{"id":451,"date":"2005-01-04T17:00:32","date_gmt":"2005-01-04T21:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.branchandroot.net\/archive\/?p=451"},"modified":"2012-05-15T14:08:50","modified_gmt":"2012-05-15T18:08:50","slug":"outtakes-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.branchandroot.net\/archive\/2005\/01\/outtakes-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Outtakes One"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Comments One or Team Sponsorship<\/h2>\n<h4>C<\/h4>\n<p>Raphael: Michael, why are you supporting a junior high tennis team? <\/p>\n<p> Michael: Setsuna suggested it. <\/p>\n<p> Raphael: &#8230;that shouldn&#8217;t make as much sense as it does.<\/p>\n<h4>B<\/h4>\n<p>Setsuna-the-one-man-cheering-section: Yeah! Go Fudoumine! Waste those bastards! <\/p>\n<p> Michael: *standing on the fence* Fuck you! <\/p>\n<p> Sakaki: *hand over eyes* <\/p>\n<p> Ryouma: I don&#8217;t know any of these people. You? <\/p>\n<p> Kamio: Not a single one.<\/p>\n<h2>Comments Two or Why Tezuka Sometimes Hates Us<\/h2>\n<h4>L<\/h4>\n<p>Tezuka: I hate you all. [glares]<\/p>\n<p> [pets the buchou] You could have just signed on with Michael, dear.<\/p>\n<p> Tezuka: Don&#8217;t I have enough problems to deal with? Momo would make one crack&mdash;you<br \/>\n     know he would&mdash;and the whole school would have gone up. Tachibana&#8217;s better<br \/>\n     with that kind of thing.<\/p>\n<h4>B<\/h4>\n<p>Tachibana: *smug* Of course I am. You know, Tezuka, if you were just a little<br \/>\n     <em>closer<\/em> to your people I&#8217;m sure they would answer far more readily<br \/>\n     to your hand.<\/p>\n<p> Tezuka: *level look* &#8230;did you just suggest what I think you just suggested?<\/p>\n<p> Tachibana: No, of course I didn&#8217;t. *examines nails*<\/p>\n<p> Tezuka: Leave me alone.<\/p>\n<h4>L<\/h4>\n<p>[falls out of her chair]<\/p>\n<p> Tezuka, darling, we *can&#8217;t* leave you alone. You&#8217;re too much fun for that.<\/p>\n<p> Besides, I&#8217;m sure that your team would happily shag you, if you wanted it<br \/>\n     that way.<\/p>\n<p> Tezuka: &#8230; [stalks off]<\/p>\n<p> Seiichi: I think you hurt his feelings.<\/p>\n<h4>B<\/h4>\n<p>Nah, not his feelings, just his repression.<\/p>\n<p> Tezuka: *glares*<\/p>\n<p> What? You know any one of them would bend over for you. Even Echizen.<\/p>\n<p> Tezuka: Do you <em>mind<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p> Not in the least. *sweet smile*<\/p>\n<h4>L<\/h4>\n<p>Especially Echizen, if you ask me. Boy&#8217;s got it bad for his buchou.<\/p>\n<p> Tezuka: [hand over face] I&#8217;m not <em>hearing<\/em> this.<\/p>\n<p> And the Fujis! I bet you could be the filling in a Fuji-sandwich!<\/p>\n<p> Tezuka: Lalalalala I can&#8217;t hear you!<\/p>\n<p> And haven&#8217;t you ever wondered whether Taka-san would go into burning mode<br \/>\n     in bed?<\/p>\n<p> Tezuka: Please, God, kill me now.<\/p>\n<h4>B<\/h4>\n<p>Lucifer: Sorry, Setsuna and I offed him already. I suppose I could kill you,<br \/>\n     if you really want.<\/p>\n<p> Tezuka: *hopeful* You would?<\/p>\n<p> Lucifer: *leans on wall* Sure. Of course, you would owe me, then&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> Tezuka: I&#8217;m doomed.<\/p>\n<h4>L<\/h4>\n<p>Seiichi: You say that like it&#8217;s a bad thing. <\/p>\n<p> Tezuka: You stay out of this. You have <em>biases<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p> Seiichi: And you don&#8217;t? Really, Tezuka. All of that repression can&#8217;t be good<br \/>\n     for you.<\/p>\n<p> Tezuka: [glare] What works for one team doesn&#8217;t work for another.<\/p>\n<h4>B<\/h4>\n<p>Yeah. *sighs* Not everyone can rule through raw sex appeal.<\/p>\n<p> Tezuka: *opens mouth, closes it* I&#8217;m&#8230; *glares*<\/p>\n<p> Almost got ya. *grins*<\/p>\n<h4>L<\/h4>\n<p>Seiichi: [gently] Is it really so difficult to let go, Kunimitsu?<\/p>\n<p> Tezuka: [eyebrows going up] I am <em>not<\/em> one of yours, Seiichi.<\/p>\n<p> Seiichi: [sigh] More&#8217;s the pity.<\/p>\n<h2>Coments Three or Debates on Who Wins What<\/h2>\n<h4>L<\/h4>\n<p>Michael: Aw, come <em>on<\/em>, it&#8217;s not like Rikkai hasn&#8217;t won for the past<br \/>\n     <em>how<\/em> many years?<\/p>\n<p>\n     Tachibana: Besides which fact, you&#8217;ve got the team for eternity. One junior<br \/>\n     high championship isn&#8217;t that big a deal, in the long term.<\/p>\n<h4>B<\/h4>\n<p>Belial: *grumbles*<\/p>\n<p>\n     Seiichi: *soothing* Now, now. We&#8217;ll all play our best, and what happens happens.<br \/>\n     Playing the strongest is a good deal of satisfaction in itself.<\/p>\n<p>\n     Belial: *eyes* If you say so.<\/p>\n<h4>L<\/h4>\n<p>Tezuka: But&mdash;but&mdash;we&#8217;re the protagonists!<\/p>\n<p>\n     Michael: &#8230;<\/p>\n<p> Tachibana: [with satisfaction] Not in <em>this<\/em> AU, you&#8217;re not.<\/p>\n<h4>C<\/h4>\n<p>Ryouma: Come on, Buchou, it&#8217;s not like I&#8217;m not going to get everyone to go<br \/>\n     to heaven and hell just so that we can keep playing tennis after we die.<\/p>\n<p>\n     Tezuka: &#8230;&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>\n     Eriol: I find your ideas fascinating and would like to subscribe to your<br \/>\n     newsletter.<\/p>\n<h4>L<\/h4>\n<p>Tachibana: [smug] It&#8217;s good to be me.<\/p>\n<p> Tezuka: Fine, fine, you <em>win<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\n     Michael: Well, yeah, that&#8217;s the point.<\/p>\n<p>\n     Tezuka: [considers taking up heavy drinking]<\/p>\n<h4>B<\/h4>\n<p>Sanada: *holds out sake bottle* Drink up. It doesn&#8217;t really help, but it distracts<br \/>\n     you from the agony.<\/p>\n<p>\n     Belial: Agony? Excuse one? One is considerably more skillful than that.<\/p>\n<p>\n     Tezuka: *bottle half way to mouth* Sanada. Did he just say what I think he<br \/>\n     said?<\/p>\n<p>\n     Sanada: No. No, he didn&#8217;t. Pass the bottle back this way, will you?<\/p>\n<h4>L<\/h4>\n<p>Tezuka: [passes the bottle back] So, your team <em>and<\/em> Mad Hatter?<\/p>\n<p>\n     Sanada: [healthy drink] &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\n     Tezuka: [worried] That&#8217;s not&#8230; standard&#8230; is it? <\/p>\n<p>\n     Sanada: [passes the bottle back] How the hell should I know?<\/p>\n<p>\n     Tezuka: Fuck. [drinks]<\/p>\n<h4>B<\/h4>\n<p>*author pops up cheerfully* Oh, probably not, not unless you finally decide<br \/>\n     to take Ryouma up on what he is so <em>obviously<\/em> offering.<\/p>\n<p>\n     Tezuka: *dire glare* You can inflict demons and angels and even relatives<br \/>\n     on me, but you will never corrupt my captainly ethics!<\/p>\n<p>\n     Sanada: *quietly* You know, it really isn&#8217;t a good idea to give them challenges<br \/>\n     like that.<\/p>\n<h4>L<\/h4>\n<p>Em-chibi: Gen-chan is absolutely right, you know. That sounded like a challenge<br \/>\n     to me. I&#8217;m sure Fuji could talk Yuuta into a buchou sandwich.<\/p>\n<p>\n     Tezuka: [pales] <\/p>\n<p>\n     Sanada: [taking an interest in spite of himself] I&#8217;d say he&#8217;s more of an<br \/>\n     Echizen-type.<\/p>\n<p>\n     Em-chibi: You think? <\/p>\n<p>\n     Tezuka: [waving hands] Right. Here. I&#8217;m standing RIGHT HERE.<\/p>\n<p>\n     Sanada: Definitely. Or possibly Oishi. Buchou\/Fukubuchou* has a lot to be<br \/>\n     said for it.<\/p>\n<p>\n     Tezuka: [strangles]<\/p>\n<p>\n    &mdash;&mdash;&mdash;<\/p>\n<p> *Originally typed as &quot;fuckubuchou&quot; which indicates where my mind<br \/>\n     is.<\/p>\n<h4>C<\/h4>\n<p>Eriol: I&#8217;m perfectly willing to lock my cute relative in a room with anyone<br \/>\n     you ladies could suggest. Or everyone, depending on your preference.<\/p>\n<p>\n     Sanada: Do you, by any chance, know the Mad Hatter?<\/p>\n<p>\n     Eriol: Only by reputation, unfortunately. I&#8217;ve never met that charming personage.<\/p>\n<p> Sanada: &#8230;I&#8217;m going to go find another bottle.<\/p>\n<h4>L<\/h4>\n<p>Em-chibi: Then I say we lock Tezuka in with his team and let the <strike>pants<\/strike><br \/>\n     chips fall where they may.<\/p>\n<p>\n     Tezuka: [has a heart attack]<\/p>\n<p>\n     Raphael: Oh, now that won&#8217;t do at all. [resurrects Tezuka]<\/p>\n<p>\n     Tezuka: [whimpers] Why do you all hate me so?<\/p>\n<p> Raphael: This isn&#8217;t hate, this is entertainment.<\/p>\n<h2>Comments Four or Contributing to the Delinquency of Minors<\/h2>\n<h4>B<\/h4>\n<p>Hisoka: *hand to head* So, did I hear that someone around here has booze?<\/p>\n<h4>L<\/h4>\n<p>Sanada: You want booze? We got booze.<\/p>\n<p>\n     Tezuka: Sake, scotch, vodka, whiskey, what&#8217;s your pleasure?<\/p>\n<p>\n     Yukimura: I never would have figured you for a bartender, Tezuka.<\/p>\n<p>\n     Tezuka: Go away; you&#8217;re not allowed in this club. [makes shooing motions]<\/p>\n<h4>Cam<\/h4>\n<p>By the time you&#8217;re done, half the boys will be alcoholics. And then, their<br \/>\n     charges will have even <em>more<\/em> freedom to do as they please.<\/p>\n<p>\n     Tezuka: Perhaps we should cut back.<\/p>\n<p>\n     Sanada: Right after this one.<\/p>\n<h4>B<\/h4>\n<p> *pets Sanada* There, there, dear, take heart. You&#8217;re about to get some.<\/p>\n<p>Sanada: &#8230;Tezuka, pass me the whole bottle.<\/p>\n<p> Tezuka: *doubtful* Well, yes, but Cam has a point.<\/p>\n<p>\n     Sanada: Do you really think being sober would stop these three?<\/p>\n<p>\n     Tezuka: &#8230;you have a point, too. *takes a healthy swig*<\/p>\n<h4>L<\/h4>\n<p>Hisoka: And when you&#8217;re done, pass that bottle back down this way. [ruminates]<br \/>\n     Think anyone would miss that Mizuki fellow?<\/p>\n<p> Tezuka: Shh. Fuji&#8217;ll <em>hear<\/em> you.<\/p>\n<p>\n     Hisoka: Like that&#8217;s going to stop me? [drinks]<\/p>\n<h4>B<\/h4>\n<p>Tezuka: *looks Hisoka up and down* Well, no, not really, but if you give him<br \/>\n     ideas he might beat you to it.<\/p>\n<p>\n     Hisoka: Oh. <\/p>\n<p>\n     Tezuka: *thoughtful, and swaying slightly* Or he might decide he likes Mizuki<br \/>\n     today, and try to do you in first. Is that lover of yours possessive or obssessive<br \/>\n     or anything troublesome like that?<\/p>\n<p>\n     Hisoka: *red* Tsuzuki is not my lover!<\/p>\n<p>\n     Sanada: Better not let the Authors know that. They&#8217;ll have you in bed with<br \/>\n     him in a flash. They like to torture us, you know.<\/p>\n<p>\n     Hisoka: *morose* I figured that part out, yeah.<\/p>\n<h4>L<\/h4>\n<p>Sanada: Not that <em>some<\/em> of us are too good to be tossed into bed with<br \/>\n     our teammates, of course. [meaningful look at Tezuka]<\/p>\n<p>\n     Tezuka: [blinking] Are you trying to say something, Sanada?<\/p>\n<p> Sanada: [expansive] Not at all. If I were <em>trying<\/em>, I&#8217;d say that you&#8217;re<br \/>\n     a prig with a stick up his ass and that getting laid would do you a world<br \/>\n     of good. But then, I&#8217;m not trying to say anything.<\/p>\n<p>\n     Hisoka: [faintly alarmed] [relieves Tezuka and Sanada of their booze] Ummm,<br \/>\n     guys&#8230;?<\/p>\n<h4>B<\/h4>\n<p>Tezuka: *narrow glare* So. I take it you would hop right into bed with Echizen,<br \/>\n     if he just happened to be on your team instead of mine?<\/p>\n<p>\n     Sanada: Hell, for all I know, he&#8217;s going to show up at the orgy.<\/p>\n<p>\n     Hisoka: *faintly* Orgy?<\/p>\n<h4>L<\/h4>\n<p>Tezuka: <em>Orgy<\/em>?!<\/p>\n<p>\n     Sanada: [shrug] These things happen. [thoughtful] I bet we could send Echizen<br \/>\n     an invitation&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\n     Tezuka: [chokes]<\/p>\n<p>\n     Hisoka: Should he be turning that shade of blue?<\/p>\n<p> Sanada: Probably not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author and Muse comments on the side, part one. <span class=\"summary-meta\">Humor, I-1<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,512,313],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crossovers","category-humor","category-tennis-sanctuary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.branchandroot.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.branchandroot.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.branchandroot.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.branchandroot.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.branchandroot.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.branchandroot.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.branchandroot.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.branchandroot.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.branchandroot.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}