PoT: Standalone: Challenge - Chapter One

[branchandroot]

Fic post from my archive.

Challenge: Chapter One

Niou enters junior high and encounters a wonderful new game. Drama, I-3

Niou Masaharu liked seeing people disconcerted. The expression itself amused him, and the knowledge that he had been the one to put it on somebody's face gave him a nice, warm glow of accomplishment.

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[soloproject.livejournal.com]

Geh...*faint* A Rikkai fic! @___@ Yay for NiouYagyuu dynamics. Just read this now, read the rest later 'cause gotta dash! But I;m really loving it, it's making me squirm for more.

AND YOU PUT MY MAN JACKAL IN IT. I ♥ you.

[branchandroot]

I swear, Jackal is the only sane one on that team.

*heartsback*

[written-in-blue.livejournal.com]

Niou is one evil-minded little bastard. He's got being the Trickster down to an art.

[loves the Trickster figures]

^_______________________^

[branchandroot]

Ain't he, though? *pets Niou* He's making the entire Storyspace quite nervous.

[written-in-blue.livejournal.com]

[puts up banner on the Em's Home for Muses: "No Nious allowed."]

re: part 1

[lady-readwolf.livejournal.com]

~~The real heart of it was understanding; the trick was simply the proof that he had understood correctly. And, of course, stirring people up made for even more opportunities to observe and understand.~~~

Oooh.. what *great* character analysis! Okay, now back to the fun stuff...


~~~Yagyuu Hiroshi was not easy to understand. Nor was he easy to unsettle.
Masaharu thought he just might be in love.~~~

Uh-oh.... {grinning madly} Hmmm... this could be... trouble...


~~~It was times like this that he wished Yukimura wasn't so damn easy-going most of the time. .... but Masaharu figured that was probably half the point--Yukimura could harness Sanada's temper.~~~

{howling with laughter} yes! Yes! I can *so* see this! Ha ha!


~~~Santa must think he'd been a very good boy; his Christmas present was here four whole months early.~~~

I think this is the beginning of a .... dammit! Where's the sex already!?!? {clears throat} err... I mean... yeah... ^.^;;;


~~~"Ever the gentleman," Masaharu laughed, moving up.~~~

HEELLOOOOOOOO, 'gentleman'! ^.^;; It's like Niou gave him his nickname! How sweet! Will Yagyuu return the favor, I wonder? Hmmm....

~~~Facing Yagyuu across the net he had noticed the intensity of Yagyuu's game, the flare of focus and passion pressed under the smooth glass of Yagyuu's manners and restraint. Playing on the same side as him was like standing next to a lightning strike. A charged, ringing atmosphere enfolded him. He could feel Yagyuu's presence in it, like a weight.~~~

{shivers} omg.... if that isn't a set up for an orgasmic experience....

Let me say, right here, right now---THANK YOU for posting all three parts, 'cause if I had to wait to get my hands on the next part...{shakes head} I would *not* have been responsible for my actions...


Now--post reading thoughts/reflections

Oh, this is gonna be a damn, good story! ^.^ Yeah! Rikkai-love! Oooh, and you included Jackal! Tee hee hee! Will our favorite redhead be making an appearance, too? (ever notice how the redheads of each team are more likely to be doubles players? I wonder what that means...)

And, omgs! {laughs} he kept the book of postcards, eh? Wonder what he did with 'em... {grins} Oh! And Yukimura/Sanada love! the mama and papa of the Rikkai family! gotta love 'em! I just absolutly adored how you described Yuki's possible reaction to any prank of Niou's. I also like how you use Niou's first name, too... need to get more familiar with that myself. ^.^;;

Okay, okay, that's enough, 'cause I wanna get onto the second part already! geesh! I can't believe I made myself wait all day to read this! {thinks} well, it's probably a good thing I didn't try reading this at work....

Re: part 1

[branchandroot]

Yes, yes, the sex is coming, it'll just be a while. *grins wickedly* And the postcards will make a reappearance. *snickers*

Re: part 1

[lady-readwolf.livejournal.com]

{grumbles something about sadistic authors who make people wait and then laugh at their misery}

[beckymarie.livejournal.com]

Settling in to read these (I should probably read them all before I start commenting, but, pffttt.) finally and... eeeeeeeeee. *___* You have Niou down to an art here, I swear. His love of playing tricks that are somehow more than just two-dimensional (which impresses me so much because we really haven't seen a whole lot of him in either the manga or the anime) and he just... FEELS RIGHT. I cannot express my joy enough at that.

Never even mind that, if he did attempt to play something on Yukimura, Sanada, who had no sense of humor Masaharu could detect, would skin him. Possibly for the purpose of making Yukimura a new pair of house slippers.

....have I mentioned that I love you? Because, dude, I can just SEE the expressions on their faces with these excellent ways to get the scene across. Plus, the image of Yukimura with little Niou!slippers is hysterical. XD

Facing Yagyuu across the net he had noticed the intensity of Yagyuu's game, the flare of focus and passion pressed under the smooth glass of Yagyuu's manners and restraint.

This is somehow the best description of Yagyuu's playing style that I think I've ever come across. It's so... Yagyuu, to my mind. *fawns*

[branchandroot]

*happiness*

There is a whole lot of extrapolation going into this; enough to occasionally make me nervous, but I think I'm mostly keeping them in tune with the little canon we have. Good to know you think I am, too!

*falls over laughing at the idea of Niou!slippers*

Oh, yes, with his picture on the toes, possibly chibified, and his little ponytail hanging different ways on the left and right foot! *wipes eyes* Actually, I'm dying to see these guys chibified.

[absenceofmind.livejournal.com]

Never even mind that, if he did attempt to play something on Yukimura, Sanada, who had no sense of humor Masaharu could detect, would skin him. Possibly for the purpose of making Yukimura a new pair of house slippers. Sanada was that kind of bloody minded, iron bastard, and anyone with eyes could see that he had a mother-hen complex over Yukimura. It went strangely with his hot temper, not to mention Yukimura's greater skill, but Masaharu figured that was probably half the point--Yukimura could harness Sanada's temper.

that right there is exactly, EXACTLY the kind of sanayuki dynamic i would LOVE to see in a fic. gods, i LOVE it when i find ppl who can express something i've been itching to express. not that i've touched your rikkai troika fic, seeing as it's sanakiri and all kinds of strangeness (by my admittedly narrow definition.)

[branchandroot]

*glomps you* Yes, Yukimura is not a doormat, any more than Ohtori!

*thinks* If the troika threesome weirds you, you should be safe enough with the mostly-tennis parts of the arc. "Temper", "Need", "The Continuation of War", and "Circle". "Nutshell", too, but that's pretty pure angst that I wrote to set up some of the troika interaction, so it isn't as integral.