Chapter 7: A Little Contest

Pretty soon, all three teams were gathered in front of Akaya's "house". All of Hyotei expect for Atobe looked like they have been caught in a tornado. None of them look very happy, but they still stared at Akaya's so called house in awe along with Rikkai and Seigaku. All of Rikkai expect for Sananda is impressed with huge castle.

"Akaya, you never told me that Seigaku and Hyotei will also be here," he growled.

"Yes, it is quite a surprise," said Yukimura. "I didn't expect them to be here as well."

"We didn't know either," said Yushi. "Atobe never told us about this."

"What are they doing here?" asked Ryo.

"Well you see, this whole camping trip thing is our fault," said Oishi nervously. "Ryoma made Rima angry so this is the result."

"We're looking forward to working with you," said Fuji.

"Well let's go inside," said Akaya. "We shouldn't be wasting time talking here. Follow me. I'll take you all to Rima.

Akaya lead them though the gates and pass the garden. There was a white albino "cat" running around chasing butterflies. Ryo stared at it for a while.

"Akaya, is that a tiger or an unknown species?" he asked.

"Oh, she's just a baby tiger," Akaya said. "It's not like she's going to kill any one."

"Are you sure?" asked Ryo.

"Of course I am," Akaya said. "Oh, here we are."

He stopped in front of a large forest. There were two girls waiting for them.

"Okay, now that everyone's here, I guess we can get started. First I need to give you guys some bad news," Rima said.

"What is it?" Atobe asked.

"Instead of one week, I have to shorten it to three days," Rima whined. "Can you believe that? Three days! Then she smiled. "I also have some good news," she added. "My friend An will be coming with us. We will also be having a little contest."

"Little contest, you say," muttered Akaya. "There's always some kind of trouble when ever you have one of your little ideas."

"Akaya, is the forest even safe?" Ryo asked.

"Oh, it's very safe," said Akaya turning to him. "All the animals are very friendly and there's no hunting so there is no need to worry."

There was a loud BOOM! and everyone looked at Akaya.

"That's just nii-chan practicing her shooting," he said nervously. "I'm sure she's not going to shoot us. So Rima, what is the contest?"

"We are going to be in three teams," Rima said cheerfully. "Each team has to catch live insects. By the end of three days, who ever catch the most insects win a special prize. Here are the three teams."

Team 1

Rima

An

Atobe

Akaya

Momoshiro

Kaido

Fuji

Inui

Team 2

Yukimura

Sananda

Rengi

Gakuto

Wakashi

Ryo

Oishi

Eiji

Team 3

Takashi

Ryoma

Niou

Marui

Hiroshi

Jackel

Yushi

Ootori

"There is only one rule," said Rima. That rule is to set up camp in different location in this forest. Okay, let go."

With that she turned around and walked into the forest. The rest of them looked at each other and followed her in.