Chapter XIV- "That's What She Said!"

Team Six, aka Team 2nd Years, were pretty confident with the routine they had decided upon. They didn't know if they would win because they weren't disillusioned, but at least they would place high on the list. They knew the hard truth; there were plenty of other teams who were better than them and more passionate than them.

Still, they DID want to go to the tennis camp.

So, instead of dispersing after finishing with their practicing, they decided to go out and make themselves PURPLETASTIC!

Why, you ask? Have you already forgotten that each team was assigned a color, and as it happens, THIS particular team was assigned purple? Have you? Well, don't fret. If you didn't know before, you know now.

So they went to the mall. And then they went to Sears or something equally Sears-ish as that.

But not David. He had to continue practicing. So he went home to practice, and they promised to pick something up for him.

"I think it would be best to match completely," Hiyoshi decided.

"No way, that's too boring," Momo said immediately. "We should get stuff that's the same… but slightly different."

"What do you mean by that?" said Hiyoshi, crossing his arms. He was bordering on the edge of pulling the, "I'M CAPTAIN AND WHAT I SAY GOES!" card, but he figured he should at least hear Momo out just in case he had a good idea.

"Well just so we don't look like drones," Momo said. "We should get to pick something out on our own…like black pants and a purple top."

"I think I like that idea better," Kamio admitted.

"Fine," said Hiyoshi since he wasn't about to admit that he liked that idea better anyway.

"The hardest part of this little adventure will be finding something purple in the first place, though I still don't know why it had to be US who got purple, since that is a very annoying color…" Shinji complained but everyone ignored him because they didn't need the negativity.

So they went to the men's section. Then they realized they were not men, so they went to the BOYS section! Haw haw haw!

"I call the polo with a popped collar!" Momo practically pushed everyone out of the way to dive on top of said item.

The others glared at him because they had been thinking the same thing but had not been as invasive and enthusiastic about literally leaping upon the purple polo option.

"Hey, you know what we should also do?" Momo said as he caressed his purple shirt. "We should use a sharpie to write our names on the back and have numbers too… and write '2nd Years Rock' on the front!"

Everyone wanted to tell Momo to calm down before his overexcitement caused him to develop a seizure. But they also liked his idea.

"Hey, here's some hoodies," Kamio noted as he went to another rack. "I call the hoodie of there's a purple one!"

"You can't CALL things," Hiyoshi rolled his eyes.

"Momo got to call the polo," Kamio pointed out.

"Fine," said Hiyoshi as he discovered a purple t-shirt lying on a table. The words on the front said; "My other clothes are dirty."

This made him chuckle warmly to himself because the shirt was so very clever. He quickly covered up his chuckling, however, because he had a reputation to uphold and if someone caught him chuckling then they might think he had a personality or something! And Hiyoshi couldn't have THAT, now could he?

So, to keep up with the theme of being the same but different, Shinji found a long sleeved shirt that happened to be purple. Then they searched around for something for David, and then they found some purple overalls and they felt so evil and decided to get those for him.

So then they went to Jo-Ann Fabrics to get some fabric markers for going all out on their new articles of clothing. While they were getting the fabric marker, they discovered something that made them even more excited; bandanas of different colors! And thankfully there were purple ones. Of course they bought those too.

Then they went back to Hiyoshi's house. You can assume they inconvenienced several parents since they all live in different towns, but I guess they were beyond caring at that point. They were on a mission. And that mission was the make themselves very, very purple.

"Since I'm captain, my number should be 1," Hiyoshi decided.

"Fine," said Momo because he could see the logic in that. "It doesn't really matter. David can be 2, I'll be 3."

"And I'll be 5, and you can be 4," Kamio suggested, pointing at Shinji.

"Okay," Shinji shrugged.

They scrawled their names and numbers on the back of their purple clothing as if they were jerseys. And, on the fronts, they went a little crazy and decorated them with various sayings stating out fantastic people who were born in their year were.

"We should have nicknames…" Momo said thoughtfully.

"I think that might be going a little overboard," said Kamio.

"I think we're past the point of going overboard," Shinji gestured toward all the items they had just purchased.

"Point taken," Kamio nodded. "But still, I don't want nicknames."

"You just don't want a nickname because you're emo," said Momo, but it was in his head.

"What about these bandanas?" Hiyoshi asked, picking up one of the purple bandanas.

"Again," Momo said. "We all have to wear them, but however we want. In fact, I think we should all do something different with them!"

"Naturally," Hiyoshi nodded. "I'll tie mine on my head like this."

And so Hiyoshi tied the bandana on his head like a ninja.

"Hey, no fair!" said Kamio. "That's the best way."

"Well, I'm the captain," Hiyoshi reasoned.

"I'm going to tie mine on my arm," Momo decided as he modeled the bandana on his arm.

"We're going to look like we're in a gang," Shinji said as he put the bandana on his head like Cinderella. No one told him it looked silly because they enjoyed laughing at him.

"Well, we'll just be the purple Team 2nd Years Gang!" Momo announced.

Just then, the door opened and David walked in.

"Hey David!" they all cheered since they were excited to see his reaction to what they had purchased for him. They ambushed him before he could say anything stupid and explained what he had to do and how he had to wear the ridiculous purple overalls.

Unfortunately for them, David didn't really seem to mind the fact that he had to wear purple overalls. In fact, the only thing he seemed miffed about was the fact that they had gone shopping and had all this great fun without him!

David folded up the overalls and stashed the bandana in a bag that he would take home with him and then wear for the next day when the craziness would finally ensue.

"Did you work on the routine?" Momo asked.

"Did I?" David repeated, sounding flabbergasted that they would even ask something like that. "Does an active galactic nucleus have superluminal jets?"

They all stared at him.

"I swear, if this is one of your puns…" Momo started.

"No, it's not!" said David. "In short, yes."

"But you just said it wasn't," Shinji pointed out.

"No, I meant yes as in YES I worked on the routine," David said. "AND active galactic nuclei have superluminal jets. But no to the other thing about that being a pun. Though I guess it COULD be a pun…"

"How?" asked Hiyoshi with a raised eyebrow.

"Well, if it turned out that active galactic nuclei DIDN'T have superluminal jets!" David exclaimed as he slapped his knee and had a grand old time with laughing at his own lame joke.

"All right, you know what?" said Kamio. "If we end up losing because our talent is horrible, at least we'll still look the most fabulous out of everyone."

"Don't use the word 'fabulous,'" said Momo, looking very serious.

"I was being funny," said Kamio in annoyed tone.

"It wasn't very funny," Momo informed him.

"So anyway," said Hiyoshi. "I know everyone is hyped up about our great outfits, but since I am actually concerned about the talent as well, I want to see what David has come up with."

"Yeah, show us," Shinji practically ordered.

"Not a chance!" David said immediately. "You'll all have to wait until tomorrow just like everyone else!"

"But we're your team," Momo said. "We want to be able to have a say in what's going on."

"If you're going to put all the pressure on me to do an awesome job then you have to also put all your confidence in me to do an awesome job," said David, putting a hand over his heart and looking all noble.

"Are you ALWAYS this annoying?" Momo asked.

"No," said David. "Usually I'm much more! I haven't made a single pun yet, but I can change that! Someone say something that can be misconstrued as a sexual innuendo, and THEN you'll see my true skills!"

"Yeah right," said Hiyoshi.

"That's what she said!" said David as he burst out laughing.

Hiyoshi slapped his forehead.

"You set yourself up for that one," Momo said to Hiyoshi.

David pointed at Momo. "That's what she said!" he exclaimed.

"What?" said Momo. "That wasn't a good one."

David was almost doubled since he was laughing so hard. "THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!" he practically screamed.

"This is pointless," said Kamio.

"That's what she—" David started, but everyone punched him at the same time to shut him up.