Carnival Delight!

By coolpriss

Disclaimer: None of them are mine, save for Korky and those ride-all-you-can badges…

Chapter 3: Roller Coaster Ride!

"SAKURAGI!"

Akagi's booming voice didn't have the same impact it usually does in the quiet gym of Shohoku. But the redhead turned nonetheless towards him, only to throw him a huge, silly grin with the matching "V" sign. He was sitting beside the ecstatic Haruko, who was innocently waving him over to the ride. This made the already irate captain furious.

"That BAKA!" Akagi showed the ticket collector his red-and-gold, ride-all-you-can badge on his left hand, unconsciously almost hitting the poor boy flat in the nose. "I warned him not to go anywhere near my sister!"

"Calm down, Akagi…" Kogure tried to soothe Akagi while looking over his shoulder towards Mitsui who was really starting to attract lots of attention, trying to decide which one to restrain.

"Iyaaa! Onegaaiii!" Korky the Klown was desperately trying to free himself of Mitsui's tight grip on the collar of his clown outfit. "You-you don't understand! I really can't ride the Roller Coaster…please…help me!!!" The blue-haired boy was dragging the sobbing clown behind him as he also shoved his badge to the shocked ticket collector's face.

"He's with us," Mitsui nodded towards the ever-so-noisy clown behind him. He gave the shaking boy one sharp look then hopped into the Roller Coaster and plopped the helpless buffoon on the empty car, fastened his seatbelt rather tightly and then gave a satisfied smirk at Miyagi and Ayako who were in the car behind them. "Hopefully, our friendly guide here would be too dizzy after our 'exhilirating and brain-numbing ride' that he won't be able to remember all those only-in-The-Lost-Paradise speeches he has."

"You really hate him, don't you?" Ayako sweatdropped at the still-pleading clown.

"B-but he doesn't have a ticket…he can't ride here…" Miyagi was on the bridge of panic, looking from the clown to Mitsui then back again.

"Ah, don't worry about that, I arranged everything," Mitsui waved a hand confidently, then glared at the boy checking the seats, who froze then scrambled away from them.

"But…but…still…" Miyagi was very pale and looked like he was about to faint.

"Daijobou, Ryota?" Ayako asked him, concerned, as Mitsui took a seat behind them and left the crying Korky alone. "You've been acting weird since that clown showed up…"

"What? Ah, it's nothing, Aya-chan! Nothing! Hahaha!" Miyagi's forced laugh sounded more like a sob.

Ayako was about to say something when Akagi stopped beside Korky's car and gave a quizzical look at the manager, who just shrugged. Akagi frowned at the pathetic creature then marched on to the seat infront, while Kogure walked behind them and seated himself in the vacant space in Mitsui's car. Akagi sat beside the unruffled Rukawa, who was silently glaring at the hissing redhead in front of him.

"Sakuragi!" Akagi leaned on the gap between Sakuragi and Haruko. Sakuragi, who was turned, half-facing Rukawa, rolled his eyes towards the sound of that deep voice.

Oh, no…First, Rukawa deliberately sits behind us so he could steal Haruko's attention away from me…then Gori…Ku'sho…

"Gori!" Sakuragi glared at the captain.

"Haruko," Akagi broke off their glaring contest and turned to his sister. "Would you like to change places with me? I'm sure kind Sakuragi won't mind…"

Haruko turned three different shades of red. "Onii-chan!" she squeaked, looking half-ecstatic and half-embarrassed. Rukawa eyes darted sharply towards the captain.

"Gori!!!" Sakuragi now turned his whole head to face Akagi angrily.

"Attention all riders! Please make sure to fasten your seatbelts and hold on the railings in front of you! The Roller Coaster is now starting! Please stay securely on your seats throughout the ride! Enjoy The Lost Paradise's…Exciting Roller Coaster!!!"

"Oh, too late," Sakuragi sneered as their cars slowly moved forward. "You'll have to stay there, Gori, if you don't want to…" Their bodies lurched violently forward, despite of their safety gears, as the ride suddenly increased speed. "…FALL OOFFFFF!!!! AAAAAAGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"

Screams filled the air. The train went sideways. Then twirled. Then it went around for a full 360-degree turn.

"AAAAGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!"

"WHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!"

"SAKURAGI, DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH MY SISTER!! AAHHH!!!"

"IIIIIYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"THIS IS FUN, NE, RYOTA? AAGGHHH!!!!"

"AYA-CHAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"YAAAIIIII!!!"

"C'MON, MITSUI, SCREAM LOUDER!!! LIKE THIS, YYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Then it made another full turn. And a third one. The only one not screaming was Rukawa, who was simply sitting there, arms folded across his chest, glaring at the scene in front of him. Then he was followed shortly by a certain clown whose eyes were now two twirls, with his body trapped beneath the safety gear of his seat, badly twisted as he tried to free himself but only succeeded in facing the horrified Miyagi. Korky stopped screaming too. The poor point guard's screams were now louder than anybody else's in their Roller Coaster train. Ryota watched in terror as Korky's face turned blue to purple to dark green, inspite of his heavy makeup. Miyagi tried desperately to move as far away from the clown as possible, but to no avail. Seconds later, the predicted gooey substance hurled from Korky's pale blue mouth towards the screaming Shohoku basketball club member.

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A/N: Gomen nasai! Gomen nasai! Gomen nasai, minna-san!!! I'm really really sorry for not uploading for a couple of weeks because I really had lots and lots of stuff to do! Like I said in my profile, I live in a dorm on weekdays and I only have Friday afternoon till Sunday early morning to spend at home. Lately, we have this play and I have such a hectic schedule that I rarely have one square meal a day. As this fic is on-going, and since I didn't have time to write this chapter last week, I couldn't post anything. So the moment I got home today, I went straight to the computer and did this. This wasn't proof-read and after my last word, I'm going to upload it rightaway so forgive me if there are typos or corrections (Consider also that I haven't had any breakfast nor lunch…so sorry if this isn't that great…;_;). Also, this is a bit short, I know, but if I were to continue it, it would be too long, so I decided to cut it there and I'll try to do the continuation after I post this one. As soon as I'm through with the next chapter, I'll upload it ASAP, I promise! Please tell me if anyone's still reading this even after two weeks of not uploading! Please R&R!!! Arigatou!!!