie with the riddle. Kenta suddenly had a "eureka" moment and whispered the answer into Sophie's ear. Sophie nodded and relayed the answer to Blader DJ as Red got out of the maze. "Blue Team wins immunity and more food!" Blader DJ announced. He tossed the idol to Sophie as she and Kenta were congratulated by the others. They were lead back to camp with their donuts and coffee. "Red Team, You will be going to your Third Tribal Council in a row tomorrow night. Good luck." Blader DJ said as he walked back to the production camp. Red team sulked backed to camp.

Dashan Confession: Wow! I can't believe they couldn't stop arguing and focus on the challenge! And Argo! Sheesh, if he can't tell his left from his right, he shouldn't be here.

Red Team Camp – Day 17

It had been silence since they walked into camp. Tsubasa and Dashan were the only ones talking and they were in the woods. "Alright, Argo needs to go, alright?" Dashan asked. Tsubasa agreed with a nod of his head. They walked back to camp. It was still silence as the sun set and the moon rose.

Blue Team Camp – Day 18

Gingka was up first. He grabbed a cup of coffee, put a little milk in it and drank that along with eating donuts. He was actually eating like a human being this morning, and some were glad to hear it. Madoka came out and sat down next to him, with her blanket around her shoulders and coffee in her hands. She leaned against Gingka, and he put his arm around her. Soon the other woke up, with Yuu and Kenta being the last ones awake. "I wonder who Red Team is going to eliminate tonight." Gingka asked.

"I hope Argo." Mei-mei said. "He deserves it. He was a jerk here and lost Red the challenge. Not that I'm complaining or anything, but I don't think anyone likes him." The Chinese girl finished.

"I don't know." Kenta said. "Kyouya was the one who was arguing during the challenge. If he had had complete faith in his partner, like I did with you, Sophie, then they probably could've beaten us. I certainly know that Kyouya is faster than me." Kenta said.

"Let's put it out of our minds." Julian said. He looked kind of sour this morning.

Julian Confession: What the heck! Why did Blader DJ have to let it fall into Kenta and Sophie's hands! Now, my plan is failed. Everyone has forgiven Gingka, and I probably won't have another chance to get him out. Dang it!

Tribal Council, later that night…

"Welcome, Red Team, to your third Tribal Council in a row!" Your Team is only getting smaller isn't it?" Blader DJ said. "You all don't look very happy right now, so I'll just let you get straight to the voting. Tsubasa, if you please."

Tsubasa walked up and voted.

Ryuga walked up and voted.

Kyouya walked up, and then held up a paper with Argo's name on it. "Sorry dude. Learn your left and right."

Argo walked up, and then held up Kyouya's name. "Right back at you." He said.

Dashan walked up and voted.

"Now, I will tally the votes. Whoever receives the most votes must exit Tribal Temple immediately. First vote…

Argo." He said. The muscular Brazilian man glared at Kyouya.

"Second vote…

Kyouya." Kyouya stared right back at Argo.

"Third vote…

Argo.

Fourth vote…

Kyouya. Tied at two votes apiece between Argo and Kyouya.

Fifth and final vote, fifth person sent to Redemption Island… Is…" Blader DJ said dramatically.

…

…

…

Argo." Blader DJ said. Argo, furious at having to leave, grabbed his torch, stormed up there and threw it at Blader DJ. The host caught it, and snuffed it. "Argo, the tribe has spoken. You must now walk down the Walk of Shame and ride the Boat of Loserdom to Redemption Island, where you will battle for the right to remain in the game. Good luck." the host said, and shoved him down the stairs of the Temple. "Remaining Red Team, congratulations on being the final four in your group. I hope that you'll make a comeback in the next challenge. Good luck." Blader DJ said as the rest of the Red Team walked back to their camp.

Next Time, on Survivor: Beyblade Style!

With eleven left, the competition starts to heat up a bit more…

"Survivors, are you ready for the hardest challenge yet?" Blader DJ asked.

And will Hikaru reign supreme for the fourth time?

"Hikaru starting to lose ground on Argo…" Blader DJ announced.

Find out next time, on Survivor: Beyblade Style!

A/N: This is my wordiest chapter yet, and I think my best one! What do you think? Can't update twice today, because I need to SLEEP. Like now. Good-bye. See ya next time!