PoT: Standalone: Challenge - Chapter Seven

[branchandroot]

Fic post from my archive.

Challenge: Chapter Seven

Disaster strikes for the whole team. Drama with Angst, I-4

After such a golden autumn, no one expected what happened in the heart of winter.

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[fromastudio]

...if there was one thing going through my head for the whole of this part, it was like, oh yes.

The way you create this story, and you make it all fit within the context of canon leaves me completely in awe. You take all the manga characters and the weird quirks of detail in PoT and have it all make sense, while retaining your own story and your own particular spin on things; and that's the highest compliment I could give to a fanfiction work.

[soloproject.livejournal.com]

the chill of Yagyuu's hands when Masaharu folded them around a can of coffee.

Affectionate!Niou emmergeth! I really like the way this fic is moving along. I'm also extremely impressed by how fast the parts are coming out

And our Sei-chan...now it's Sanada's turn to be such a gwumpy bear. But I'm extremely pleased with Jackal's line (*pretending it's your present to me* ^___^). Hasn't anyone noticed how Sanada is pratically the coach of Rikkai? I don't see no bench coach nowhere. I imagine the pressure much fall so heavily on Sanada and he still remains so whee!extremely sweet on his buchou.

(♥ Notice the extreme use of the word "extremely". XD)

But tragedy hits Rikkai! O___O

3... parts.... {swoons}

[lady-readwolf.livejournal.com]

ooooh... you *have* been a busy ficcie author, haven't you? {leers and digs in}

Oh man, oh man, oh man, oh *man*! they way you write these boys is just drop dead *gorgeous*---{grins} and I loved the remark about the therapist having Yuki's number and being psychic!


I love the relationship you're building (have built) between all of them, but especially so the doubles (well, I guess they should really be called 'quads', ne?); how all four of them make the decision together, even if Yagyuu speaks first, and---and---and---!!!

It's all so great! {glomps before tackling the next part}

[written-in-blue.livejournal.com]

"Then what's wrong?" Sanada asked, voice ragged.

[wibbles] Oh, *Sanada*. Hon. [cuddles]

It was too much for Sanada, who called after him with a promise that the team would wait for its captain, would remain undefeated for him. A promise like a charm for Yukimura's recovery; if they kept faith for him, surely he would return. Masaharu could see the tremors running through Sanada's body, see the terrible tension in his bowed head and tight fists. Yanagi stepped to his side, clasped his shoulder, and, when Sanada looked up, nodded firmly, giving himself to the promise as well. Akaya, the baby of the team, who would now be playing in every match when the new year began, stepped forward, and nodded, just a touch tremulously. The doubles players, with barely a glance at each other, stepped forward as one.


...

[wibbles on behalf of the entire damn team]

The team slowly regathered themselves, leaning on each other more heavily, now that the one who had supported them all was gone.

Makes a person consider hashira in a whole new light...

The pattern hit him with the force of a premonition, as analysis lying latent until triggered sometimes did. This was where there would be a problem. With their youngest, most volatile member, the one who did not have a close supporter within the team.

The one whose restraining voice was now gone, and whose second mentor was sliding headlong into a dangerous frame of mind, and whose other teammates had just agreed to ride along for the trip to hell.

And if there was a damn thing that could be done about it, Masaharu didn't see what it was.


[chews anxiously on fingernails] Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear dear dear...

[provetheworst.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes, this is Rikkai Dai Fuzoku. You have them right. Not sure how else to say it, but you do, you do, you do! Because oh, the way the loss of Yukimura affects the team, and.. yeah, yeah. This is. Is. Yes.

I ♥ your Niou, by the by. Yes.
Uhm, coherency? Who needs it?