The Game of Survival
A/N : Hi again, everyone! Thanks for adding this story to your alert / favorite list. I am really pleased that you guys like the story.
I want to remind you guys that please read the A/N at the bottom of this page *points to the bottom of the page*.
Anyway, I hope that you would continue to enjoy the story!
Disclaimer : I do not own Prince of Tennis. It belongs to Konomi Takeshi-sensei.
Chapter 2 : Let's Start the Game of Survival!
---Inside the hall---
The Seigaku regulars were chatting among themselves except for Tezuka. They were interrupted by the voices that came from the outside of the hall and stopped talking when they heard the door opened. They were really shocked and surprised when they found out the source of the voices.
"I tell you it was a bad idea to come here!"
"Atobe, what are you up to this time?"
"This is the chance for Gekokujou(1)."
"Fufu... It looks like things are going to get a lot more interesting."
"This is going to be good for collecting data."
"Lucky! There is a really cute girl here."
"Cheh... This whole thing is totally stupid..."
"Akutsu-senpai!"
About 2 minutes later, the whole hall or rather the backstage was full of peoples or more precisely, full of tennis players. Not that they were going to play tennis anyway. Since the hall was so big, it fit all the tennis players just fine. For now, they whole hall was really noisy.
"Hyoutei, Rikkai and Fudoumine..." Momo stated as he and the Seigaku regulars were grouped at a corner.
"Rokkaku, Yamabuki and Higa are here too nya~" Eiji stated.
"There are also Josei Shonan, Shitenhouji and St. Rudolph too," Kawamura said.
"Heh... Mada mada dane(2)," Ryoma said as he covered his eyes with his cap.
"Minna(3), Yudan sezu ni ikou (I don't need to repeat this,right?)," Tezuka said.
"It looks like this is going to be fun," Fuji said while chuckling.
"I agree with you too, Fuji-kun."
And the Seigaku regulars turned towards the source and found themselves face-to-face with the Rikkai regulars.
"Hello!" Yukimura greeted them with a smile.
"Yukimura-kun, it's nice to see you again," Fuji greeted back with a smile.
The rest of the Seigaku and Rikkai regulars could not help but to shudder with fear and backed off from them immediately.
The door opened once again and this time entered the same girl which the Seigaku regulars had encountered just now and another boy which was the girl's elder brother.
"Okay, it looks like everybody is here right now. We can start the show now!" Ran said happily as she grabbed a microphone and walked towards the stage with her brother, Ryuu.
---At the Stage---
They were many audiences at the outside and there was even a few cameramen walking around. Then the room suddenly turned dark and there were many colorful lights flashing on the stage. The audiences cheered loudly as the spotlight fell onto Ran who had appeared on the stage and her brother Ryuu.
"Hello there, everyone. Thanks for waiting and tuning into the Game of Survival on LIVE. I am Takimoto Ran, who will be the host for tonight while my brother, Takimoto Ryuu, will be the host for the opening and the ending. We had prepared a lot of exciting challenges for the participants who had participated this game show. And, we sincerely hope that you would enjoy your time during the whole show," Ran said while winking a little at the audiences.
The audiences cheered again.
"Without wasting any more time, let's introduced the participants for tonight. First off, we have the Seigaku regulars..." Ran looked at the board she was holding.
"Tezuka Kunimitsu."
"Oishi Shuuichirou."
"Fuji Syuusuke."
"Kikumaru Eiji."
"Inui Sadaharu."
"Kawamura Takashi."
"Kaidoh Kaoru."
"Momoshiro Takeshi."
"And last but not least, Echizen Ryoma!"
The audiences cheered loudly as the Seigaku regulars appeared on stage one-by-one according to the order of the names.
"Next, we have Hyoutei." The audiences cheered loudly again.
"Atobe Keigo!" With that, the audiences chanted "HYOUTEI! HYOUTEI! HYOUTEI!" and " ATOBE! ATOBE! ATOBE!" as the diva, Atobe Keigo appeared onto the stage. He took the mike from Ran and then...
"SNAP!" The audiences immediately silent up.
"Ore-sama(4) no bigi ni yoi na (5)," Atobe said with the mike.
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! ATOBE-SAMA!!!" Atobe's fan-girls screamed out loudly.
"Hn... That was much better," Atobe said as he returned the mike to the host.
Ran sweat-dropped as she received the mike. "Okay... that was time consuming... Anyway, moving on, we have..."
"Oshitari Yuushi."
"Akutagawa Jirou."
"Mukahi Gakuto."
"Shishido Ryou."
"Ootori Choutarou."
"Kabaji Munehiro."
"And Hiyoshi Wakashi."
"Then, we have Rikkai..."
"Yukimura Seiichi."
"Sanada Genichirou."
"Yanagi Renji."
"Niou Masaharu."
"Yagyuu Hiroshi."
"Marui Bunta."
"Jackal Kuwahara."
"And Kirihara Akaya."
With this, the Rikkai fan-girls cheered loudly. (I'm sure that plenty of Rikkai fans are cheering right now.)
"Moving on, we have the Fudoumine..."
"Tachibana Kippei."
"Kamio Akira."
"Ibu Shinji."
"Ishida Tetsu."
"Uchimura Kyousuke."
"Sakurai Masaya."
"And Mori Tatsunori."
"Then, St. Rudolph..."
"Akazawa Yoshirou."
"Mizuki Hajime."
"Kisarazu Atsushi."
"Nomura Takuya."
"Yanagisawa Shinya."
"Fuji Yuuta."
"And Kaneda Ichirou."
"Moving on, we have Yamabuki..." Ryuu continued.
"Minami Kentarou."
"Higashikata Masami."
"Sengoku Kiyosumi."
"Kita Ichiuma."
"Muromachi Touji."
"Nishikiori Tsubasa."
"Dan Taichi."
"And Akutsu Jin."
"We have Josei Shonan next..."
"Kajimoto Takahisa."
"Wakato Hiroshi."
"Shinjou Reiji."
"Tanaka Youhei and Tanaka Kouhei."
"Ota Shou."
"And Kiriyama Daichi."
"Continuing on with Rokkaku..."
"Aoi Kentarou."
"Saeki Kojirou."
"Amane Hikaru or known as David."
"Kurobane Harukaze or known as Bane-san."
"Marehiko Itsuki."
"Kisarazu Ryou."
"And Shudo Satoshi."
"Next, we have Higa..."
"Kite Eishirou."
"Kai Yuujirou."
"Chinen Hiroshi."
"Tanishi Kei."
"Hirakoba Rin."
"Shiranui Tomoya."
"And Aragaki Kouichi."
"Finally, we have Shitenhouji..."
"Shiraishi Kuranosuke."
"Koshikawa Kenjirou."
"Chitose Senri."
"Oshitari Kenya."
"Zaizen Hikaru."
"Ishida Gin."
"Konjiki Koharu and Hitouji Yuuji."
"And finally last but not least Tooyama Kintarou!" Ryuu said.
"And that's really a lot of participants for this show. Let's see, the total number for this is 77 participants. And with these, we will be separating all of them into 11 teams. Each team will consists of 7 members. With that, let the draw begin," Ran said as she handed around the box.
All the participants put their hands in and withdrew a paper. In the paper, there was number from 1 to 11.
"It looks like the results are out," Ran said as she finished handling the box. "All right, we will announce the 11 teams right now!"
"First team : Echizen Ryoma, Tezuka Kunimitsu, Kirihara Akaya, Kite Eishirou, Ota Shou, Koshikawa Kenjirou and Tachibana Kippei."
"Second team : Atobe Keigo, Sanada Genichirou, Akutagawa Jirou, Kai Yuujirou, Higashikata Masami, Nomura Takuya and Minami Kentarou."
"Third team : Oishi Shuuichirou, Shishido Ryou, Sengoku Kiyosumi, Mizuki Hajime, Hitouji Yuuji, Konjiki Koharu and Chinen Hiroshi."
"Fourth team : Kamio Akira, Ishida Gin, Ishida Tetsu, Hiyoshi Wakashi, Jackal Kuwahara, Aoi Kentarou and Kita Ichiuma."
"Fifth team : Mukahi Gakuto, Marui Bunta, Niou Masaharu, Shinjou Reiji, Tanaka Youhei, Tanaka Kouhei and Hirakoba Rin."
Ryuu continued from Ran.
"Sixth team : Shiraishi Kuranosuke, Momoshiro Takeshi, Tanishi Kei, Kurobane Harukaze, Amane Hikaru, Sakurai Masaya and Kisarazu Atsushi."
"Seventh team : Kikumaru Eiji, Ootori Choutarou, Dan Taichi, Ibu Shinji, Oshitari Kenya, Mori Tatsunori and Kisarazu Ryou."
"Eighth team : Akazawa Yoshirou, Kaneda Ichirou, Wakato Hiroshi, Chitose Senri, Tooyama Kintarou, Zaizen Hikaru and Muromachi Touji.
"Ninth team : Kawamura Takashi, Akutsu Jin, Kabaji Munehiro, Shiranui Tomoya, Marehiko Itsuki, Shudo Satoshi and Kiriyama Daichi."
"Tenth team : Kaidoh Kaoru, Inui Sadaharu, Oshitari Yuushi, Yagyuu Hiroshi, Nishikiori Tsubasa, Yanagisawa Shinya and Aragaki Kouichi."
"Finally, the eleventh team : Yukimura Seiichi, Fuji Syuusuke, Uchimura Kyousuke, Yanagi Renji, Saeki Kojirou, Fuji Yuuta and Kajimoto Takahisa."
"Before we start the Game of Survival. I will explain a few rules." Ran said.
"First, for each round, each team must send in one or more members depending on the task given. There are no rounds that you could either pass or escape. Meaning, there are no escape at all..."
"Second, this is a penalty game. Therefore, for those who fail to complete the task given or refuse to complete the task given will either have to drink the Iwashimizu(6) or eat the wasabi sushi or both at the same time."
Most of the participants grimaced when they heard the word wasabi sushi. However, some of the participants' eyes immediately sparkle when they heard the word Iwashimizu.(They completely misunderstood. Poor things.) For those who really really knew about the real Iwashimizu or had experienced it before shuddered with fear and horror.
"However, if you are really lucky enough. Some of the sushi are free of wasabi. But the chances of getting a free of wasabi sushi is very slim though. So, please try not to fail your tasks."
"Thirdly, those who fainted due to the challenges or because of drinking the drinks or something else like that, will be automatically be disqualify. Meaning, you can't continue the game any longer. Please keep that in mind."
Most of them had this "HUH!?" and the "WHAT!?"look visible on their faces.
"Finally, the show might not only be held indoors. It might be held at the outside too depending on the challenges. Please keep that in mind too. Also, this game will not endangered your lives, so don't worry about it. However, I can't say the same thing about your prides so please do your best!" Ran said somewhat emotionlessly.
Nearly all the participants were like "WTFH!!!???" and "THIS IS INSANE!!!".
"Of course," Ran continued. "The prizes for winning this game will be very fabulous, totally awesome, supreme lovely and so on. You get the idea. BUT, this is going to be a secret till we have a winner or rather a winning team. So please go all out for the prizes and show no mercy."
"Without wasting anymore time, let the Game of Survival begin!!!" Ran and Ryuu said at the same time.
(1) Gekokujou - Hiyoshi's catchphrase.
(2) Mada mada dane - You still have lots more to work on. Ryoma's catchphrase.
(3) Minna - Everyone.
(4) Ore-sama - Frequently used by Atobe when he addressed himself.
(5) Ore-sama no bigi ni yoi na - Be awed by my awesomeness or prowess. Atobe's catchphrase.
(6) Iwashimizu - Sardine water. A drink made by squeezing the juice of the sardine and mixed with water. One of Inui's drinks. (I forgot to add this one. Sorry!) In this case, they had completely misunderstood it. They thought it was some sort of water that was really refreshing since it has the same name in Japanese as the sardine water. (Is this a pun or what!?)
A/N : Yahoo! It finally begins! I already have a few ideas in mind but I still need more challenges. For those who are reading this, please help me by suggesting more challenges for the Game of Survival. Thanks and I really appreciate them.
Before I forget, I need some cameos as the co-host for each round. I mean, Ran can't just do all the announcements, right? And Ryuu just only host with Ran for the opening and the ending of the show. So please send in the name of the character you wish to appear in the story. However, the cameos will only appear once in this story. So, I hope that you guys won't mind.
And see ya till the next chapter!
Written on
25th January 2009
BabyKangaroo