OMG SORRY GUYS! I HAD THE WRONG CHAPTER UPLOADED! WELL, HERE'S THE REAL CHAPTER FOUR!
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The next day, the entire football team met after school for practice, as usual. They all began training before they were told, as usual. And they were all trying their hardest to get better for their game against Ojo, as usual.
However, it was unusually quiet. There were no gunshots. No one was forced to run from an angry dog. And there was an extreme lack of swearing.
Well, scratch that last one.
"Damn it, Hiruma!" Musashi yelled as he ran to kick a football. It hadn't sunk in that Hiruma had quit the team until he got to practice. Once there, the lack of the demon quarterback was obvious. As Musashi realized Hiruma was really gone, his immediate sense of depression turned to anger. He ran and kicked the football as hard as he could, sending it in a crazed arch across the field. It went well over 50 yards, but he hadn't focused on aim, so it landed in a tree next to the field, right above where a first year happened to be walking.
"Sorry!" Kurita yelled just as the terrified first year fainted. He then turned to Musashi. "Musashi, you have to aim better! That could have really hurt someone!" Musashi just looked away and proceeded to glare at the ground.
By now, the whole team had reached the two second years. Mamori arrived last from across the field. "Musashi-kun…. Are you okay?" she asked, genuinely concerned.
The man in question glanced up at her, and then sighed. "No, not really. Can you guys leave me alone for a bit?" he asked calmly, a sad glint in his eyes.
They all looked at him oddly, wondering why he was so upset. "Musashi-san," Sena spoke up, "if there's something wrong, you can tell us."
Musashi smiled sadly. "Thanks, but that's okay." He then proceeded to walk toward the clubhouse.
As the door to the clubhouse shut, the remaining Devil Bats gathered in a circle.
"So why is Musashi-san so upset?" Monta asked.
"Maybe he's upset that Hiruma's not here?" Kurita suggested.
Togano replied, "But I don't think he'd act like that."
"Yeah," Kuroki added. "That isn't like him."
"Fugo!" Komosubi agreed, nodding his head.
"But that still doesn't give us an answer," Yukimitsu said.
"I know why he's upset!" Taki exclaimed, spinning on one leg.
"You do not!" was the general reply.
"Impossible!"
"If Taki's done being dramatic, can we focus on the question, please?" Jumonji said, irritated.
Suzuna, who'd been listening to the entire conversation, had had enough. She spoke up, "You guys are thinking too hard! It's so obvious!"
"What's obvious?" Sena asked.
"Musashan's jealous!"
There was silence for about four seconds, and then everyone started laughing. "Yeah, right," Monta said. "What would he be jealous of?"
Suzuna glared at him.
Jumonji stopped laughing and thought about it. "So, are you saying he likes Mamori-san?" he asked.
Suzuna's eyebrow twitched. "No."
"Then what are you saying?" Togano asked.
"I'm saying he's jealous of Mamo-nee because You-nii likes her!" Suzuna exclaimed, annoyed. "You guys are idiots!"
"Oi, we are not!" Kuroki yelled back.
"Hey, it's not the time for that!" Togano yelled back.
"Oh, really!"
"Okay, break it up, you two," Kurita said, pulling the two apart.
Back to the conversation, Yukimitsu asked Suzuna, "Can you elaborate?"
By now, Suzuna was really annoyed that they were so oblivious. "Musashan likes You-nii!" she yelled. They all shut up, hearing this, and gave her an "are you dumb" look.
"Of course he does. They're best friends," Sena said. Everyone else nodded their heads in agreement.
Then Taki commented, spinning, "My sister means romantically!"
And now he was getting the "are you dumb" looks.
"She does not," Kuroki said. "That would be weird."
"Yeah, they're both guys," Monta added.
"And I don't think he swings that way," Jumonji added.
"He does," Suzuna said. "That's what I'm trying to tell you. And I can't believe my idiot brother was right about something," she said, sweat-dropping.
They all looked at her for a moment before their eyes widened.
"Huh?"
"Mukyaa!"
"What?"
"Impossible!"
Everyone glared at Taki. "You already said it was true!" Suzuna yelled.
"No, not that," Monta said. "The part about Taki being right."
"Oi!" Suzuna shouted. "You guys, listen to me! It's true! It's so obvious!"
"Then let's ask Mamori-nee-chan," Sena said, running to the bench where Mamori sat before Suzuna could stop him. "Ne, Mamori-nee-chan?"
"Yes, Sena?" Mamori inquired.
"Um… does… I mean, do you… do you think Musashi-san likes Hiruma-san?" he stuttered.
Mamori blinked. "Yeah, why?"
"Because Suzuna is saying he likes him… romantically."
Mamori's eyes widened, and she frowned. "Suzuna!" she called, standing up.
"Yes?" Suzuna replied after jogging over the green turf to the bench.
"It's not your business who Musashi-kun likes, and you shouldn't be telling other people either."
Suzuna looked down. "I'm sorry… but they were all so clueless!"
"That's no excuse. And did you get this information straight from Musashi-kun? Because if not, you can't be sure it's true."
Suzuna looked down, guiltily. "No, I didn't… but it's sooooo obvious, Mamo-nee!" Suzuna exclaimed, looking up again. "And none of them realized it!"
"That doesn't make it okay," Mamori scolded. "And I'm sure that, whether it's true or not, Musashi-kun didn't want that rumor spreading."
Suzuna looked toward the ground again. "Okay, I'm sorry."
"Don't apologize to me. Go apologize to Musashi-kun."
The younger girl had an idea. "Okay," she said quietly, hiding her grin. 'Now I can get the truth!' she thought.
Meanwhile, back where everyone else was standing, Togano whispered to Kuroki, "Man, she's in a bad mood today. I wonder what happened?"
"Oh, maybe she's jealous of Musashi-san now!" Kuroki responded.
"Or at least worried about this development," Yukimura added.
"Yeah," Jumonji said, "this is really weird. Maybe it's 'cause Hiruma-san isn't here?"
Then Taki, being the oh so subtle person that he is, spun on one leg and yelled, "Three of our second years are in a love triangle!"
Everyone sweat-dropped as Mamori blushed. "We are not!"
"Way to go, Taki. We were trying to be quiet," Monta said, annoyed.
The Devil Bats laughed at that, knowing that Monta was usually the noisiest of them all.
