Training Camp… Or Not
Disclaimer: I don't own the Prince of Tennis cast and only about a quarter of this storyline for the first few chapters. XD I wish I did though...
Chapter summary: Yagyuu starts waxing poetic and Jackal is confused. Niou and Shishido continue their war and Akaya finds something that just may turn the tide in his favour, or not. Yukimura and Atobe team up to freak Sanada out. It's all written in such style…
Warnings: Crack, OOC and shounen ai.
A/N: Yah! Yah! Yay! I've run out of things to say at the beginning…. It's just me being lame today… XD ANYWAY… Read the A/N's at the very bottom of the page for a competition… (Or so I think anyway…)
For Sandy.
Chapter Nine: Line of Duty
Shishido scowled and grinded his teeth. "You. Are. Such. An. Idiot…"
Choutarou gasped, "Shishido-san, you promised not to swear."
Immediately, Shishido looked apologetic but before he could say something to comfort his poor, traumatized junior, Niou started laughing, in a slightly evil manner.
"Ha," Niou snorted derisively, "is that meant to be an insult? Tsk tsk. Watch out, the schoolteacher might put you detention for saying naughty words!" he mocked sarcastically, enjoying himself hugely, unlike Shishido who just looked plain furious.
Ha, well, if he was furious now, Niou couldn't /wait/ to see the look on his face after he woke up to find his room full of frogs...
"Ne, Chouta-kun, is your senpai always so vulgar?" Niou drawled, turning his back pointedly on Shishido to talk to the junior.
Yagyuu felt the overwhelming urge to get up and go after Yukimura and Sanada but he remained seated. He felt that it was his duty to stay and protect the innocent, namely Choutarou, from the evil that was his doubles partner. The Gentleman honestly doubted that the word 'innocent' went with the word 'Shishido' either, but he concluded that the blue capped boy was the lesser of two evils.
"Duty cannot exist without faith…" He muttered under his breath. "And I have faith in Niou's evilness."
With that, Yagyuu held his glass up as if in salute, "And if I die in the line of duty, I shall be able to say: I tried. And I failed."
Jackal turned questioningly to him, "Did you say something?"
Inside the wardrobe, Akaya's overactive imagination was providing him with some very appropriate horror-film music as he hoped for a miracle to save him from this bizarre, terrifying Yanagi/Niou/Yukimura hybrid.
Trying to squeeze himself through the solid back of the wardrobe, Akaya's hand suddenly brushed what /felt/ like a snake. He let out a muffled 'eep' of alarm, before his more reasonable side kicked in and pointed out that snakes didn't really feel like that, anyway.
Cautiously, Akaya felt around until he found it again, and held it up to the tiny crack of light coming in through the shut doors. It was, of all things, a dried, stuffed frog.
'What the hell?' he thought. 'Why is /this/ in one of Atobe's wardrobes?'
Still, it didn't matter. What had Atobe said just before? Phobia of frogs...
Closing his eyes and giving the dead frog a whispered apology, Akaya pulled open one of the doors and flung it out, aiming for Oshitari's chest.
Yukimura finally made eye contact with his dearly beloved fukubuchou as the other boy swallowed a whole load of pills.
"Ne, Genichirou, I don't think all that aspirin is good for you…" he told his vice smilingly.
Atobe snorted but refrained from any comments. It wasn't his place to butt in anyway.
However, he did stand up. The missing status of his tensai was starting to worry him a little. Also, getting away for a little bit from this circus would probably do him some good.
"I'm going to check on Oshitari." Atobe announced to the room in general, expecting them to be awed at his prowess.
The little corner comprising of Shishido, Ohtori and Niou didn't even notice. Yagyuu and Jackal, who sat next to the bickering duo plus Choutarou, looked up from their extremely deep conversation and nodded in a genial manner.
Hiyoshi was still trying to calm himself down and muttering about 'embarrassing situations' and 'dancing'.
Atobe frowned. He should really consider a slightly less traumatic punishment for the second year. He didn't want to lose the future buchou of Hyotei to an asylum this soon. After next year he wouldn't care, but not now.
To the diva's surprise, Yukimura also stood up and with him, Sanada.
"We'll join you. It'll be good to stretch our legs out a little bit." Yukimura smiled at Atobe sweetly.
The Hyotei buchou just nodded, not bothering to point out the fact that they only had been sitting at the table for less than two minutes. "Sure. I'm certain that you probably want to check up on your junior ace, Kirihara, ne?"
Both buchous smiled at each other in understanding. Sanada swallowed and took a small step back.
Perhaps faking sick and staying home wasn't such a ridiculous idea after all…
Oshitari caught the frog in surprise and stared at it for a brief moment before dropping it. But not from surprise, or as Akaya expected, horror. In fact, the Hyoutei tensai didn't run, screaming from the room in fear.
"Akaya-kun," Oshitari drawled instead, poking at the obviously dead frog with the tip of his shoe. "You know it's disrespectful of you to throw a dead body around." A smirk crossed his lips briefly.
"Come on out and we'll go down to lunch together…" The last was said with such anticipation that it made Akaya gulp.
Oshitari's smirk widened as he saw the entire wardrobe shaking. "No. No. NO. NO!"
Akaya looked around frantically again. There /had/ to be a way out of here before Oshitari got to him. Or else…
He gulped again. Or else he'd end up like a dried husk in the horror movie he saw yesterday. Come to think of it, Oshitari reminded Akaya of the insane, knife wielding, blue haired villain from the movie.
A knock sounded on his wardrobe door and a soft voice called, "Akaya-kun, come out…"
"EEK!"
And no, Akaya did /not/ just scream. Screaming was for girls. He merely shrieked.
In a manly manner.
Wah! Sorry that this is shorter than usual. I needed to leave some bits for the next chapter… XD
A/N: If anyone can name the author/person who uttered the quote 'Duty cannot exist without faith' and tell me the two Titles he held, I'll let you request anything (even my kitten XD). LOL. You get cookies as well!! Email me with the answer instead of leaving it in the review… The first five (if that many people bother... XD) get to request... Or more, or less... XDD
ANYWAY... It totally goes to show that I've become bored and need some challenges...
Winners will be announced next chapter!!!
Please review…! Thanks!!