Scare War!
by Tierra and Pleiades
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To Whom It May Concern,
How brave are you?
12th July
11:00pm
Spika High Class 1B
If you think you've got the guts...come along.
Whomsoever lasts a night, wins the game. If you survive.
Signed
Phantom of the Spika
Sakuragi sighed, looking from the note in his hand to the ominous looking building in front of him. What was he doing here again? Right. The note.
It was obviously the Spikans playing some weird trick. Obviously, right? He only knew a few of the students from this new school, mostly through friendly basketball practice games, and he couldn't even remember their names. He shouldn't even be here, but...Haruko had seen the letter when he'd found it and opened it at his locker.
"Wow, Sakuragi-kun, that sounds like a scare war challenge! It should be lots of fun for you, ne? You're going, right?"
Sakuragi had nodded, laughing. "Of course! The tensai will never back down from anything! Nyaaaahahahaha!"
It started to rain. Sakuragi ran for the cover of the school, cursing his bad luck. He reached the lobby, fluffing his hair up and getting the dampness out of it. Now for classroom 1B.
He wandered around the first floor aimlessly for a while, lost and confused. Where was 1B? It was obviously a classroom on the first floor, which was odd in itself, but...
Wait! He could here distant talking and laughing down one corridor...maybe that was where he was supposed to go? He grinned smugly. The Spikans had obviously realised how cool he was and wanted him to join in one of their wild parties. Well, I don't blame them! He thought proudly. Because I am a tensai!
He pushed the door open and was blinded by the light of a powerful beam torch straight in the face. He backed up, rubbing his eyes. "Na-Nanda, teme wa?!"
"Sakuragi? From Shohoku?"
Sakuragi rubbed his eyes, shielding them from the glare of the beam. "Yeah...who are you?"
The owner of the torch pointed the torch up at his own face and Sakuragi nearly jumped in fright. The things a torch could do when lighting the underside of a face. The face smiled disarmingly, but in the torchlight it looked truly scary. "Fujima da."
Sakuragi scratched his head, then realisation dawned. "Ah, benchwarmer!" The small cogs in his brain turned a little. "You didn't invite me here, did you?" he asked suspiciously.
"No..." Fujima flashed the torch around the room. It landed on several other figures, all looking rather confused. "It looks like a lot of the basketball players have been getting invitations to here, but no-one knows what it's about." He walked to the wall and Sakuragi heard the flicking of the light switch. "And all the power's been disconnected too."
"Sou ka...Who else is here then?"
The torch beam moved to each person in turn. "Hanagata..." The tall, glasses-wearing brunette was leaning against the far wall, staring out the window at the rain, looking very bored. "Sendoh, Koshino and Fukuda all arrived at about the same time..." Said boys were deep in coversation amongst themselves. Koshino threw a glare as the torchbeam got him directly in the eyes. "Also Jin is here, with Maki, over there by the desks, and that shadow in the corner? Hikoichi." The torchlight flashed over the boy in the corner, who was amazingly still scribbling in his notebook, in the dark. He had no light, and yet still...oh well. The mark of a dedicated stalker.
The torchbeam landed on one last person. "And Rukawa's asleep on the floor somewhere over there." Sakuragi frowned. So he'd been invited too. Looks like the Spikans have no taste, he thought.
The door swung open, hitting him in the behind. The torchlight fell on two huge figures. Sakuragi pointed at them. "Oou, Gori and Boss Monkey!" A fist met the top of his head, and he crouched on the floor nursing the lump as Akagi walked past and into the room, Uozumi behind him.
"The hell is going on here?" Akagi growled. A chorus of 'I dunno's came back as a response.
Sakuragi stood up only to get pummelled in the behind by the doorknob again. This time, two torches came around the corner as well, which swept around the room, highlighting everyone in turn. Miyagi's voice cut the semi-darkness. "Hey, Mitsui, look, everyone's here!"
There was a short, uncomfortable silence.
"So, what are we doing here again?" Hanagata asked in a bored tone of voice. Sendoh shrugged, but no-one had the torch on him, so no-one could see. "Judging from the invitation, I think the Spikans are trying to scare us. A challenge of sorts."
A harsh laugh. "Nyaahahaha! No-one can scare the tensai."
"Oh, no? Turn around."
Sakuragi did.
"I am Sadakoooo!"
"AAAAAHHHH!"
Kiyota leaned on the wall laughing, still holding his powerful torch under his face. He had come in through the open door without anyone noticing him. He trailed off, giggling quietly to himself.
Fujima flashed the torch around. Himself, Hanagata, Akagi, Sakuragi, Mitsui, Miyagi, Sendoh, Koshino, Fukuda, Uozumi, Kiyota, Jin and Maki...and Rukawa on the floor somewhere. All in one classroom. This could get a bit interesting, he mused.
He cleared his throat. "Since nothing is about to happen, it seems...I heard a story once, about a cabin in the mountains. One time, a guy went up there all alone..."
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"Oh yes, you tell those ghost stories, Fujima...and we'll do the rest."
A soft, low chuckle from the shadows of the observation room, lit dimly only by a bunch of TV screens on one of the walls. All showed different rooms in the school, and only one had movement.
Eyes glowed merrily in the darkness.
"You two, stay here, you know when to come in. Yuki, Nana...we have work to do."
A swift movement of black on black, and three wraith-like figures departed.
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End of Part One
Author's Notes:
This is truly an odd story. Spawned late one night while plotting a real life scare war, Pleiades has been bugging me to write it ever since. She's providing the ideas, and I write the story. This story is just all fun and games, nothing serious whatsoever. Hee. And much stuff inside is composed of obscure inside jokes...but if you're wondering why Kiyota yells "Sadako", it's a reference to the Japanese "Ring" movies.
Watch out for more, catapulting your way!
~T