PoT: Standalone: Challenge - Chapter Nine

[branchandroot]

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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[love]

I have to point out right now, BIG SPOILERS but you just violated anime canon. :( So if you don't care and want to get the anime as it goes, then don't read ahead--but if you do care about following anime canon, here it goes:

SPOILER > > > > (refers to episode 126)




The team (with the exception of Sanada) leaves after Kirihara's loss to root for Yukimura's surgery, and so Sanada plays on alone, without the team watching. So they couldn't have watching the WonderBoy match. :)




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[branchandroot]

Yeah, this is manga continuity. Rikkai got rather shafted in the anime. No switch, no really cool stuff with Kirihara, very disappointing. The manga is oodles more fun, when it comes to these guys. Of course, even there I had to make some guesses, since the Sanada v Ryouma match isn't over yet...