Hey everyone this is Addicted to Dreams here adding another chapter to DDU! o.~
A to D-- I want everyone to enjoy this chapter. We're finally about to see the early stages of the plan and what's in store for the two teams.
Fuji- Saa… not even you know the plan.
Hiruma- you got that fucking right!
A to D- This chapter is more random because there's a lot of random people on the plane.
Eiji- Nya! It's okay, being random is fun!
A to D- Anyways as you know I do not own Prince of Tennis or Eyeshield 21.
Hiruma- Nope I do! Kekeke…!
A to D- This chapter is called We're Going Down.
Sena- To Australia right…
A to D- Uh…
Thanks for Reading!
We're Going DownIf you've ever been on a plane then you know what it's like. You sit down, you take off, you look out the window, maybe fall asleep, yeah all that good stuff. Well if you've never been on a plane, and you had the choice of riding the same plane with our two favorite teams and you said no, congratulations! You're smarter then the average fan girl (or fan boy). If you said yes then at this moments you would be so far past uncomfortable that it would take a telescope to see it. Everyone felt like sardines in a pickle jar. All cramped together with not much room to stretch the legs or arms. Everyone also felt out of place. The plane was like a classroom of kindergarteners, scary thought, I know. There was a loud buzz of voices that not even the newest I-pod could block out. Different snips of conversations floated from one ear to the next. Another reason why the plane much resembled a room full of rambunctious children was the fact that it was a mess of activity and toys.
Ryoma, bored out of his mind and needing to be on a tennis court instead of flying with untrustworthy people, took out a tennis ball and began hitting it against the plane wall. Eiji who had been in the plane's bathroom when the plane took off finally came out after being banged against the small sink a few times. He was shocked that no one had missed him! There was only one seat left and it was by one of the Devil Bats. Eiji sat down and said happily, "Hello!"
Ishimaru was shocked that he was actually being talked to. He was about to say hi when Eiji was dragged away by Momoshiro. Momo said quickly, "Eiji where have you been? We all completely forgot about you!"
"Nya, sorry Momo!" Eiji saw what Momo was doing. He was building a tower out of poky sticks. "Where did you get those?"
"This nice Monkey gave them to me!" Momo pointed to Monta, who did in fact resemble a monkey.
"Rudeness MAX!" Monta said offended. "I'm not a monkey!"
Shozo Togano had already fallen asleep with a manag lying across his face. His snores couldn't be heard over the loud chatter of the others. Taki and Taka were discussing the finer points of their sports. The conversation was at first one-sided because of Taka's timid ness which was similar to Sena's. Then the conversation became… one-sided again when Taka picked up his racket.
"TENNIS IS THE BEST SPORT!" Taka shouted, and everyone heard that.
"Okay, okay just please don't hurt me!" Taki was now cowering below his seat.
Inui was writing down data on the Devil Bat team in a black notebook. He was just finishing up writing a piece on Kurita who had just eaten an entire bag of chips in less then a minute when Suzuna skated over and asked, "What are you writing down?"
"I am collecting character data on the American football team. They are quite unusual."
"You got data on everyone? Even You-Nii?" The girl looked like she was calculating something.
"If by You-Nii you mean Hiruma Youichi then no I have not. I am not going to collect his data." Suzuna was about to ask why when she noticed a piece of paper crumpled on the floor. She could just barley make out the writing on the top that was unmistakably Hiruma's. She could just guess what nasty things he threaten to do if the data man tried getting any data. Instead she decided to ask a favor.
"So you're name's Inui, right?" Suzuna asked.
"Correct, Inui Sadaharu."
"What kind of data did you happen to get on our ace player Sena?" She tried to hide her growing curiosity.
"Lots. Concerning everything from his favorite foods to what he wears to bed at night." Inui replied in a matter of fact way.
"Really?" Suzuna clapped her hands together. This was too good to be true! "Could you tell me what his…" Suzuna was cut off.
"Sorry but Hiruma asked for this data and I'm not allowed to share."
"Oh, okay." Suzuna skated away, her disappointment obvious. Which by the way skating on a plane is a bad idea, don't do it!
Inui shut the black notebook and put it aside. Hiruma had promised him a new drink recipe to try if he filled up his threat book for him. It's okay to get your hands dirty every once and awhile right? Speaking of the devil and all things unholy… what we weren't talking about that? Oh well speaking of Hiruma at the moment he, Fuji, Kuroki, Yuki, Kaidoh, Sena, and Juumonji were all gathered around a foldout table. On top of the table cards were being passed around. Fuji was the dealer for the first round.
"We're playing poker everyone. You lose a hand you take off a piece of clothing." Hiruma said once Fuji was down passing out cards.
"What that's crazy!" Kuroki shouted.
"I'm not playing strip poker with you, after Las Vegas…" Juumonji said remembering how much the quarterback made while playing blackjack.
"That's just wrong…" Mumbled Kaidoh.
"Why did I get dragged into this?" Moaned Sena. He indeed had been literally dragged from his seat by Ryoma to the poker table. If Mamori were here she would have stopped this. Oh well, so much for his wishful thinking.
"Hiruma, think about it, we're on a plane. And there's Suzuna with us. Couldn't we just bet something else?" Yuki, the voice of reason, said before there was a panic.
"You're all a bunch of sniveling sissies." Hiruma took a look around the table. He saw how much nobody wanted to play him. "Oh Fine! We can bet something else. We each say what we're going to wager, each round the winner gets everything. We'll play for 50 games, whoever wins last get them all!"
A small round of cheers went up before they all picked up their hands to take a look at what fate had dealt them. Too bad "fate" had been Fuji.
Did I say the plane ride was like a kindergarten classroom with little kids going wild? Yeah I don't know about you but I've never seen a kindergartener play poker before. You could guess who dominated the table, but I'll tell you anyways!
List of Games Won out of 50 in order of top scores
Hiruma- 18 (We all saw that one)
Fuji- 13 (Fuji has the best poker face)
Yuki- 7 (Being smart does count somewhere!)
Juumonji- 7 (He secretly practiced cards after getting home from America)
Kuroki- 3- (He just got lucky)
Kaidoh- 2- (Yeah not sure how that happened)
Sena- 0- (Poor Sena!)
What they had betted
Hiruma- Pack of gum (Always has lots on him)
Yuki- A calculator (In case he had time to do homework)
Kaidoh- Bandana (Can never have too many)
Kuroki- Glue (Hmm, I don't even know)
Juumonji- Shoelaces (His break a lot)
Sena- Band-Aids (Mamori made sure they were always in his backpack, so it was accidentally brought along)
Fuji- Permanent Marker (What can't you do with one of these?)
"Kekeke." Hiruma who had won the last game looked over the pile of junk triumphantly. "I can't wait to-"
Just then the plane hit turbulence. The cards that Fuji had been stacking fell over as did the table and the poky tower that Momo and Eiji had gotten really high by then. Everyone looked out a window. They were now over land! When did that happen? The plane began to shake everyone like a child with a Christmas present. I mentioned you should never ware skates on a plane didn't I? Well here's a good example why you shouldn't. As the team members began to fall down, Suzuna, who had been skating about, began to roll backwards as the planes began to dive. Rolling towards the cockpit Suzuna yelled out, "Ahhhh!" What else did you expect her to yell?
Taki, being the amazing big brother that he was, tried to stop Suzuna from hitting the wall. The shaking made his steps wobbly which in the end made him fall over right into the path of his sister. Suzuna's skates hit her brother's sides as she fell backwards over him and kept on sliding tell her back hit the door to where the pilots were. Now feeling dizzy she looked out to see everyone scrambling around trying to find balance.
Fuji, taking action because no once else would, went to where Suzuna was by crawling on the floor. Hiruma, who was one step ahead of him, was already there.
"You-Nii I didn't know you cared." Suzuna said as she put her hand out for him to take.
"Get out of the fucking way, it feels like the plane's going down." Hiruma pushed her away and was joined by Fuji right when he opened the door. No one was in the cockpit. Instead a very neatly written note was attached to the seat by a pin. It read 'to whomever it may concern. This plane is on automatic pilot because I do not feel well. Sorry if this inconveniences you in any way.'. Hiruma was speechless. Fuji walked back out and yelled over the mass of confusion, "Inui, do you know how to fly a plane?"
Inui, thinking it over shouted back from his spot under a seat, "Yeah as long as the steering stick is there I believe I can."
"Get over here then!" Fuji said before losing his footing and falling down.
Upon hitting an air pocket the radio that was suppose to be secured fell from its place above the pilots seat. It hit a group of buttons that sent sparks shooting out of the dashboard. The sparks fried the autopilot, which turned off. The plane lurched forward more and tilted in a complete nosedive. A first aid kit that was strapped onto the wall by the door came undone and hit the back of the pilots seat. The kit opened up and spilled its contents into the room. A bottle of Tums rolled across the dashboard onto the glass where gravity, and a little help from the plane tilting up slightly, sent it flying back down. After hitting the dashboard the lid popped off. A grape flavored Tums went flying towards the door, where moments ago way empty, now housed Inui. The Tums hit Inui in the face causing his glasses to fall off. Inui, going to catch the glasses, stepped forward to only find Fuji there. Inui tripped and fell onto the chair, his elbow bumping a small lever just below the steering stick. The small lever released the gasmasks, which fell from the ceiling. The mouth piece to the gasmask got hooked on the steering stick where…
Hiruma, in an effort to save time, grabbed the steering stick and pulled down with all his might. The stick broke in his hand, which wasn't really his fault. Years ago the plane was taken over by the mafia. They had handcuffed the pilot to the steering stick when they had decided it was time to leave. The pilot, who was also a body builder, snapped the thing in two to get free. Being the very cheep man that he was he just used super glue to fix it, if only he had know that duck tape holds the world together, not glue.
The plane responded immediately to what had happened. Instead of going down they were now going up. Inui, coming to his senses, spoke up, "We need to get off the plane."
"I second that!" Fuji picked himself up and dragged the slightly stunned Hiruma to where the rest of the passengers were. "Listen up everyone we are going to do an emergency evacuation." Too bad they don't teach you how to do these kinds of things in school!
"There should be a parachute below each seat in a tiny compartment." Inui said as he reached under a seat and pulled out a red backpack. "Here is what they look like. Everyone grab one. Fuji you told them how many people were going to be on board right? So there should be enough."
"Wait," Fuji opened his eyes and started counting his fingers, "We're one off I'm afraid. Saa… I wonder who I forgot to count last time."
"Yeah you said we had seventeen people, but I count the original estimate of eighteen." Hiruma said with a laugh. Wow what a time to laugh!
"Who's going to have to sssshare?" Asked Kaidoh.
"Well how about everyone first gather your things, then we'll decide." Inui said as he took a few poky sticks off the floor and broke them. After everyone had gathered everything they need they all stood by Inui.
"Here's what we'll do, everyone grab a poky stick. The One who grabs the longest, and the one who grabs the shortest will have to share a parachute." Inui held the poky sticks at an even level. "To make it fair everyone draws and I get whatever's left."
Everyone grabbed a poky stick. They all immediately saw that Kurita had the longest. Hiruma sighed as he ripped the poky away from him, "Here fucking fatty we all know your chute will only be able to hold you, taking on someone else is suicide for the both of you."
Now it was confirmed that Hiruma would be one of the two to share. People began comparing theirs to others. Sena smiled from relief when he saw his was bigger then Suzuna's. It took a moment but then Momo pointed to Ryoma. "Hey Ryoma's is the smallest!"
Inui took a look at the small nub of poky in the small boys hand. "Okay that's final Ryoma and Hiruma grab a parachute and get strapped in, I advise everyone else do that as well."
It was relatively quiet, as everyone got ready to jump. Taka was having issues getting his on and had to get help from Momo. Hiruma and Ryoma stood off to the side trying to decide on how to going about this. Hiruma was taller so it made sense that he strapped in first and just attached Ryoma to him. With the plane getting higher and higher in the sky, and with the land getting even farther away the two teams formed a line to jump.
Fuji had volunteered to go first. "If we get separated we should all meet up at that large tree that stands above the rest. Remember it's by a river and a cliff. Take a good look at it before jumping. I'll see you on the bottom." Fuji calmly walked out of the plane and entered a freefall.
Eiji who was next in line took a deep breath and said with a smile, "I wish Oishi could have been here for this." Eiji fell away with gravity.
"Okay I'm next!" Taki looked out of the plane and jumped back.
"Fucking idiot!" Hiruma kicked the guy out of the plane. Hiruma, and Ryoma, were next. Without another thought Hiruma pushed out of the plane. A soft fading "YA-HA!" could still be heard in his wake.
It was Monta's turn to step up to the plate. He looked down and gasped. He turned to his best friend, Sena, who was wearing a wary smile. "Now I really might not see Mamori again!"
"Hey monkey!" Juumonji threw a football out the plane door. Monta, now in football mode, jumped after the ball yelling, "Catch MAX!"
Suzuna, who was still on her skates, came up to Sena's side. "Let's jump out together Sena!"
"No I… wait Suzuna!" Sena was pulled out of the plane. He took a look below him and chocked on whatever he was about to say.
Kurita jumped out of the plane next with a "Yippee!"
"We need to hurry up." Said Inui as he was calculating how much time they had left.
The three Ha-Ha bros all took a running jump out of the plane at the same time. Ishimaru jumped out after they did, followed by one very angry Kaidoh. Taka was nervous so Momo handed him his racket.
"BURNING!" Taka jumped out in a mad dash.
Yuki looked down, took a deep breath and… fainted! His limp body fell out of the plane.
"Guess I better go save him," Momo dived out of the plane after Yuki.
Inui, taking a quick look around to make sure everyone was out, jumped out last.
Freefalling was a very enlightening experience for Fuji. He had always waned to skydive before but never had to the time. He could hear distant screams. He chuckled. This wasn't how it should have gone. The plan wasn't suppose to have them jump out of their plane, even Hiruma had been surprised. He almost looked sick to his stomach when the steering stick came apart in his hands. Oh well, let dead dogs lye. Wait was that how that saying went…? Fuji chuckled to himself. There was time to worry about such trivial things later. Everything was fine. After all, the plan had demanded that they all get separated. Now the Sever Training would begin!
To be continued…
Sena- Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Ssssaaaaaavvvvvveee mmmmmmmeeeeeee!
Inui- So that's what the chapter title meant… interesting.
A to D- Yeah I'm sorry about that.
Hiruma- Are you really?
A to D- … no…
Hiruma- Kekekeke…! Review or else!
