Ch.2

"I'm pretty sure this isn't the parking lot." Kimura sighed as the gang pulled into an empty dirt lot.

"Of course it is! I read the map!" Takamura said angrily. They all got out and looked around for a path.

"It's your damn fault that we can't find the path!" Takamura shouted at Aoki. "Learn how to give directions you 5th rate boxer."

"Oy! There's no such thing as 5th rate! And if someone hadn't ripped the map, maybe we would have been able to find it!"

"Guys! We know that the lodge is at the top of the mountain." Ippo explained, trying to calm his friends. "If we just go up, I'm sure we can find it… eventually!"

…

"Which way now?" Takamura asked exhaustedly.

"Up!" Aoki shouted for the umpteenth time.

"We've been going up for 3 hours." Kimura said. "Can't we just sit down for a bit?"

"I'm sure we're almost there." Miyata said, obviously out of breath.

"Yeah we've got be close by now" Ippo stated wearily.

"NO WE REST NOW!" Takamura shouted at the group. Everyone went silent as the birds in the trees flew off in fright. Aoki and Kimura sat down on the ground, followed by Takamura. "Someone get the food out and the tent."

"We're almost there and I would really rather not sleep on the ground. Plus, there's only room for one in the pop-tent." Miyata said. There was a long pause.

"Who does get the tent?" Aoki and Kimura said at the same time.

"Me of course." Takamura exclaimed.

"Why you?!" Aoki yelled, grabbing Takamura's shirt.

"Because I'm the champ!" Takamura yelled back.

"We need to decide this fairly." Kimura said.

"You all against me, one on one!" Takamura shouted laughing.

"I said fairly." Kimura mumbled.

"What about a ramen off?" Aoki suggested.

"We have nothing for ramen. We only have s'mores." Kimura sighed.

"Fine then, a s'mores off!" Aoki yelled disgruntledly.

"Fine by me!" Takamura said, grabbing Aoki's head.

"How about truth or dare!" Ippo chimed in, hoping to save Aoki. The boxers pause to think.

"That sounds fun." Kimura said.

"What's fun?" Everyone jumps when they hear a voice coming from the darkness. Out of the trees walk the Japanese Featherweight Champion Sendo Takashi and Volg Zangief.

"What are you guys doing here?" Ippo gasped.

"We're here 'cause we wanna be!" Sendo said. "Damn, that's such a street punk answer! We're sight seein'." Volg stood next to Sendo smiling, a bit confused of what was going on. "Now, what are you doin'?"

"We're going to play truth or dare to see who gets to sleep in the tent." Kimura explained.

"Alright, I'm game!" Sendo said and sat with them. Volg sits down next to him.

"You want the tent?" Miyata aksed.

"Nope! I just want to win." Sendo laughed. "I can't back down from no challenge."

"Haha, like you'll win little man!" Takamura bellowed.

"Watch and learn." Sendo grinned. "Now who we startin' with?"

"How about the guy who suggested the game?" Kimura said. Everyone turned to Ippo. He started stammering.

"Ummmmmm, ahhhhhh, ummmmm… Truth?" He said. There is a pause. Takamura tilts his head to the side and deviously grins.

"Who's the girl you like?" He asked.

"Well, I… I like," Ippo started.

"Yeah Makunouchi, who do you like." Came a deep voice from behind Ippo. A shiver ran up his spine a he turned to see…