Tezuka jolted up from the bed he had been sleep on and looked around, cautiously, something felt amiss and out of place, but he had barely even unpacked his stuff so there was nothing wrong with the room. He placed a hand to his forehead, checking to feel if it warm or something before giving a slight scowl and bringing it back down, he had picked some of Oishi's mother hen habits. He was going to have words with that certain someone when he next saw him, long winding certain words, probably ending his speech with a 'run 50 laps!'
Tezuka collapsed back on to his bed, blinking as he looked up at the ceiling. Although he would never admit it out loud, he did miss the team that he had lead to nationals and won with. Japan's number one team, Fuji had even caught him smiling at the end (he didn't know about the camera filming behind him, being held by a certain data specialist of the team). Now he was moving up in the world, caught by many an eye.
He was certain that others from the team would become pros, they would all be great players and that the U-17 tournament would be a great chance for Fuji and Eiji to improve, and the others would not be far behind. So why could he not get this uneasy feeling out his head that maybe he should have stayed at the camp? Sighing Tezuka tossed over and closed his eyes again. It was only 3am in the morning for the Germans!
A fast paced noise could be heard from the forest area surrounding the make-shift court that the secret camp had; which was basically two poles stuck in the ground, lines drawn hastily out with paint and a net stretching across the middle. All those who were at the secret camp started their day early, normally about 3am, which meant if you hadn't got a good night's sleep then you would be extremely tired the next morning by the time warm up ended. That would not abode well with the rest of the days' seclude.
It had been 2 or 3 days since Oishi had talked to Ryoma on that night, and the cold feeling had finally left him last night. He had felt so relieved when he had woken up the next morning and not felt any burden of heaviness, or a cold ache clinging to every fibre of his body. Even today's task of trying to outwit or at least out run a wild bears because the coach had coated them with disgusting smell and sent them off.
Oishi looked over at where he had heard the loud noise and followed it cautiously, only to be nearly knocked down by Momo and Kaidoh having a race against each other. He jumped out of the way, watching them disappearing with wide eyes, even when in the middle of trying to lose bears they still somehow managed to find a way to bicker with each other. Hearing a long growl behind Oishi looked behind him and raised an eyebrow before following Momo's and Kaidoh's tracks swiftly, away from the bear that had stood behind him.
"I will beat you viper!" Came a loud shout which echoed through out the forest, all the bears forgotten about in this two man race to the log cabin which their sensei lived in. "You can never beat me!"
"Fuushu," was the answer that came from the running man next to him as he stepped up the pace.
"Last one there will have to drink one of Inui's concoctions!" Momo said pushing branches away as he passed them, although he ducked to avoid what seemed heavier branches in the distance.
His wrists were still wrapped in the bandages from when they had been badly damaged with the amount of power used by his opponent in the matches. He remembered he had refused to stop playing, even picking the racket up from the ground in his mouth and placing it in his hands that way. However it seemed not to be because Momo, despite of his determination, had been sent here instead because he had lost. Like Kaidoh had lost to Tezuka, although that was not surprising seeing as the captain was like a pro himself. It was also unsurprising to notice that the rivalry still existed between Kaidoh and Momo but noticeably it had come obvious that both of them were willing to support one another if in need, even If they wouldn't admit it themselves.
As both second years burst from the tree line the bear was close behind them, not giving up the chase. Momo and Kaidoh were oblivious to this fact until they heard it roar behind them. Frowning they turned as one and looked at the bear, Kaidoh giving a long hiss and Momo tight lipped. They both separated and disappeared behind a separate wooden hut. They returned only seconds, later with rackets and some moving up and down in one hand.
Inui watched from the tree line, as did everyone else who was at the secret camp and near the place. "Possibility of achieving synchro within the next 5 years if they continue to play together is 83%" he muttered to no one in particular. "Possibility of loosing to the bear 0.01%." he said as he watched two rocks lift up in the air from both the left hand of Kaidoh and that of Momo's, before hitting it as one towards the bear. "Possibility of hitting the area between the eyes 98%. Possibility of knocking the bear out 100%" Inui said as the rocks did indeed fly in the exact same spot between the eyes, thus knocking the bear out with the power and control in Momo's and Kaidoh's serve. "Momo has achieved a 65% increase in control and a 43% increase in power, whilst Kaidoh has achieved an increase of 74% in power and a 46% in control. I data, I data" he said muttering to himself as he took notes in his head to jot down later. There was no way he was going to bring his precious notebooks out here.
"What are you doing Inui?" Oishi said coming up to him from behind, now that the bear had been knocked out it was safe to come out, for the harsh training had been dealt with.
"Ah, Oishi. I noticed in your running that your speed has increased by 34%, seems the camp is doing things for you." Inui said looking at the vice-captain of the Seigaku regulars.
"Seems they can work together when they really want to," Oishi said nodding to Momo and Kaidoh, "they have less arguments these days."
"However the probability that they will start another argument within the next 5 minutes is 100%" Inui said pushing up his glass. Sure enough as soon as Momo and Kaidoh had got their breath back, they started bickering about who had knocked the bear out, the race they were in the middle of doing forgotten, the fact that they served at the same went unnoticed by them. Oishi's shoulders sagged as they then took it to the next level and started fighting; he hoped that once Inui's predications could be wrong when it came to them two and arguments. He started his walk towards them in hope that he could break them up.
demoncat13: I never thought I would say this, but I think I may have to rescue my bad guys. I kind of need one of them but tell you what, after the story is finished I'll let you rip them to shreds, or maybe I'll you rip them to shreds in the storyline ...
EsctaticPetenshi: Well, I don't even know if they will be alright until I write that chapter (which probably will be the next one). So I can't tell you if they are alright or not ... nya, I don't even know what's going to happen in my story. I have a basic outline in my head, which will probably change and alter over time.
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