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-Ashalita
Chapter Three: The Demon in disguise
It was a Friday night and tomorrow was the first soccer game of the season. Gerome was in his room, sitting on his bed and looking through his game plans. "Hey Laurent, are you sure these plays will work?" Gerome said, talking on the phone with Laurent. "They look complicated especially for me."
"I went through the plans with Robin. He has a good strategic mind." Laurent said. "He gave our brilliant suggestions and it gave me an idea about these plays."
"Well, I guess it can't be helped." Gerome said, letting out a sigh. Then something caught his eye. He found Morgan sitting in her room. Their windows were wide and clear and they can easily see each other from their rooms. Gerome blushed when she was dancing with her stuffed bunny.
"Gerome, are you still there?"
"Sorry, I just got distracted."
"Is it about that new girl?"
"No and it is none of your business." Gerome snapped. "And I don't see her like that. She is my friend and neighbor."
"You are evaluating her through your window aren't you?"
"NO I AM NOT!" He screamed. "YOU MAKE ME SOUND LIKE A FUCKING PERVERT!"
"Please do calm down Gerome. I am only jest. I am just concern that you get distracted."
"I am not going to get distracted." He said, turning to the window. He then found Morgan kissing her stuffed bunny and made him blush even more. What is that girl doing? She is acting like a child.
"She did something cute didn't she?"
"NO SHE DIDN'T!" He snapped. He then found her looking at him. "Oh shit, she caught me staring at her. I mean…" He can hear Laurent chuckling through the phone. "SHUT IT LAURENT!"
"Have fun with the girl next door." He teased, hanging up.
Great, now Morgan is going to think that I am a pervert. Gerome thought, running his fingers through his red hair. He turned to her again and still he found her staring at him. He waved and let out a small grin. She smiled as well and waved back. She grabbed her notepad and started to write.
Hello Gerome, are you okay? You look stressed.
Gerome pulled out a notepad as well and started writing.
I am fine just worried about the first soccer game of the season. It is against Plegia and we always get our asses beat from them.
You are a good captain Gerome and I believe in you and your team.
Gerome blushed when he found her smiling sweetly.
We only knew each other for a couple of days. Why do you believe in me?
Simple, because you are kind and even when you don't say a word your actions show what kind of person are you, a strong, brave, kind, and wise leader.
Gerome froze after reading that. She thinks I am strong, brave, kind, and wise… I can't… Calm down Gerome. She is just being nice.
Thank you Morgan. Are you coming to the game?
Yes, I am. I would be cheering for you all.
She then turned to the door.
I have to go, my mom is calling me. Goodnight Gerome and don't let the bed bugs bite.
She waved and walked out of her room. Gerome let out a smile and walked to his desk. I guess I do like her. This feeling is so new to me. I have never felt like this before. He then sat on his chair and opened his textbook. "I forgot about my Chemistry homework. Well, I have to finish it before I got to bed." Hours have passed and he was finishing the last problem. He looked at his clock and noticed that it was already 10. "Damn, I need some sleep for tomorrow's game." He let out a yawn. He walked to his bed and tossed his tired body on it. "I hope we do great tomorrow." He let out another yawn.
Lavender's blue, dilly, dilly,
Lavender's green,
When I am king, dilly, dilly,
You shall be queen,
Who told you so, dilly, dilly,
Who told you so?
'Twas my own heart dilly, dilly
That told me so.
Call up your men, dilly, dilly,
Set them to work
Some to the plough, dilly, dilly
Some to the fork,
That voice… It is so beautiful… Where is it coming from? Gerome thought, letting out another yawn. "It is making me want to go to…." He couldn't finish his sentence because he was sound asleep.
"Where am I?" I said, looking around. I was in a beautiful meadow with vivid flowers and clear blue skies.
"Please help…" A voice said. I turned around but I didn't see anyone. No one was there. "Please help her."
"Help who?" I asked. "I don't understand what you want me to do?"
"Magic is love… Make her love again."
Then a man appeared before me with white wavy hair and a smile on his face. "Who are you?" I asked.
"Really? You are going to ask me who I am and you are the one that dream me up." He said, chuckling. "You are funny kid. You are very funny."
"What do you want?" I snapped.
"I want you to do me a favor." He replied.
"And what is that?" I asked.
"Magic is love so make her see that." He replied.
"Make who see that?"
He woke up not knowing the answer to his question. He pressed snooze on his alarm clock and strength his body. "That was the weirdest dream ever." He said, letting out a sigh. It was six o'clock in the morning and he needed to be at the field around 8. He jumped of his bed and walked into the bathroom. "Magic is love… What the hell does that mean?"
The game was roaring with cheering fans. The cheerleaders were also pumping their spirits as they were waiting for the game to begin. "Wow, everyone is here." Robin said, looking around.
"I am so nervous." Yarne said.
"Come on, you have been doing the same dance like a thousand times. Just chill Long ears. You are going to do fine." Brady said, putting on his gloves.
"But we are going against Plegia's Roaring Dragons. Are you sure we can beat them?" Yarne said, shaking.
"Of course we can, we are going to beat them." Indigo said, smiling. And maybe, I can impress a lady with my moves. I can't wait.
"Alas my dear friend, we would conquer our opponents if we unite our powers together." Owain said. "We can do anything as long we work together."
"Well said." Laurent said, walking beside Gerome. Gerome wasn't wearing sunglasses but a pair of goggles. Now I need him to speak up for his team. He then hit him with his shoulder. "Are you going to give them a motivating speech Captain?"
"Come on, we know that our silent Cap can't…"
"Listen up, this is our first game of the season." Gerome interrupted. "I haven't been very talkative and Laurent informed me that I should try to socialize with my teammates. If I am going to change, we all must change. This is our year and we are going to start it off by kicking some Plegia asses." The boys roared in excitement and agreement. "So who is ready to change?"
"WE ARE!" They screamed.
"WHO IS READY TO KICK SOME ASS?!" Gerome screamed.
"WE ARE?!"
"NOW LET'S GET OUT THERE AND WIN THIS!" Gerome screamed. They cheered and they walked out to the field. Robin was with Morgan. She was wearing short overalls with a pink T-shirt which a bunny on it. She is so cute… Stop it Gerome. You need to focus. She was wishing her brother luck. Robin patted his head and smiled.
"Thanks sis, you are the best." Robin said, running to the field.
Morgan then made her way to the stands until she caught Gerome. She is looking straight towards me. Gerome thought, blushing and shaking at the same time. Why is she staring at me? She smiled and gave him a thumb up. She only wanted to wish me luck… Get it together Gerome. He replied with the same gesture and watched her walk up to the stands. Well, it is time to win this.
"Hey Morgan, I am happy you are here." Noire said, smiling at her. "We can sit together." She nodded her head and sat beside her. "This is going to be my first soccer game I have ever attended. I was always so busy with my studies that I don't have time to see Owain's games. But now I have time to see him." Morgan let out a smile. Oh Morgan, Robin told me everything and the reason why you don't talk. I wish I was there for you at that time. Noire then grabbed her hand. "Let's cheer for but of our rascals."
"Hey you two, can we sit with you guys?" Cynthia asked, walking towards them with Lucina.
"Oh sure Cynthia…" Noire said. "Oh Lucina, it is weird seeing you here. You never come to games."
"Well, I was…" Lucina said, blushing. I actually came to see Robin. "I came to root for Owain. He is my cousin after all."
"I came to root for Yarne." Cynthia cheered. She then turned to Morgan. "I guess you came to root for your brother or maybe a certain glasses guy." Morgan tilted her head on the side with a confused look on her face. "Come on Morgan, it is so obvious that Gerome likes you. You got him to talk and he is very nice towards you."
"Cynthia has a point. He is very nice towards you." Noire said. "I think he likes you."
"Just like Lucina likes your brother." Cynthia teased.
"CYNTHIA!" Lucina screamed. Morgan let out a smile and patted Lucina on the head. Lucina calm down and blushed. "Morgan, I hope you are not mad at me." She tilted her head on the side once more. "I mean, he is your brother and you must be overprotected over him." She nodded her head sideways. "So you are not mad at me?" She nodded her head upwards. "I see…"
"Morgan is actually rooting for you two." Noire said, giggling. "She wishes you both luck."
"Really?" Lucina asked. Morgan nodded again. "Thanks."
When Robin walked towards his teammates, one of the Plegia members caught him. "Well looks who's here, Captain Robin… You are still playing."
"Jack…" Robin said.
"You have some nerve joining these losers." Jack said.
"I transferred and I love soccer." Robin said, smiling. "Besides, you always wanted to be Captain so this is your opportunity to prove to me that you are a better captain than me."
"I am far better than you Robin." Jack said, smiling evilly at him. "We are going to beat you losers without breaking a sweat."
"That's enough trash talk from you." Gerome said, standing beside Robin.
"So you are the captain… So Robin, how does it feel to follow someone's orders?" Jack teased. "Robin you are a loser and serve you right that you are stuck in a team that would never win." Jack left
"Sorry about that Gerome." Robin said, letting out a sigh.
"It's alright just don't let them get to you." Gerome said.
"Yes Captain…" Robin said, smiling.
The game started and Ylisse's Knights were having a hard time getting a goal from the Plegia's Roaring Dragons. The soccer was 7 to 7. It was a tie game but it is also close to the finish. "Come on guys, you guys can do this." Noire said. The other girls were worried.
"There just need to goal before the game is over." Cynthia said. "Can they pull it off?"
"Of course they can." Lucina said, smiling.
"Okay you guys, we need one more goal." Gerome said.
"We are going to win for sure." Indigo said.
"Let's finish them." Brady added.
They started to play again and Indigo has the ball. He maneuvered his way through two boys and kicked the ball to Owain. Owain hit the ball with his head and it went straight towards Yarne. He was already in the air. He kicked the ball towards Gerome but he was blocked by two boys.
"Gerome, I am open." Robin said, racing towards ahead. Gerome kicked the ball towards him and Robin cunningly made his way to the net. But he was tackled by Jack. Robin let out a yell of pain as Jack crushed him to the ground.
"ROBIN!" Gerome screamed. I didn't see that guy coming. Jack is fast.
"I got you little Robin." Jack teased.
"Robin is hurt." Lucina said, looking worried.
"WHAT THE HELL?! IT IS A FOUL!" Cynthia screamed.
"There are no rules like that. The soccer field is like a bloody war. Anything goes even magic." Noire said.
"But now of our boys know any magic." Cynthia said. "This is bad." Morgan was shaking as she saw her brother in pain.
Robin… please be okay… please be okay… Morgan thought, holding back tears. Jack turned to Morgan and let out a smile.
"Wow, your sister is hot. I bet I can make her wet. Her older brother won't be strong to protect her." Jack said. "A matter of fact, I am going to get her after the game and make her suck my cock as a victory treat." Robin pushed him away. Jack's teammates joined him and they started chuckling. What a weak bastard. I can't believe this was our captain. "Oh Robin, don't worry I would give her a night to remember."
"Robin, are you okay?" Gerome asked, helping him up. Robin was gripping on his shoulder. He was also bleeding. He had a cut on his forehead and it was bleeding. "You don't look so good. You should sit this out."
"I would be fine." Robin said.
"Come on Robin, let me borrow your sister for a second." Jack teased.
"Fuck off…" Gerome said, glaring at him. This guy is annoying. "I had enough of your shitty talk about my friend. I would not let you lay a hand on Morgan. You have to go through me."
"So you are going to let your friends protect her. What a pathetic brother you turned out to be." Jack said. "I am going to make her my sex toy." Robin turned to Gerome with a serious look on his face.
"Captain, I know we have to win this as a team but I would like to finish what I started. I am going to score that goal." Robin said. Gerome nodded with agreement.
"Everyone… let Robin handle this." Gerome said. I have never seen Robin like this before. He was always happy go lucky but that look on his face, it is like he is on the verge to kill. Is that what Morgan warned be about?
"Hey Morgan, is your brother really that good?" I asked. She pulled out her notepad and started writing like always.
Yes, he is very good. His nickname was the Demon Prince in Plegia.
"He doesn't even look like a Demon." I said. "You are not kidding with me right?"
I am not. There is more to Robin than what meets the eye. Just don't be in the way when you see the demon.
So this must be the demon that Morgan is talking about.
"Aww… The little Robin bird wants to play." Jack teased.
"You can make fun of me all you want but you went too far." Robin said. His violet eyes were glowing crimson red. I can't hold it in any longer. He is going down. They are all going down. No one talks about my sister that way. He let out a sharp smile. "I am going to see blood. I am going to decorate the field with your blood." The referee blew the whistle. There was a few seconds before the game ends. Robin dashed towards them speedily. Jack kicked the ball in the air to pass it to another player but Robin stole it and kicked it back to Jack. Jack collided to the ground. His nose was broke and bleeding. His eyes were both bruised and he lost a tooth. "Come on Jack-ass, is that all you got?" He let a chuckle.
"Whoa, he is so fast." Indigo said.
"His kicks are stronger than ever." Owain added.
"If someone called your sister a sex toy, you would probably be like that as well." Yarne said.
"Dude, it is like we are seeing a different person. This Rob is too crazy." Brady said.
Robin kicked the ball towards all the players and one by one they collapsed bleeding and unconscious. I need to win this for the team. They are all counting on me. He kicked the ball towards the net but the goalie caught it. The kick was too powerful that his gloves shredded to pieces and blew him through the net. Time was up and Robin made the winning goal.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!" The announcer screamed. "THE YLISSE'S KNIGHTS FINALLY BEAT THE PLEGIA'S ROARING DRAGONS!" Everyone cheered for their victory. Robin walked to Jack and grabbed him by the collar.
"If you ever say anything disrespectful about my sister again, you would get more than a bloody nose." Robin said, smiling at him but in a demonic way. His daggering red eyes strike fear into him. "Do I make myself clear?"
"Sure thing Robin…" Jack stuttered. Robin tossed him away.
Robin gripped on his shoulder and let out a sigh. "Well, I never thought I would play like that again." He said. All of his teammates hugged him. "OUCH! MY SHOULDER!"
"Sorry…" They said.
"I can't believe it." Brady said. "You were amazing Rob."
"You have cool moves." Indigo said.
"You were awesome." Yarne said.
"You are truly my number one rival." Owain added. Then Gerome walked up to him and stare at him straight in the eye.
"Thank you Captain for giving me the opportunity…" Robin said.
"Don't mention it." Gerome replied. I would probably do the same if some talk shit about my sister. Then Lucina, Noire, Cynthia and Morgan raced towards them.
"Oh Owain, you were amazing." Noire said, hugging her boyfriend.
"Really? Thanks…" Owain said, hugging her back. "I am happy you came."
"Yarne you were amazing as well." Cynthia said, hugging him.
"Thanks Cynthia…" Yarne said, blushing.
"Come on Cynthia, I was amazing too." Indigo said.
"You were? I was only paying attention to Yarne." Cynthia said. Indigo sank into depression. Robin turned to Morgan and found her crying.
"Oh Morgan, it is not your fault that I was attacked by Jack." Robin said, patting her head. Morgan pulled out a handkerchief and wiped the blood off his forehead. "Thanks Morgan, I am going to be fine okay." She then let out a smile. "Oh, you should probably thank Gerome. He stood up for you as well."
"No, you don't need to thank me…" Gerome said. Morgan walked in front of him and grabbed his hand. She then put it to her chest. Gerome let out a smile and patted her head. "I know you are happy and it was nothing. We are friends so we stick together and protect one another. That is what friends do."
"You were great out there, Robin." Lucina said, smiling.
"Thanks Lucina but I think I overdid it." He said.
"I think you didn't." Brady said. "So what are you plans? We have to celebrate."
"Let's go get some pizza." Cynthia said.
"Sure that sounds great." Robin said, turning to Morgan. "Let's get some pizza Morgan." She smiled sweetly and nodded her head. "Well, lead the way guys."
"Alright…" Gerome said. Morgan and Robin were walking side by side. It is too weird how those two are super close. He was behind all of them while they were walking to the parking lot. I can't believe we won though. We did it. At this rate, we would win the championships. I just know it. He then finally noticed that Laurent was walking beside him. "How long were you next to me?"
"Not too long…" Laurent said. "Gerome, I have analyze and recorded Robin's performance today. You can't believe what I discovered."
"What?" Gerome asked.
"When Robin was in a flaming rage, he somehow increased his speed and strength at will." Laurent explained. "I thought at first it was just his emotions but no, I saw these exact same readings in my mother's research. Robin is not like anyone here."
"Are you saying that he is some sort of alien?" Gerome said.
"I don't know. All I can tell you that he is special." Laurent said.
"Laurent, I know that look. Please don't go all wacko and stalk Robin." Gerome said, letting out a sigh. "Remember the time you wanted to analyze me and how I was able to speak with Minerva."
"It was one of my best experiments." Laurent said, rubbing his hands and smiling. "This however, it is truly a discovering. A human that can enhance his status in a instant without training what so ever. It is truly extraordinary."
"Maybe it is magic." Gerome said. "You ever thought of that."
"Come on Gerome, be reasonable." Laurent said. "Robin can perform magic but not as well as Morgan." I wonder… "Since Robin and Morgan are identical twins, maybe Morgan processes the same ability. I think I can experiment and analyze Morgan instead of Robin since we have all our classes together."
"LAURENT, I WOULD NOT LET YOU MAKE MORGAN A LABRAT!" Gerome screamed. "I WON'T ALLOW IT!"
"Come on Gerome, she would be the perfect subject. I can't wait to get started." Laurent said.
"Great, I feel sorry for Morgan." Gerome said, letting out a sigh.
"Oh Morgan, may I have a word with you?" Laurent said, walking up ahead.
"LAURENT, I TOLD YOU TO LEAVE HER ALONE!" Gerome screamed.
