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Bonus Round 1.5: AUs
SASO 2017 is over, but this round is perpetually open to new fills (no new prompts).
Please read this whole post before commenting to ensure that your team gets the most points possible. (There are changes from last year!)
RULES
- Submit prompts by commenting to this post with an alternate universe idea, along with a ship from one of our nominated fandoms. There's a comment template below for your convenience.
- Your prompt MUST include some kind of relationship. (This is not the sports anime gen olympics.) Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Izumi & Sakaeguchi). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Izumi/Sakaeguchi). Please don't say "Any pairing," either!
- An AU can be a canon divergence, e.g. "what if [character] was the Team Captain instead of the canon captain character?", or a completely different setting altogether, e.g., pop idol AU, coffee shop AU, superheroes AU, etc.
- Fill prompts by leaving a responding comment to the prompt with your newly-created work.
- Remember to follow the general bonus round rules, outlined here.
FORMAT
Bonus round shenanigans all happen in the comments below. Brand-new works only, please.Required Work Minimums:
- 400 words (prose)
- 400px by 400px (art)
- 14 lines (poetry)
Format your comment in one of the following ways:
| If PROMPTING: | If FILLING: | If FILLING as a TEAM GRANDSTAND participant: |
PROMPT: TEAM [YOUR SHIP]
| FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [RATING]
| FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [RATING]
|
Posts not using this format will be understood to be unofficial discussion posts, regardless of what they contain. They, like all comments in this community, are subject to the code of conduct.
If you see anyone breaking the code of conduct (e.g., causing drama, being rude) anywhere (not just DW), please contact the mods immediately.
SCORING
These numbers apply to your team as a whole, not each individual teammate. Make as many prompts/fills as you want!For prompts: 5 points each (maximum of 50 prompt points per team per round)
For fills:First 4 fills by any member of your team: 20 points each
Fills 5-10: 15 points each
Fills 11-20: 5 points each
Fills 21-50: 2 points each
Fills 51+: 1 point each
All scored content must be created new for this round.
Etc.
If you're hunting through the prompts looking for what to fill, a good trick is to view top-level comments only (see the line of links below this post).Have a question? Check The FAQ first. If you still need help, feel free to contact the mods. Happy fanworking!
PROMPT: Team Imaizumi Shunsuke/Kinjou Shingo
Fandom: Cheer Danshi/Prince of Tennis
Major tags: none
Other tags: none
Prompt:
Frustrated that he's barely seen Oishi recently outside of practice, Eiji goes to the rooftop and yells his dreams and frustrations into the void. But what happens when a voice from the next roof over reaches back to him?
FILL: TEAM PRINCE OF TENNIS, G
Other Tags: a block of capslock because screaming on a rooftop, whoops
Word Count: 1279
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Eiji slammed the open the door to the roof and immediately made his way to the edge. Gripping his hands around the edge, he took a deep breath and let it all out.
“OISHI, YOU BIG IDIOT! HOW COULD YOU FORGET ABOUT OUR PROMISE? ABOUT OUR DREAM? YOU BIG, STUPID, SELFISH EGGHEAD. WHAT WAS THE POINT OF ALL OUR TRAINING? WHY COULDN’T YOU JUST BE HONEST WITH ME? I WOULD HAVE HELPED YOU!! I CARED ABOUT YOU!! I WAITED SO PATIENTLY FOR YOU! I DID ALL THAT TRAINING FOR NATIONALS AND YOU COULDN’T EVEN TELL ME ABOUT YOUR WRIST! WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR TRUST? WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR PARTNERSHIP? DO I MEAN THAT LITTLE TO YOU IN TERMS OF OUR TEAM NOW THAT NATIONALS IS IN SITE? WHY CAN’T YOU JUST BE HONEST WITH ME?!”
He paused, short of breath but still angry. “MEANIE! PROMISE-BREAKER! JERK! HOW COULD YOU?”
Even if he wanted to continue, one of the neighbors opened a window and yelled at him to be quiet, which considering the burn of his throat, Eiji agreed and apologized. He had no energy left to be angry anyway and his hands slipped easily from the edge.
Eiji hated fighting with Oishi, as often as it happened. He tended to lash out first and then apologize later, but they never fought for more than a day or two. This, however...this wasn’t even a fight. Oishi had broken his trust. He wasn’t going to play with Eiji during nationals. He disappeared after every practice before Eiji could even try to approach him. So where did they even go from here?
And oh, there was a thought. Was tennis the only thing keeping them together? Was tennis the reason why they were even still friends? Oishi probably had told Tezuka about his injury, since he trusted the captain and best friend so much more than him. Eiji was just his doubles partner. He saw that Eiji was strong in tennis and they became a pair. Being a good double pair meant they had to understand each other, so that’s why they had to hang out. And why they did their homework together. And played tennis, the one thing that they actually had in common. They played so much tennis....It was only always about tennis, huh?
Sinking down to the ground, Eiji wasn’t ashamed of his tears, he was just ashamed that he had never realized it before.
“Um..hello? You okay over there?”
The voice sounded a little nervous but Eiji wasn’t in the mood to respond.
“I, uh, have been here the whole time!! I didn’t mean to eavesdrop, but you were loud enough that i’m pretty sure the whole neighborhood heard. Anyway, it sounds like you’re having a rough time and um, I just want to say that if you need an ear, I’m here! My friend Haru is still showering, so I’m stuck on his roof until he’s done so...Um. No pressure, but it sounds like you could use a friend.”
Eiji couldn’t deny that. He needed a friend...even if that friend wasn’t Oishi. He stood up, wiping his face, and looked around. “Who...Where are you?”
“Turn right and look up.”
There, on the roof of the dojo next to Eiji’s house, stood a boy he’d never seen before. He was obviously older, and considering he said Haru, he had to have meant Haruki, the son of the dojo’s owner.
“I’m Hashimoto Kazuma. First year at Meishin University.” Hashimoto’s smile was bright even in the dim lights of night and Eiji found himself drifting a little closer to it. “What’s your name?”
“Kikumaru Eiji. I’m a third year at Seigaku Middle School.”
“Eh!? Middle school? I figured you were in high school at least!” Hashimoto laughed. “You were saying something about nationals, do you play a sport, Eiji-kun?”
“I play tennis. I’m a regular. I...I, uh.” He stopped and Hashimoto only smiled patiently. “I usually play doubles. I was a part of a nationally ranked doubles pair but recently, well, a while ago my partner got hurt. But then he said he was okay and our team has been doing really well and we’re in the national tournament!! But it turns out he lied and his wrist is still hurt and he can’t play and he kept it a secret and made a huge scene in front of our team when our captain came back and now I don’t have a double partner or best friend anymore.”
Once the words started flowing, he couldn’t stop them, but Hashimoto seemed to hear every single one of them.
“Sounds like you’ve been through a lot lately. But it must feel better to get it out though, yeah?”
“A little.” Eiji admitted, twisting his fingers together. “But it doesn’t solve anything. We were going to go to nationals together again...but win this time. It’s our last year together...it’s the last chance we have.”
“Sounds stressful.”
“Um, yes.”
“It reminds me of the days that I did judo and competed...I was decent, but my heart was never really there. Though it sounds to me like you care a lot about tennis and your partner, enough to bottle up all those emotions and shout them to the heavens.”
Eiji was glad it was night time and that there was enough of a distance that Hashimoto couldn’t see him blushing. He had made a small fool of himself after all.
“Still...I don’t blame you for being angry. It’s never nice to have your trust broken by someone you care about. Relationships are built on trust and maintained by communication, so if one side isn’t doing that, it’ll come back and hurt the other at some point. I’m sorry that you had to learn that the hard way. But I also have a feeling that your partner didn’t mean it. You’re third years and made an incredible promise to go to nationals! That’s a lot to carry! And when he got injured, it probably hurt more to think about letting you down than the actual pain instead.”
Hashimoto’s words cut right through him. Eiji hadn’t thought about it that way. And considering how he let his emotions get the best of him and immediately assume the worse, well, he felt like crying again.
“Then to realize that his injury hadn’t healed, well. I’m sure he was scared and upset but mostly didn’t want to hurt you. You seem like a very caring person, Eiji-kun, I’m sure this is all a misunderstanding. If not, well, you can tell Haru to find me and beat me up, hehe.”
“Oi, Kazu, are you still up here? We need to go over formations for practice tomor- Eiji?” Haruki came into view, looking between the two of them. “Kazu...you weren’t bothering Eiji were you?”
“Me? No! I was just making a new friend.” Hashimoto winked at Eiji before throwing an arm around Haruki’s shoulders. “Looks like it’s time for me to go but...remember what I said, Eiji-kun! Oh, and let Haru know about nationals! We’ll come cheer you on. We’re really good at it.”
Eiji waved until the door closed behind them. What a strange happening...but he was happy for it. He did feel much better than he did before coming up to the rooftop.
Carefully, closing his hand one finger at a time, he raised a fist out just like all the times he’d done it to connect with Oishi.
Tomorrow. Tomorrow after their match against Higa, he would try to talk to him. But first he had a singles match to get through.
Re: FILL: TEAM PRINCE OF TENNIS, G