Bonus Round 1: Quotes

SASO 2015 is over, but this round is perpetually open to new fills (no new prompts).

PLAY BALL! For this round, we'd like you to take inspiration from songs, sayings, poems, and other kinds of famous words.

Because this is our first full round, please read this post carefully before proceeding!

This round ends at 7PM on June 13 EDT. Countdown Timer.

RULES

Submit prompts by commenting to this post with a quote attributed to a specific person or character, along with any ship/ot3/etc. from one of our nominated fandoms.
- Example: "Hi-ho, Kermit the Frog here!" -Kermit the Frog
- The quote can come from anywhere. Famous people, poetry, songs, books, movies, your neighbor, etc.
- 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., Yachi & Kiyoko). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Yachi/Kiyoko). Please don't say "Any pairing," either!
Fill prompts by replying to the prompt with your quote-inspired fanwork.
Remember to follow the general bonus round rules, outlined here.
You cannot fill your team's prompts or your own prompts.

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)

There is no max work cap.

Format your comment in one of the following ways:

If PROMPTING:	If FILLING:	If FILLING as a TEAM GRANDSTAND participant:
PROMPT: TEAM [YOUR SHIP] Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team you belong to, including Grandstand or Sports Teams Write it exactly as it appears on the team roster or your team will not receive points Place the prompt's relationship in the first bolded line of the comment. Including the canon isn't required, but it's nice. Visual example	FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [RATING] Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team you belong to Write it exactly as it appears on the team roster or your team will not receive points Replace RATING with the rating of your fill (G - E) Place applicable major content tags and word count before your fill (when applicable) NSFW FILLS: Post written/text fills directly to the round with clear tags. Please link to art/visual fills. You can include a small safe-for-work preview if you'd like. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" /> Visual example	FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [RATING] Replace RATING with the rating of your fill, G - E, as explained in the rules Place applicable major content tags and word count before the fill, where applicable NSFW FILLS: Post written/text fills directly to the round with clear tags. Please link to art/visual fills. You can include a small safe-for-work preview if you'd like. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" /> Visual example

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.

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 3 fills by any member of your team: 20 points each
Fills 4-10: 10 points each
Fills 11-20: 5 points each
Fills 21+: 2 points each

All scored content must be created new for this round.

Etc.

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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Some emotional manipulation, one or two incidents of strong language
1121 words

"Yukimura-san, Marui-sempai said you wanted to talk to me?"

Yukimura stood in the shade of the tree, letting the wind bring the scent of summer flowers as it played at the hair falling by his cheeks. The russet tinge in the sunset's gold after the seashell pinks had faded was particularly beautiful. He wanted to savor every ray of light before the purples racing from the east overtook them. Part of him thought about pulling his jacket tighter around his shoulders, just as he saw his little stray kitten zipping his jersey against the oncoming chill. But then again, the tingling sensation of cold, the shivers, were part of being alive, and he'd spent too long closed inside four climate-controlled walls to give that up.

"Yukimura-san, you--"

"I heard you the first time, Akaya."

"Tsch. Right."

The other boy looked back toward the tennis courts, as if this were some kind of waste of time and he might have something more important to do. Yukimura, on the other hand, stared transfixed at the last glimmers of today's sunlight burning out on the horizon like the embers at the end of a candlestick fighting to burn even after the wick was an ashen memory. The cool darkness made his junior's pout harder to see, but he doubted even pure blackness would wash it away.

Walking toward the bench, he offered his brightest smile over his shoulder. "Akaya, sit with me."

"I'm gonna miss my bus, Yukimura-san. I haven't even changed out of..."

There were, of course, other buses, and Akaya knew it. Yukimura kept smiling as he sat, but let his eyes go hard. All the excuses dried up on Akaya's tongue, the way every once in a while they did, but his feet still weren't moving.

"Are you worried you'll be too late getting home? I'll have a teacher drive you, then. Sit."

The boy took his place on the bench at last, full of nervous stares and twitching eyes that kept straying between Yukimura's chin and nose. When Akaya was looking up, that was. He leaned over his knees with his back curled like he expected a fight, or perhaps to be hauled off to the principal's office by his ear. Such a silly expression. Yukimura stroked one of his blushing cheekbones with the knuckle of his index finger, then pushed the boy's chin up to meet his gaze.

"Now really, Akaya. Is that any kind of face to be making when you're going to be a senior next year? You should never look weak in front of your fellow players."

"Y-Yukimura-san, can you stop? You're kinda freakin' me out."

Setting that aside.

He stretched his arms over his head, studying again the smoky twilight over the horizon. "Akaya, I've been thinking about who to name the Captain of next year's team."

Like a parachute shooting open during freefall, he shot up straight so fast, the force carried him to his feet. "I knew it! I knew it had to be me! Don't you worry about anything, Yukimura-san, I'll have those jerk-asses working so hard, they..."

He could hardly hear the rest of Akaya's tirade over the sound of his own laughter. By the time the boy noticed and fell back to his seat, he had had to wipe tears from his eyes from all the hilarity. "Oh, Akaya. When did I say I'd decided to pick you?"

"Who the hell else would you pick? I'm the best! Set up a tournament, Seigaku-style if you want me to prove it. I'll beat all those suckers till they beg me to stop! I can do it!"

"I'm sure you can," he said with the last of his laughter, bopping Akaya on the forehead, which always made his eyes turn adorably crosseyed as he followed Yukimura's fingers. "Do you think the only reason I was Captain and Gen'ichirou was Vice Captain was because I could always beat him in matches?"

The boy's dark-sparkling eyes pinched close. "Could? Don't you mean 'can'? You're not..." He started to whisper. "Holy crap, you're not retiring?!"

"Now, don't be silly. I'll go on playing as long as I like, but I don't intend to talk about the future as if we can know how it ends. So tell me, Akaya." He waited for the glimmers of fear to fade into curiosity. "What do you think of your teammates?"

"If you're asking me who else I think can be Captain, I've got nothing to say. If you're not strong, you can't lead, and not one of them is as strong as me." He crossed his arms, scowling in the exact opposite direction from an angle Yukimura could see, but ruined the effect seconds later be checking over his shoulder to see if Yukimura had been impressed by his obstinacy.

After making a mess of his junior's already messy hair, he slipped his hand into a lock on Akaya's jaw, and turned it just enough so Akaya couldn't look away no matter how he stiffened and tried not to struggle. "Any strong player can find another's weakness, put fear into someone's heart. A captain's job is to lead his team to greatness. That means being able to see the strength in others, and draw it out -- like I did with you, Akaya." The face he made then was perhaps his most terrified of the night. Yukimura held the boy's chin more tightly yet. "You have one week. Find me someone like that. Do it well, and I'll at least make you Vice Captain."

There was rage in him then, but ambition, too; exactly what brought out the best in his little devil cat. Every flutter of his nostrils was the promise of a very interesting week. Yukimura didn't put his joy on his face, though. That would have ruined the moment. Instead, he stood, pulling a tennis ball out of his pocket to examine in the moonlight with his back to his enraged Akaya.

"One week. Don't disappoint me."

As he walked away, the boy yelled, "But Yukimura-san...!"

Only then did he turn to look back. "I told Renji to leave your things outside the locker room when he locked up, so you can change in the gymnasium with the basketball team. You'd best hurry before they finish up as well."

There were no more interruptions, nor would Yukimura have listened to any. Next stop, the teacher's room to see if there was anyone he could send to check on Akaya and make sure he got home properly. And, next week, he'd find out just who Akaya would make of himself and his ambitions if he truly meant to take Rikkai in hand.

ah, yes, i missed this asshole, truly. THANK YOu, there isn't nearly enough tenipuri here (especially rikkai *sad pepe*).

ANYWAYS, i loved it so much. it was really in character (not like i should be telling you that, you've been in the fandom for SO LONG) and i can see them interacting this way in canon. yukimura is such an interesting character, i'm so... and his dynamics with the team are intersting as well, but also kind of disturbing (that's mostly why it's so interesting duh). i adored the way you put this twisted controlling authority into words or not words rather, but sitution, leaving it to be read between the lines (doesn't sound weird, nope, not at all)

Yukimura is far and away one of my favorites! Oh, how I love seeing him captain Rikkai (and definitely would not want to be in their shoes)...

Thank you for the prompt! I'm glad you liked the scene! <3

Bonus Round 1: Quotes

Bonus Round 1: Quotes

FILL: TEAM ARAKITA YASUTOMO/FUKUTOMI JUICHI, T

Re: FILL: TEAM ARAKITA YASUTOMO/FUKUTOMI JUICHI, T

Re: FILL: TEAM ARAKITA YASUTOMO/FUKUTOMI JUICHI, T