Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Digidestined Heero ❯ Double Showdown And Stolen Goggles ( Chapter 2 )

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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 Heero, 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. He 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.

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 Heero. 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 flouncing off across the playing field.

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 details... yet.