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Chapter 4: Proof...

Rei was huddled in a corner of the room, thinking to himself when a voice startled him.

"Rei, honey? What are you doing up here?" His mom asked, placing her gentle hand on his forehead. His temperature was normal. She wondered what could be wrong.

"I belong up here, don't I? Rei responded bitterly. It was his mother's day off today...he was usually downstairs with the rest, playing card games and what not.

"Oh, sweetheart." His mother sighed, sitting next to him.

"Why does he do this?" Rei mumbled.

"Who?" His mother asked. (That's right...) Rei thought, (...She missed the incident...)

"Zak." Rei's voice almost quivered.

"Oh honey..." His mother sighed again. "What did he do?" Rei thought back to a few hours earlier, remembering as if it had happened seconds ago.

"Why do you act so weird, Zak?" Ryuji asked.

"Shut up." Zak replied, slightly annoyed.

"Why do you always have to be so mean?" The question came out of Rei's mouth before he even realized it.

"You stay out of this." Zak pointed at him.

"Just because he's younger than you doesn't mean that he's stupid." Rei told him.

"I know that." Zak snapped.

"Guys..." Sysuke began, but Zak's glare stopped him from saying anything else.

"You want to know something?" Zak stood, confronting Rei. Rei backed up slightly.

"What?" Rei's voice was barely heard as his throat clogged up for an instant. He had to force the word out of his mouth.

"You're not even supppose to be here." Zak smirked. "Because I have a document that states I was born..." He trailed off, looking at Rei, who had looked away from his stare, and was now staring at his own feet.

"And guess what?" Zak continued, "You two don't even exist. You're nothing-nobody. You can't tell me what to do, or how to treat someone if you're not even here." He smirked, watching as shame filled Rei's and Ryuji's faces. Ryuji had began to cry, while Rei balled his fists with anger. He was tetermined to punch that smirk right off Zak's face...

He had decided against it, though, and instead headed up to the room. He shut himself there the whole day...he didn't exsist.

After hearing about the incident, Rei's mother shook her head.

"Don't listen to him, honey." She hugged him close. "Look." She turned his face toward her own. "If it wasn't for you, we would never have anything good to eat." She smiled. A smile cracked onto Rei's saddend face without him realizing it.

"Yeah...you're right..." Rei embraced her tightly.

"The others don't know how to cook...and...this for you, comes naturally." She whispered into his ear. Rei sighed, then looked into her eyes.

"Thanks, mom." He let his hand slip onto her own. She only smiled.

"Come on, now. Let's go downstairs and play some games together." She stood, then offered him her hand. Rei hesitated for a moment.

"Um, okay." He got up, then followed his mother downstairs. Zak, luckily, wasn't there. It was only Sysuke and Ryuji.

"Rei, I beat Sysuke!" Ryuji exclaimed. Sysuke shook his head.

"I let you win."

"No you didn't." Ryuji stuck out his tongue.

"All right, that's it. I'm not going to let you win this time. Roll again." Sysuke smirked. Rei only smiled, then sat down on the couch to watch TV. The TV was set to a soccer match. Rei had almost forgotten about it. He knew China had been out of it for a while now, but what else was there to do? Today, he would root for Ukraine instead of Germany.

"Don't you think we need a change around?" Rei asked his mother suddenly. He was slouched back on the couch, looking like his dad when he came back home after a long day's work.

"A change in what?" His mother looked confused.

"FIFA." Rei answered.

"Oh." She walked over to him. "What kind of change? It'll always be the same. Every four years...and China always gets eleminated." She responded.

"That's what I mean." Rei sat up, now that he had gotten his mother's attention. "It's always the typical teams that win...England, Italy, Germany, France, Brazil..." Rei trailed off.

"Oh, yes...it's always like that." His mother agreed.

"I'm going for Germany." Ryuji sat next to Rei.

"Germany is going to loose." Sysuke told them, standing behind the couch.

"How do you know?" Ryuji turned to look at him.

"'Cause you're rooting for them." He laughed.

"Oh yea? At least the team I'm going for has actually won." Ryuji stuck his tongue out at him.

"If Ukraine wins, they'll advance to play France." Rei informed them while watching the game. They were still 0 to 0.

"They've got 10 minutes 'till the first period is over and none of them still haven't made a goal?" Zak said suddenly. Rei noticed the time. He was right. He could see the players from both ends trying to make a goal before the first period ended.

"Come on, Ukraine!" Rei yelled, despite being at the house and not in the stadium. Of course...he'd never been in one. He remembered how the grass felt beneath his feet...then imagined that it would be hard for the players to keep up with the ball as the grass was slippery. He wanted to go outside again...but when?

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"Whoo!" Rei hugged Sysuke. "Ukraine wins 1 to 0!"

"They got lucky." Zak smirked. "If it wasn't for that lucky shot before the time ran out, they would have lost for sure."

"At least they won. The first time they actually made it in to compete was back in 2006. They got creamed by Italy before they could advance again. It was 3 to 0." Sysuke informed them.

"Wow, I didn't know that." Rei looked surprised. "But...they've made it this far." He smiled.

"If I was there, they would've won." Ryuji crossed his arms across his chest.

"You have to learn how to loose...and besides, there's always the next four years." Rei told him. (Four years...how long do I have to wait until I can be known...to actually exist? I just can't stand it anymore...)

"Tomorrow, Italy VS France...boy, we're going to need a miracle if either one of them advances." Sysuke shook his head. (Miracle...) Rei thought. (That's what I need...)

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