A/N: And I'm finally back with another episode of Beyblade: Survivor Style! I was grounded this whole time, and I wasn't allowed anywhere near the computer. Hopefully I'll update more frequently now.

Episode 9: The Strongest Will

Green Team Camp – Morning 28

"I swear as soon as I get my hands on Ryuga…" Hikaru muttered as she got out of the shelter. Ryuga was nowhere in sight, and he had reason to be gone. Hikaru swore under her breath and sat down. Kyouya walked out of the shelter next, and sat down next to her. They both sat in awkward silence for a while.

"So, um… Do you still hate Ryuga?" Kyouya asked. Hikaru glared at him.

Hikaru Confession: Why is he asking? Curiosity, or… Does he know?

"Yes, yes I do." She answered, and quieted down again, the cogs of her mind turning.

"Hey guys!" Yuu suddenly appeared between Kyouya and Hikaru, giving them quite a fright. "Oh, Hikaru? Ryuga is hiding from you in the woods, just so you know." Snitched Yuu. Hikaru smiled evilly and ran off, determined to find him. "And Kyouya?" Kyouya turned at his name. "Stop staring at Hikaru. You staring at her isn't going to make her like you." Kyouya's eyes widened in shock and anger as he turned to Yuu, but the boy had disappeared again. Kyouya sighed.

Kyouya Confession: I don't know what he's talking about. If he thinks I'd like Hikaru… Well, he's insane. I'd never like a girl with that kind of attitude. Or girls at all, for that matter.

Tsubasa and Kenta stepped out of the shelter, followed shortly by Sophie. "Where's Ryuga?" Kenta asked, looking around. "And Hikaru?"

"In the woods. Both of them." Kyouya answered. Kenta nodded and sat down next to Kyouya. Sophie just stared for a second, before walking off with Tsubasa in tow. Kyouya turned around to see if there was anyone else, but only Mei-mei was left in the shelter, and she was sound asleep.

"So… got an alliance?" Kenta asked. Kyouya decided not to answer that question. "You sure?" Kenta asked again. Kyouya sighed. The younger boy got up and left Kyouya alone after that. Kyouya got up and left after that too.

Deep in the woods, Ryuga had his back pressed against the tree, hoping Hikaru wouldn't find him.

Ryuga Confession: If Hikaru finds me, I'm dead meat. I didn't even TRY and stop them from voting for her last night. Big mistake.

"Found you." Hikaru said, sneaking up on Ryuga. The boy nearly jumped out of his pants as he turned around to face her. "So, you want to tell me what happened last night?" she asked.

"No." Ryuga replied.

"Why not? Scared you're going to get hurt?" Ryuga nodded. "Have you not learned?" the girl sighed. "We're in an alliance. I'm not going to hurt you. I may send someone to hurt you, but I won't hurt you. Now, tell me what happened last night." She asked in her most pleading voice. Ryuga calmed down as he started the story…

Back at camp, the horns were heard over the sounds of the forest. "Challenge time." Sophie observed. Mei-mei crawled out of the shelter, with bags under her eyes.

"Beauty sleep, my foot." She muttered. She got up nonetheless though, and they headed to the Challenge Grounds, Ryuga and Hikaru following shortly behind.

Reward Challenge

"Good morning Survivors." Blader DJ said. "Look, I'm not in a good mood this morning, so I'm going to say this once, and only once. We're doing a willpower challenge today. You're going to stand on wooden pedestals in the middle of the lake, five feet above the water. At certain intervals, I will offer prizes for you to jump off. The last person standing on the poles wins two things. One, a clue to the whereabouts of an immunity idol, and second, the choice of one person to bring back into the game." He yelled. Some of the players' eyes widened at that. "Yeah, someone's coming back into the game. That person will not have to participate in the Immunity Challenge, and also gets immunity for the next Tribal Council, so no one can vote them off as soon as they get back. So go get on your pedestals." He ordered. They did so, and the challenge began.

-20 minutes in…-

The players were starting to get bored, just sitting around, when Blader DJ called out the first bribe. "All you can eat, pancakes, sausage, bacon, eggs, and orange juice." he said. Yuu and Kenta jumped in almost immediately, extremely hungry. Blader DJ looked around. "Five more seconds and the bribe is off." He said. Mei-mei thought for a second, then jumped off as well. "And we're done! Mei-mei, Yuu and Kenta all get the food." The rest of the players settled in for another boring wait.

-40 minutes in…-

"Cannonball!" Sophie yelled on her way down.

Sophie Confession: Don't judge me. I was bored, and I really don't care about the bribes. Knowing the producers, those clues would probably be useless anyway.

"Alright then, four left. Next bribe, you get immunity at Tribal." Tsubasa quickly stepped off. "Tsubasa gets immunity. No one else." He said, right before Ryuga stepped off.

Ryuga Confession: Step too soon…

"Final two. Good luck." Blader DJ said, before walking off.

"Where is he going?" Kyouya asked. Hikaru shrugged and sat down again.

-1 hour, 30 minutes in…-

"Have a good time?" Blader DJ asked as he walked back in. Hikaru and Kyouya stared at him, while everyone else nodded. "Good. Now, this next bribe is a doozy. You will get your Beyblade back for the rest of the competition. Never to be taken again." Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Blader DJ.

"Should I do it?" Kyouya asked himself. "Leone is the color of my team anyway, so it won't matter. That immunity idol should be easy enough to find… Okay."

Kyouya stepped off the platform. But not soon enough. "Kyouya wins." Blader DJ said. Kyouya came up out of the water and saw Hikaru climbing out. "But since they both stepped off in time, they both get their beys.

Hikaru Confession: Darn it. If Kyouya had the chance to get his bey back, and he didn't get it, it would've crushed him! But he gets his bey, his clue, and his friend. It'll be tough to get him out.

"Alright Kyouya. Who would you like to bring back into the game?" he asked. Kyouya smiled and walked up. He whispered who he wanted and walked back to his spot, bringing his clue and bey with him.

Kyouya Confession: I caught a break there. I won and I got my bey back? Lucky. And now that –beep- is coming back, it'll be tough to beat me.

"Now head back to camp. Kyouya's guest will arrive after tomorrow's challenge. I will see you all tomorrow." Blader DJ walked out of the clearing, and the campers went the other way to their camp.

Green Tribe Camp – Evening 28

Mei-mei walked over to the shelter as soon as they walked into camp, and fell asleep on her spot. Kyouya snickered as he walked into the woods to wash up. Tsubasa and Ryuga walked the other way, leaving the original Blue team alliance. "Alright, so tomorrow should be interesting." Sophie observed.

"No kidding." Hikaru replied. They stayed in silence for a while after that, until…

"So, who do you think Kyouya chose?" Yuu asked.

"If I had to guess, probably Nile. The little rat was the only guy Kyouya could trust." Sophie guessed.

"You don't think he'd pick the strongest player?" Kenta asked. "If he could team up with Argo, he would make it pretty far."

"You're forgetting that no one wants Argo back in the game, not even Kyouya." Hikaru added.

"Still though…"

"Alright, whoever it is, how are we going to deal with, well, whoever it is?" Sophie asked. We won't be able to eliminate him, and Tsubasa is out of the picture too. So do we try and get rid of Kyouya?" she asked. They thought about, then Hikaru spoke up.

"I think that would be our best move. Unless he wins immunity in the next challenge, then we'd go for Ryuga. Okay?"

Hikaru Confession: I seriously hope that we don't have to go for Ryuga, but it'll be our only choice. I won't be able to do anything else without revealing my true intentions.

"Okay, we have to win tomorrow. Let's go!" Yuu said, and they disbanded.

In the woods, Tsubasa and Ryuga were talking again. "Alright, they'll be going for me or Kyouya next time, so we're going to have to get someone to vote with us." Ryuga said. Tsubasa nodded slowly, the gears in his head turning. "Maybe Hikaru? She doesn't really trust anyone right now, because she didn't have enough time to get an alliance before she was voted off. What do you think?" Tsubasa smiled and nodded. He had the perfect way to get Hikaru. They remained silent as they walked back to camp, as day turned to night.

Green Tribe Camp – Morning 29

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!" Everyone jumped as they heard the loud screech coming from inside the shelter. "MOUSE!" Kenta quickly ran inside, and brought back out a shivering Mei-mei and a dead mouse. Kenta just shook his head and dropped Mei-mei on the spot. She looked around at everyone staring at her, before she whispered, "I thought it was a mouse monster." She got back up, then jumped as the horns were heard in the distance. Mei-mei was the first to run off, eager to get away from everyone else.

Mei-mei Confession: Okay, so I may have overreacted. Don't judge me.

Immunity Challenge

Once everyone got to the Challenge Grounds, they looked at their surroundings. The Grounds looked like a dirt race track now, with two person karts at what looked to be a starting line. "Good morning Survivors!" Blader DJ said in a cheerful mood. "Since the producers decided that my mood was too 'grumpy' yesterday, the deducted my pay by $15,000 dollars. So I'm going to take my anger out on you guys!"

Kenta Confession: -gulp-

"Now, as some of you may have noticed, we're having a go-kart race today! Now, before I say anything else, split up into pairs." Yuu quickly ran over to Sophie, and Mei-mei went to Tsubasa. Kyouya walked over to Hikaru, leaving Kenta and Ryuga. "Good! Now, one person from each pair is going to be driving the kart, and the other one is going to be shooting one of these!" Blader DJ held up four paintball guns, filled to the brim with paintballs of all colors. "Yuu, Kenta, Mei-mei, and Hikaru, you four will be driving. Everyone else, lock and load! If one of you get s shot 50 times, your paintballer must get out of the kart! If your kart fails, someone is going to have to get out and start it again. First pair across the finish line wins! Last one across is automatically eliminated from Survivor Island!" A few gasps escaped the players. "Yep, that's right. If you lose, you're out. Gone. Kapiche?" Everyone nodded. "Good, then take a kart." Everyone did so, and soon the host started the countdown. "It's a ten lap race, so good luck. Three, two, GO!" he yelled, and they took off. Mei-mei and Tsubasa took an early lead by ramming into Kyouya and Hikaru, and they took off, Tsubasa shooting paintballs from behind. Sophie and Yuu took a fair second place, with Ryuga and Kenta right behind, followed by Kyouya and Hikaru in last.

"Get going!" Kyouya snarled, and Hikaru stepped on it, overtaking Ryuga and Kenta, while Kyouya shot Ryuga in the face. Tsubasa and Mei-mei still had the lead, though Tsubasa had stopped shooting.

Tsubasa Confession: This is the perfect chance to get Mei-mei out. Even if we lose, I have immunity, so they can't eliminate me.

Sophie and Yuu were trying as hard as they could to keep Kyouya and Hikaru behind them, cutting them off every time they tried to overtake. Eventually Sophie just turned around and shot Hikaru in the face, making her eyesight zero. Her kart went out of control, ramming into Ryuga and Kenta behind them and stopping them both. Sophie and Yuu zoomed ahead, while the paintballers got out of the kart, guns pointed at each other, and tried to start the kart again. But Ryuga turned his head a second too long and suffered a paintball to the you-know-where. He doubled over in pain as Kyouya started the kart and got back in. Ryuga managed to start the kart, but they were behind quite a bit now. "Darn it!" he muttered, as they started the chase.

It went on like this for a few more laps, Sophie and Yuu trying to get ahead of Tsubasa and Mei-mei and failing, Ryuga and Kenta behind, but slowly gaining, and Kyouya and Hikaru not doing anything. It remained like this until the seventh lap, and that was when Kenta and Ryuga were close enough to make a move. Ryuga aimed up the sights, and shot straight at Kyouya and Hikaru's gas tank. He was a nanosecond away from shooting, when a bump knocked him off aim and he shot Kenta in the back of the head. "Dude!" Kenta yelled, but he didn't stay that way for long. His driving got a little off, and they started slowing down. Ryuga quickly aimed up the sights again, and shot Hikaru and Kyouya's engine, causing them to stop at the same time Ryuga and Kenta did. At that point, they were far enough behind to where Tsubasa, Mei-mei, Sophie, and Yuu all lapped them. Ryuga checked on Kenta's head and saw that he was still moving pretty well. He put the paintball gun in Kenta's hands, put him in the second seat, and got in the drivers seat. He stepped on the gas, just a second before Kyouya and Hikaru did, and they ended up in a neck and neck race on the eighth lap. Tsubasa and Mei-mei, and Sophie and Yuu finished their ninth lap and started on their last when the others were about halfway through their eighth. Kyouya was still trying to shoot Ryuga, who was doing very well driving, but kept missing, as Ryuga kept moving left or right, or slowing down a bit, or speeding up whenever he shot. Kenta started moving a little better, and he lifted up his gun. He shot a paintball right onto Hikaru's steering wheel, making her jump and let go of the wheel. Ryuga took the opening and sped up, overtaking the other pair as they started on their ninth lap.

"And Tsubasa and Mei-mei win! Followed closely by Sophie and Yuu!" Blader DJ announced. They took their karts off the track and settled in to watch the end of the race. Kenta and Ryuga were doing better, Kenta turning around to fire a shot every few seconds, and Ryuga was racing as best as he could. Kyouya and Hikaru were going as fast as they could, trying to catch up, but the best they got was a bump to the back of their opponents kart. As soon as Kenta turned around though, Kyouya nailed him, putting him back in his chair. Ryuga turned around to see what had happened, but he slowed down, letting Kyouya and Hikaru pass him. Ryuga quickly turned around as they started their last lap. Ryuga fainted left, but quickly turned right putting him neck and neck with their opponents. Ryuga was having a tougher time now, as his paintballer was unconscious in the backseat, he was the one having to dodge everyone of Kyouya's shots. As they approached the last turn, a sharp left, Ryuga veered to the right, then quickly turned left and punched the brakes, turning into the corner with a powerslide. His back tires rammed into Kyouya and Hikaru, putting them a bit off balance. As soon as Ryuga got out of the turn, he slammed on what he thought was the gas, and screeched to a halt. He panicked and tried to floor it, but lost traction and couldn't hold on. He spun out, and stopped facing the wall as Kyouya and Hikaru crossed the finish line in victory.

Ryuga stopped as he realized what had just happened. He had the race in the bag, and a literal misstep had cost him his game on Survivor. Kenta chose to wake up at that moment. "What happened? Did we win?" he asked as he looked around. Ryuga shook his head.

Ryuga Confession: What the heck! I had it in the bag. Now I'll go down as the guy who lost not only his game, but one of the most well-liked kid's game too. DARN IT!

"Ryuga, Kenta, I'm afraid your days here are done. You two have lost the race, as well as the right to play Survivor. I am sorry. Pack your few belongings and leave to the Boat of Loserdom. Good-bye." Blader DJ said. He actually sounded sad as Ryuga and Kenta jogged back to camp to gather their things.

Kenta's Last Words: Well, I got as far as I thought I was going to get, and then some! I had a really good time on Survivor, even though I lost. I just hope that Yuu can pull it out in the end. I'm rooting for you buddy!

Ryuga's Last Words: Shucks, I could've won. Hikaru, you were an extremely worthy adversary, and you won. Congratulations, I hope you win. Well played.

It was mostly silent as the two well-liked competitors walked back into the clearing. Ryuga walked over to Hikaru and gave her a salute, and she, not wanting to give away her secret, sighed and shook his hand. Kenta walked over to Yuu and gave him a bear hug. "See you later bud." Kenta said. Yuu nodded.

The two said their good-byes to everyone, and walked down to the boat. They waved one last time, and they stepped on.

"Well, go back to camp everyone. Kyouya's guest will be waiting there for you." He smirked and walked back to the production camp. Everyone else walked back to camp.

Green Tribe Camp – Night 29

"Well, I guess that's that." Yuu said while they were still walking back. "So Kyouya, who did you bring back?"

Kyouya smirked, and kept walking. "You'll see. You'll see."

And as they walked back into camp, they didn't see anyone. Until he stepped out of the shelter. His teal shirt and brown pants were as dominant as ever, and his auburn-red hair billowed in the breeze. If you don't know who it was…

"Hello Chao Xin." Kyouya said.

A/N: I'm going to be honest here, I didn't like eliminating Ryuga and Kenta. But that was how the plan worked. Sorry to anyone out there who was rooting solely for them. And yeah, Chao Xin is back. Bet you didn't see that coming. Ha! Got you!