Highschool ShardXShard Chapter Seven

The participants of the annual tournament held in Kuou Academy were usually clubs. Very rarely did groups who weren't members of a club participate.

And that was exactly what me, Asia, Kiryuu Aika, Matsuda and Motohama were going to do. We barely made it to the five mandatory participants, and only because Asia had asked Aika.

I arrived slightly late to school, and saw Aika-san grinning at Motohama and Matsuda, who were looking ashamed and angry.

"This... This... This power!" Motohama said, "We should kill her, so she can't torment any other males!"

"Mhm, we should!" Matsuda answered. "But isn't murder illegal?"

The two of them continued as we approached Aika-san.

"Hello Asia-chan!" She yelled, and turned her eyes to me. "And who's this, your boyfriend?"

Asia-chan's cute face became as red as a tomato. The headvoice told me to move my legs in a specific way, and Aika's eyes widened.

"Wha- No way! That can't be true! This is impossible!" She started crying out. "Asia-chan, you're so lucky to have him as your boyfriend!"

I had absolutely no clue what that was about, and apparently, neither had Asia. Before we could ask for an explanation, we were called to the court.

First match of the day, against the Kendo club! These girls held a grudge against me, Motohama and Matsuda for peeping. Seriously, they'd already beaten us up with their practice swords more than once, and we'd only looked once! Every time someone came to peep, they'd blame us! It was unfair, unfair I tell you! It was only us about 98% of the time!

Of course, us three got targeted first. Motohama got the ball against his head, and was out. When he sat down on the bench, it was Matsuda's turn to throw. He missed, of course, and the kendo club got the ball. One of them threw it very hard at me, and I managed to dodge just in time, thanks to the headvoice assistance. It hit Motohama right in the face, which gave him a headache, and gave us the ball.

The headvoice told me how to throw, and I managed to hit one of them. The girl gave me a glare that would've killed me were it not for the fact that she wasn't a gorgon. Lucky me, I guess?

The leader of the club threw, and hit Matsuda in the crotch. The bald, ex-jock limped to the side, and sat down on the bench, whimpering.

Aika threw the next ball, and she actually hit one of the girls, which meant it was two to two, and if the glint in the kendo club leader's eye was to be believed, they had some sort of secret move.

They threw the ball high up in the air, and boosted one of their members after it. The ball came down, the girl caught it and threw it at me. It was lightning fast, but with a quick sidestep, it hit the person who'd been using me as a shield. Unfortunately, that would be Asia. Needless to say, that got me quite mad. I carried her to the bench and softly laid her down on it, and Aika was about to throw the ball when I stopped her by holding her wrist. I took the ball from her hand, even as she looked at me, bewildered.

I then threw as hard as I could, at an angle the headvoice told me to. It hit the leader, then one of the remaining girls, the leader again, another of the remaining girls that hadn't been hit, the leader again, then the last girl that hadn't been hit, then the leader again, and then the two girls on the bench.

The referee was gobsmacked, and didn't know what to do. The kendo club had a similar expression (with slightly more pain) on their faces, and the crowd looking was absolutely stunned that I could actually do something like that.

"BULLSHIT!" Someone from the public yelled, several people agreeing with him. "Hyodo must have cheated!"

"Indeed he did!" Aika-san yelled. "He bribed the ball to hit all the girls at once, obviously! He did this just after I blackmailed physics!"

"Exac- Wait, what?" The accuser yelled. "That doesn't make sense!"

"Winner, team Perverts and Asia!" The referee called out above the cheers. "Next match, the Occult Research Club against the tennis club!"

I got to see Rias, Akeno, the handsome bastard, Koneko and two students from the student council defeat the tennis club with ease.

Our next match was against the manga club, which consisted of a few girls who very obviously didn't like to come out, and a few guys who very obviously didn't like moving. They did know how to put power behind their throws, as Matsuda got hit in the crotch again, and Motohama's face met the ball again. Luckily for them, they didn't hit Asia, and they were soundly defeated by myself and Aika.

"You're very skilled at handling balls, Aika." Asia said. "You as well, Issei!"

Aika fell down in bursts of laughter, while I grew as red as a beet.

"What's wrong?" Asia asked. "I used the right words, didn't I? I just said you were good at... Oh."

With that, Asia's cute face was even more red than mine.

Our next round consisted of me and Aika defeating the opposition, Asia taking cover behind me, and Matsuda and Motohama getting hit multiple times despite being on the bench for almost the entire match. They really pissed of the wrong club. Never knew the swimming club could hold such a grudge.

The last round was against the Occult Research Club. Which caused quite the dilemma. If I hit any of them, it'd earn me the ire of every boy in school. If I hit the handsome bastard, it'd earn me the eternal hate of every other girl in school, possibly excluding Aika. Which is why I resolved to the tactic of getting them eliminated through intermediary.

Or in simpler terms, get Aika to hit them. Which was honestly, harder than it sounded. Kiba had inhuman speed, Rias and Akeno were faster than I would've thought, Koneko could pretty much catch anything, and the two from the student council must've been devils as well, because they were faster than any student at this age had the right to be.

So, once again, Matsuda and Motohama got eliminated, this time through normal hits, and their face and crotch were spared. So, I constantly gave the ball to Aika, in hope that she would actually hit anyone without them catching the ball. The first one out was Koneko, because she hadn't expected the ball to curve in mid-air like it did.

Thank you headvoice for allowing me to do bullshit physics like that, even though it was actually Aika's work.

Then Aika got hit by Rias, and me and Asia were the only ones left. I threw at Kiba, hitting his left ankle. My reward was a loud and very feminine 'boo' erupting from the stands.

Then, I hit the guy from the student council. Sachi? Saji? Something like that. The first year from the student council was next, and I didn't know her name. Then, I was pretty sure I'd hit Akeno. Referee didn't see it though, he was too distracted by the wild dodge she just did.

That was when Rias hit me, full in the chest. It hit like a cannonball, and I managed to catch it, despite being forced to walk back and fall on my back to avoid having anything worse than bruising the day after. Now, headvoice, mind helping me?

Alright, step one, get back up. Step two, throw the ball at Akeno.

I hit her legs, and she had to go to the side.

"Go Rias!" I think I heard her yell.

"BOO HYODO!" I was pretty sure I heard the entirety of the crowd yell that. "DEFEAT HIM RIAS-SAN!"

Rias bended forward to pick up the ball, revealing an awful lot of cleavage for a school's PE shirt. Damn devils, I would win this! For Asia-chan's sake!

That's why I managed to catch the ball Rias threw at me, because I wasn't focused on her chest as much as I normally would be. Which, in turn, allowed me to hit her while she was still staring in unbelief about me catching the ball.

"WOOOHOOO!" Motohama yelled.

"Team pervert wins!" Matsuda yelled.

Not helping, guys...

A/N: And that was the dodgeball tournament, because I wanted to write that instead of actual plot-related shenanigans. You may, however, take your expectations of anything advancing the plot out of the garbage bin, the next chapter will be smashing!