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"The hell are you DOING?!"

This time Kise could only agree with his senpai, the scene in front of him confusing just as much. And his lack of sleep at this hour was not helping him.

Also, he had lost again.

Again.

Sighing away the frustration, Kise tried to concentrate on the situation in front of him and maybe regain his mask of easy confidence, at least for the moment.

He and his senpai had split up from the rest of the group in the forest just behind the camp, Honey instructing (demanding) that they meet back at the destination again tomorrow night. They had just gotten back to the cabin when Kise noticed the giant bundle of teenagers seemingly hiding in their cabin.

He glanced at the clock on his cabin wall, reading it as almost mid-night and couldn't fault his senpai for his outburst.

"Senpai! You're alive!" One of the first years cried aloud and Kise arched a brow as the rest of the team seemed to rejoice as if he and their captain had just returned from war.

"LOOK!" Another one shouted. "Kise's there, too! They're ALIVE!"

"THANK YOU, GOD!"

"What-" Kise started, walking closer to stand next to Kasamatsu, but his senpai just grabbed his arm and yanked him into the cabin. The captain's hand snapped up to smack the light switch off the light just as a the light seemed to blink on in their coach's cabin next door.

An irritated Kasamatsu "shhhhh" 'd his team, his blazing blue eyes swore painful retribution for any who didn't follow his order. An irritated voice seemed to eminate from outside, oddly loud in the now tensely silent cabin. The thick air threatened to choke them.

The growl of their groggy coach seemed to fill the world united as the team stayed silent, their wide eyes glued to the blazing (color) eyes of their captain. Footsteps crunched the fallen leaves and twigs around their cabin for a minute and Kise bit his lip at the thought of what their coach would do if he found them all awake and hanging out in each other's cabins.

Not join them, that's for sure.

Kasamatsu kept a sole finger to his lips as the footsteps stepped closer and paused. Another silent and tension filled minute passed…

Until the footsteps began to retreat and more groggy mumbling was heard as their coach returned to his cabin, most likely too tired to look too deeply at their cabin and content that he had done enough for the night. Even so, their captain kept his gaze of shining steel solid and that sole finger against his lips in a silent order until the sound of their coach's cabin door slamming echoed through the air.

With a sigh, Kasamatsu relaxed, but kept his voice low as he sat back and turned to the members of his team.

"What the hell were you guys doing? Why are you all still up? Do you understand how hard we're going to be training tomorrow?"

"You were up, too, you know?" Moriyama answered, his voice as low as his teammate. "Don't make it sound we were the only ones breaking the rules."

Kasamatsu gritted his teeth, a retort on his lips that he was technically practicing as well, just for a different cause. It seemed like he never had any time for anything else lately and he felt almost drained by all the rapid events. There was even supposed to be something "new" happening that Tino-san had texted them about, sounding excited and promising to tell them when their camp ended. For some reason, the thoughts brought to his mind Takao's words from before when they had begun running back and forth between their secret but demanding celebrity life and their equally as demanding basketball lives.

"Why do we keep doing these things to ourselves? We're killing ourselves."

A chill raced up his spine.

"Senpai?"

Kasamatsu blinked as he looked tuned back into the world around him. His teammates around him were watching him and Kasamatsu rubbed the back of his neck impulsively.

"Sorry, what did you-"

"You can feel it, too, can't you, Senpai?"

Kasamatsu arched a brow as he turned toward Hayakawa, who's gaze was, surprisingly, full of raw passion and desperation.

"Huh?" Kasamatsu asked as Kise leaned forward from behind him, also curious in what was going on.

The other teenager seemed to look around him, seemingly paranoid even as he whispered. "The ghosts."

"Ghosts?" Kise asked, goosebumps crawling up his arms as his teammates around him began to gather almost in some kind of weird gossip circle in the middle of the room. His captain sighed and flicked on the the lamp on the table. The second he reluctantly grabbed a pillow and situated himself on the floor with his team, Kise splaying out behind him, it began.

"We saw them!" Hayakawa seemed to almost shout, as if he'd been waiting for the moment he could tell his captain the news. Kasamatsu "shhh" d him again, but then, after another silent moment of patience…spoke up.

"Saw who?"

"Ghosts?" Kise whispered, his voice slightly high as he asked.

"Yes!" Hayakawa answered, his eyes still blazing as he answered, as of his story was so important that it should be carried onward for his next generations. "We saw them!"

"Her." Nakamura spoke, his voice soft but solid. Kasamatsu arched a brow at his team, hoping for some clarification.

For some reason, his teammates collectively turned toward Kobori, his quiet vice-captain.

Who was now thrown under the bus as their captain's steeled eyes of the coldest ice latched onto him. Grace even under not only fire but in freezing temperatures, the third-year answered evenly and smoothly.

"The first and second years said they heard screams wake them by the West Gym courtyard. When they went to investigate, they claimed they saw dark figures lurking into the woods from the courtyard, right after all the screams."

"We didn't believe them at first, but some of the other teams were woken up, too." Moriyama spoke then, apparently feeling the developing story needed his assistance. "So, making sure none of the coaches were woken up, we third-years trekked out in the woods some, though these guys tried to follow us in."

"Oh?" Kasamatsu asked, sharing a look with Kise before he asked. "Then what happened?"

He noticed his classmate's face turn slightly pale.

"We started…hearing these weird sounds."

"Sounds?" Kise asked, urging his senpai on.

"Like…grunting…"

"And moaning!"

"And gasping!"

"And a voice…"

"What did it say?" Kasamatsu asked, his mind slowly piecing together just what had occurred.

"It was crying out in pain." Nakamura supplied, his voice growing slightly higher. "Groaning in pain or something! Begging for someone to 'stop' and yelling things like 'I can't' and 'please!'."

"I see." Kasamtasu nodded.

He was going to kill Takao.

Beside him, Kise had started to actually turn reddish slightly, the color touching the tip of his ears. He arched a brow at his kouhai but the blond didn't willing to look at him for some reason. He reluctantly returned to the conversation with his next question, his peripheral gaze still on the flushing blond next to him.

"Then what happened? Did you hear another voice beside his?"

"Not then," Moriyama answered, seeming surprised that their captain was listening so intently to their story. Or why a relieved light seemed to flicker momentarily in his steely gaze but quickly disappear. His captain wasn't as hard to read as he hoped he was. "But while we were paused and listening to the sounds around us…another one came."

"And she screamed!" Hayakawa jumped in, his enthusiasm obvious as the fire re-entered his eyes and blazed.

"She demanded to know what we were doing," Moriyama interceded, taking back the story track. "I swear her scream actually surrounded us in that forest. She was like 'WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING?!'. "

"I see," Kasamatsu said, sounding disinterested on the outside even as he internally face-palmed. Using a momentary break from his team's gazes, he sent Kise a clear look that ordered him to keep his mouth shut. The model nodded, though apparently confused slightly, and Kasamatsu turned back as Hayakawa started to detail their treacherous run back to the camp.

Figuring the story was finally coming to an end, Kasamatsu let his mind wander some as he wondered if the other teams they had mentioned were still up and scared as well. Had everyone made it back okay? How had their teams reacted if they were all, indeed, still awake? What about Honey and the others?

"You saw her?" Kise's sudden question from beside him had Kasamatsu snapping back into the moment with a jump.

"Yeah!" Hayakawa answered, his eyes alight. "When we were running!"

"Who?" Kasamatsu asked and Moriyama sighed, apparently upset the flow of the story was a mess.

"We saw a girl while we were running back. It was only a glimpse of her through the trees but it was enough. Though she was cute."

"What did she look like?" Kise asked and Kasamatsu leaned forward as well. They had said that they had run back. Had they seen Honey through the trees? How had they-

"Short, brown hair falling to upper shoulders. Short bangs over her eyes. Nice, soft hair. Slender, pale shoulders and a small, curvy shape. Wearing a gray long sleeve with a light blue skirt. Thick stockings and cute, brown ankle boots. Probably a freshman in high school."

Kasamatsu knew he wasn't the only one watching Moriyama with wide eyes at the moment. Everything but the eye color…wow.

"I can't help it," the third-year smiled in a prince-charming sort of way and Kasamatsu swore he saw damn sparkles around him. "When I see a pretty girl, they somehow implant themselves deep within my heart. Even if it's only a glimpse of their beauty."

Those damn sparkles were starting to piss Kasamatsu off.

But wait. Momoi and Riko were the only females at the camp. The description sounded nothing like Honey or really anyone who he knew that was supposed to be out here. Who was this girl? Maybe a ghost? A trick of the light?

Maybe it wasn't something he had to worry about for now...?