Thank you all for coming back for the continuations of our fun.
Note: I do not own Skip Beat! or Ninja Warrior/Sasuke.
"Next is the youngest of the of 'Bridge Rock' Ishibashi Yuusei!" The blond teen hopped up on the dais and dropped the top to his track suit. He stood in the same dark 'Sasuke' shirt that the girls has worn and flexed his muscles to the cheers of the crowd. He waved down at his band mates where they stood with Kyoko cheering him to victory. Ren had stood back when Kyoko had rushed to the Ishibashi that had completed the first stage. He recognized the boys from the show where his chicken friend worked. He made a mental note to see how Kyoko knew the boys and if she knew who the chicken was before turning to watch the second brother run the course. The buzzer sounded and Yuusei took off through the Sextuple Steps a little less nimbly then than his friend. He managed to get to the inclined ramp and down the Log Grip without hitting the water. The young man launched himself at the pole and flipped it through the pole maze like a hot knife through butter. He had worked out a plan of attack as he watched others make their way through this event.
"Our second musician is off to a colorful start, but can he keep this momentum up as he faces the dreaded Jumping Spider?" The announcer cheered him on. Yuusei paused against the wall and steadied himself for the leap up between the two walls. His jump on the trampoline was perfect and his hands caught a good hold of the walls, but his left foot landed odd and did not stick. Unable to compensate for the error fast enough, the blond teen slipped from the wall into the cold water below.
"Oh, it looks like the Jumping Spider is earning the name of ninja killer today." The announcer called as the crowd mourned the young man's loss. They still cheered loudly for him as he pushed his normally spiky hair back for his face. His mates and Kyoko stood near as he pulled himself from the water and answered the questions posed to him.
"What happened? Your form looked so good." The girl held the mic to Yuusei.
"My foot landed wrong against the wall and would not take my weight." He shrugged as he dried himself with the towel he was given. She congratulated him on a good try and the young man went to watch the leader of their band for his run.
"Here we have the leader and oldest member of 'Bridge Rock' Ishibashi Hikaru!" The announcer called. Hikaru started to climb up to the beginning.
"You need a boost?" Yuusei teased the shorter man. Hikaru made a face at his friend and stretched a little before he got ready to start his run. He ignored his friends as they chattered back and forth how they would need an extra springy trampoline to get their short friend high enough up to catch on the Jumping Spider. Kyoko reprimanded the two boys and called her support to her friend. Ren stiffened when Hikaru smiled warmly at her and the other two brothers nudged each other behind the young girl's back. Now Ren was sure that he needed to find out how his love knew these three men. Hikaru had decided that this was an opportunity to show his friend up and he would not let being short hold him back. He jumped a few times to warm up his legs. When the buzzer sounded he sprinted through the Sextuple Steps. He almost lost it with his shorter legs, but managed to make it across and up to the log grip.
"Beautify save from the leader of 'Bridge Rock'!" The crowd screamed their encouragement. He skillfully clung to the Log Grip and arrived safely on the mat leading to the Pole Maze. Hikaru threw himself at the pole and bounced it through the maze just a little slower than his teasing friend had. He landed safely on the other side and dropped to the landing leading to the Jumping Spider.
"Can he make it through, or with the Jumping Spider claim another victim?" Hikaru could hear his friend laughing and yelling at him to jump high. He laughed and hit the trampoline hard enough to get up between the curves leading into the narrow pathway. He stuck the landing and everyone cheered. He worked up and through the bottomless corridor before dropping safely to the mat on the other side. He blushed a little when he heard Kyoko's voice cheering his name, but he pushed the thought away so that he could concentrate on the next part.
"He is halfway through and making good time! Can he make it past the Half-pipe Attack?" Hikaru ignored the noise cheering him on as he rushed the curved pipe and onto the hanging rope. He dropped to the padded landing on the other side of the pool and scampered across the log bridge to the Warped Wall.
"I bet you could use that boost now." Yuusei yelled at their leader. Hikaru shook his head and grinned at his friend's comment. He dropped himself into the bottom of the wall and repeated the same process that Shin'ichi had used to get up the wall, but the lighter and shorter man's fingers made it to the top of the wall on the first try.
"He has made it through the Warped Wall!" Cheered the announcer and audience. Yuusei proceeded to punch Shin'ichi in the arm and tease him about being beaten by their shrimp of a leader. Shin'ichi shut him up by pointing out that Hikaru had surpassed him too. Hikaru laughed at the two men as he climbed down to the trampoline that would get him to the Jump Hang. The man paused for a moment sizing the obstacle up before launching himself off the trampoline and high into the net. He grabbed the ropes and pulled himself over the top and down into the bowl of the net. Hikaru pulled himself out and climbed to the last platform.
"One more obstacle and he had made it, but does he have the time?" The announcer put a little more tension in the air. Hikaru swung across the water and grabbed on to the net, he pulled himself to the top and raced down the walkway to the red button and his place in the second stage.
"And Ishibashi Hikaru joins his band mate in Stage Two!" The audience screamed at the victory as Hikaru dropped to his knees and placed his head forward onto the red carpet. Overwhelmed by the feat that he had just accomplished, he needed a moment to rest and catch his breath. When he had collected himself, he climbed down to his share his feeling with the camera.
"I can't believe I just did that." He told the girl holding the mic. She congratulated him on his run and his friend pulled him away patting him on the back.
Author's note: You are right violetdelirium(love the name), there are several tests that the competitors go through to make it on to the show and the challenger usually run from weakest to strongest, but since this was a special addition and I only have a few challengers verse 100, I mixed it up a little. I figured Kijima would try to impress the girls by offering to go first, cause who really wants to go first? And you are right, there is not enough clowning around on the beginning dais, but I have been having a problem getting the characters to clown around. Most of them are serious entertainers and worry about their image. I would so love to get Sho up there in one of those loin cloth things just to drop his butt in the water, but that is a little too far out of character for him… but a great image. I also did not bring in any of the regulars on the show to liven in up… octopus man, hang glider man, or any of the all-stars. But I promise to try to prod them into doing more entertaining things that are not too far out of character for our group. I hope I don't disappoint.
