A/N: Sorry about the really slow updates…XD
Thanks to xXDeath-N'-HellXx, Miyu-Luva, Ms. Lightfairyprincess, AllenxWalker'sxEnemy, Kaytlyn Hue, mmt, and aviantei for reviewing!
Warning: this chapter contains some language, due to Kanda being woken up early in the morning.
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Saturday, September 20
"Riiiiiiinnngggg!"
The obnoxiously loud ring of his telephone woke Kanda early Saturday morning.
"What the hell…" he grumbled to himself. Without picking up the phone, he knew it was Lavi. Who else would call him at eigth o'clock Saturday morning? Why the hell did I ever give him my phone number? Oh wait, I never gave it to him. He got it from Diane.
"Fuck you," was the first thing out of his mouth as he picked up the receiver.
"Yuuu! Is that any way to answer the phone? I mean, what if I was Tiedoll or Lenalee?" Lavi said reproachfully.
"Go away."
"Aww you're so mean!"
Kanda hung up the phone. Two seconds later, it rang again.
"What do you want, you idiot?" he snapped.
"You wanna come to the park with me and Allen and Lenalee and Diane?" Lavi chirped.
"No!"
"C'mon, please? None of us can go without you! You're our only source of transportation!"
"Why don't you get a car, dumbass?"
"But I don't have any money!" Lavi whined.
"Well, get a job!"
"I've tried! No one will hire me!"
"I wonder why…" Kanda muttered.
Lavi sniffed. "You're so mean, Yu."
"And you're an idiot. Shut up and go away."
"But I'm so bored! I wanna go to the park!"
"Che. You sound like a five year-old."
"You know I won't stop bugging you until you say yes, right? And if you hang up, I'll just call you again."
"Fuck you."
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Half an hour later, Kanda found himself at the park with Lavi, Lenalee, Diane, and Allen. Lenalee and Allen were sitting on a park bench, Diane was playing with her dog, and Lavi was sprawled on the grass, staring at the people who walked by. Or, more precisely, staring at the girls who walked by.
"I wanna play football," Lavi said suddenly.
"Oh, that's a great idea," Diane said sarcastically. "The problem is, we don't have a football." Kanda just glared at Lavi evilly.
"Those kids over there do. Why don't you ask to join them?" Allen suggested helpfully.
Over at the park's football field were a group of four guys playing football. Two were in their twenties, and the other two were teenagers. Off to the side were two girls watching their game.
"Great idea!" Lavi chirped, jumping up. "But wait-are they who I think they are?"
Lenalee glanced over at the field. "The Noahs?"
"What are those criminals doing playing football? Don't they have banks to rob, people to kill, or something?"
Lenalee rolled her eyes. "For the last time, Lavi, they are not criminals!"
"Of course they are! They-"
"Are you going to ask to play football with them, or not?" Diane asked.
"Don't be crazy! I'm not going to talk to them!"
"So you're afraid of them."
"Am not!"
"Then go talk to them."
"Fine!" Lavi walked off towards the Noahs.
"C'mon, let's go play some football," Diane said with a laugh, getting up to follow Lavi.
"Hey," he said nervously as he approached the Noahs. "Mind if we join your game?"
"No problem," said the tall guy with curly hair. What did Diane call him? Tyki? Lavi thought to himself. "But isn't four on three a little unfair? Think you guys can handle it?" Tyki asked.
Diane looked around. Three? But there were four of them there, as Lenalee had gone to sit on the sidelines with the two Noah girls. Then she realized they hadn't counted her.
"Hey, I wanna play too!" she called. Shadow barked in agreement.
Tyki raised his eyebrows. "You?"
"There is no way you are playing football with a bunch of guys," Kanda hissed at her.
Diane crossed her arms over her chest defiantly. "Excuse me? What, you think I'm not good enough because I'm a girl?"
"You're going to get hurt!" he said.
"Oh, worrying about my safety now? I can take care of myself." She glared at him.
"I don't care about your safety," Kanda snapped, "but if you do get hurt, Tiedoll's gonna be on my case about why I didn't protect my 'little sister '."
Lavi grabbed Kanda's arm and dragged him away before another fight could break out. "Maybe we should let her play," he said.
"Are you fuckin' crazy?"
"Dude, listen. Have you ever seen how fast she runs? She's super athlectic, and she can take care of herself."
"Che. If anything happens to her, you'd better explain to Tiedoll that it was your fault."
"Sure, whatever."
"Hey, are we gonna play football, or what?" another Noah, the big muscular guy who really freaked Lavi out, called.
"Yeah!" Diane exclaimed, punching the air with her fist.
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(A/N: Okay, I have no idea what any of the rules of football are, or what the lines are called, so if you are a football fan, please excuse the next section of this fic)
So, the teams went as follows: on the Noahs' side, Tyki, Skin, and the twins, Devitt and Jasdero. On the other team were Lavi, Kanda, Allen, and Diane. Lenalee, Shadow, Lulubell and Road, watched from the sidelines. Shadow laid his head on his paws, sulking after being told by Diane that he couldn't play.
"Hut!" Skin shouted.
Devitt passed the ball to his twin, who caught it and started running down the field. Lavi took off after him.
"Yeah! Go get him, Lavi!" Lenalee cheered from the sidelines.
Lavi was gaining on him, and was about to tackle Jasdero when he quickly passed the ball to Devitt, who was near the touchdown line.
It seemed he was about to make a touchdown when Kanda appeared seemingly out of nowhere and tackled him to the ground. Lulubell blew a whistle.
"Nice one, Yu," Lavi said to him as Kanda dusted himself off.
"Che. If you had to drag me out of bed at eight in the morning to play some stupid football, we might as well win."
The game started again.
Kanda tossed the ball to Diane, who threw it to Lavi. Lavi caught it and started running down the field. But before he had taken 10 steps, Skin had caught up with him. Grinning evilly, Skin launched himself forward and tacked Lavi with all his weight.
BOOM
"Ugh…." Lavi groaned, crushed under Skin's weight.
"Yeah Skin!" Road cheered.
"You okay, kid?" Skin asked Lavi.
"I think you broke some of my ribs…" he moaned.
When the game restarted, Lavi threw the ball towards Allen, but it was intercepted by Skin, who passed it to Tyki. Tyki took off down the field.
"Man, he's fast," Lavi remarked, shading his eyes against the sun as he watched Tyki race down the field.
"Yeah Diane! Tackle him!" he shouted loudly, as Diane sprinted after him. Not for no reason had he convinced Kanda to let Diane play football with them. She was the fastest runner he had ever seen. Everyone froze in place to watch.
Skin lunged for her, but missed, landing facedown in the dirt.
Tyki had gotten a head start, but Diane was quickly gaining on him. When Tyki was 10 feet from the touchdown line, Diane tackled him. They hit the ground with a thud.
"Ow," he groaned, the air knocked out of him.
"Sorry, Tyki," Diane grinned, getting up.
He smiled at her. "You know, you're pretty good at football, for a girl."
She smirked. "And you're not bad, for a guy."
"Hey! What the hell are you two talking about? You're holding up the game!" Kanda's voice shouted from across the field.
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Later
"Woot! I can't believe we beat the Noahs at football!" Lavi exclaimed.
"Yeah, that'll be a story to tell your grandkids, if you ever have any," Lenalee joked.
"Hey, Diane, that creepy guy totally likes you," Lavi continued, ignoring Lenalee's comment.
"Who?"
"You know, the creepy drug dealing Noah. Tyki."
"What?"
"Yeah, he was totally staring at you the rest of the game," he said.
"No way!" Diane was blushing. "He's like, 26! And by the way, he is not creepy!"
"He's a drug dealer!" Lavi exclaimed.
"Hey, Lavi?" Diane asked.
"Yeah?"
"Shut up."
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A/N: Well I hope you liked it! So, slight TykiXDiane there...cuz I love Tyki! 3 Okay, sorry about that...I'm not great at action scenes, football included, but hopefully it was worth the long wait. Updates might slow down soon, because my school tennis team starts on Monday and I'm not going to have any more free time. XD
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