I finnaaalllly uploaded part 2! I'm so sorry I took so long ;_; I had alot to do and I pretty much forgot about it.. then when I came back to it I didn't like the plot I had so far and rewrited half of it XD Sorry! Anyway well here it is hope you enjoy it ^^
Chapter 4 - Sports Day Part 2!
As Jushiro came into contact with the water it chilled his entire body, pratically raising goose pimples. Gosh now I know what Rangiku was complaining about..! It's cold all right! He thought to himself as he came back to the surface and started swimming. Well quicker I swim, quicker I get this over with and earn pointsHe optimistically thought as he reached the seaweed bit 1st quickly glancing over his shoulder to check his opponents weren't far behind. The seaweed didn't pose too many problems for Jushiro or Byakuya but Nemu seemed to of got caught.
A small clump had gathered around her left ankle, which although she could still swim was slowing her and dragging her back. Frantically trying to undo it, she managed to slip her nimble foot out and attempt to catch up with the two Captains who were getting onto the Koi; which she had personally helped Mayuri make in their labs. They had gotten the biggest Koi they could find from various ponds around the Soul Society (more reasons why Byakuya is always missing Koi) and developed them to become massive. Byakuya seemed to be the only one who could control the koi, he sat dignified as usual, steering it with ease. Only Byakuya could ride a massive koi covered in seaweed and still look as refined as ever.
Jushiro and Nemu on the other hand, looked like they were have great trouble; which lead into an accident..
As Nemu attempted to steer along her koi to the finish, she accidently bended the koi's tail in an uncomfortable direction; causing the koi to splash about and lose control. She veered manically into Jushiro's koi, causing him to also lose control. Jushiro reacted quickly to the sudden bash, gripping onto the koi's thrashing tail and trying to regain control but his efforts were minimal as his koi got a second beating from Nemu's. That second bashing sent the koi into even more stress and it flapped its fail even more furiously. (The tail is the part which the Shinigami have to grab onto to steer+stay on the koi) Despite his efforts, Jushiro lost his grip of the tail and instead of falling off just sideways like most of the others had done; he went off a bit more extravagantly. Because the tail was thrashing about so violently, when he got thrown off the tail whipped into Jushiro and sent him flying into the icy lake.
There was a chorus of "Ohhh.." from the onlookers as they watched him go flying. After a few seconds of murmuring from the onlookers, Jushiro came up from the water coughing a little and gasping for breath.
Urgh.. that actually hurt.. Where's my koi gone..? I need to catch up quickly..
Jushiro thought as he started swimming with his now aching body. He soon found his koi swimming around aimlessly, quite a bit further back from the rest. He clambered onto it, and quickly sent it charging forward, determined not to let his team down anymore than he already had done. Even though he tried his best, he still arrived last at the finish, and sent up the signal for the last swimmer to go sighing. Aww that failed.. Oh well, I guess we'll have to try and win whatever the next one is! I don't mind losing.. hopefully my team doesn't either. He thought optimistically, and began to go and join his teammates who had already finished, but was stopped in his tracks as they already came to him.
"Hey Captain Ukitake! You had quite a fall back there, you ok?" Toshiro asked him, looking at bit concerned.
"Ah yeah don't worry about me, I'm fi-" Ukitake started to say but was cut off when he started coughing harshly, doubling over.
"You don't sound it Ukitake..! You should be more careful you know.." Toshiro replied as Unohana came over.
"Captain Ukitake, perhaps you should sit down for a bit, or sit out of the next event. You don't want it getting worse." She advised him.
"N-no don't worry I'm fine really, I don't need to do that.." Ukitake barely replied after he'd finished coughing. Then he looked properly at Unohana and froze. She stood there, still smiling as usually but slowly opened her eyes, a strange aura coming from her.
"Captain Ukitake.. I really do advise you do it.." She said again, still sounding calm but strangely frightening as everyone around her seemed to be slightly worried by it.
"O-ok then I'll sit down for a bit.." Ukitake said, giving into her firmness.
Ukitake plonked himself down on the ground beside the lake, sighing. It always happens at the worse times.. still, it wasn't exactly major or anything. I'm sure I can still carry on easily. It was just spur of the moment. He thought, trying to make a good thing out of it as he usually does. The lake race had finished now, sadly ending with them in last place.
"Awwwww we came laastt.." whined Rangiku. "Oh well I heard the next event is volleyball, and I love that! Plus I'm awesome at it." She boasted. Toshiro sighed at her.
"Pfft.. why do none of these sports involve fighting? Its so boring without it! I wanna fight someone! I wonder if Ichigo's around…." Kenpachi grumbled, yet he couldn't really talk as in the recent events he'd been getting competitive.
As Rangiku said, the next event was indeed Volleyball, including every team member in it too, as they were doing them in different rounds so every team member could have a go at it.
The people playing in the first round were Byakuya, Unohana, Kiyone and Rangiku.
"All riiight lets beat theeem!" Sang a bubbly Rangiku, who was quickly silenced by Byakuya's glare.
The whistle blew for the beginning of the match, and the opposite team (who were Team 1, consisting of Mayuri, Iba, Hinamori and Soi Fon) threw the ball into the air and whacked it.
Byakuya made a quick dive for the ball, sending it back over the net with great speed. You would of thought a ball being hit with such speed and power would of scored a point for the team who hit it, as it would with normal humans. But, there was definitely one person on the other team who was quick enough to catch anything that went flying her way. Soi Fon whizzed over to where the ball was going to land and hit it back again, with perfect aim.
"You won't land a point with a ball hit like that.. not when I'm on the team!" She taunted Byakuya and the rest of the team. Byakuya just looked at her with his usual expression and sighed slightly.
"I'm not trying to be overly competitive to win this.. unlike you." He murmured.
Soi Fon looked incredibly annoyed at that comment. "Why you.. I'm not either! Don't assume I'm some idiot like that!"
And with just those few comments, something pratically like a tiny war started between those two, firing balls back at each other and arguing, Soi Fon getting more annoyed by the second, and Byakuya calming stating comebacks at her. The round ended with Team 3 winning by one point, much to Soi Fon's annoyance.
"I let you off, just to show you I'm not some kind of competitive freak." She grumbled at Byakuya.
Byakuya simply made a little "humph." Sound and then walked off to join the rest of his team members who had been watching.
Most of the onlookers just watched in awe of that match, which had been so incredibly speedy and tense at times.
The next round was Ukitake's go to be on the team, and he got up to go onto the volleyball court, feeling a bit better than he had done after he'd finished the swimming event; yet he still felt a little unwell and had been coughing slightly throughout the match. Glancing at the scoreboards before starting the match, he noticed that if they won this one they'd manage to be tied first with Team 1, he decided that he'd try his very best on this game for the sake of his team, especially some members in it who were intent on winning. (Rangiku, Kenpachi, Kiyone + Sebastian XD)
Eventually the Sports Events day ended, with the ending scores being: Team 2 in 3rd place, Team 3 in 2nd, and finally Team 1 in first place.
"Ah we came second!" Ukitake said, joyfully.
"Yeah. Guess that the whole sports day wasn't so bad after all." Toshiro replied.
"I wonder what the prize will be.. I wonder if Nemu will share it with me~?" Rangiku pondered.
"I doubt that somehow." Toshiro replied.
"Who knows, maybe she will?" Ukitake said, trying to cheer up Rangiku smiling at her.
"Hey Ukitake~! I came last~!" Called a voice behind Ukitake. He turned around to see Shunsui smiling and walking over to him. "Aww man what a disappointment~ I wanted whatever the prize was tooooo.. but oh well, I don't mind too much. It was a fun change!"
Ukitake smiled at his old friend. "Yes it was, I wouldn't mind doing something like it again sometime."
Shunsui nodded in agreement. "So you heading back now I'm guessing? Its already evening" he said, looking at the sun which was setting in the pinky purple sky.
"Yep I am. Quite tired actually" He said, chuckling.
Shunsui smiled. Well he was smiling before as always, but this was a bigger smile.
"Lets goo then~ walk with me otherwise I'll be lonely, Nanao-chan has already gone, I can't walk with my cute little Nanao-chan anymore…" He grumbled.
"Heh, she probably left because you annoy her so much." Ukitake replied, and with that they walked off back to their barracks/houses, talking about the day and laughing at the funny things which happened in it.
Thats it for the Sports day thingy! Sorry for the cheesy/rushed ending, I was trying to finish it quickly and that was all I could think of.. OTL Next chapter will hopefully come out sooner than this one took hehe ^^; Hope you enjoyed it! :D