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Chapter 27 – Obstacle Course
Roxas wiped his sweat covered forehead, his bangs distorting across his sticky forehead. "This is ridiculous!" He whined as Aqua handed him her water bottle.
"'Warm up', my ass!" Hayner panted, referring to the one mile warm they had just completed around the track that outlined the Blitzball field.
"Toughen up guys," Aqua placed her hands on her hips. "Look at the actually blitz players, they don't even look like they broke a sweat."
Sora glanced over at the Blitzball players who were acting very nonchalant about this practice. "Aqua's right," He looked back at his friends. "Pull it together guys!"
"I can't even get my breath together." Hayner negatively added.
Aqua giggled but quickly composed herself when she saw Sora pouting. "It's okay Sora," She patted his shoulder watching his head look down towards the ground. "As long as you do well, I'm sure you'll make it."
"But I'd like you guys to be able to make it as well," Sora replied. "Friends support their friends. We should all make the team together!" There was a small moment of silence before Sora saw Roxas hold out his fist to him, he looked up to see a smile.
"I'll try harder," The blonde said. "All for one and one for all, I guess."
Sora smiled back, him and Aqua putting their fists to touch Roxas'. The trio looked over at Hayner, who rolled his eyes. "Okay." He agreed, putting his fist in.
"Thank you."
They removed their fists when they heard the coach blow his whistle. He instructed them to build up a double obstacle course with the supplies inside the outdoor shed beside the bleachers. After finishing building it, the students went into two unequal lines behind the two starting points.
"You guys have to race each other through the course however who wins doesn't matter, there are no eliminations. That doesn't mean you can slack off. You will be observed for your effort and agility," The coach explained. "The next person in line will start after the person in front of them finishes. Any questions?"
A hand stuck out from behind Wakka's shoulder. "Tidus?" Snow said, guessing it was him behind the taller teen.
"Yeah," Tidus' head peered out from the side of Wakka. "Why are we the only ones in this line?" He was referring to him and other three star players.
"Everyone raced against each other on the track yesterday," Snow explained. "Now they will be racing against actual team players."
"But there's only four of us…" Selphie bit her lip.
"Your line will repeat until the last person finishes on the other side."
"Wait," The first person on the other line yelled. "So I have to go against Riku, that's no fair!"
"If you're on this team then there will be many people who you will have to face that have much more strengths than you," Snow began to walk to the end of the obstacle course. "Riku is a good opponent for teaching that."
The said snow-head grinned.
"On my whistle!" Snow yelled from the end of the course. He waited three seconds and then blew the whistle as loud as he could, the first two people in the line beginning the course.
"Remember to do as good as you can guys." Aqua reminded the three boys, but mostly referring to Roxas and Hayner.
The boys echoed off of each other with a "yeah" and a "yep".
Sora watched as Riku finished first in the course about five-to-ten seconds before the other boy.
"Please let me race against anyone but him!"
The second person in line caught up with Selphie, who had gotten a head start due to Riku, finishing the same time as her. But Wakka was faster than the third person, making Tidus start while the other boy was only half way through the course. Both of them finishing at the same time.
Sora sighed in relief, happy that the person in front of him raced Riku and he only had to race Selphie. He heard her laugh before starting, and she congratulated him at the end of the course.
The brunette caught his breath, watching as Aqua raced against Wakka, which she finished a couple seconds after Wakka. Hayner went against Tidus and surprisingly they finished together.
"Really?!" Roxas began the course, giving his all.
"I can't lose to him!"
The blonde sped up when he saw Riku beginning to pass him, catching up with the other in a split second.
"Go, Roxas!" Hayner cheered.
Roxas found himself tying with Riku in the end. He began to pant and cough, trying to catch his breath while in contrast Riku had just wiped some of the sweat from his forehead and went back into his line.
"Good job kiddo." The coached grinned as he wrote something down in his notebook.
Sora, Hayner, and Aqua ran over to Roxas.
"That was great, Rox!" Sora said, putting a hand on the blondes shoulder.
Axel sat in his assigned seat for orchestra. "Why make me play violin if you never come to see me…" He thought of his parents as he began to tune his instrument. Axel even though a trouble maker for most of his years has been playing violin since he could hold one in his hands and understand the notes. The red head was seen as the most prodigious by the schools Orchestra teacher, and even got the most solos.
"Axel!" He heard a shriek of his name. Looking up in surprise he saw Demyx standing in front of him.
Axel let out a sigh, "What are you doing here?"
"I got a part in the orchestra," Demyx said excitingly. "As cello!"
"You play the cello?"
"As of a week ago, yes!" Demyx quickly responded. His excitement fell as he watched Axel remain silent. "Are you okay?"
"I'm skipping." Axel quickly began to gather together his things, putting his violin back in its case and his music sheets into his backpack."
"Th-then I'm coming too!" Demyx said following behind Axel.
"Does he always have to come?" Axel rolled his eyes before exiting the room, and shortly the school.
"Do you always have sudden mood swings like this?" Demyx asked as he tried to keep up with Axel's fast pace. Axel stopped walking, Demyx bumping into him. The redhead however didn't take notice to it and just stood in his place, his fists tightening.
"Um…Axe-"
"I kissed him and he screamed…" Axel said softly.
"What?" Demyx didn't quite hear him.
Axel turned around to face the other. "I kissed him and he screamed," He said in a loud enough tone for Demyx to hear. "Shit." He felt a tear roll down his cheek and quickly wiped it away. Axel fell to his knees in the grass, sitting down in a kneeling position.
"What do I do, what do I do!?" Demyx panicked.
"My life is a wreck," Axel admitted. Demyx sat down in front of the redhead, not knowing what else to do. "My parents were barely there for me when I was little; it was nanny after nanny until they finally left for good on a 'business trip'. When I was fifteen I decided I didn't need the nanny's anymore and began to take care of myself. I've never had a parent's love, or anyone's real love for that matter nor have I ever loved anything or anyone. My whole life I've been constantly saddened and disappointed by my parent's broken promises." Axel began to pull on some grass. "But then I saw him and I thought he was the most…most precious thing."
"You mean Roxas?" Demyx asked.
Axel nodded. "I've had such cold feelings for people that Roxas actually made me feel like I had a heart."
"Maybe he does feel the same way," Demyx said, still completely unsure if what he was saying was actually what Axel needed him to say. "But isn't ready to show what he feels? If that makes sense at least." He gave a nervous smile.
"Ugh." Axel frustratingly sprawled himself out in the grass, soaking up the sun.
Authors Notes:
I hope you guys liked the chapter c: I'm not sure how good it is myself but it's all I could conjure up! So if it's bad I'm sorry ; o; don't throw bricks at me!
I wanted to take the time to respond to the Guests who comment since I can't respond via PM! (Make an account guys, it'll be easier and then we can be friends! ) Overall for this story I've been getting pretty good reviews, and little critique (actually I'm not sure I've gotten any critiques) which is actually pretty good because due to my easily angered Aries nature I'm not sure of how well I'd respond to a critique xD ! Basically if you read and review I love you. For those of you who only read, I love you too but drop a review! c: Everyone's welcome to, that's why I let guests be able to review okay. As I said in a response to a review (via PM) , I never (very high emphasis on the never) expected this story to get this far which I'm definitely happy about! When I thought of this story it was really just about Sora trying out for the blitzball team to get closer to his crush, Riku who never had any memory loss what-so-ever and was never friends with Sora to begin with. But as I kept writing (typing if you want to get all technical...) the idea just came to me, as what happens with many of these chapters. So if the story seems a bit unstructured to you (as much as it does to me) then that's definitely why!
A Nobody: Thank you! I'm glad it puts you in a good mood! I remember when I would get that feeling from reading other peoples fics and waiting for the next chapter. I haven't read any in a while though :( Trying to get back into it! And sorry for going off topic and saying something that didn't even apply to your review, I do that a ton;;;
X-blade025: I enjoyed writing that chapter a lot! I love writing about them in their younger ages, idk why I just feel i'm better at portraying them that way which is pretty weird. And there is no reason for me not making a chapter in a while except for my laziness. But just know that I wouldn't abandon this story. It may take a while for chapters, but I try to update every weekend :) If I don't get it up one weekend then just wait for the next weekend! Or if you're lucky I would post it on a week day.
Guest: "It so awesome please please update soon I love ya!" "this book is awsome" - I'm guessing those two reviews are from the same people? If I'm wrong then sorry! But ty, I love you too xoxoxo ^^
Guest: "I love I love it I love it your are a genius I love this story but can you please put more romance instead of humor thank you you are loved!" - Ty and I'm guessing you're the same person who was cursing and saying to add more romance? haha, don't get me wrong if you're not but your reviews came one after the other so... ^^; .
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