Training Camp… Or Not

Disclaimer: I don't own the Prince of Tennis cast. XD. I wish I did though... But I do own the storyline from here on!

Chapter summary: We see what the /other half/ are doing. Oh dear… It looks like Jackal isn't the only one With Plans. And no… Yukimura and Atobe aren't curious at all. Really!

Warnings: Crack, OOC and shounen ai.

A/N: Right… Well… Nothing here. Refer to the end of chapter A/N instead. Really… Read the ones on the bottom! Something for you to do… XD

Thanks to everyone who's been reading and reviewing! You guys are LOVE!

For Sandy.


Chapter Eighteen: The Other Four

Atobe and Yukimura sat on their respective beds, reading.

The silence was almost tangible but neither appeared to be overly eager to start a conversation. Atobe because he /didn't/ want to know why he passed Niou and Jackal dragging a bound and gagged Yanagi towards his room. Really… He didn't!

And of course he /wasn't/ curious as to why he heard Kirihara pounding on his door crying for Yukimura. Yuushi really wasn't that scary.

Yukimura wasn't curious either. No really, he wasn't. He had no desire to know what Jackal had done to elicit such a high pitched squeal from his roommate. And he honestly had no interest as to why Yagyuu was seen dragging a very unwilling looking Shishido back to their room. Or why Niou had been seen with planks, hammers and nails before loud hammering came from his room.

Both of the captains stared at their books as if the intensity would burn a hole right through them and turn into a fortune telling crystal ball. Then they could actually know without asking the other.

Nope. Not curious at all.


Sanada sighed and opened the door to his shared room. He guessed he'd have it easy for the camp. So far there had been screams from two rooms and heavy tussling from another two. He had wondered briefly if he should go and investigate the crying and banging going on next door, but then Yukimura had specifically informed them to keep what happened in their room, in.

The fukubuchou of Rikkai nodded to himself and pushed his door fully open. He didn't need to know what Akaya was up to. Probably mischief again. But he did wonder, very briefly, at how loud a voice had to be to be able to be heard from the next floor down and in the opposite wing as well.

However, he pushed that thought to the back of his mind as he focused fully on the thought of taking a quick shower before going to bed. It was going to be another hectic day tomorrow. Sanada could already feel it.

Humming silently, under his breath, to himself, Sanada picked up a change of clothes and walked towards the bathroom, of which the door was open. He spent one moment considering the lack of his roommate anywhere in the room.

He hadn't seen Hiyoshi in the bedroom and since the bathroom door was open that meant that Hiyoshi couldn't possibly be…

Sanada stopped dead at the entrance to the bathroom. Hiyoshi looked up, surprised at the presence of someone else.

Sanada turned around and walked back to his bed. He'd take his shower later. Much later. In the meantime, it was all the poor fukubuchou could do to make himself breath in and out regularly.

It was the only way he wasn't going to wonder about why Hiyoshi was trying to stab something resembling a giant plush version of Jackal full of needles whilst doing a strange dance. Or why the Hyoutei second year was wearing a bright pink nightgown with yellow ducks.

No. Sanada was not even going to go there.


Hiyoshi blinked as his roommate, Sanada/scuttled/ back into the bedroom. There was no other word to describe how the Rikkai vice moved. It was either scuttling or crab walking. Hiyoshi opted for the scuttling.

He turned his attention back to the /evil/ that was ruining his life. First, The Evil challenged him to a race during training today. Then, The Evil tripped him up. Then, The Evil /stole/ his theme song. Hiyoshi stabbed another big needle into The Evil's giant face.

//Ha! Take that EVIL// He gloated. //I'll steal your song too! Once you get one. //

Now… To clean up the bathroom so Sanada could use it. Humming 'Gekokujou' under his breath again, Hiyoshi started picking up all the unused knitting needles. Atobe said that he wanted them back tomorrow.


Kabaji sat staring at his roommate.

"MMPH!" Yanagi exclaimed. Loudly.

Kabaji nodded sagely, "Usu."

"MMPH!!! Mmph! Omph!" Yanagi continued, trying to wave his arms around and failing. That was probably because they were stilled tied firmly, this time to his bedpost.

Another nod from the Hyoutei boy, "Usu."

Yanagi looked pleased, or as pleased as one could look when they were bound and gagged and unable to move till someone bothered to untie them.

"Usu." Kabaji reached over and prodded Yanagi a little and started picking on the knots that tied the Rikkai boy together.

Yanagi nodded furiously, "OOMPH!!!"

A minute or so later, Renji was happily removing the electrical tape from his mouth. "Thank you, Kabaji! I could never have done it without you."

Kabaji just nodded. He wasn't really into bondage. He honestly had no idea why Niou and Jackal delivered their Master to him like that. Kabaji had even told the two he didn't like bondage. But they hadn't listened.

"Well… Let me see…" Renji's pen and notebook appeared from nowhere as he started scribbling percentages and calculations in his book again.

"Chances of brain damage by being tied up alone: 5. Chances of brain damage by being dragged by Jackal: 10. Chances of brain damage by being dragged by Niou: 30. Chances of brain damage by being dragged up and down the stairs: 75."

Renji looked up from his calculations, amazed. "Well… What do you know! The chances of becoming brain damaged increases significantly if you've been dragged up and down the stairs!" He rummaged around in his school bag for his phone, "Must inform Sadaharu about this discovery. It could change the world!"

Kabaji promptly added Niou and Jackal to /The List/.

Before he had to listen to an insane, super intelligent maniac. Now he had to listen to an insane, brain damaged one. Kabaji preferred the super intelligent one. At least that one had told him things he didn't need to know.

With a resigned expression, Kabaji settled back on his pillows and tried to drift off to sleep. It was kind of hard considering the occasional sentence that drifted his way.

"…SADAHARAU! You won't /believe/ what I've found…"

Pause pause.

"…yes. I know! It's wonderful! We must…"

More pause.

"…for you. Of course, it's vital that we do it now! Do you have…"

Another pause.

"…uh. NO! You substitute the percentage from the previous…"

Kabaji buried his head deeper into his pillows.

Yanagi was a whale.

Kabaji really wanted a harpoon.


Marui shivered and eyed his roommate the same way one would eye a hungry lion with whom you were locked in a cage with.

Jirou looked much /too/ happy about the rules that Yukimura and Atobe had set down.

"MARUI-KUN!" The Hyoutei boy yelled, obviously forgetting about their deal from earlier. "Are you sleepy? Coz I'm not sleepy at all!"

He smiled widely at Marui who popped a bubble weakly. "Do you think we should watch the movie first or play truth or dare first?"

"Movie?" Marui ventured carefully, he wasn't sure which buttons to press to shut the other boy up yet. "We're not allowed out of our rooms right?"

Jirou bounced around the room before coming to a stop in front of what looked like a wall. "Yeah! Atobe has TVs in every room. See?"

At some unseen signal, the wall opened, revealing a flat screen TV. A really big one.

The Rikkai boy's eyes were wide open. "Woah! That is /nice/!"

Jirou took this as a signal and jumped onto Marui. "Yah!"

Just as quickly, before Marui even had a chance to protest, Jirou jumped off and started pelting him with snacks. "I've got popcorn, chips, cookies and lots of drinks. Oh… Chocolates too!"

He looked at Marui hopefully, "Are we going to watch it?"

Marui looked happy, "Of course." Internally, he was quite pleased//This can't be too bad at all//

Oh… How wrong he was. How utterly wrong.

Marui sauntered happily over to the DVD collection to pick a movie. He didn't pay any attention to Jirou who was quietly writing something in a small book.


Dear Diary,

Marui-kun AGREED!! Now we're going to have the best night! Atobe-buchou was nice enough to allow me down to the kitchens to raid some snacks. I hope he doesn't mind me raiding his medications cupboard too!

pout Marui-kun didn't teach me /any/ of his moves today. I'm sad. But then I overheard Niou-kun talking to his double's partner, Yagyuu-kun. Niou-kun said something about 'a forfeit when someone doesn't honor an agreement' and Yagyuu-kun agreed. So that must be what the Rikkai team does.

I think it's fair to follow the Rikkai team's rules, right? smile Yes! So… I borrowed some hair ties and clips from Shishido before at the meeting. And Atobe kindly lent me some makeup. There were some girls' clothes in our closet! I'm sure this was meant to happen.

Don't you think that Marui-kun would look super sugoi dressed as a girl? smile I do! But when I told my team before, at the meeting, they said that Marui-kun wouldn't agree! pout But that's what the medications are for! Yep… Sleeping powder in all of the soft drinks. I'm going to have to stick with the orange juice pout But it'll be worth it!

Especially since Choutarou let me have his camera for the night! Oh, this is going to be /lots/ of fun!

Bouncy!

Jirou!


Well… I'm sorry that it's a bit short. And random. But hey… It's supposed to be random. Right?

Anyway… I would appreciate it if everyone who sends in a review for this chapter, sends in five of their top pairings (in PoT) and three different prompts in order of most wanted prompt to least. It's for a project… XD

Depending on how many people send them in by Monday 12th, I'll be using anything from one to three of your pairings.

Yes… It's something for Valentines (and it /doesn't/ have anything to do with TCON or FaW!!) But if you send your pairings and prompts in before the big V day… I'll try my best to add them in.

Erm… Yeah. Anything else? Oh… Unless lots and lots of people request a certain pairing, there'll only be one appearance of each pairing. So basically, whoever sends in their pairings and prompts first will have first dibs. That's why it's 'top five pairings' XD; But I'll try to accommodate everyone!

I think that covers it. Ok people! Go, go, go! Give me all you've got! The crackiest pairings to the most insane! I promise I won't blink. XDD