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The Crimson Phoenix Impending Game.
It was six in the evening, and dusk was fast approaching, slowly but steadily. Panting heavily on a street basketball court, were Leo, Quincy, Logan, and Tyler. Jessica too sat down and watched them, only that there was no enthusiasm in her eyes and she was mostly moody. Leo's mind too was barely on the game he was playing and he showed a few flaws which his teammates took advantage of, but still failed. However, they too were starting to improve. Quincy was getting faster and his dexterity was improving. Same with Tyler, while Logan is getting more and more strategic and calculative. Leo looked at his panting friends and he gave them all a thumbs-up while he was panting himself. "You did well boys... I... can see... your improve...ment" he said. Even with his godlike strength, playing basketball with those guys for hours was exhausting... and for Leo to be exhausted, means that the others are in a very dire situation. Quincy felt like he couldn't walk anymore, Logan felt the same a
The Crimson Phoenix Brighton Academy.
"Well, everyone has been practicing, and you're all getting better in your cohesion—unlike before, and that is excellent." Mrs. Hale commended her students before adjusting her glasses. After a few seconds looking at the team with a smile, she continued, "However, you all need outside experiences to grow, which made me decide this… we'll be having a practice game." She finalized mysteriously."Practice game?" Every player on the field exclaimed in unison, and they all looked confused."Yes, a practice game." Mrs. Hale nodded. "In other words, you'll be playing against another school. They're also going to be participating in the tournament." She further clarified. "And which school are we going to be playing against?" Ray asked curiously, which made Mrs. Hale release a frustrated sigh."Don't be hasty, my boy. I was getting there." She said in a flirtatious manner before she decided to continue. Soon, a proud grin crept up to her face, which caused the students to suddenly have a bad
The Crimson Phoenix Practice Game.
Leo walked to Mrs. Hale's side and braced himself for some kind of hit. The pressure he felt from the man approaching them wasn't ordinary at all. Mrs. Hale could see Leo tensed up, and she smiled and signaled for him to calm down. Leo didn't listen to her, but he wasn't doing anything overboard either. Instead, he let off his aura, too. The approaching man seemed to slow down slightly, before resuming his normal speed. He noticed a change in the air and felt it come from Leo. "Mr. Zack…" Mrs. Hale greeted respectfully, with red cheeks. Leo observed the man in front of him carefully, noting every little detail. White skin, pitch-black hair, broad chin, and very tall, taller than Leo. The man wore a black shirt inside while putting on a deep blue sports jacket. The rolled-up sleeves showed his hairy and muscular hands, which looked intimidating. Even without checking him out, Leo knew how muscular this man was. He looked into the man's eyes and all he saw were brown eyes, so de
The Crimson Phoenix Practice Game 2.
At the sound of the whistle, both Kenny and Logan jumped to their limit, just to catch the ball that was just thrown into the air. Kenny, being slightly taller than Logan and having more power, caught the ball first. They both landed and Kenny pushed the ball forward fast. He bounced and ran with high flexibility and finesse, and he almost looked invincible. Logan quickly opened his chess domain and everything seemed like a chessboard to him. With this mode, he was able to calculate Kenny's moves quickly. He made a prediction and formulated a quick strategy. Logan quickly did a hand sign, and his teammates got the meaning immediately. After months of practicing, their teamwork was strong enough. And Logan, being the captain, made it even better, he was like the glue that joined his team together. Kenny was quickly double-teamed by Quincy and Collins immediately, following Logan's hand signs. Kenny smiled, as he was prepared for this, and he passed to Oliver, who was just running
The Crimson Phoenix Practice Game 3.
Oliver bounced and faked a move to try to get past Jackson, who could barely hold on. ‘Things aren’t going well, I need help.’ Jackson yelped as he thought. Oliver, who had been smiling creepily since the transformation, rushed to Jackson with a speed so fast, Jackson had to back off, mistakenly tripping on his leg and falling. “Oh no.” Logan yelped. This wasn’t part of what he predicted, and Jackson falling could lead to some unforeseen consequences. Unfortunately, Logan wasn’t fast enough to calculate, and he wanted to avoid taking his chance with emotion-based decisions, as that could worsen matters. Quincy quickly left Kenny and went to handle Oliver.Kenny saw through this move and quickly moved to block Quincy's path. Quincy used speed to get past Kenny, and he was able to disrupt Oliver’s shot, by grazing the ball slightly with his finger. The ball hit the backboard and was on its way down. However, Kenny wasn’t done yet, and he went for the rebound. But… Collins wasn’t
The Crimson Phoenix Surprise.
Everyone on the court went to their positions, according to their formations. They tensed up and braced themselves for the game. Quincy entered the middle circle, as was the one to catch the jump-ball this time for his team. Logan was right behind him on his right, while Leo was on his left. Hayes was right behind Kenny, same with Oscar. These guys were like the attacking force of the team and they all braced themselves for the sound of the whistle. FWEEET! With the high pitched sound of the whistle resonating in the court, Quincy and Kenny jumped to catch the ball the was thrown into the air by the referee. Quincy out-jumped Kenny and caught the ball first. Kenny gnashes his teeth, as he didn't like it when Quincy overpowered him. They both landed and without wasting anytime, Quincy passed to Logan behind him, who in turn, redirected the ball to Leo without holding it. Leo caught the ball and gazed at Oscar. Oscar returned the deathly gaze as they both studied each other. Leo was
The Crimson Phoenix Enraged.
"What the hell do you think you're doing!?" Mr. Zack scolded Oscar at one side, away from the rest of the team, "Are you out of your mind?! You will risk exposing yourself." He said, furiously. Oscar wasn't having him complain and he wanted to explain. "Don't you think that guy also knows the same martial art technique we use? He's fast and agile and he can keep up with my speed. Something tells me he's even better." He argued. Mr. Zack pondered for a while before giving a reply. "Although I do suspect Leo, it doesn't mean you should take it too far. When I look at it, I don't think he's using the same technique as we are." He replied. Oscar opened his eyes widely as he was surprised. "Not the same technique?! How's that possible? I thought you said—" he wanted to question Mr. Zack but the latter interrupted him. "I know what I said, fool. It's extremely rare to find people in the world who seem to understand the true martial art techniques passed on for generations. Th
The Crimson Phoenix Losing Control.
"Huh! Is he... crying!?" Oliver questioned. Kenny burst into laughter. "What a crybaby. It seems like he needs mommy to come to console him. Hahaha." He laughed out loud, and his teammates joined in. Leo heard this and he was enraged. His sense of logic was getting weaker and weaker. Logan began to feel some resistance like Leo wanted to break free. He knew that it was no longer safe to be here. "Get it together Leo," He consoled before yelling at his teammates. "Bring me Leo's jacket, and do it fast." He ordered. Tyler quickly took out Leo's black jacket from his bag and gave it to Logan without knowing why. Logan took it and used it to cover Leo's head like a hood. Mrs. Hale hurriedly walked to the scene. "What's going on with him?" She was about to touch Leo when Logan stopped her from getting closer. "Don't! I advise that you leave this to me. This isn't something you can handle." He said, trying to come up with an excuse. Mrs. Hale was a bit surprised and wasn't bu
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The Unsettling Challenge
The match finally came to an end, with Elian Comprehensive high emerging victorious with 73 points while Sky Hills high had 19 points. Alexander was so shaken that he dropped to the ground on his knees when the game ended. They already lost their will to win on the third quarter. All they just wanted to do was to not make the distance in their scores not too wide, so as not to get too embarrassed. Even then, after playing basketball for three years, he has never seen a team with this much understanding and cohesion between them. Their teamwork was just to tight, and their methods were extraordinary. Logan and his team cheered for themselves as they were happy that they won. Well, Leo and the remaining third year students weren’t all too excited, and they maintained their cool head. According to Mrs. Hale, Elian Comprehensive would have no problem against the school’s like Sky Hills High, Bennighton Academy, and St. Peter’s High school, as their team was much more stronger. Eve
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A Comeback but Defeat.
The whistle for the third quarter blared and the game began. Throughout the game, Tyler and Jackson had been the ones giving them threats and pressuring them. So it would be normal if the players of Sky Hills high put more effort into restraining these two players. However, they didn't do that. Logan ran towards the hoop and suddenly stopped to give instructions to his teammates, however, he got double-teamed by Harris and Luke. Tyler who had the ball pushed forward and passed to Jackson, who was about to receive the ball but it got stolen by Callum. The latter smiled as he passed Jackson by while performing high bounces as he rushed to the opponent’s hoop. Collins stopped him but the latter had the advantage in speed and agility. Collins was a center, but he wasn’t exactly a weak one. Instead, his agility was just lacking a bit. His strength though, could match that of Alexander. Callum did a crossover dribble and Collins fell for it. Going past Elian Comprehensive high’s line
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An idea.
Alexander clenched his fists and grit his teeth as he watched Jackson and his teammates jubilate a little. Just as quick, he calmed down and smiled. “That shall be your last score in this game. I assure you.” He muttered as he received the ball from his teammate, Luke and began pushing forward. It was now their turn to attack. He bounced high repeatedly while running towards the opponent’s hoop but he was just about to get blocked by Tyler. He stopped advancing and began bouncing with his right hand, while holding Tyler back with his left. He used this to buy himself time as he assessed the situation. Too bad, all his teammates were blocked. He saw this as him having no choice but to shoot from where he was. Meanwhile, this was all within Logan’s speculation and he quickly made a quick hand sign to Collins, who nodded and they began moving. Jackson joined the fray too and he took his position three meters in front of Alexander. Logan walked to block Luke, while Collins took his
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Starting Game.
Loud cheers could be heard inside the basketball court as fans cheered and cheerleaders danced and did a great performance. The players sat on designated benches and watched the performance. After that, the commentator did a quick review of the teams playing and introduced them. Just after that, the game for the day was to commence. “And finally, the moment you’ve been waiting for, the first match of the Sky City Inter high cup. A game between Sky Hills high school…” he said and the fans shouted at the top of their voices to support the team. At the same time, the players of the team rose to their feet and did a quick meeting among themselves. “…and as for the opposing team, a school located in the middle of Sky City, Elian Comprehensive High school.” The commentator introduced. Leo’s teammates got up from their seats and they did a quick meeting among themselves. “Alright boys. This is the moment. No dawdling, no delays, no bad plays. We’ve train so much for this day, so
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Sky City Inter-high cup
Molly drove down to the court and she saw the fully dressed Leo sitting on one of the benches. She was blue to notice the little bruises on his face and she could tell that this wasn’t due to training alone. “Leo, are you alright? You seem injured.” She said as she approached him after parking her car. Leo didn’t say anything to respond as he was deep in thought. If there were people like Mr. Zack in the world who had techniques like that but twisted brains, who knew what would happen to the world. He felt like he was really weak, even when he just thought himself strong. Molly bent beside him and inquired about what was wrong with him but Leo was unresponsive. Molly noticed that she was being ignored but she felt like for Leo to be like that, something must’ve happened to him. Also, she noticed some red points on his body, some of which had cuts and bruises on them. “What happened to to? Who did this to you?” She asked with a concerned tone as she op
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A brawl with Mr. Zack
Mr. Zack braced himself for Leo to make a move. His brain was on the game he was supposed to play with him and nothing else. He focused his eyes on Leo and observed his every movement, no matter how little. The latter lifted the ball and Mr. Zack expected him to bounce the ball and come at him. However, what the boy did next shocked him. BOOM! Instead of bouncing the ball, Leo threw it against the iron fence. The force caused a dent on the wall and the ball was stuck on it. Mr. Zack stared at Leo with astonishment. It takes tremendous amount of force to cause a dent so deep on the iron fence. The dent was so deep that the ball got stuck in it. He looked at the ball and then at Leo. “I said… not interested.” Leo said with a deep and threatening voice. Mr. Zack gave a disappointed face and shook his head. “Too bad…” he said and cracked his knuckles. Leo frowned as he sensed a killing intent and he put up a defensive stance. Like as if h
- The Crimson Phoenix
Confrontation.
It was 4 pm and Leo could be seen in a street basketball court. He was panting heavily as he bent slightly and supported his hands on his knees. Sweat was dripping down his body like water. His silky black hair was extremely wet and ran down his face, covering his ears and almost covering his eyes. He caught his breath for a few more minutes before setting all the barriers for himself again and picking up the ball. Leo was training his maneuverability without using his superpowers. He thought that if he could improve as a human, he would exponentially improve with his superpowers too. To do this, he borrowed some traffic cones and barriers from the police station nearby and his school before starting his training. His aunt promised to pick him up when he felt he was done. He arranged the cones in different places and he would do is bounce the ball and go past all those cones and barriers to dunk the ball without touching any of them. Where did he get that idea? It was Mrs. Hale.
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Decision.
Leo was pretty much out of ideas for a lie to tell, and Logan? His brain was running fast and he was looking for a lie that she would buy and that wouldn’t embarrass him too much. After waiting but not getting any response from both boys, Mrs. Hale went on with her complaints. “I don’t have any idea what happened to both of you, but I can tell something fishy is going on.” She implied and leaned closer with her elbows resting on the table, “So I’m asking for an explanation from both of you.” She said. Leo’s expression didn’t change and he instead was waiting for Logan to come up with an idea while he would just play along. He looked at his partner and the other side gave him a look that said it all… ‘I have no idea what to say.’ “Umm…” Leo took the initiative to speak, “I was just too angry at the time and I broke down… emotionally.” Leo revealed. His words weren’t the truth… but they couldn’t be considered a lie either. Mrs. Hale shot him a confused glance, “Too angry that you b
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Suspects 2.
Walking down the hallway of Elian Comprehensive high, hands in his pocket, head dropped and headphones cupped his ears as he enjoyed the beats of the music he was listening to. Leo was in his own world. He wouldn’t bother about anyone around him, and the only thing he would think about were his thoughts. And this was just the right moment for him to be lost in thought. He got to where his locker was, am”ng the line of lockers, and opened it before grabbing a few notebooks and closing it back. However, before he closed it, he sighed. “Do you really have to do this all the time?” He asked as he rolled his eyes and closed the locker door, which revealed the glum-looking Logan behind it. He had sensed that his friend was there. “Why the long face?” He inquired again. Logan who leaned against the lockers with his arms folded stood normally and turned to walk the other way. “We lost the game.” He said. Leo quickly used his padlock to lock his locker before catching up with his friend
