It's a wonderful day in the neighborhood! (Not really. It's either hot as Hades or Thor's wrath of thunderstorms)
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Sorry about the late update, I'm busy! But enjoy the chapter!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything made/produced by DC comics such as Red Hood and Young Justice. I just devise evil plans with my partners in crime, Sunny and my demonic cat.
The bright orange basketball slams into the basket as the twisted white strings brush against the large ball. Ashton's aura streams with excitement and full of power as she jumps up to the basket to score the slam dunk. She lands gracefully with a thunk onto the polished wooden gym floor. She tightens her short black ponytail and pushes back her rabbit ears away from her face. She sees someone's red eye narrowing, and a smirk plays on her lips.
"Awww is Ijin jealous?" Ashton coos.
Ijin smiles confidently and steps in front of Ashton, "No I'm not jealous. Besides I can beat you with my ninja skills."
Ashton puts her hands on her hips as she raises an eyebrow. "Well I bet my rabbit abilities can top your ninja mojo," she pulls at his long tied back hair making his face closer to hers. "Ponytail." She lets go and silently chuckles to herself.
Ijin tightens the red bandanna around his head and the glare from his red eyes becomes menacing. "Oh it's on Cottontail."
The team watches the argument from the two teammates, their voices booming inside the empty gym. Despina points at them and turns to Jason, "Should we stop them? I mean they're on the same team."
Jason shakes his head. Zita pouts, "Well our team needs to play too!" She rips the extra ball from Itsuki's hands and throws the ball towards Ashton and Ijin. The ball hits Ijin's arm, and Ijin clenches his arm in pain.
"Ow!" Ijin yells at Zita, "What was that for!"
Zita puffs up, "You two stop being egotistic lovebirds and let the rest of us play!" Ashton and Ijin's faces flush red.
Poin laughs and runs towards the ball, "First team that loses gets to run 30 laps around the gym!" Poin scoops up the ball and dribbles towards the end of the court.
Itsuki bolts after him, "In your dreams Sharpp!"
The others realize what just happened and run off to help their teammates. Jason and Angie stay back and watch the teens go wild trying to get the orange ball. Jason turns to the Demon, "Has Connie found an opening yet?"
Angie shakes her head, "Unfortunately not. It's hard to find one when the building is completely tight with security. Besides he's been a bit busy dealing the Italian mafia enough already, trying to get ends on them. It could take weeks to find an opening."
Jason's fist clench, "Cursed Cajun! We don't have weeks, only hours! If I don't get into that building without a mole or device in there, we'll be left in the dark."
Angie scowls, "He's doing the best he can, Jason."
Jason eyes her, "Well that's not good enough."
Angie hisses, *"Tupac muut ni ona eneb ibit is non tluv muspi temet ni etateidem siropmet, eauq erecaf tessop. Pir ffo tupac muut sirevarui aiuq oge macsap sov te sunrefni sinac ni onrefni...Todd."
Jason raises and eyebrow and sighs. He really does hate it when his partner switches to her native language. "Was that a really long threat you gave me or you were complaining about something?"
Angie smirks showing off her long fangs, *"Ebyam." She flips her ponytail, almost whacking Jason in the face and walks off towards her team.
Itsuki dribbles the ball to the end of the court. He aims to make the shot but Ben and Allison block it. Itsuki sees Jalen is open, Itsuki throws the ball over. "Jalen!"
Jalen hears his name and turns towards the sound. Jalen senses something, but it's too late. The basketball comes crashing into his head. His orange eyes roll back and Jalen comes crashing down on the gym floor.
"Oh my gosh! Is he okay?"
"What happened!?"
"Jalen!"
Jalen's eyes flutter open to see the team surrounding him, standing over him to see if he was alright. Jalen groans in confusing and holds his head, which throbs harder with the rapid thoughts of his teammates. "Geez will you all be quiet! You're too loud."
They all stare at each other, shrugging, not saying a word. Despina makes her way forward and helps Jalen up. "Come on let's get some ice." She walks Jalen to the side lines. Jalen sits down on the bench while Despina goes to get ice, she walks back and sits down beside him. She hands him the bag of ice, and Jalen holds the bag to the bump.
Despina shifts uncomfortably on the bench. "So...how come you missed the ball?"
Jalen mumbles under his breath, "Couldn't pinpoint the location in time."
Despina raises an eyebrow, "What?" Jalen just simply shakes his head. "Oh," Despina sighs. Jalen moves the ice pack and flinches in pain. Despina glances back in alert to only see him with a smug smirk. She rolls her eyes and looks away.
Ben dribbles the ball towards the goal, when suddenly Zita comes dashing behind him and takes the ball from his hands. She runs up and makes the shot. Ben comes up behind her, furious. She turns around to see Ben fuming, she smirks. "What?"
Ben clenches his fist, "Why!? I had that shot! Besides we are on the same team!"
She snorts, "Well you were too slow."
Ben's eyes widen, his voice low and murderous, "Slow." His voice raises, "SLOW!"
Everyone stops and stares at the two. "Whoops," Jason says, "Hit a nerve."
Ben gets all in Zita's face. He pokes Zita in the arm, "Listen here flea bag."
Zita's jaw drops and her gray eyes turn gold. "You're going to die for saying that Ben Law!"
Alice sighs, "Can we at least get through a game with each other trying to destroy their own team?"
Allison shrugs, "The whole purpose of this is to build teamwork."
"Well it's not working very well," Poin blurts out.
Angie sighs, "Tell me about it." Suddenly a phone rings from the bleachers, Angie's ears perk up from the sound. Her eyes widen in excitement as she dashes to answer her phone. She answers frantically, "Hello...yes...yes...okay...love you too...thanks Connie...okay...bye."
She does a happy dance. "Oh! Itsuki! Allison," she says in a singsong voice, "I have an opening for you!"
Done! Sorry it's so short! I have a lot going on in my life! I'm a busy ginger...
Umm yeah so thanks Google Translate! FYI there will be talking in different languages in the fic cuz a few of the OC speak different languages and sorry if it isn't correct I use the translate. Also I'm trying to make everyone have screen time, so just tell me if I'm hogging on a OC or not showing enough of someone, okay?
Good news! Mission chapter next time! Whoo! Now! REVIEW my minions!
Dictator out!
Translations:
*"Well if you didn't have your head up your #& up in your own self desires half the time things could get done. And just because you hate my cousin doesn't mean you can trash talk him. For I swear I'll rip your head off and feed it to the hell hounds in the Netherworld…Todd."
*"Maybe."