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Ed, Edd n Eddy: The Untold Eddition
(Original creation by Danny Antonucci)
(Fanfic work by RaxtMec202)
Chapter 5: I'm Just That Ed Part 2
A week past from the scrimmage game of Ray's team and Kevin was not himself. During practice he would miss some of his shots but make the last three. He look like he was struggling because it was told to him that he sprain his ankle when he fell trying to go after Ray's layup.
Rolf and the others felt bad for Kevin. Not only that Ray beat him badly. Coach Hardin told him that he might sit out the game on Friday.
"Wow, I've never seen Kevin so down." Edd said.
"I don't. Guy deserves it after stealing the spotlight from me all those years ago." Eddy said.
Kevin who didn't bother responding to Eddy's remark kept shooting revealing he has a boot on his left foot. Coach Hardin then comes out of the bathroom to gather the whole crew around him.
"This Friday will be our first game of the season. And it's against our biggest rival, Lemon Brook Lumpers."
Everyone got serious when the coach said the name Lemon Brook. "There the toughest team in this division. It's going to be difficult to beat them so I want you all to do your best to win." Hardin said as everyone yelled "Yes, sir!"
The group started to get pumped up about their first game. Where Kevin just went back to shooting.
Days past by and soon Friday came along. After the final bell rang, Eddy bust out of his 7th Period class wearing a Letterman Jacket. "Alright boys you ready to crush those Lemon brook bozos?!"
Ed and Double D also come out the classroom wearing letterman jackets. "You bet your stuffing, Eddy!" Ed said.
"It's a shame that scrawny over there is not a player. Can't even pick up a basketball." Eddy said pointing and laughing at Edd.
"Ha-ha-ha very funny." Double D said.
"YOO!" Jared said running towards The Eds. He stopped and catch his breath. "I just got two cheerleaders to give me their number if I score 20 points tonight."
"You better share one of those numbers!" Eddy said giving Jared a high-five.
The four of them walk down the hallways and notice that a lot of students were cheering for them with a familiar face in the crowd, Nazz. "Go get this win guys!" Nazz said. Double D, Eddy and Jared blush.
They walk outside of the school and to the bus that would take them to the game. Chris, Antonio and Ray were surrounded by a bunch of cheerleaders. "I'll be cheering for you on the sidelines babe." One Cheerleader said.
"No worries the competition is tough but I'm not afraid." Antonio said as he gave the cheerleader the kiss on the cheek. Chris and Ray were signing all the cheerleaders uniform. "Please drop 40 Points for me, Ray." One cheerleader said.
"Anything for you." Ray says as he blow a kiss to the cheerleader. The cheerleader then faints but the other girls fight over the kiss.
Seeing this Jared and Eddy were stunned. "Suddenly, I feel very offended." Eddy said.
Everyone got on the bus to head to the game. As Kevin got on he saw the other students cheering the team on. "Lumpers going down!" "Cobblers Own the Lumpers!" Kevin felt a little bit happier hearing the fanfare. He continued to get on the bus and soon their were on there way.
It was a 45 minute drive to get to Lemon Brook High. On the outside the school looked huge with a sign in front saying "Welcome to Lemon Brook High. Home of the Lumpers." The gang finally stepped out of the buses and headed to the gym.
The gym was covered with the school's color purple and yellow and their gym floor that has a huge "L" in-between it. The Eds and the rest of the team immediately start practicing knowing that the game starts in 1 hour.
Ray gathered the team around to give them a boost in confidence. "Alright, team our first game is closing in and I know that some of you must be nervous. But not fret because we got the best weapon in all of basketball!"
"And that is Teamwork!" Ray says as he put his fist in the air.
"No matter how strong the opponent is we will take them down together!" As he said this the group cheered.
"No matter if the opponents outnumbers us we run as one!"
"Ray." Coach Hardin says.
"NO MATTER IF THEY GOT THE BETTER TEAM WE WILL FIND THEIR WEAKNESS!"
"Ray!" Coach Hardin repeated.
"NO MATTER-"
"RAY!" Coach Hardin yells.
"It's nice that your motivating the team and all. But the game starts in 5 minutes and you guys aren't in your uniforms."
It was at this moment that the team wasted their time listening to Ray's motivational speech than practicing. The team runs to the locker room to go get dressed up.
"Good Grief." Coach Hardin said.
Soon the team made it back to the floor in uniform. But this time there jerseys were black with orange stripes. The Peach Creek side of the gym was cheering them on as they made their way to their seats.
"Yo! This is so cool." Jared said with a tear in his eye.
"And now! Get ready for your Lemon Brook Lumpers!" The announcer says over the speakers.
Soon the door of the gym break and out come huge muscled men whose eyes were glowing purple. The team looked like absolute giants and some of them even had tattoos. The Peach Creek Team was shocked to see what the opponent is gonna be.
"We're going to have to face them?!" Double D says.
"Oh-ho-ho Rolf is not scared of these man babies!" Rolf says as his knees start to shake.
"I've seen bigger." Chris said.
Coach Hardin huddles everyone up to discuss the gameplan. "Even know we know each other for a short period of time. Remember our plan. Give the ball to Ray and he will facilitate the offense." Coach Hardin says.
The team all puts their hands into a circle and Antonio shouts. "COBBLERS ON THREE! ONE! TWO! THREE!"
"COBBLERS!" Everyone yelled in unison.
The bell for the game to start sounded and the starting lineup of Ray at Point Guard, Eddy at Shooting Guard, Rolf at Small Forward, Chris at Power Forward and Antonio at Center.
The referee blows and throws the ball in the air to begin the tip-off. The center on Lemon Brooks team catches it and quickly rams over Antonio to slam the ball into the net.
Chris comes to pick up Antonio. "You alright man?" He asked.
"You son of a-" Antonio growled.
The Center player just shrugged which made Antonio even more furious. But, Ray patted him on the head to signal to calm down.
It's Peach Creek ball and Ray is the one to bring up the ball. He sees his opponent guarding him and quickly examine him. He was shorter than Ray so he made the decision to fastbreak on his right but when he did this the Lemon Point Guard Player trips him.
The ref saw it and call for the foul. Before the whistle blew Ray already threw the ball out of his hands. As the ball flew in the air the Lemon Brook players try their hardest to get it but it gently falls into the basket to make the score 2-2.
This angered Lemon Brook as boos were heard across the gym. Ray getting ready for his three-point play mock the Center player and just shrugged.
Ray goes to the free throw line and shimmeys his shoulders and put the ball in the net making the score go 3-2.
Lemon Brook players instantly run to their side of the court while one player inbounds the ball. Eddy who was assigned to defend the inbound player just in case he gets a steal.
The inbound player makes a full court pass to the other side as the Lemon Brook player catches and dunks the ball in. It's a 2-4 game now. Ray seeing such a pass like that knew that they're in for a long night.
Six minutes pass by and Lemon Brook takes a ten point lead. The score 12-2. Eddy who is the smallest guy on the court was getting abuse by the Lemon Brook Players. Every time they were on defense players would push him around with their weight. On offense he became a liability. The moment he gets the ball a Lemom Brook Player would swat the ball out of his hand and get an easy assist.
Now in a timeout the Peach Creek Players rested. "Hey pipsqueak! Learn how to handle the ball in your hands!" Antonio said to Eddy.
"Shut up! I'm trying my best!" Eddy said.
"Now is not the time to argue upon ourselves. We need to regroup and retaliate!" Ray says.
Coach Hardin looks at the people on his bench then looks at the scoreboard.
"Eddy and Antonio you're getting bench for now. Jared, Rolf and Ed you're in." Coach said.
Antonio quickly stood up not agreeing with Coach's decision. "What the?! Coach I'm the only guy that can take care of these guys in strength!"
"Yea well it's not working. Now sit down."
Antonio who was still furious did what coach told him to do and sat down.
Now hoping that the new lineup will get them out of their slump. Ray leads the lineup back out on the court the remainder of the quarter.
Jared then comes in the game bringing the ball up. A Lemon Brook player sprints to steal the ball where Jared throws it to Ray for a three. Bang! It goes in and the score is now 5-12.
Lemon Brook player goes to inbound the ball. Before it gets to the other player, Jared steals the ball and passes it to Ed.
"Ed! Throw the ball in the hoop! Not the window!" Jared yells to Ed.
And he does what he told as he throws the ball to the rim except it ricochets off the backboard and hits a Lemon Brook player on the head.
"I did it! Do we win?!" Ed says.
Jared hits himself in the face. "No, Ed you barely put the ball in the basket."
"HEY, PAY ATTENTION!" Ray yells as a Lemon Brook player gets the ball. He transist to his side of the court. Jumps in the air for the dunk until.
Rolf blocks the ball right out of his hands. "No one gets pass the Son of a Shepard!"
Ray catches the ball and notices two Lemon Brook players running towards him. Before they could contest it, Ray makes a half-court shot. Bang! It goes in and the Peach Creek crowd goes wild. The bench even goes crazy too.
Kevin was stunned seeing how good Ray is. He knew in his heart that he should be the one that should be carrying this team.
Back in the game Ray was officiating the offense and telling guys where to go. Ray throws the ball to Chris who sees a open lane to the basket. He takes this choice and lays it up. With the score being now 10-12.
Every time Kevin kept looking at the game. He would get angrier and angrier. Until he's seen enough.
He gets up from his chair and walks out of the gym. Coach Hardin stops him by yelling at him.
"Hey kid! Where you going?!"
Kevin didn't want to answer and just kept on walking. Coach was about to go after until Double D got his attention.
"Coach, Look!"
When he look back at the game a Lemon Brook player is about to jump onto Ed while trying his best to guard him. He dunks the ball into net with force. So much force that the hoop come crashing down on Ed.
"ED!" Double D and Eddy yelled in unision.
The referee blew the whistle to stop the game. The team ran to the scene and move the rubble off of Ed. "Ed, you alright!"
Ed opened his eyes a little but what everyone notice he had a huge bump on his head. "Mommy, is that you? Is it naptime already?" Ed said.
Back on the bench, Ed was given a ice pack for his wound. It is now the end of the second quarter with Peach Creek having a score of 35 points to Lemon Brook who have 50 points.
Everyone on the team is exhausted and bruised. Coach who was at this point figuring out what to do for the second half left the team to do more thinking.
Ray gets up and looks like he about to do another speech. But Antonio signal not to do it right now.
Eddy whose been getting most of the beatdown with a blackeye to show it was really quiet.
Jared on the other hand was shaking with excitement and fear.
"They're not that strong!" Jared yells as he gets everyone's attention.
"They have a weakness. Every team has one."
The team took Jared words into consideration but felt like there was no answer to their opponents tonight.
With Coach Hardin, he walks down a hallway away from the guest and fans. He then hears a familiar sound.
It was the sound of a basketball bouncing.
He followed the sound it turn out to be...
Kevin, who was dribbling the ball between his legs. Coach Hardin was shock that Kevin looked healthy. He shakes his head out of consciousness and talked with Kevin.
"Kid, what're you doing?" He asked.
Kevin stopped dribbling to answer his question. "The team is in a rut so I think its in my position to become the spark off the bench to lead us back to victory."
Coach Hardin didn't say a word. So Kevin continue on talking. "Anyways, yeah Ray is a great shooter and playmaker but you're gonna need someone who is an explosive offensive player like myself to help keep the offense booming. And for defense those guys maybe strong but the bigger they are the harder-"
"No." Coach Hardin said.
Kevin paused for a moment and immediately got offended. "No, what do you mean No?"
"I'm not having an injured player go out there and get even worse. It's against my code." He said.
Kevin then grabbed coach by his shirt and began to berate him.
"Well screw your code! You need me coach! It's obvious the team can't handle the physicality of the game. But I can! I was born to be a star player! Put me in Coach! YOU NEED ME!" Kevin yells at Coach Hardin as he shakes him back and forth.
Coach Hardin then pulls Kevin off of him and looks him in the eyes. He had a furious look on his face. Which meant to Kevin that he might not get any playing time.
Soon the 3rd quarter was underway and it was all the same as before. Ray officiates the offense where Lemon Brook was dominating with size and speed. Kevin now at the end of the bench looks at the game with a bored look on his face.
More minutes go by and the lead gets even bigger with Lemon Brook having 70 points now. Coach Hardin called a timeout to bring in the team.
"That's it! We lost! Oh well better luck next time." Chris said as he sat down in his seat.
"Hey waterboy! I'm thristy better get snappy with those drinks!" Antonio said to Edd.
Ray coming from the court overheard what Chris said. "Chris, now is not the time to give up. We may be down by 15 but I know we can snapped this rut we've have and make it a comeback."
Seeing that no one is interested in Ray's words. He kept talking.
"A fight is not a fight until someone gives up. And I for one will not give up on this team. Remember our secret weapon is teamwork and with this weapon." Ray carried on with his words only to make Kevin very irritated.
So irritated that he couldn't stand it no longer.
"SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!" Kevin yelled.
Ray turns to Kevin after he hears his words. "Ah, Kevin nice of you to join us tonight. Got any input for us to make our comeback?"
Kevin then got up from his seat and began to rant.
"Yea it's because the offense you run is so basic that those Neanderthals over there can understand it."
The Lemon Brook players overhear what Kevin said and get offended.
"It's because of your shitty passing that you have been doing all game has ruined your rhythm of shooting the ball yourself."
"Well I wouldn't call my passing shi-" Ray was about to say something until Kevin continue on his rant.
"It's because of your passiveness in this game has ruined our chances to get back in this game. Ahem like what type of player are you? You're not aggressive, all you do is be calm all the time, and you say these stupid motivational speeches that don't do crap! Including in the situation we're in."
Coach Hardin was about to butt in but Kevin kept on going.
"We're losing because of you! We're losing because your soft! We're losing because you're-you're-you're-"
"A DORK!" Kevin yells at Ray.
Silence hit the gym as Ray walks away from Kevin. He picks up a basketball and throws it at Kevin. Kevin catches it before it hit his face.
"I'm a dork. You say." Ray said as his hair covered his eyes. He then turns to Coach Hardin and tells him this.
"I don't care what restriction you have him on. I want Kevin to be out on the court for the remainder of the game."
This shocks the whole team as Ray walks back on the court. The bell to start the 4th quarter ringed as the rest of the team followed Ray.
Coach Hardin goes up to Kevin to put his hand on his shoulder. "Good Luck."
Saying this Kevin finally had the go to take the court.
The fourth quarter begins with a shocker. Lemon Brook has slowed down their offense and kicked up the defense because.
Ray is becoming unstoppable.
Every shot Ray took it. It went in.
From the three's to the two's everything was flying for Ray.
And the rest of the team, just kept passing to the hottest man on the court.
But Kevin wasn't going to allow Ray to overshadow him. He got some points of his own.
All of their offensive power lead to the final seconds of the game.
The Lineup out there was Ray, Kevin, Eddy, Chris and Antonio.
Chris inbound the ball to Ray to start the final twelve seconds of the game. Lemon brook players all surrounded Ray making them double-team him. All what Ray did is laugh and sent the ball backwards. But it was Kevin who caught the ball. Kevin then look around and saw that his teammates wanted him to pass but instead Kevin back up all the way to the half-court line and shot the ball.
The ball was in the air for a mere second and once it came down. It bounced off the rim and into a Lemon brook player's hand.
Kevin was stunned that the shot didn't go in. But that was the least of their worries. Antonio yelling at Kevin to get back on defense let the Lemon Brook team pass him and hit the mid-range to go up by 2. 99-101 was the score.
"TIMEOUT! TIMEOUT!" Coach Hardin yelled.
"Coach you use your last timeout to put Eddy back in." Double D told Coach Hardin.
In disarray, Coach Hardin had to look at what his team could do in the last five seconds.
Kevin brings the ball up. Ignoring all of the noise, he knew what he had to do.
He ignore his teammates who were yelling at him to pass to Ray. He sees that the rest of them were heavily guarded. He sees that Ray was being doubled-team again. So the only thought in his brain is to make a three to win.
He shoots the ball as a Lemon brook player tries his hardest to contest it. But realizes as he shoots his ankle gets re-injured!
He falls to the ground as..
The ball glides in the air and..
Four... Three...
Kevin three was no good. It bounces off the rim again.
But then a miracle happens.
Eddy who is the smallest guy on the court jumps high into the air. And gets the rebound. He looks at his teammates and makes a decision. He throws the ball to..
"Ray!" Eddy yells.
Ray catches the ball in his hand. He transits into his signature shooting form. But while doing that he turns his head and looks at Kevin. Kevin groaning in pain sees Ray. And look deep into his eyes. Ray had a stare of a killer. His message towards Kevin was clear. He's the star player.
Ray releases his shot as two Lemon Brook players try to block his shot.
The ball is in the air again.
Two... One...
BANG! BANG!
Ray hits the game winner and the Peach Creek fans go wild!
Everybody rushes to the court to congratulate Ray. As for Lemon Brook fans, they were furious.
"OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! WE WON!" Eddy yelled.
"YOU THE MVP! YOU THE REAL MVP!" Jared says as the crowd carries Ray out of the gym.
The crowd soon decrease and the gym was basically empty. All that was left was Kevin.
Depressed about the situation he made during final seconds.
Pissed that he re-injured
Mad that the man he call a dork. Was the "hero" who saved them losing.
Kevin sat there with tears running down his face.
He finally met his match.
A man who was better than him.
"Damn it!" Kevin yelled.
END
OOOWEEE! That was a spectacular episode! And there is more on the way just like that. Well hopefully not this long. Anyways hope you enjoy this chapter and I hope to see you on the next one. Make sure you leave a review because I would love to see this series grow and get better overtime.
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