[FIC] Experience - for paranoid_fridge
Title: Experience
Author: a1y_puff
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Characters: Tezuka K., Fuji S. (it kinda leans towards FuTe… maybe?)
Prompt: 19. Control
Genre: Err… humor? Eh… maybe not really…
Word Count: 1635
Rating: G
Summary: Fuji took Tezuka to an adventure with a few monsters in sight. (Oh LOL)
Warnings: Swords. Magic. Monsters. Possible OOC-ness. Randomness alert: ON.
Disclaimer: Tezuka and Fuji are a property of each other, okay? Prompt by 50scenes.
A/N: For paranoid_fridge as a belated b’day gift. I am incoherent at the moment. And my writing muse isn’t back yet. Meaning, I’m in a writer’s block, again. So basically, this is just some random idea I came up with. I still hope it'd be at least entertaining, though ^^
E X P E R I E N C E
Tezuka took in his surroundings into his field of visions. The tall trees, the wild flowers, and a group of giant, colorful mushrooms in one corner of the forest made him wonder why he had allowed Fuji to drag him into this…
“So, this is a perfect place for beginners, Tezuka,” Fuji said, and even when he wasn’t looking at the other’s face, Tezuka knew he was smiling, probably in slight amusement that the prodigy had the chance to call Tezuka a ‘beginner’.
“But,” Tezuka uttered upon noticing the groups of people around him, “The ones in here are on a different level than I am,” he continued in a matter-of-fact tone, giving no signs of any self-deflate.
Fuji made a chuckling sound, and then he replied, “That’s why I’m here. Don’t worry, Tezuka, I’ll watch your back. You want to be stronger, don’t you? This is the perfect place for you to gain experience.”
Tezuka silently sighed as he came to a conclusion that he really shouldn’t be doing this. He had other things to do as Fuji wouldn’t have labeled him ‘Mr. Busy’ for nothing. Despite having given him such title, though, the lithe boy had dragged him to hunt for some stupid monsters.
“Oh look! There’s one over there. It’s the least dangerous thing around here, so beat it up, Tezuka. I’ll back you up if you need.”
Tezuka glanced at the monster Fuji pointed out. It looked like a huge, nasty flower with evil eyes and fangs, and those tentacle-like plants served as it’s… legs? Anyhow, Tezuka decided that he’d just have to slay this one down, and probably he would be able to make his way out of this place in peace.
He then charged forward with his sword and randomly slashing the evil flower or whatever its name was, but unfortunately, he wasn’t powerful enough, and beating this thing up was a bit harder than what he had expected. Despite the funny appearance, this monster was quite strong.
“Don’t just attack randomly, Tezuka. You also need to defense. If you’re getting hit repeatedly, the damage would be too much for you,” Fuji instructed as he cast a healing spell to assist Tezuka.
Tezuka’s left brow twitched at that comment though he obediently complied with the advice.
“Also, control your movements. You might be able to learn a new technique by combining a few moves. That would work better rather than just keep slashing at your enemy.
Another twitch of a brow, and this time, Tezuka replied, “I’m trying. I’m just not used to this.” He scowled.
Even so, Tezuka did try the advice, and when he was randomly combining some of his moves, it resulted on a technique that was stronger than any of his learned techniques so far.
Well, at least this one had successfully cut the stupid flower monster into pieces.
“You did well,” Fuji suddenly said right after the monster vanished into nothingness. “I knew you can do it,” he was genuinely happy for him; Tezuka could tell from his voice. That made him a bit proud of himself. After all, this kind of thing wasn’t really his field, and getting praised from someone who seemed to be an expert in this like Fuji had successfully enticed his sense of achievement.
He knew Fuji didn’t look, so he let the tip of his lips twitched just the slightest bit upwards.
“Let’s look for another monster,” Fuji said cheerfully, and that barely a smile on his face disappeared from his features. Tezuka didn’t say anything, but the silence he gave conveyed as a ‘we’re still doing it?’ question to Fuji, so the prodigy immediately answered, “Of course. We’ve just arrived here, so we should stay a bit longer, don’t you think?”
“But we were already hunting at another area before this…” Tezuka tried to argue.
Fuji waved a hand while smiling as he countered, “But that place wasn’t as good as this. The monsters didn’t give you enough experience. Here, you can get stronger really fast, you know.”
“…I have no rush to get stronger,” Tezuka silently murmured, and yet he still let Fuji lead him around the forest to find another monster.
A few steps of walk, and suddenly a vicious, minotaur-looking monster showed up, and Tezuka could hear a faint “Uh-oh” from the boy next to him.
Without much thinking, Tezuka thrust his sword to the monster, but it seems like he only could cause so little damage on the monster. He wasn’t prepared when the monster suddenly swung an arm and hit him.
“Tezuka! You okay?” Fuji asked as he hit the monster with his Magic Wand to distract the monster. “This is one of the strongest monsters in this area. Be careful.”
“Ah,” was all he said, while resenting the monster for how much damage it had caused in just one swing of an arm. It would take at least three healing potions to recover to his best condition. Lucky that Tezuka had quite a few of potions in stock, for he didn’t want to depend only to Fuji’s healing ability. Fuji was now too busy distracting the monster so that thing wouldn’t harm him before he could get himself healed. Otherwise, another swing of its giant arm would kill him.
“Hey, are you good now?” Fuji asked while trying to move away from the monster and began chanting a spell. A curt “yes” was his reply, before Fuji asked again, “Can you distract it a bit so it won’t attack me before I could release my Meteor Swarm? It would take a little while.”
“Sure,” Tezuka said, and then he charged forward with his sword, and then ran a bit to Fuji’s opposite direction so the monster would leave Fuji alone and chase him instead. It wasn’t really his style, but for now, Tezuka could only think of ‘hit-and-run’ tactic to distract the creature without getting too much damage.
Before long, the sky above Fuji’s head darkened, and a platoon of mini meteors appeared out of nowhere and started hitting the monster, causing a great deal of damage to it. Being a mage has its advantages, Tezuka ruefully thought, as he glanced at Fuji who could cause such damage without even moving from his spot. But then again, it was also because Fuji was like ten times stronger than him. A beginner like himself wouldn’t stand a chance hunting at this area, so he was glad that Fuji was with him…
…but wait, Fuji was the one who dragged him here in the first place anyway.
“Look out!” Fuji shouted a bit too loudly.
He had let his guard down and apparently didn’t realize the monster had recovered from Fuji’s Meteor Swarm and was about to attack him. He was about to defend when Fuji released some fireballs to the monster before it could attack Tezuka.
“It’s badly injured now,” Fuji smiled triumphantly. “Give it the final blow, Tezuka. You can kill it at this state,” he calmly informed.
Shrugging lightly to himself, Tezuka once again tried to control his movements, because he shouldn’t be careless now. He tried to combine some of his moves, and was pleasantly surprised when it resulted in a new technique which involved some double jump, slashing the monster in the process.
And that finally did it. The monster vanished, and a few balls of energy gathered around him, which his body automatically absorbed.
“Great, that was some experience you got, Tezuka!”
Tezuka fought the urge to smile as he heard his friend got all excited about his level-ups. “I think it’s enough for today, Fuji. It’s getting late.”
“Eeh? You’re logging out?” Fuji sounded disappointed as he peered at the monitor next to him, where Tezuka had already moved the cursor to the option ‘log out’ on the screen.
“Just now, I’ve leveled up about seven times at once from our last battle. Isn’t that enough for today?”
“Well yeah, but…” Fuji looked like he wanted to argue, but finally he gave in as he reluctantly clicked the log out sign on his own screen. “I hope there will be a next time.”
Tezuka made no comment to that, as he wasn’t entirely sure if he wanted to do this again.
“Did you have fun? Even just for a bit?” Fuji suddenly asked as he tilted his head to one side, and Tezuka wondered how in the world Fuji was able to give him a puppy-eyes look with his eyes closed like that.
“I did…” Tezuka admitted. “I’ve never done something like this before, and it wasn’t that bad.”
Fuji chuckled at the comment. “That means you were pretty much enjoying yourself, doesn’t it?” he asked in a teasing tone, but before Tezuka could deny it, he added, “I’m glad. So I wasn’t the only one having fun.”
Glancing at his right side, Tezuka let out a small sigh before grabbing his bag on the floor and stood up. “We won’t do this at school again, Fuji. We’ll play somewhere else.”
At that statement, Fuji’s face lit up. “Then come and sleepover at my house this weekend. You can use my PC, and I will borrow Neesan’s laptop, ne?”
Tezuka contemplated on the offer for a while, before answering with a simple “sure”, and when Fuji gave him a bright smile in return, Tezuka forgot to fight his own urge to let out a smile.
It’s better to take up on Fuji’s offer, Tezuka thought. Otherwise, like what he did today, Fuji would talk him into abusing his authority as a Student Council President-which for some reasons, he couldn’t resist-and that was definitely not good.
After all, it wasn’t really wise to play an online game in the school’s computer lab.
~NeverEnding~
*In case you’re still wondering, those “experience” mentioned all over the fic was literally the experience points you guys usually get after defeating monsters in RPG games. Though the title might have a broader definition XD
A/N: Well, they ARE in middle school, and middle school kids DO play online games… right? XDD *bricked*
Told you it was random. Pardon the crappiness of this fic since I wrote this in one sitting, in the middle of the night coz the idea just hit me. Mona, I hope you would be at least entertained with this fic, ne?
Reviews would be awesome, thanks ^______^
Author: a1y_puff
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Characters: Tezuka K., Fuji S. (it kinda leans towards FuTe… maybe?)
Prompt: 19. Control
Genre: Err… humor? Eh… maybe not really…
Word Count: 1635
Rating: G
Summary: Fuji took Tezuka to an adventure with a few monsters in sight. (Oh LOL)
Warnings: Swords. Magic. Monsters. Possible OOC-ness. Randomness alert: ON.
Disclaimer: Tezuka and Fuji are a property of each other, okay? Prompt by 50scenes.
A/N: For paranoid_fridge as a belated b’day gift. I am incoherent at the moment. And my writing muse isn’t back yet. Meaning, I’m in a writer’s block, again. So basically, this is just some random idea I came up with. I still hope it'd be at least entertaining, though ^^
E X P E R I E N C E
Tezuka took in his surroundings into his field of visions. The tall trees, the wild flowers, and a group of giant, colorful mushrooms in one corner of the forest made him wonder why he had allowed Fuji to drag him into this…
“So, this is a perfect place for beginners, Tezuka,” Fuji said, and even when he wasn’t looking at the other’s face, Tezuka knew he was smiling, probably in slight amusement that the prodigy had the chance to call Tezuka a ‘beginner’.
“But,” Tezuka uttered upon noticing the groups of people around him, “The ones in here are on a different level than I am,” he continued in a matter-of-fact tone, giving no signs of any self-deflate.
Fuji made a chuckling sound, and then he replied, “That’s why I’m here. Don’t worry, Tezuka, I’ll watch your back. You want to be stronger, don’t you? This is the perfect place for you to gain experience.”
Tezuka silently sighed as he came to a conclusion that he really shouldn’t be doing this. He had other things to do as Fuji wouldn’t have labeled him ‘Mr. Busy’ for nothing. Despite having given him such title, though, the lithe boy had dragged him to hunt for some stupid monsters.
“Oh look! There’s one over there. It’s the least dangerous thing around here, so beat it up, Tezuka. I’ll back you up if you need.”
Tezuka glanced at the monster Fuji pointed out. It looked like a huge, nasty flower with evil eyes and fangs, and those tentacle-like plants served as it’s… legs? Anyhow, Tezuka decided that he’d just have to slay this one down, and probably he would be able to make his way out of this place in peace.
He then charged forward with his sword and randomly slashing the evil flower or whatever its name was, but unfortunately, he wasn’t powerful enough, and beating this thing up was a bit harder than what he had expected. Despite the funny appearance, this monster was quite strong.
“Don’t just attack randomly, Tezuka. You also need to defense. If you’re getting hit repeatedly, the damage would be too much for you,” Fuji instructed as he cast a healing spell to assist Tezuka.
Tezuka’s left brow twitched at that comment though he obediently complied with the advice.
“Also, control your movements. You might be able to learn a new technique by combining a few moves. That would work better rather than just keep slashing at your enemy.
Another twitch of a brow, and this time, Tezuka replied, “I’m trying. I’m just not used to this.” He scowled.
Even so, Tezuka did try the advice, and when he was randomly combining some of his moves, it resulted on a technique that was stronger than any of his learned techniques so far.
Well, at least this one had successfully cut the stupid flower monster into pieces.
“You did well,” Fuji suddenly said right after the monster vanished into nothingness. “I knew you can do it,” he was genuinely happy for him; Tezuka could tell from his voice. That made him a bit proud of himself. After all, this kind of thing wasn’t really his field, and getting praised from someone who seemed to be an expert in this like Fuji had successfully enticed his sense of achievement.
He knew Fuji didn’t look, so he let the tip of his lips twitched just the slightest bit upwards.
“Let’s look for another monster,” Fuji said cheerfully, and that barely a smile on his face disappeared from his features. Tezuka didn’t say anything, but the silence he gave conveyed as a ‘we’re still doing it?’ question to Fuji, so the prodigy immediately answered, “Of course. We’ve just arrived here, so we should stay a bit longer, don’t you think?”
“But we were already hunting at another area before this…” Tezuka tried to argue.
Fuji waved a hand while smiling as he countered, “But that place wasn’t as good as this. The monsters didn’t give you enough experience. Here, you can get stronger really fast, you know.”
“…I have no rush to get stronger,” Tezuka silently murmured, and yet he still let Fuji lead him around the forest to find another monster.
A few steps of walk, and suddenly a vicious, minotaur-looking monster showed up, and Tezuka could hear a faint “Uh-oh” from the boy next to him.
Without much thinking, Tezuka thrust his sword to the monster, but it seems like he only could cause so little damage on the monster. He wasn’t prepared when the monster suddenly swung an arm and hit him.
“Tezuka! You okay?” Fuji asked as he hit the monster with his Magic Wand to distract the monster. “This is one of the strongest monsters in this area. Be careful.”
“Ah,” was all he said, while resenting the monster for how much damage it had caused in just one swing of an arm. It would take at least three healing potions to recover to his best condition. Lucky that Tezuka had quite a few of potions in stock, for he didn’t want to depend only to Fuji’s healing ability. Fuji was now too busy distracting the monster so that thing wouldn’t harm him before he could get himself healed. Otherwise, another swing of its giant arm would kill him.
“Hey, are you good now?” Fuji asked while trying to move away from the monster and began chanting a spell. A curt “yes” was his reply, before Fuji asked again, “Can you distract it a bit so it won’t attack me before I could release my Meteor Swarm? It would take a little while.”
“Sure,” Tezuka said, and then he charged forward with his sword, and then ran a bit to Fuji’s opposite direction so the monster would leave Fuji alone and chase him instead. It wasn’t really his style, but for now, Tezuka could only think of ‘hit-and-run’ tactic to distract the creature without getting too much damage.
Before long, the sky above Fuji’s head darkened, and a platoon of mini meteors appeared out of nowhere and started hitting the monster, causing a great deal of damage to it. Being a mage has its advantages, Tezuka ruefully thought, as he glanced at Fuji who could cause such damage without even moving from his spot. But then again, it was also because Fuji was like ten times stronger than him. A beginner like himself wouldn’t stand a chance hunting at this area, so he was glad that Fuji was with him…
…but wait, Fuji was the one who dragged him here in the first place anyway.
“Look out!” Fuji shouted a bit too loudly.
He had let his guard down and apparently didn’t realize the monster had recovered from Fuji’s Meteor Swarm and was about to attack him. He was about to defend when Fuji released some fireballs to the monster before it could attack Tezuka.
“It’s badly injured now,” Fuji smiled triumphantly. “Give it the final blow, Tezuka. You can kill it at this state,” he calmly informed.
Shrugging lightly to himself, Tezuka once again tried to control his movements, because he shouldn’t be careless now. He tried to combine some of his moves, and was pleasantly surprised when it resulted in a new technique which involved some double jump, slashing the monster in the process.
And that finally did it. The monster vanished, and a few balls of energy gathered around him, which his body automatically absorbed.
“Great, that was some experience you got, Tezuka!”
Tezuka fought the urge to smile as he heard his friend got all excited about his level-ups. “I think it’s enough for today, Fuji. It’s getting late.”
“Eeh? You’re logging out?” Fuji sounded disappointed as he peered at the monitor next to him, where Tezuka had already moved the cursor to the option ‘log out’ on the screen.
“Just now, I’ve leveled up about seven times at once from our last battle. Isn’t that enough for today?”
“Well yeah, but…” Fuji looked like he wanted to argue, but finally he gave in as he reluctantly clicked the log out sign on his own screen. “I hope there will be a next time.”
Tezuka made no comment to that, as he wasn’t entirely sure if he wanted to do this again.
“Did you have fun? Even just for a bit?” Fuji suddenly asked as he tilted his head to one side, and Tezuka wondered how in the world Fuji was able to give him a puppy-eyes look with his eyes closed like that.
“I did…” Tezuka admitted. “I’ve never done something like this before, and it wasn’t that bad.”
Fuji chuckled at the comment. “That means you were pretty much enjoying yourself, doesn’t it?” he asked in a teasing tone, but before Tezuka could deny it, he added, “I’m glad. So I wasn’t the only one having fun.”
Glancing at his right side, Tezuka let out a small sigh before grabbing his bag on the floor and stood up. “We won’t do this at school again, Fuji. We’ll play somewhere else.”
At that statement, Fuji’s face lit up. “Then come and sleepover at my house this weekend. You can use my PC, and I will borrow Neesan’s laptop, ne?”
Tezuka contemplated on the offer for a while, before answering with a simple “sure”, and when Fuji gave him a bright smile in return, Tezuka forgot to fight his own urge to let out a smile.
It’s better to take up on Fuji’s offer, Tezuka thought. Otherwise, like what he did today, Fuji would talk him into abusing his authority as a Student Council President-which for some reasons, he couldn’t resist-and that was definitely not good.
After all, it wasn’t really wise to play an online game in the school’s computer lab.
~NeverEnding~
*In case you’re still wondering, those “experience” mentioned all over the fic was literally the experience points you guys usually get after defeating monsters in RPG games. Though the title might have a broader definition XD
A/N: Well, they ARE in middle school, and middle school kids DO play online games… right? XDD *bricked*
Told you it was random. Pardon the crappiness of this fic since I wrote this in one sitting, in the middle of the night coz the idea just hit me. Mona, I hope you would be at least entertained with this fic, ne?
Reviews would be awesome, thanks ^______^