A Galactik Football fanfic by Aasura-chan ^^
Suitable for: 16+ (some words and the later chapters)
Genre: adventure/romance/angst

AN: Yeey! Okay, so here is the third chappy! :)
Contains every official pairings and a Thran/OC ;) No slash.

Chapter 3 – Complications

The corridor's silence was broken by steps' sound.
Thran walked to the main gate quietly, his thoughts were in a whirl or even more there were many questions about one thought in his head. And that one thought was no other than Rory.
He didn't have a clue the girl why had this much effect on him.
Due to the Snowkids had become the champion twice not only the amount of normal fans grew drastically but the more extreme fangirls weren't afraid of the more serious offers as well…
'Sure I only need that kind of girlfriend… I would like to know if I don't have the past I have would they even recognized my existence?' the defender thought bitterly. 'Whether if there wasn't money or fame would they think about me this way?'
For this mental question suddenly a memory came up in front of his eyes.
'Well, I think I could mention somebody who isn't a fame-seeker…' a bittersweet smile appeared on the boy's face as he thought about the events two days before. And after that the sequence transformed into a more vivid memory:
'What the hell got into me yesterday evening?'
The hope for he could pull himself together a bit by the cold air vanished immediately as he walked out from the Academy. The snow crunched under his foot as he took few steps ahead.
The Obia moon's silver light made everything looks like the land was from the other world as the white cover reflected the brightness. The stars shone like little diamonds on the ebony sky. Everything was calm. Peaceful. Almost perfect.
"Thran!"
A name. His name. He heard that a million times before: victoriously, scared, happily…
However he didn't feel his heart wanted to stop and run like hell at the same time till that day. He turned around slowly.
She was there, at the gate. Her skin shone in the pale light and her eyes were like sapphires.
The boy couldn't speak a word. His mouth dried and he heard his blood in his ears when Corinna begun to walk towards him didn't brake the eye contact for even a second.
'Calm down! Pull yourself together! Because that's not strange at all when in the middle of the night you would like to come out to the fresh air a bit and you meet that girl who… And that's normal as well when she's walking to you in her pajamas while she's looking into your eyes… And that's normal utterly when you have a reaction… like you're having now!'
"Can I help you with something?" Thran hardly could force out the words. The two youngs' face were only few inches from each other.
"In fact you can…"
The boy's answer was a big gulp.
"Thran…" Rory breathed.
"Y… Yes…?"
"Wake up!"

"Wake up!"
Growl and turning to the other side.
"C'mon big brother! I think you don't want to be late for the training!"
"Ahito? What are you doing here?" the defender mumbled still half asleep.
"In our room?" the other twin raised an eyebrow.
"Room?" 'So I was only dreaming?'
"Finally! I'm glad you're awake now! Wow, I don't remember when was the last time when I had to wake you up!" the goalkeeper grinned. "What has knocked you out this much?"
"I don't have a clue…"
White lie as for his brother as for him.
'I can't tell him I dreamed about a girl whom I met two days ago for the first time in my life!'
The dream was still vivid in his mind and the memory of the blonde was so close to him still sent chills down on his spine.
"Are you OK?" Ahito's voice changed from joshing to worried.
"Of course! Why?" Thran looked at his brother.
"Your head is red! Are you sure everything is all right?"
"Calm down, little brother, I'm OK." 'I can't belive this!' "Is the bathroom free?"
"Yeah, I'm ready with everything."
The defender nodded and with a towel he walked into the mentioned location.
"What the hell was that?" the boy looked at his reflection in the mirror in vain 'cause he didn't get any answer.
After few moments Thran gave up and walked to the shower. He set the water more colder than he used to hope for relief and to could compose his thoughts at last. As the defender stepped into the water he bore as the icy liquid run down on his body wordless.
'This won't be good at all… I don't know anything about her! I even don't know if she has a boyfriend… Nice, I already think about if she's single! This isn't good at all! Anyway we are too much alike…'
'You tried to prove this to Micro-Ice as well but as it seems he has a really good relationship with your cousin!' a voice spoke up within him. 'However you admitted only a second before you don't know her at all! Make a confession: if she can operate computers that doesn't mean automatically you two are the same!'
'That's true but… Even if the things really are like these I never saw if I had any effect on her yet…'
'Look who's speaking! This isn't you who tried to deny the fact Rory charmed you from the first time you saw her the most? How do you know if she doesn't want to make it obvious for everyone she has an eye on a certain defender after a day?'
"Yeah, sure thing… I'm not that lucky anyway…" he said aloud. "Great! I think I'm gonna go nuts… I argue with myself and speak aloud when I'm alone…" the defender added with a bitter smile.
"Thran! Are you OK?" the younger twin knocked on the door. "You're in the bathroom for twenty-five minutes!"
"I'm fine! And I'm ready" the answer arrived.

Although he didn't become more collected by the shower this little action was good for his wakefulness. After few moments the twins were ready to leave their room. Ahito would have liked to ask if really everything was fine with Thran but he changed his mind: the younger twin didn't want to blow his brother's mind with too much questions.
'This is strange! Usually Thran is the one who's worried and I sleep like a log. This role-change makes me worried…'
Cheerful clatter was heard from the training room and with the two boys coming only Arch and Clamp were missing to begun the training session.
Perhaps Mark quipped again because his teammates around him made hurt faces. But when Corinna reacted to the boy's comment with an emotionless face the whole company's sides were shaking with laughter.
"Do you really enjoy when you make a complete fool of me?" the boy snapped.
"As I remember not I was who begun the whole scene…" Rory answered with a telling smile.
"What's up? Mark hasn't gave up to call you for a date yet?" Ahito spoke up when the twins joined to their friends.
"No way!" the substitute said glumly. "I don't make the same mistakes two times!"
"Hey! There's no need to be a bastard!" the blonde girl retorted.
"I dunno who's quipping all the time!"
"Calm down kids, it's enough!" Rocket stepped between the two youngs tried to come before a very big brawl. "Mark: put your pride to silence finally! And Corinna: Mark is like this. You don't have to take everything so serious from him!"
"OK…" the youngs said in unison.
"Sorry for what I said!"
"And sorry for my reaction!"
After the senior player's look made Mark and Rory to complete their message, Rocket let go his friends.
"Whoa! Please remind me to I never become her enemy…" Micro-Ice whispered to D'Jok. "Anyway now Mark can experience how does it feel when you're bugged all day!"
"Yeah… But I don't know if that would change anything…" the comment arrived from Yuki instead of the red haired boy. Although the girl smiled there was concern in her eyes.
"What's wrong?" her boyfriend asked.
"Nothing just… Ah, forget it. Not important." Yuki shook her head.
'It's important! It's written on your face… After the training I won't let you go till we won't discuss it!' Micro-Ice thought while he squeezed his girlfriend's hand encouraging.
D'Jok despite of he hadn't any reaction heard his friend's statement.
"…who's right. Hey! Are you listening at all?" Mei snapped when she didn't get any response for her comment.
"Sorry, what have you said?" the striker came out from his thoughts for the strict voice.
"Whatever!" the brunette grumbled.
D'Jok didn't answered only rolled his eyes. There was no doubt about he loved Mei but the boy could live without these manifestations in the everydays.
While D'Jok and Micro-Ice were busy with their thoughts Tia greeted her boyfriend with a loving and proud look who's just sat beside her.
"Nice saving!"
"I've tried my best…" Rocket said with a bittersweet smile. "I hope they will come to term with each other one day…"
"Rory and Mark? Impossible!" the white haired girl giggled while she leant against her boyfriend.
"Why are you so sure about that?"
"Listen: Mark is still sulky by his injured pride and Rory is a bit hot-headed with a quick mind. Two words: deadly pairing."
"Yeah, you say something…" Rocket sighed.
"Good morning team! I hope you're ready for the training!" Arch stepped into the room with Clamp.
"Yes coach!"

"Gentlemen! I hope you have something new unlike in the last few days!"
Duke Maddox's words were followed by silence. Some of the black-suit men paddled with their tie the others looked in front of them blankly. None of them could undertake the role to tell: the Dreamland co. was full of mysteries like when they first appeared on the market.
"So?" the man's voice was cold like the nights on the Akillian.
But before anybody could say anything a buzzer sound signaled.
"Come in!" Maddox ordered the nuisance. "You have a really good reason to disturb the meeting, don't you?" he added as the researcher stepped into the room. The forty-year-old man with white coat walked to the long table in the middle of the room with an emotionless face. He placed the black, oblong data-carrier which was in his hands onto the furniture and after he pressed some buttons a holomonitor appeared with all of the information they knew about the Dreamland co.: the date of first appearance, the rival company's profile, the sold products.
But now in contrast to the days before a new part of the analysis was full with data.
"Our technicians could brake trough another firewall in the Dreamland co.'s system." the researcher begun his report.
'Hehe… These dreaming morons don't have any chance! They begun to work only two weeks ago and they are like an open book for the Technoid!'
"I can't tell we have plenty of new information but the owner's personality isn't a secret anymore."
"Ad who is that tired of life idiot who thinks he could be a real concurrency for the Technoid?" Maddox growled.
"His name is Rishar. His age is 39 years. Place of birth: Planet Shadow. He has no family and due to he has the ownership of Dreamland co. his current location is unknown. My apologies Sir but this is all we know for now."
"Fine, go back and continue the investigation! You can go!" the Technoid owner ordered the employee and the white-coated man left the room.
'Rishar… Rishar… Rishar…' the name snugged itself into Duke Maddox's mind. 'So you Rishar! Enjoy this few days of triumph because I will send you back where you belong: the land of dreams! Because nobody can bid defiance to Technoid without any consequence!'

"All right, this will be enough for now." Arch finished the training. "I'll wait you in the afternoon!"
"OK coach!" the players said in unison and after everybody went to their own business.
"Hey guys!" Micro-Ice walked to the twins. "How do you feel about if we meet on the outside of the Academy after an hour? Just a lil bit of football like in the good ol' days… I've already spoken with the others and they are okay with it. So?"
"Sounds good to me!" Ahito told ardently.
"Rory wouldn't come?" Thran asked before thinking. For his relief he didn't become target of bad jokes immediately.
"To tell the truth I didn't asked her…" the striker answered with an embarrassed grin. "But considering she's an actress-technician, and it wasn't for underrate her, I don't think she would be so absorbed in that..."
"But why just an hour later?" the younger twin brought up. "The preparation will take that much time?"
"Yeah, sure…" Micro-Ice rolled his eyes. "I just have to speak with Yuki."
"Did anything happened to her?" Thran asked worried.
"Nothing serious just she had a comment which is bothering me…" the striker sighed but he grinned in the next moment. "So? Are you gonna come?"
"Of course!" the twins said simultaneously.
"Thran! Can I have a word with you?"
The boy felt like if his blood has frozen in his veins. During the conversation he didn't notice that Corinna walked to the little company.
"Fine. See ya later!" Micro-Ice nodded while he left and then Ahito added: "I'm gonna wait for you on the corridor."
His twin tried to make him stay with a desperate look but his little brother's telling look said: 'You can do this alone!'
"Sorry for bothering you…" Rory apologized. There was no sign of the annoyance caused by Mark on her face rather she looked embarrassed.
'She's cute when she's like this…' the boy thought.
"You aren't bothering me at all! What can I do for you?"
"So… it's about last night…"
'Geez! I thought it was only a dream!' the thought ran through on Thran's mind but he sighed in relief in the next moment.
"Yuki has told me that it was thanks to you my current project hadn't been deleted… So thank you very much! And sorry for I didn't told you this sooner just…"
"You're welcome and don't worry I saw you were a bit 'busy'…" the defender answered smiling.
"Yeah…" Corinna sighed. "I dunno why but Mark can rough me up the wrong way with a single word…"
"Relax, it's not like you are a rare phenomenon of nature!" Thran smiled encouraging. "On the other hand: this isn't you who always starts the quarrel. And unlike Micro-Ice you are a real opponent for him." 'Man I'm maundering!'
"Thanks this made me a bit calmer…" Rory broke into a smile. "But what do you mean about unlike Micro-Ice? Mark uses to poke fun at him as well?"
"Poke fun at him?" the defender laughed. "To say it gently: he was completely dump all over him… So don't worry! He's gonna let you live by the time…"
"Yeah, maybe… But Rocket was right about that I shouldn't take everything so serious… Whatever. Thank you very much once again and I let you go now! See you later!"
"Rory wait!" Thran spoke up before the girl could take a step. He felt like his heart could jump out of his body in every minute.
"Yes?" Corinna looked at the defender with a questioning look.
'Is that only my imagination or she has really blushed a little?' the thought of the girl maybe is embarrassed a bit didn't make the things easier for the boy.
"We're gonna go to the outside with the others for a bit for playing football and I thought… If you would… you know…"
"Thanks for the invitation but I'm afraid you can't make me use of very much as a footballer…"

"You don't have to play after all…" 'Just be near to me!' "If I think about it well the Snowkids won the GF cup twice but the team never had an official cheerleader…"
"I see! So the important isn't me but my dance-knowledge, is it?" 'Oh my! What am I doing? Am I really flirting with him?'
"But 'cause the two can't be separated you can't avoid to be there!" 'Man! What the hell was that? But… I don't care! It feels good even if she's doing it for the sake of game, it's good!' "But only if you'll say yes…" Thran added fast to the invitation wouldn't seem like too dictatorial.
"Okay!" Corinna gave her ok.
"Really? Cool!" a honest smile spread on the boy's face and when he found out the smile was maybe a bit too honest he took back of his emotions. "So one hour later in front of the Academy. Or 45 minutes later." the defender corrected himself after he checked the time.
"I'm gonna be there!" Rory nodded happily and after only she was left in the room she lost the control over her thoughts for good.
'What was that for crying out loud? Damn! Who do I want to play false with? I know what was that very well!' the blonde couldn't stop smiling.

"Yuki! What happened before the training?" Micro-Ice asked worried.
The two youngs settled down in the club hope for a little privacy expected everyone was busy with the one hour later free time program.
"Nothing. As I told that it wasn't serious." the girl said.
"Look! I can see something is biting you! I only would like to help!" the boy's voice was caring and there were love and understanding in his eyes.
Yuki felt like she could be lost in those blue orbs and before the striker could do anything the red haired girl pressed her lips to her boyfriend's. Although this wasn't the first time already the boy felt he never couldn't be able to have enough of her.
"I won't say that wasn't good but you haven't answered my question yet!" Micro-Ice said when he got some air again.
"I have fears for Rory…" Yuki blurted out finally while she bent her head onto her boyfriend's shoulder.
"But why? She adapted herself to the team pretty well and even D'Jok accepted her…"
"The problem is not D'Jok for now but Mark." the girl sighed.
"Do you mean to the argument between them?"
"Among other things… I'm afraid of there will be a time when a simple intervention won't be enough!"
"Whoa! Easy girl! Although I've known Corinna only for few days but I'm sure she wouldn't kill Mark…"
"Of course not!" Yuki interrupted the striker. She rose her head slowly and looked into the boy's eyes. "Mark is known by everyone. The team knows Mark is like that. But Rory is new!"
"I don't get it…" Micro-Ice's heart was crushed as he looked at her. She almost cried.
"Nobody knows her as much as I in the team! Nobody knows in spite of the retorts which may sound so harsh or soulless perhaps she suffers more than anybody could guess… What kind of cost she had to pay for learn how to protect herself in any situation… She's a good person! And I love her like my big sister! And she doesn't deserve to anybody judge her wrong…"
"Yuki… Yuki! Listen!" Micro-Ice calmed the girl down. "Relax! No one thinks about Corinna anything bad, belive me! Moreover I'm happy for somebody tries to take the stuffing out of Mark a bit. It's not like that I don't like him just you know… And I can promise you one thing: if anybody will tell anything bad about Rory I'm gonna make the arrangements by myself!" the striker made the vow with a wide grin.
"Really?" Yuki broke into a smile.
"I give my word!" the boy winked.
"I belive you then!" the girl nodded and she sealed the vow with a kiss.
"Hey, you know if Thran will see us this way he's gonna excoriate me alive…" despite of the 'anxious' comment Micro-Ice didn't stop grinning for a second.
"Well… Considering our age and we are dating for more than three months, I think he can be happy for we haven't gone any farther…" Yuki said with a telling smile.
"But if you'll continue acting like this I dunno how long I can remain a good boy…" the striker entered into the spirit of the game. The girl leant forward to her boyfriend.
"I'm afraid of you have to content yourself with this role for the present!" she said and after the girl kissed him last Yuki got up from the couch.
"Yuki!" Micro-Ice spoke up with a serious voice while he got up as well.
"Yes?"
"I only would like to say… you know… Despite of these kind of comments I don't want force anything. I love you and I would like if anything will happen that's going to happen cause both of us want that!"
"I know." the girl sad smiling and after she hugged the boy tightly she added. "I think we should go now… That would be embarrassing if the organizer will be late from the program…"
"Yeah, you're right!" the striker said as his smile returned to his face while the two youngs begun to walk to their room.

The small icy crystals just sprinkled the sunlight everywhere as the Snowkids played their match for the local cup a.k.a. a big bag of chocolate bars.
The youngs were splitted up to two teams as they chased the white ball but the goals were proteced from scores by the goalie-cousins.
"And here comes Micro-Ice! He passes to D'Jok! Mei almost tackled him but the striker forges ahead steadfastly! And he shoots! What a save from Ahito!" Rory's performance was almost like a real sport-commentator's.
"Compared to you can't play football you're leading the match pretty well." Mark spoken up.
Cause she couldn't decide it was a compliment or an insult Corinna's answer was a quiet 'Thanks!'. This was enough for ignore the offense or don't left the nice comment wordlessly.
"He's right!" Tia added.
"Yeah! I'd run the risk of you could be the successor of Cally Misty!" Micro-Ice said grinning.
"Hey! Leave her alone! There's no need to she'll be giddy with success!" Yuki hurried to lend a hand to her more and more blushing friend but the young technician's opinion about the words of optimal help was a bit different…

"Shut up!" Rory snorted but she was smiling in the following moment.
The match continued: after Ahito threw the ball to the pitch Rocket got that who was tackled by his girlfriend very soon. The sphere was at D'Jok a bit later but Mark took from him. The boy run to the opponent's goal almost smoothly. Yuki tried to be prepared as much as she could.

They didn't know if that was the will of fate or Mark only was more tired of the training that afternoon but he couldn't avoid that little, sly ice-spot.
As soon as he felt that his feet's position would be at his head's current position soon he made a last attempt to score a goal. But as it's a routine in those kind of situations, the leatherette sphere was shot to a totally different way.

Corinna stood still. She looked at the object sped towards her but she didn't see the ball anymore. A completely different kind of pictures appeared in front of her eyes.
The memories were as vivid to she couldn't see anything but the ruined buildings around her and the huge piece of a house which was falling to her direction. The fragile, four-year-old girl only stood, dazedly by the fear, waiting for her small body got buried by the huge ferroconcrete-block.
There is a saying about a hidden power of the human body which comes to the surface only at the greatest emergencies.
The little girl could experience that power at that moment. She tried to think about a useful plan desperately to avoid the catastrophy till she could chose the best all of the ideas. Or at least she thought that was the best.
The girl sat on her heels, pressed her tiny hands onto her ears and closed her eyes while she tried to be as small as possible. Maybe the generous darkness would been able to ease the end. And something else. The fear wasn't that paralyzing anymore. Somewhere, deep inside her mind a tiny voice spoke up:
'Everything is all right, don't be scared! You have survived this once before so won't happen anything bad!'
As the voice suppressed, like an evidence, the girl felt a strong toss. The whizzing wind disappeared to switch places with some kind of anxious noisiness.
"…are you okay?"
"… is everything all right?"
"…Rory!"
She laid on the snowy ground but she didn't have a clue how she's got there. She tried to sit up slowly but as soon as she made her head move only a little bit she felt like the whole world became a cruel merry-go-round.
Somebody touched her and stroked a mop of hair out of her face. This little gesture finally brought her back to reality.

Slowly she opened her eyes and the first thing what she saw was Dame Simbai's kind, worried face.

"What happened?" the girl whispered.
"You have fainted." the healer said silently.
Rory looked at her friends with a scared-questioning look.
"And how long…"
"Approximately you've been unconscious for ten minutes." the woman answered. "How do you feel yourself? Can you stand up?"
"I think, I can. I'm still feeling dizzy a bit but I'll be okay…" Corinna said while she tried to get to her feet.
Although the first steps were uncertain after few moments – with some help – she could tottered into the building.
The Snowkids players followed them, Yuki held her friend's hand, the others came behind them.
'What happened? There wasn't any sign on her before! Okay, take it easy! Try to be rational: she fell over with Mark a bit in the morning but she was all right except the annoyance. After that the day has gone as it use to although we didn't met in the afternoon. And after the training we were here…'
Thran tried to see through the coherence but just couldn't alight on the right thought. He had fear fears for her and in that moment he had bigger problem than hide his feelings.
"Clam down big bro! She's gonna be okay!" Ahito stepped to his brother.
"Yeah, I hope so…" the older twin sighed.
Suddenly a thought busted into his mind: the girl collapsed almost exactly like his little brother did months ago.

"So?" Aarch frowned as he waited for the diagnosis, Clamp stood beside the man wordlessly. Dame Simbai silently closed the door behind her and looked at her friends.
"It isn't serious, is it?" the question popped out of the coach's mouth unwanted.
The guilt was preying on his mind. He was just in the city to speak with Adim to make everything clear for the upcoming match when he received the message about Corinna had been out of kilter. Although she was part of the team only for few days, the man felt responsibility for the girl like for any other players in the Snowkids.
"It seems like everything is all right with her." the healer replied. "I will run few more tests to be sure but I don't think we have to worry."
"And do you have any ideas what could give rise to the symptoms?" the technician spoke up.
"Since I didn't find any signs of sickness I can only think of some kind of stress-related reaction. But as the last tests will run down I can tell you more."
"I see…" the coach couldn't stopped to an anxious sight break out from him.
"But we can be sure of one thing." Simbai put her hand onto the man's shoulder. "This isn't what Ahito suffered from before."
"Thank goodness!" the two men sighed in relief.

"All right, we are done." Dame Simbai looked on the result. "Everything looks okay, but…"
"But?" Corinna asked as she put on her pullover.
"Your stress-level was was very high during the first tests and although it lowered a little it's still higher than normal…"
"Eeeerrrr… yeah…" that was well-seen Rory became embarrassed by the oblique words.
"Here, take it!" the woman gave a small sachet to the blonde. "This will help you to calm down a bit."
"Thank you!" the girl took the herbs with a grateful look.
Simbai looked into the blue eyes. By her profession she met many kind of emotions. She knew the happiness, the thankfulness as much as the shame and secrets…

When Rory stepped out from the medical room, the questions about her well-being and the diagnosis came in one continuous stream.
The girl barely could noticed who was asking her at that moment but this didn't bother her at all. Moreover that stubborn lump in her throat grew more and more as her friends didn't let her even saying a word.
"OK, ok! You can calm down, I won't die!" the technician assistant spoke up with false insensitivity.
"But what has she said?" Mei asked.
"I was to stressed." Corinna spreaded out her arms.
"But what could cause you THIS much stress?" Mark inquired. His question – in contempt of the morale – sounded a bit ironic.
Rory thought for a moment if she should tell them the truth or not but she chose the third way:
"I'm scared of everything which is fast and comes towards me." she blurted out finally. "I know it's lame but that's the situation…"
"Don't worry, this isn't that bad!" Rocket calmed down the blonde. "I think, there isn't anybody in this world who isn't scared of anything."
"So this all happened for the sake of the ball?" Micro-Ice suddenly spoke up.
"Wow, the team's smartarse has spoken." Mark made the best of the situation to he could for the joshing.
"Yeah, it's funny to hear this from the all-time humorist…" the striker retorted.
"Eeehmmm… I would like to take some rest if that's no problem…"
"No, not at all!" the answer arrived for Corinna's request.
The girl said good bye to her friends and went back to her room. During her walk a thought came into her mind.
'They were so nice to me… First I was afraid of what will be their reaction. But even Mark hasn't picked at me. Okay, he hasn't picked at ME. Maybe… Maybe I could find a place where I can belong to. Without any remorse.'

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So this is it, I hope you like the new version! :)