Digidestined Heero - Chapter 2: Double Showdown and Stolen Goggles
"She's not that good, guys."
Blake, who had blushed a bright crimson, went pale. Her eyes narrowed in anger and she stared hard at Davis. "I'll have you know that that team has placed last every year until I started playing." She didn't like bragging, but she was proud of what she had done to improve the team.
"It's you Blake, that is winning games. Not them." Davis would have continued, but had apparently just noticed the look on Blake's face.
Reliana herself had a look on her face that clearly said 'Oh, no. Not again.'
"You think I shouldn't play, Davis?" The tone of Blake's voice was deceptive, belying the emotion in her eyes. She would be his downfall. "You afraid of losing to a girl?"
That was the last straw. "You're on, Heero. Will this be one-on-one, or do you feel you need some help?" Davis readily accepted Blake's unvoiced challenge.
"I wouldn't want to take all the credit for bringing you down off your high horse, Davis." Blake turned to her sister. "Reliana?"
"Yeah, sure." Reliana shook her head, almost as if in defeat. It's happening again. She just doesn't seem to understand when not to be competitive. I can't really fault her, though. Davis is being more of an idiot than usual.
"Tai?" Blake looked expectantly at the elder male soccer player with a clear-cut challenge in her eyes.
"Sure. This aught to be fun." Tai laughed and winked at Reliana, who smiled and laughed before reaching for Blake's sport bag.
Blake bent down also, engaging in a whispered conversation with her sister. When the two arose, Reliana had her arm around her sister's shoulder and was spinning a soccer ball off the fingers of her other hand with all the dexterity of a basketball player. "Just to be sporting..."
"...We've decided to give you a nine point lead in a game to ten." Blake finished her sister's sentence, giggling.
"Well, this should be interesting." TK's comment caused everyone to jump, startled. Him and Kari had been so quiet up until this point, and from the looks on their faces, everyone could tell have the pair had been up to. Cody blushed, for once catching the subtly sexual undertones of TK and Kari's position.[1]
As the four players took to the field the remaining Digidestined gathered on the sidelines. A soccer game paled in comparison. This was a war between genders. Besides, it looked like Davis had finally met his match.
It was a slaughter. Blake and Reliana switched places between defense and offence after each of their goals, and they scored many. As the points against them (Davis and Tai) mounted, Davis became increasingly unhinged. He became frustrated and made stupid mistakes and took unnecessary risks in attempts to score. Tai almost couldn't play for laughing.
After the tenth goal scored by the girls, the players filed off the field of battle. Blake stood among her sister's friends, absorbing the congratulations. It was in the moments like this she was truly happy. Silently she thanked Reliana for not letting up, for encouraging her to become a part of this social circle. She had a feeling of rightness, of belonging when she stood with them. Today was the best day of her life, with one possible exception. Davis.
Unnoticed by everyone Davis has stayed behind on the soccer field. He was practicing with the ball, trying, Blake guessed, to fix what he thought he had done wrong. Without thinking she went to him.
"You did good, Davis."
"I lost, and that's not what I need. Girls don't like losers."
He was being impossible, like Reliana said he always did. But how to snap him out of it... What did one do to break self-pity? A flash of inspiration hit her and she regarded Davis with mischief in her eyes.
"That is where you are wrong, Davis. Not all girls are the same. A good one will like you for who you are, failures and all. Do you believe that?"
"No. I..."
Hearing the negative answer, Blake decided to put a stop to his indulgent melancholy. She'd make him angry. Reaching out she swiped his goggles in one quick motion. Davis' mind stopped in its mental tracks and he just stared at her.
"I hate you Blake. You're better than me at the one thing I'm good at and I don't like it."
"Hate me all you want, Davis, but you'll have to see me again to get these back." She waved his goggles in the air like a symbol of war, before flounced off across the playing field.
[1] As we all know, Davis frowns upon a relationship between TK and Kari. I don't. Use your imagination, as I am not going into detail.