Weapon Or Game (Book 3) The Ares Project

Chapter 3

" Since I came earlier than you two, you will buy me new spikes! My old ones are getting worn out," she announced proudly, while pointing an accusing finger at David, and Joseph.

          The captain's eyebrows twitched slightly. He grabbed Jane's arm, and forced her to sit down in her seat, before sitting beside her. Joseph simply giggled wholeheartedly and followed. Another minute passed. The large, metal doors flew open, and a familiar boy from Inazuma Japan stepped in, with a careless expression. He looked around the room and smirked once locking eyes with Jane and David.

"So you managed to arrive early it see," he teased, before slightly licking his bottom lip, causing Jane to shiver in her seat.

His attention then shifted to David, " Too bad Jude is not here, we will probably lose our next match because of you."

         A deep frown covered the captain's face, but before he could say anything, the metal doors opened again, and coach Koga walked in with a cold face, which was quite surprising. It was the opposite of his overconfident attitude. He kept walking until he reached the centre of the room, and narrowed his eyes at Jane.

"Surprisingly,  Seishou Academy has as requested a exsebition game in only two days from now. Today we will have to work harder than usual. Is that understood?!" His voice echoed like thunder in the room, refusal was not an option.

Everyone was about to stand up, and leave, but the coach's voice froze them in place, " We also have a new team-member from the reinforcement community. You can come in."

          All the team members turned to the back of the room, but Jane was the only person who regretted that action. The door opened, and there he was, Nathan Swift. The girl swallowed her saliva, sensing her throat becoming dry. Nathan took notice of the girl, but said nothing to her.

" It's nice to meet you all. I am Nathan Swift from the reinforcement community." He introduced himself,  before walking towards the coach, and bowing respectfully.

The coach did not seem to care that much, and turned towards the other players, " Nathan will help you practice, so consider him one of you from now on. Do you understand?!"

         All the members stood up, and gave him a loud "Yes Sir!", before leaving the meeting room and heading to the field. Jane, David,  and Joseph walked over to Nathan, but the girl was able to feel her palms sweating. David simply gave him a pleased smile and motioned him to follow them. Nathan only nodded, and followed. Jane did not even dare to glance at him, at least not yet. Once they entered the stadium, they joined up with the rest of the team and were given their positions. Everyone waited patiently for the coach to blow the whistle. Jane shook her head, everything off the field was not important. The whistle blew. David passed her the ball and dashed forward, while giving the others instructions. Not thinking twice, Jane dribbled the ball towards enemy territory on her own. David called out to her, but she did not listen, and continued on her own. Caleb watched the girl dodge every single person who got in her way. She either did a back flip, or dribbled past them, but he knew she had more tricks up her sleeve. The boy dash towards her, and joined her bullheaded charge. Jane glanced at him, with a raised eyebrow. Caleb simpky smirked eagerly at her, but her attention quickly turned to the  three defenders in front of her. Without wasting a second, she made a back pass to Caleb. He was stunned at first, but dribbled the ball forward, before kicking it, and scoring a successful goal out of catching their opponents off guard. Nathan simply sat at the benches, and watched the two players carefully. Yes, he was a little hurt about Jane not writing back to him all summer, but he wanted to focus on the team for the meantime.

"I guess I can never hate her," he mumbled under his breath, before sighing.

         Caleb walked over to Jane, and high-fived her. The girl had an adorable grin on her face, and poked Caleb's head a few times.

"You might be useful after all," she teased him and giggled cheekly.

Caleb simply sighed, but David crashed their conversation, " What the hell were you thinking you two?"

        The girl's giggling died down into a nervous chuckle. She had officially requested a whole speech from the captain himself. Everytime he yelled, he would take a step closer to her, until the girl was lying on the ground, with her mind jumping up and down from the pressure.

"Well isn't this great mister captain? You made her faint!" Caleb commented misciviously, and stuck his tongue out.

"He was requesting a death wish," Joseph thought, as he watch them argue like and old couple.