a/n: wow. The hits are getting lower every chapter xp well, I won’t waste your time. And ehm sorry. Heh being in college is not an easy thing xp

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Chapter 4: when the day met the night II

“Well, don’t you just look daft?”

“Can it, Harujuku.”

“That was supposed to hurt?”

Glancing at person cleaning next to him, Sean laughed. “You don’t look so filthy either.” Kira’s hair was almost covered in chocolate pudding and some of her hair was sticking out.

The girl looked at her once tidy clothes and then frowned. “Thanks.” She said, dripping with sarcasm. “No problem.” Sean said with equal sarcasm. The two friends looked at each other and laughed.

“So, this is how the first day of school starts?” Kira grinned. “Oh, yeah,” he snapped his fingers, “it starts with a bang.” She giggled at the comment and then stopped momentarily.

“Look, whose coming.” Sean turned around and saw a brunette with brown eyes and tanned skin clad in denim trousers, sneakers and a purple tank top with splotches of mac and cheese and other unidentified substances.

The brunette came up to the pair, giggling. “Oh, don’t spoil us the joke, Celine.” Sean smirked. He folded his arms and tapped his foot to indicate his impatience. Clearly, Celine had some news to tell and was quite excited about sharing it to her friends. Celine stuck out her tongue at Sean. “There’s something more utterly ridiculous than us?” Kira said in mock disbelief.

“Spit it out, woman!” She shook her friend’s shoulder. “Nothing,” Celine innocently said while shaking her head in denial. Sean and Kira looked at each other and back to the secretive Latina. Never in a million years would they ever think that there was nothing going on with the loud and crazy brunette.

Raising both hands I defeat, “Well, by all means, keep us all in the dark!” Kira sighed. On the other hand, Sean just shook his head. “I guess, you’ll just have to hitch hike on your way home after detention,” Sean scoffed, “I mean, we all have separate lives to live. I’m sure you’ll be fine on your own, without friends, just secrets.” he said in a nonchalant manner.

Kira rolled her eyes. Detention. The lunch period fiasco did not go unpunished. Since the students were responsible for messing up the cafeteria, the principal thought that it would be fitting if the students would also be responsible in making the school in tip top shape.

“Ok, alright, I’ll spill.” Celine whined as she waved her hands in defeat. She grabbed both Sean and Kira to a corner near the janitor’s closet and looked around to check if anybody was trying to listen. When she was satisfied, Celine took a deep breath and then squealed “I’m going out on a date this Friday”, squishing Sean and Kira’s hand in the process.

“You know what that means!!!” She shrieked and smiled knowingly at the pair. A glint in his eye, Sean merely nodded and smiled at Celine. Kira on the other hand, shot a questioning look at her friends. Celine noticed the confused expression on Kira’s face and gave her a bear hug.

“You’ll see chica!” She laughed. Sighing in defeat, “Oh, alright,” Kira agreed. Sean laughed at the girl and pinched her nose.

“You have dirt on your nose!”

The Eden Hall cafeteria was almost sparkling clean much appreciation to it dedicated students. Averman, along with Kenny and Russ, were wiping the trays while Dwayne and Takeshi were mopping the floor and Scooter was cleaning the tables. Kenny sighed heavily.

“No more trays!!! Please!!” He plopped down the chair and threw the towel aside. Russ shook his head. “You better get that towel, man or I’ll make you get it.” Quickly getting the towel, Kenny muttered something incomprehensible and proceeded to wiping off the dirt from the trays.

Bored out of their minds, Dwayne and Takeshi started using the mops as hockey sticks and were sliding around the cafeteria with an imaginary puck. “Robertson, in possession of the puck”, Dwayne faked to the side, “and evades Yuki. He’s nearing the goal as he shoots and- ooofff” Using the ‘hockey stick’, Takeshi stole the ‘puck’ and the poor cowboy lost his balance, falling flat on his face. “What a great steal by Yuki!” Takeshi laughed as he sped around the cafeteria with Dwayne trying to get the ‘puck’ in possession.

Scooter watched his classmates fool around and then proceeded to the table where the three other Ducks were still busy with the trays. “You guys played with TK?” He asked, approaching the trio. Russ grinned as Dwayne finally managed to steal the ‘puck’ away from the other lad. “Yeah, he’s alright.”

The two players skidded down the slippery floor. Dwayne was flat on his stomach while Takeshi, on the other hand, was attempting to stand up only to fall on his face again. “So much for balance.” Kenny muttered.

“Oi, I heard that!” Takeshi shot up and then joined the rest of the gang. Wiping the sweat off his forehead, “T’was like workin’ on the barn all day”, Dwayne sighed, as he slumped down a chair. “I’ll say. The floor’s spankin’,” Averman nodded.

Grabbing a rag, Scooter threw it to the tired blokes. “Cut the slack, TK. These tables won’t clean themselves.” He joked. Throwing the rag back, “Indeed, the tables are filthy. But, I’m bloody tired. Besides, if I am not mistaken, cleaning tables is your area of expertise,” Takeshi whined.

“Did you just whine?”

The boys turned their heads and saw a now cleanly dressed Kira. In her hand, was a paper bag containing clean, fresh clothes. Handing the bag, “I was ringing Doms and he brought us some clothes”, she explained. Takeshi peered into the bag, “Thanks”, nodding.

He opened his arms to envelope his sister in a hug when Kira stopped him before he could move an inch further. “What?” He asked, innocently.

“Uhuh. Right.” Kira scoffed. She waved her goodbye to the Ducks and took her leave. Takeshi shrugged.

“I guess she didn’t want a hug.”

“Oh hell no. Not from you, man.” Scooter muttered.

Picking up the last piece of trash, Charlie tied up the bag and sat on a bench. The captain Duck let out a sigh and closed his eyes. Never was a detention crueler than trash duties. He contemplated on today’s upcoming agenda when he heard footsteps approaching him. Opening an eye, Charlie saw his best friend, apparently from the looks of it, ran a marathon. Twice. “Trash duty?” Adam asked as he joined Charlie on the bench.

“Lucky. I had to clean the pools.” The star player complained.

Both players stayed silent for a while. Checking his watch, “Crap! Try-outs are in a few minutes,” Adam shot up from his seat. Charlie groaned.

Sluggishly standing up, “Alright, we better go before Coach gets ballistic,” he joked. The two bolted to the gym and went straight to the lockers in a huff.

“Where were you two goofing off?” Guy asked, as the Adam and Charlie entered the locker room. Fulton and Portman were already geared up and were now off to the rink to join the rest of the other Ducks. “Oh, you’ll see what I did once we’re done with practice.” Charlie muttered as he suited up. Guy merely shrugged and continued changing. “Fulton mentioned earlier that we might have a game against the newbies.” Adam said, standing up as he went out. Charlie looked at Guy who nodded, smiling. “Let’s give ‘em hell.” Charlie guffawed and clapped Guy at the back as they went out and skated towards Coach Orion. Watching the new players run drills, “I see some potential players, Ducks”, Coach Orion checked from his clip folder. “Banks!”

“Yes, coach?” Adam skated beside Orion and watched as the players formed a line. Orion motioned for Adam to skate at the end of the rink. “Alright, boys, now that we’re done with our warm-ups, let’s do some drills.” He pointed to Adam. “The first drill is to get through the end of the course by evading all those orange cones as fast as you can.” It was a test of both speed and balance. Coach Orion scanned at his clip folder. “Adam Banks here will demonstrate how the drill will be done.” Adam waited for the whistle; as soon as it blew he sped down the course.

Takeshi furrowed his eyebrows as he observed the different locations the cone were placed and how Adam evades them. Each cone, he deducted, was designated at random distance. The course itself was narrow and it would be difficult to go in full speed when a cone would be present just when you’ve gained enough momentum. He sighed inwardly. It was nearly impossible to finish the course without knocking at least two cones. Wheels started to turn in his head as Adam knocked off his fourth cone. In his opinion, Guy would’ve been the better choice for the demonstration. Of course, there was no doubt that Adam was one of the best players he had encountered so far but, this was more of Guy’s forte. Luis might be fast; he thought as he chuckled to himself, then again, balance wasn’t a Luis thing either. Calculations, calculations. This is basic physics, Yuki! He inwardly cursed himself. This was getting him nowhere.

“Anderson, you’re up first!” Coach Orion announced, breaking Takeshi’s train of thought. “Heaven just smiled upon me.” Takeshi said under his breath. The coach didn’t pick his name first.

Across the field, the three hooligans were laughing as Sean switched the radio off. They were already finished stacking up sports equipment and decided to pass the time outdoors. School was over for today and most of the students were heading out. “Gotta go, girls. Duty calls.” Sean said. He walked to the gym and smirked. “Why are you two following me?” Placing her hand on her hip, “I’m hitching a ride, remember? And besides, hockey try-outs are going on” Celine reasoned. Sean shook his head and smiled. “What’s your excuse, Harujuku?” Kira folded her arms and sighed. “My brother is trying out and I want to know how he faired.” Celine and Sean exchanged sly glances. “Now, that I have got to see.” Sean said. Celine linked her arms with both of her friends. “Right. We don’t want to miss that!” The two laughed as Kira shook her head. As the trio trudged their way to the gym’s backdoor, Kira scanned the rink. There were a few people watching the tryouts so the three friends sat at the middle of the stands. Takeshi looked up just in time to make eye contact with his sister. He smiled and pointed at her and winked, while she did the same thing. It was their little gesture since Takeshi’s peewee days whenever he played.

“Yuki, you’re up!”

Takeshi nodded and skated towards the starting line of the course. He took a deep breath and critically examined the obstacles in front of him. As Charlie blew the whistle, Takeshi dashed off at full speed.

“Are you sure you two are related?” Celine asked. Her eyes were currently glued to the male Yuki. Takeshi almost knocked over a cone as he swiftly shifted to the right and accelerated forward. “He’s quite the athlete.” Sean commented. Kira tightened her grip on the seat. Her brother jumped over a cone and faked to the left just in time to evade another cone. Celine glanced at her friend. “Your bro’s got some badass moves!” Kira laughed. Her brother was definitely skilled when it comes to hockey. She’d be an idiot if she wasn’t aware of that. “I’ve got some mad skills too, you know.” Now, it was Sean’s turn to chuckle. “Just not on ice, dear.”

“Hush you two!”

Celine slapped Sean’s arm out of excitement. “Oh my god! That was definitely a replay moment!” Kira turned her attention back to her brother. Takeshi just pulled off a 360 and then speeded on course. He currently knocked off three cones. The finish line was only a few feet away as Takeshi eluded the last two cones. Sean rubbed his arm. “I wonder if everybody else did as well as your brother.” Takeshi just finished the obstacle course and skated towards the other potential players. He just barely made it through the course and he was already starting to lose stamina. “Warm-up’s over. Let’s begin the try-outs with a little match.” Coach Orion declared. He checked his folder for the line-up of the match. “Conway, you’ll be leading the home team and Banks will be in charge of the away. I’ve equally divided the players so listen up!” Takeshi frowned. The turnout of this match would also decide if he would get into the team. “Gaffney, Burns, Portman, Robertson, Wu, Germaine, and Anderson you’re all on Conway’s team. Next would be Banks’ team: Goldberg, Fulton, Moreau, Tyler, Yuki, Griffin, and Mendoza.” Coach Orion handed his clip folder to his assistant. “The game would only be for 30 minutes. The team with the most score at the end of the game wins.”

Charlie smirked. His team was pretty strong. Although Adam had TK, he was at an advantage for having Portman and the newbie, Burns. The newbie was just as tall and large as the Bash Brothers. He will put that into good use, Charlie decided. There’s also Julie on his side. During the games, the Cat Lady was usually the starting goalie. She technically had more experience compared to Goldberg. Dwayne was also an impressive puck handler. He can definitely get pass the defenders with Guy’s assistance of course. Good thing Kenny’s in shape for today. He would definitely be of great help in scoring. Charlie was already playing scenarios in his head. “Alright, team. Let’s huddle up.”

Adam was sizing up the team. He cross referenced previous games and incorporated newly developed strategies. He analyzed each player’s weaknesses and strengths. Goldberg was a competent goalie but he doesn’t have the same amount of time on the ice as Julie. So he would have to work on the defense. Griffin was still trying out but he looks able to keep up with Fulton. It looks like that he would have to help with the defense and at the same time play on the offensive. Connie could also work with TK in assisting Russ with the goals. Luis can swiftly go around Portman and Burns. Maybe TK can be all around save for the defense. We have tactical advantage, Adam thought. “Guys, so here’s the plan.”