PoT: Standalone: Challenge - Chapter Nine

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Fic post from my archive.

Challenge: Chapter Nine

For Regionals, the team pulls out all the stops. Drama, I-3

Masaharu didn't know about the others, but he'd had to catch Yukimura from falling more than once, while spotting for his "light" practices, and had to carry him back inside twice. He'd watched the frustration his captain could keep out of his voice but couldn't keep out of his eyes, and shuddered to think what it must be like.

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The idea that wended its way into Masaharu's thoughts made him smile, probably not very pleasantly.

I suspect it was a smile only Yagyuu could love.

The injunction to "play seriously", to play as himself, was met with a glare, but Yagyuu finally gave over and pulled out his specialty shot at full strength. It was clear to Masaharu that his partner didn't particularly want to take up his own, more circumscribed, identity again; he was distinctly grumpy about it. Masaharu sighed to himself. Clearly, they needed to have another conversation about the lack of conflict between politeness and grinding opponents to jelly.

[grins]

For all that Inui looked like the perfect straight-man, Masaharu decided that here was another who deserved the title of Trickster.


Damn right. After all, he has eyes!

Inui: ...You're going to have to get over that eventually.

Yes, but not yet.

Masaharu briefly considered the possibility that the kid wasn't human.

He's not. He's a Pod Person, here to EAT OUR BRAINS.

How were they supposed to tell their captain about this?

First, they need to warn him about Pod!Ryouma, and let him come up with a clever plan to defeat the Pod People...

Bob: I'm doing this for your own good, Em. [smack]

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*waves thanks to Bob, laughing to hard to speak*

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Bob: [bows] Sorry about that. She was a little bit high on sugar at the time.