Kogure approached the old willow with the huge tent underneath, hoping to hide in the shadows. Sure, sure, he was the known peacemaker, but this is too much!
Camp???
Voice 1: Kogure??
Kogure: *shrieks* Nani? Who's there??
Voice 2: Konbanwa! I see you're here too!
Kogure: Wha—?
Voice 1: Hey, it's me.
Kogure: Mitsui?
Mitsui: Yeah.
Kogure: Hey.
Voice 2: Can't you remember me??
Kogure: *Sweatdrop* What??
Voice 2: Me!!
Kogure: You?
Mitsui: Sendoh.
Kogure: Sendoh??
Mitsui: Sendoh.
Kogure: Oh, Sendoh.
Sendoh: Finally!!
Mitsui: You're such an idiot.
Sendoh: Why would you care?? Who asked you, anyway??
Kogure: *Sweatdrop*
Mitsui: Come on, Kogure.
*Sound of a zipper being zipped open*
Voice 3: Noisy do'ahos.
Kogure: Eh? Who—?
Mitsui: Rukawa.
Kogure: Rukawa?
Sendoh: Rukawa.
Kogure: Oh, Rukawa.
Rukawa: Kogure-sempai?
Kogure: *laughs sheepishly* Konbanwa.
Rukawa: *Blink* *Blink* Leave me alone. Keep quiet. *Ducks back inside his tent*
The other three: *Sweatdrop*
Mitsui: Getting more and more disrespectful.
Kogure: At least he called me 'sempai'.
Sendoh: Yeah, well…
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Ryota: Hora! Who's that??
Fujima: Who's who?
Hanagata: That. *points*
Voice 1: Hora! Who's that?
Voice 2: Who's who?
Voice 3: That.
Ryota: Oi!
Voice 1: Oi!
Fujima: Who the heck are you people??
Voice 2: Who the heck are you people??
Hangata: What's going on here?
Voice 3: What's going on here?
Voice 1 and Ryota: Darn you! Quit it!
Voices 1, 2, 3, Ryota, Fujima & Hanagata: Answer me!!
Voice 1: Mitsui.
Ryota: Ryota.
Voice 2: Sendoh.
Fujima: Fujima.
Voice 3: Kogure.
Hangata: Hangata.
Voices 1, 2, 3, Ryota, Fujima & Hanagata: You???
Everyone: *Sweatdrop*
Voice 4: Noisy do'ahos. Keep quiet.
Fujima: Eh?
Ryota: Huh?
Hanagata: What?
Mitsui, Kogure & Sendoh: Rukawa.
Fujima: Rukawa Kaede?
Ryota: Rukawa?
Hanagata: Him?
Mitsui: Yeah.
Kogure: Him.
Sendoh: Rukawa Kaede.
Rukawa: *Blink* *Blink* Idiots. *Head disappears from view*
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Kiyota: Looking for constellations, new friends, fun activities, good food…
Sakuragi: When's the wild monkey gonna stop?
Maki: Knock him out.
Kiyota: Midnight talks, sleeping marathons even— *giggles*
Sakuragi: Oi! Wild monkey! Shut up, will you!??
Maki: You stupid idiot!
Kiyota: Learning new things, fun with knots…
Maki: Stop it!!
Sakuragi: Keep away from me, you baka!!!
Kiyota: New friends, bonfires…
Maki: Urusei!! You fool!
Kiyota: *Blink* *Blink* Nani, Maki-san?
Sakuragi: You geeks! I'm going.
Voice: Have you seen Sendoh anywhere?
Maki: *Turns around* What the—? You?
Voice: Shinichi Maki?? *Bursts out laughing* An MVP in camp!
Maki: *Sweatdrop* What?
Kiyota: Hora! It's—it's—the guy from Ryonan!
Guy: *Still laughing, hysterically*
Sendoh: Oi! Koshino! Where'd you get lost to??
Sakuragi: *Turns around* Nani!?? Why's Baka Smiley Porcupine from Ryonan here??
Koshino: *Points at Maki* An MVP Boy Scout! Hahahahahaha…!
Sendoh: *Sweatdrop* What's wrong with you?
Maki: Sendoh?
Sendoh: Yeah?
Maki: Sendoh?
Sendoh: What?
Maki: Sendoh??
Sendoh: What are you trying to tell me?
Maki: *Starts to laugh* Ahahahaha! The pride of Ryonan! In a boys' camp!!
Sendoh: *Sweatdrop* What an idiot.
Koshino: Hahahahahahaha…! The pride of Kanagawa! In a boys' camp!!
Maki: *Stops laughing*
Sendoh: Ahahahahaha! He got ya! He got ya!
Sakuragi: Old senior and Smiley's lost it. I'm outta here. *Walks off; disgusted*
Kiyota: See? See? Camping is fun! See how they're laughing!?
Mitsui: Fools.
Rukawa: *Pokes his head out* Noisy fools.
Kogure: Maa, maa.
Fujima: What's going on here??
Hanagata: This is getting confusing.
Ryota: What—?
Sendoh: Koshino. Stop laughing.
Koshino: Hai, hai. *Snickers*
Maki: Shut up. This lame-o here signed me up. *Jerks a thumb at Kiyota*
Kogure, Ryota and Rukawa: This lame-o signed us up!
Mitsui: That's horrible!! Who signed you up? *Blink* *Blink*
Fujima: My father made me.
Hanagata: He dragged me down with him. *Glares pointedly at Fujima*
Sendoh: Okaasan.
Koshino: Sendoh.
Kiyota: Good people with good taste! How lovely!
Rukawa: Do'aho.
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Some thousand seconds later, the basketball players where seated in circle right outside Rukawa's tent. Of course, the rookie maintained his 'shut up' policy, but—well—
That can't be done, can it?
Ryota: *In an ominously frightening voice* My cousin had a story about this place.
Mitsui: Is it horror or comedy?
Ryota: *Slowly and huskily* Depends. It contains…
Fujima: What?
Ryota: *Emphasizing carefully* Assassination.
Maki: Wh—wha—?
Ryota: Blood.
Kogure: Stop it.
Ryota: Gore.
Hanagata: Stop it already!
Ryota: Secrets.
Koshino: Shut up now!
Ryota: And a…
Sendoh: Quit it!
Ryota: *In his most eerie voice* Graveyard.
Kiyota: *Shrieks* Iie!!
Rukawa: *Pokes his head out again* I'm sleepy. Shut up. *Ducks back into his tent*
Kiyota: *Biting his lip in utmost fear* No, don't—don't continue!
Mitsui: *In an ominous voice* (You could almost hear the echo) Tell me about it.
Ryota: A girl. Pale. Pretty. Fragile. Dark-haired. Murdered.
Kiyota: Ah!! Stop it, stop it, stop it!! *Bonk*
Maki: Urusei! Just listen!
Ryota: She fell in love. A guy. Tall. Suave. Muscular. Placid. Cunning. Captured her delicate heart.
Koshino: Delicate heart?
Ryota: Yes. Captured and tortured her delicate heart.
Sendoh: No…
Fujima: Tortured?
Ryota: Yes. Tortured. He was very caring. Sweet. Positively charming. But *lowers his voice to a hiss* all was but a mask for cruel intentions.
Hanagata: Mask…
Ryota: Yes. He treated her like a princess. Flowers. Chocolates. Visits. Support. He gave her words of love and adoration, complete devotion. But—
Kiyota: *Shrieks again*
Everyone: Ssshh!
Ryota: One dark, gloomy evening, in a wide stretch of grass far from the girl's lovely, dainty mansion—their meeting place—the girl was lured into a trap—a cruel, evil trap.
Sendoh: Okay, okay. That's enough!
Mitsui: Shut up, Miyagi!
Ryota: I'm not finished yet.
Fujima: I'm willing for a 'TBC'. I am very patient.
Hanagata: Yeah. TBC.
Maki: TBC…
Ryota: No. For in the story, the girl wasn't given time—time to escape, time to scream… No. The guy didn't give her time to go on to the next chapter. No time for the phrase, 'To Be Continued'. Oh no. No time at all.
Koshino: I'll go get some soda or roasted marshmallows or something.
Sendoh: Uh-uh. No way. Unfair. Stay.
Mitsui: Yeah! Stay.
Maki: I'll go with you!
Sendoh: Stay!!!
Mitsui: Yeah! I mean…the more the merrier, ne?
Ryota: What's that got to do with anything?
Mitsui: Oh, you know…happy times.
Fujima: Happy times?
Kogure: Huh?
Hanagata: *Rolls his eyes* Just carry on.
Ryota: Now, where was I?
Koshino:
TBC!!
Ryota: Ah, yes! Her scream echoed throughout the large, vast void, but no one could hear her. She heard her boyfriend's blurred voice, saw her boyfriend's blurring profile. Then darkness.
Rukawa poked his head out to glare at them.
Kiyota: Aaaah!!! The girl! There! There!!!
Rukawa: Do'aho.
Kiyota: There! She's there! Her skin! It's white! It's a ghost!!!!
Rukawa: *Sweatdrop* Shut up. Keep quiet.
Kiyota: Oh. It's you.
Maki: What happened?
Ryota: Well, an unknown guy assassinated the girl, and she died.
Every other guy: *Sweatdrop*
Koshino: That's it? Where's the gore?
Ryota: Well, bullets against flesh is like—schplak! Disgusting. The blood's there too.
Hanagata: And the torture?
Ryota: Well…
Sendoh: And what's with the 'mask of cruel intentions'?
Ryota: Well, the good things masked the bad things that were coming. Well…I did exaggerate a little itsy bitsy teeny bit.
Koshino: What!??? You fool! You scared us half to death!
Ryota: Well, duh…
Kogure: But where does the graveyard come in?
Ryota: Uh…funeral? Burial?
Kogure: *Sweatdrop* Perfect.
Kiyota: You stupid baka!!!
Ryota: *whimpers* Gomennasai…
Fujima: *sighs* What a wonderful love story…
Rukawa: Do'aho.
Maki: WHAAAAT?!?!?! Are you serious, Fujima?
Fujima: *nods, big-eyed like a cute, chubby little boy* Love story…
Hanagata: Aaaagh!! I have an idiot for a captain!! Help meeee!!!
Fujima: Especially the last scene… How utterly romantic!
Hanagata: *sweatdrop* Snap out of it!
Fujima: Don't you think so? It's so sweet…
Hanagata: I swear it's gonna be Shohoku for me next year.
Koshino: He's unbelievable! *gapes admiringly at Fujima*
Maki: He is??
Sendoh: Oh! *Digs into his backpack and pulls out a camera* Take his picture! Take his picture!
Koshino: *Grabs the camera and starts clicking away*
Mitsui: *sweatdrop* What the heck are you doing?
Kiyota: Aw…isn't that sweet? They want to remember this very special night!
Maki: They do?
Sendoh: Isn't he just unbelievable???
Fujima: What a sweet story…
Maki: How?
Koshino: He's so brave; he thought that thriller was a love story!
Ryota: Oh yes! He's a knight! A brave warrior.
Fujima: *sighs dreamily*
Rukawa: Stupid do'ahos. My team has this—this—imbecile in it.
Hanagata: Nooooo!!!!
Fujima: Doushite, Toru?
Hanagata: My coach is a horrible idiot!! He's an airhead freak!!
Fujima: Oh nooo!! *wailing* We'll never live through this!!!
Sendoh: There, there now. Here. Have a lemon.
Fujima: *stares at the lemon. Then at Sendoh* No.
Sendoh: No?? But—but—why??
Maki: Idiot.
Mitsui: This is insane!
Ryota: What is??
Mitsui: This!!
Ryota: Why, yes!! This, it is!
Maki: Eh?
Ryota: This is insane!!
Hanagata: *sweatdrop* You idiot.
Sendoh: Hey, I'm an idiot too!
Ryota: Wow! Me too!
Sendoh: How interesting, ne??
Ryota: Yeah!!
Kiyota: What a lovely boy-scouts-get-together!
Koshino: *stares lovingly at Sendoh's camera* I'll have these pictures framed and sent to the newspapers.
Fujima: Oh, do. I'd love to become really famous.
Hanagata: Fool!!
Fujima:
Yeah! Fool!
Hanagata: *sweatdrop* I was talking about you.
Fujima: Me? Oh, hoho… *blushes prettily* Gosh, I'm flattered!
Hanagata: WHAT!?!? This is a nightmare!
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Next chap!!
AN: Okay, so I got confused about the chap thingies. THIS is chapter 2 not "PILLOW!!!" I swear, and gomennasai!!! R+R!!!
Anyways...
You made it through the second chapter! Wow, congrats!!! To be honest, though, this is my fav chap! Next stage's the last stage. After that—well—that's the part where you review. PLEASE review!!! Think about it. And just—say YES!! ^_^
