i think this would be Kids favorite chapter because its chapter 8. and he finally has 8 friends to hang out with
8: Darrin
"Hey Darrin, we're heading to play a little basketball, you in?" Black*Star asked, balancing the ball on his finger, spinning it. Soul and Kid stood behind him, hands in their pockets.
"I don't know, guys. I got a lot of unpacking to do…" Darrin trailed off, scratching the back of his neck and looking away from the guys.
"Its not like, the worlds going to end, if you have to wait to unpack. Besides, I need to put you in your place." Black*Star said passing the ball to Darrin.
"And we need an 8th player… Liz, Parry, Tsubaki, and Gemini agreed to play." Kid said. "We need an 8th play so that we will be symmetrical…and so the teams are even."
"What ever Kid. You in, dude?" Soul asked, retrieving the ball from Darrin.
"Well if my sister is in, then I guess I am. Someone's got to make sure some strange guy wont hit on her…" Darrin narrowed his eyes at Soul, who backed away. Darrin didn't like the way that Soul looked at his sister and the comment at lunch was cutting it close. Black*Star even had a mark for calling Gemini hot this morning in front of the entire school, at lest Soul only said it to Darrin.
The boys made their way to the basketball courts to meet up with the girls. The girls had beat them there, having enough time to change into clothes that were easy to play in. Maka was sitting on a bench on the sidelines reading a book. Soul mumbled something about 'bookworm' next to Darrin, from what he has seen, Maka was something of a book worm…and a book/Soul abuser. Darrin even got hit a few times in the day by her book…and it hurt like hell.
"Death help me…" Soul mumbled. Darrin looked down to find Soul laying on the ground, blood dripping out of his nose. He looked up trying to find what had caused him to…Dear God, his sister again. He was going to kill Soul, the thought passed to Black*Star when Darrin hear him whistle slowly.
Gemini was in the middle of the court with the other girls. She was wearing a tight running shirt, that was pulled up to the bottom of her rib cage, and short gym shorts. If that wasn't enough to catch the guys attention, the fact that she was bent over, legs spread, stretching out her muscles. If Darrin wasn't her brother, he would probably be on the ground with blood on his face too. Gemini stood back up, leaned her head down, combing her hands through her hair, she flipped her head back pulling her hair into a loss pony tail, ready to play.
"YO, Darrin, you don't mind if I-"
"Don't even finish that sentence Black*Star." Darrin, sighed walking over to the girls.
"Gem, can you pull your shirt down?"
"Huh? Oh, hi Dar. Why?" Gemini asked, stretching her arms over her head, flexing her back.
"I think I know why…" Liz laughed, pointing toward a nose bleeding Soul and a drawling Black*Star.
"Oh." Gemini giggled. "If their like that, its going to easier to win. However if their both on my team then I fix my shirt." She finished with a wink. 'My sister is a tease to guys…?' Darrin thought, feeling his shoulders slump.
"I'm pretty sure that's cheating…" Tsubaki said nervously looking over her shoulder at her miester.
Gemini rolled her eyes at the tall demon blade. "Oh, yeah, and him pushing me off the side of the school isn't cheating."
"HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING TO HOLD THAT AGAINST ME!" Black*Star yelled, frustration dripping from his voice.
"Black*Star, she has every right to hold it against you. You did after all kind of out her with the wings." Kid shrugged, holding Black*Star back from running over to the girls and punching Gemini. "Ok, Soul and I are team captains, four players to a team, there must be two girls and two boys on each. Flip a coin to see who goes first?"
"Sure. I pick head." Soul said, winking at Gemini. Darrin used all his might to stay back and not go punch Soul in the face.
"You better watch what your saying…" Darrin threatened through clenched teeth, putting his arm protectively around his sister, glaring at the two perverted boys.
"OK. Back to the game." Kid said tossing the coin. "Tails, I pick first. Darrin and Patty"
"Why did you pick two people!" Soul asked.
"Never mind that, just pick." Kid waved him off.
"OK. Gemini and Black*Star." Soul smirked at Gemini. She sighed.
Gemini was about to pull down the bottom of her shirt, with arguments from the boys, then she felt a hand on her arm. She looked over at a smiling Patty, who was wearing her shirt like Gemini was. "The game gets pretty hot, you'll just end up bringing your shirt back up." That was the smartest thing anyone had heard Patty say for a while… every one just looked at the young weapon as if the world had just ended. "Come on a finish picking I want to get a hole in one." And the smart Patty had left…every ones head dropped.
"OK, Tsubaki, your on my team." Kid said, the four of them headed off to discuses their game plane. "Ok, Darrin, how good are you at playing?"
"I use to play a few game with my dad, I mean I'm pretty good, but I haven't played in years." Darrin said, skeptically.
"All right." Kid said,. He turned and walked back to the middle of the court. "You guys ready to play?"
"Yeah." Soul said, checking the ball to Kid. "You guys are going down." he grinned, so did the girls behind him.
The game went on for an hour, the eight teens running up and down the court, yelling and laughing. Black*Star started playing dirty, tripping Darrin to steel the ball away, causing his team to lose a point. Patty as right, it just kept getting hotter the longer they played, each of the boys ended up peeling off their sweaty shirts and tossing them aside. By the end every one was panting to catch their breath laying on the ground, a few bruises forming on their skin. The scored count was lost.
"Ok. That as a good game." Darrin panted, using his shirt to wipe off the sweat on his forehead. "How often do you guys do this?"
"A few time a month." Soul said, sitting up. He shook his head, sweat flying from his hair, earning a chorus of 'EEWW's from the girls. "That as the best game we've had for a few months." he laughed. "I'm ready to go to sleep for a month."
"Soul you're always ready to sleep." Maka sighed walking over the sweating group. "You eight played hard.
"Eight…" Kid said, sitting straight up. He looked at each person in turn, counting how many people were around him. "FINALLY! EIGHT. I HAVE EIGHT FRIENDS! THE WORLD IS PERFECT!" Everyone watched as Kid started to freak out, running around the court yelling the number eight over and over again.
'How the hell did I get roped into hanging out with these weird kids?' Darrin thought to himself, laughing at Kid running around.
