Title: Tightrope
Words: 418
Topic: Inspired by an episode of Fear Factor where the contestants had to walk across a tightrope. Kenren's fear of heights and Goku's love for teasing immediatly lept to mind.
"Welcome to Fear Factor, Gaiden edition! Where your favourite stars from the manga Saiyuki Gaiden are forced to live out their worst fears! Today's first challenge is this; the contestants must all walk across this tightrope with only the assistance of these dangling ropes to steady them. Sound easy? How about when that tightrope is fifteen stories up in the air? Our first contestant is Son Goku, The Great Sage Equal To Heaven!" Joe Rogan announced.
Ten stories up, Goku was balencing precariously at the beginning of the rope. He looked down to see Konzen, Tenpou, Kenren, Goujun and Nataku all staring up at him. Kenren looked pretty pale. Goku grinned. "Hey, Ken-niichan! Look at this!" Goku let go of the rope he was hanging from and was satisfied to hear Kenren yelp in fear. He then leaned forward to grab the tightrope with his hands and lift his feet into the air. "Wow, I wonder if I can make it all the way to the middle like this! Let me go across really quickly and try! Whoops! Nearly fell off there but now I'm in the middle! I hope I don't loose my balance! Woah!" At that point Goku really did lose his balance and flipped around so he was dangling from the tightrope. Luckily, he hadn't lost his grip.
On the ground Kenren was desperatly trying to look at anything but the rope from which his friend was dangling. Through extreme self control he'd managed to not scream when Goku fell but it was a near thing. He didn't know how he was going to handle it when it was actually his turn.
Meanwhile, Goku flipped himself back up so he was standing upright on the tightrope again. He still didn't use the the ropes for balance as he ran across the rest of the distance.
"Goku, you bastard," Kenren muttered as his heart rate finally calmed down but then it jumped right back up when the host called out his name.
"General Kenren! It's your turn!"
When he was finally up on the tightrope, clutching the first dangling rope as if his life depended on it, Goku started to shout at him.
"Ken-niichan! Just don't look down!" The child taunted.
So, of course, the first thing Kenren did was look down at his friends, all mere ants to his eyes from that height and he started to feel dizzy. Then he fainted. It really was lucky they had a dragon on hand with really good reflexes.
I'd also like to say thanks to everyone that's reviewed or faved this story. I'm trying to to let it all go to my head. Also, Sarah? Your reviews are awesome. I keep meaning to mention it but keep forgetting. Think you could sign in next time though? If you don't already have an account, they're free. (God, now I'm advertising for a site while I'm on it...) Also, see the Saiyuki music reference!