SuperNatural Paradox

Volume 8 Chapter 3: Dodge Ball Day Part 2

Surina, Koto and Shin raced to the front of the line to grab the balls as fast as they could. Shin managed to get one, Koto one as well and Surina` grabbed two. Megumi on the other side grabbed one, Shino grabbed two and Big Marley one.

"Let's start with the weakest one." Megumi smiled while looking at Sophia. "How about I throw it at you!" she raced forward and threw the ball as hard as she could at Sophia.

"AH!" Sophia screamed as the ball flew to her.

"Don't worry Sophia!" Surina threw one of her balls at it to reflect it. Big Marley picks up the two balls rolling to her.

"That was a close one." Sophia sighed.

"Don't worry Sophia," Kunai smiled. "I'll be here to protect you."

"You will?" Sophia started to blush. "Oh Kunai, I don't what to say."

"Ok you two." Koto pushed up his glasses. "If you keep acting like this you two will surely be out before you know it. Don't forget the main objective Sophia." She nodded agreeing that she remembered.

"What are they up to?" Kunai mumbled.

Koto turned around, pushed up his glasses, and ran forward and threw the ball as fast as he could at Shirley. Big Marley jumped in front of her and caught the ball while holding three others. "Oh look at that!" Miss Tohsaka announced. "It looks like Big Marley has caught the ball causing Koto to be the first one out of this game."

"Damn it!" Koto walked off the court. "Who would have guessed that Big Marley would do something like that?"

"It looks like Big Marley is going to be trouble." Kunai said to the other members. "If we are to get anyone out first my guess is her."

"Don't forget about me twerp!" Shino threw the ball at Tsuno's face. Tsuno fell to the floor from the hard impact.

"Out! That's a violation of the rules." Miss Tohsaka stated. "Shino is out and Tsuno stays in the game."

"Damn it! You got lucky for now, but I'm sure the rest of my team members will get you out and when we win I'm going to pummel your ass to the floor." He said to Tsuno as he sat up. Big Marley picked up the ball that Shino dropped leaving her with five balls in her arms.

"Don't listen to him Tsuno." Surina began saying as she picked up the ball. "We're not going to lose so you don't have to worry."

"Thank you Surina. Even now you protect me from the bully."

"Now! It's time for a little payback!" Surina raced forward and threw one of the balls as hard as she could at Shino's friend.

"He is out!" declared Miss Tohsaka. "And so is Surina for stepping over the line."

"What?" Surina looked down and saw her foot over.

"Better luck next time." Megumi smirked. "It looks like the best player of your team is out. Now it's officially going to be us that wins."

"I doubt it. I have faith in my own team members." Surina said as she walked off the court.

"Look at this. The teams are still tied, four against four. On team Supernatural we have Sophia, Kunai, Tsuno, and Shin left. On team Deal we have Megumi, Big Marley, Shirley and Brian. Let's watch to see what happens now."

"Surina's out." Shin began to panic. "She's the one that has been winning all of the matches so far. Without her, we're all as good as dead." He looked over at Big Marley and she waved at him.

"Don't worry Shin!" Surina cheered from the bench. "All you need to do is catch one of the balls that they throw at us."

"Yea! That's easier for you to say! I can't do such a maneuver." Shin yelled back at her.

"Shin doesn't seem to have much confidence in himself today." Koto said to Surina.

"Don't worry about him; I'm sure he'll be fine. Hey Kunai!" she yelled. "If we lose this I'm going to pummel your ass! Do you hear me!" she said angrily.

"What?" Kunai felt a little scared. "Don't worry! We're not going to lose!" Megumi picked up the rolling ball and threw it at Sophia.

"Out!" Miss Tohsaka said. Kunai turned around and found Sophia sitting on her butt.

"Are you ok?" he asked as he helps pick her up from the floor.

"I'm fine." Sophia blushed. She stood up and wiped her pants. "Go beat them for me, ok." She walks over to sit next to Surina and Koto on the bench.

"It looks we're going to be going on a date soon Shin." Megumi smiled. "Oh, I can't wait until that happens." She turned around with her shirt in her mouth and blushed.

"And I get to date Shin as well." Big Marley said while her fat flopped up and down.

"We need to turn this around fast," Shin began thinking. "Or else we really will lose. We have one less player then they do and Big Marley is stocking up on all the balls. So far she has five, Kunai has one, I have one and Tsuno has one."

"Time to get serious now!" Kunai ran forward and threw his ball.

"I don't think so!" Megumi pushed Shirley out of the way just in time and the ball missed everyone.

"Ha! You're going to need to do better than that Kunai!" Brian said.

"Grr, they're starting to annoy me." Kunai began to lose his temper.

"Here you go Big Marley." Megumi handed her the ball. "Now you have six balls, two more to go and you have all of them."

"Come on Shin, you've been holding onto that ball since the beginning of the game. Aren't you going to throw it at one of them?" Kunai asked.

"For your information, I'm waiting for a time that will work best. Why don't you try doing anything for yourself instead of being over there trying to get all over Sophia!" Shin yelled in his face.

"For your information, that's not what I was trying to do. I've been studying all of their movements."

"I don't care if he is trying to win Sophia's affection," Megumi mumbled. "I just want someone to throw the ball."

"I hate bullies!" Tsuno yelled. "Will you two quit arguing and start playing! If we lose we all lose something." Shin and Kunai stopped arguing.

"We? I don't have anything to lose." Kunai smirked. "I was just dragged into this game because you guys needed sixth player."

"That isn't true!" Tsuno's face turned red from anger. "You too have something at stake!"

"I've never seen the little dude blow up like that before." Shino mumbled. "All the time that I have ever beaten up on him, he never once yelled like that."

"I'm going to be beaten up by a bully, Shin has to go on to two different dates, Sophia goes on a date with that nerd that she doesn't like, Koto also goes out with someone that he doesn't like, and you are going to get pummeled by Surina if you don't stop acting like a bully and start playing!" Tsuno added. Everyone in the court was silent. "Now," he turned around and faced the other team. "I don't know about you, but I don't want to lose to these bullies and I'm sure none of you want to either." He ran forward while holding onto his ball and threw it as hard as he could towards Brian. "This one is for Sophia!" The ball hit him in the gut and he lay there on the ground. Big Marley picked up the ball as it rolled away from him.

"Brian is out!" Miss Tohsaka declared. "What a surprise! Tsuno is the one now holding up this team. Will the other two team members start to work together?"

"I can't believe that little punk got someone out!" Shino sat there surprised. "I didn't know he had such guts."

"Grr," Megumi stuck out her lips. "I don't understand why that little twerp is getting so mad. I'm not going to lose to someone like him. I'm not," tears started to flow down her cheek. "All I want is to be with Shin, and I'm not going to let something like him get in my way!"

"Should I start the plan?" Big Marley asked while holding onto seven balls.

"Yes, we need to get out all of them now before they attempt to get another one of us out." Megumi replied.

"Goody!" Shirley got excited. "I can't wait until Koto and I share the same bed!"

"Look out!" Surina yelled as she watches Big Marley starting to throw the balls in her arms. Shin, Kunai and Tsuno turned to face her and noticed that she started to throw all the balls that she had one after the other. Kunai maneuvered through all the balls perfectly without getting hit. Shin ducked to the floor and luckily didn't get hit, while Tsuno was pummeled left and right without getting hit in the face.

"Tsuno is out!" declared Miss Tohsaka. "What a devastating attack from team Deal. Will team Supernatural make it? I wonder if Shin and Kunai will finally stop arguing. We now have three people left in team Deal and two in team Supernatural.

"Good job Tsuno." Everyone said to him as he sat on the bench.

"You did a good job out there. You managed to get someone out." Sophia smiled. "Now we have to leave it up to Shin and Kunai." Her face began to blush. "I want Kunai to win, he's so cute." Koto watched Sophia's face and pushed up his glasses.

"I know that those two can win." Surina said. "I have faith in Shin that he can do a miracle. I've seen him do it before."

"Damn it!" Megumi got angry. "We completely missed two of them! You were supposed to get Shin and Kunai out!"

"Sorry." Big Marley apologized and after picked up three rolling balls. Shirley picked up one and Megumi did too.

"Oh well, I guess we're going to have to do it the old fashioned way." Megumi smirked while looking at Shin.

"The way I see it," Kunai began saying as he picked up two balls. "We're going to have to take out Big Marley as soon as possible. With her on their side we're unable to do much."

"I agree." Shin ran forward along with Kunai following from behind. They weaved their way to the line.

"This is our chance!" Megumi yelled as all three of them ran forward to throw their balls.

Kunai threw his two balls at Shirley who threw hers towards him as well as Megumi. Big Marley threw all three of hers at Shin. Shin quickly tossed his ball over to Kunai and he deflected Megumi's ball with his and caught the other one. Shin quickly dodged all the balls thrown by Big Marley except the last one. He quickly caught that one.

"Look at that!" Miss Tohsaka continued to announce. "What a turn around. Big Marley and her twin sister Shirley is out of the game. Not only that, but because Shin and Kunai both caught the ball that means the first two players that were out on their team gets to come back in!" Koto and Surina raced to the court as fast as they could.

"No!" Megumi started to steam up. "It's not supposed to turn out like this! I'm the only one left now."

"Way to go!" Surina cheered when coming to them. "I knew you two could do it if you worked together. Now, we just have to finish off the last one." She turned to face Megumi.

"I agree," Koto pushed up his glasses. Shin, Koto, Surina and Kunai all grabbed a ball and started walking up to the line. Megumi felt scared and slowly moved back.

"Please no, don't do it!" Megumi yelled. All four of them threw the ball at Megumi and all bounced off her.

"Megumi is out! The winner is team Supernatural!" Miss Tohsaka announced. "That means they are the first place winners of the dodge ball day games!" The crowd cheered in excitement.

"How about we go to someplace more private?" Kunai asked Sophia.

"I would love…"

"I don't think so!" Surina interrupted. "Sophia has better things to do like take care of her family."

"Oh I see." Kunai frowned. "I guess we can do it some other time."

"I can't believe I lost." Megumi pouted later that day. "I was so close to winning and going out with Shin. What do I have to do to get noticed? I wish Toshio was still here." She mumbled. "I bet he would tell me to not give up and to keep trying. I wonder how he's doing in heaven now?" she looked up at the sky as she walked down the street. "I bet Tekai and Tomoya are all having a fun time up there without me. Oh well, I guess I'm here for a reason, like to make Shin mine. If I don't, then there was really no reason for me to continue living."

"I think that he's a Soul Eater." Koto announced as he pushed up his glasses. They all sat in their club room except Kunai. "He has great agility that of a monster, and he has great seductive powers. He's already got Sophia in a trance when she let down her guard during the games."

"He doesn't have me in a trance!" Sophia blushed. "I just happen to start liking him a little. He's a lot cuter than I expected. I don't think he's a Soul Eater."

"I have to agree with Koto." Shin said. "He seemed to me to be very strange. If he does have a charm like Koto says then it's obvious that you're in it."

"No, no, no!" Sophia started to get angry. "He's not a Soul Eater! I'll protect him if I have to!" Koto called Shin, Surina and Tsuno to huddle together.

"If she's in his charm, then there's reason to believe that she's going to do whatever she can to protect him until she's free from it. We can't tell her anything of any of our plans about him. The only thing I suggest we do is protect her from him so that she doesn't get her soul eaten and to convince her that we believe her."

"I agree Koto." Tsuno said. "I'll stay at her house to watch over her."

"So," Kunai stood at the edge of the doorway, hiding so no one can see him. "They've figured out that I'm a Soul Eater. In that case, I must get rid of them before they try to kill me or any of my parents." He walked off.