We recently started to play this game and it is so much fun! It was a simple game on the surface, the rules were simple: be the team to score the most points by shooting the ball in the hoop. However, its complexity wasn't the game itself but the players who played it.
Everyone had different playing styles and a way of thinking. Even then I found myself better than most. I only played with D1 and Apollo but I was still pretty good when it came down to it. We saw other kids playing and we wanted to play with them but they would hardly know us and we would just be awkward.
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"What are you saying, D1?"
"Well, if we go over there and start with this dollar here and someone else bets a dollar we can play to win and earn the extra dollar. From there we can keep earning and earning if we keep winning. I've been watching them play and I don't think they're as good as us." D1 said with a smirk.
"So, you're suggested we start a community game? Where the entree is money?
"Exactly, and if it goes well we can get the whole city wanting to play us!"
I looked over and saw a girl there and she was watching this one guy play, and I don't know why but I felt like I was burning up. It was like seeing an angel, but in real life.
"I'm in! If she's there I'm in!"
"Who? Her?"
"Yes, her!" She had black hair and her eyes were brown but they glistened like diamonds. Her face was so shiny and perfect that I could have melted right there and then.
"Why?" Apollo asked, looking at her and then shrugging.
"I don't know why but... She is gorgeous. I gotta win this tournament now! When's it happening!? How is it happening!?"
"Right now," D1 said, walking up to the court and clearing his throat.
"Excuse me, but are any of you interested in playing this game for a dollar?"
"Huh? Are you trying to bet money that you'll beat us in a game!?"
"That's exactly what we're doing!" D1 said with a smile.
"Well, beat it! I don't have time to talk to parents about how bad I beat their kids in basketball and took their lunch money.:
"You will not have to worry about that! My parents absolutely hate me! So you won't have to worry there! I also think you're quite bad at this game so that shouldn't be an issue either."
"Dang babe, you going to let them talk down on you like that?"
"Of course not! You're on dude! You and your little crew!"
"So be it! We are definitely on!" D1 said with a smile.
D1 has no clue what's going on and is completely clueless about why he's mad now. All he knows is he is smiling to be nice, but that's not how everyone sees it.
"Let's play!" From there it was a pretty standard game of back and forth with the points. We're all doing quite well, even though I knew it wasn't our complete best but we still play well enough.
"Alright then, the next point wins!"
I don't know why but he said that the game got ten times more intense.
"Kong! Overhead!" The boy that D1 got mad said as his friend threw the ball in the air.
"He's setting him up!" Apollo was guarded and D1 was not able to make it in time. I guess it's all on me, if they score D1 loses his dollar if they don't score we can win two! It all depends on me!
"You're not reaching my height kid! I'm the highest jumper in my class! I can dunk on courts already!"
Dang, it! He can dunk!? Not even we can do that and we stood on each other's shoulders! There's no way I'll be able to jump high enough.
"Welp, that one dollar was cool while I had it," D1 said, sounding a little disappointed but still keeping that smile.
Now I can't lose this! I need to do this now! Dion go! Dion go! Dion... Jump!
Here I am going for the jump now two seniors play out. I either stop him or get dunked on. I don't mind getting dun-
"I wonder who's going to win!" Crap! I forgot about the girl watching! She is totally going to see me get dunked on if I get dunked on! Nope, I'm doing this, It's time to fly higher than you had before!
"The winner is!"
"No- No way! You're telling me you can jump... above court level!?"
"Apollo catch!"
"Alright, I'm going for the win!" Apollo then dashed over and ran up to the court.
"It's not going to be that easy!" One of the boys said, sliding over and stopping Apollo.
'Now! D1!"
"This is our win!" D1 then made the point that made us the winners of the match.
"We won!"
"Whatever, here have the stupid dollar."
"Thank you, sir!"
"Well, don't go over the clouds you guys suck I just didn't want to get stuck on losers like you anyways."
"They're not losers," Apollo said innocently.
"I'm sorry, are you questioning my words?"
"Babe, don't let him do that."
"You three better scram before I bust your asses to pieces! Don't lose your teeth to your egos now!" That's when D1 stepped in front of Apollo and me and started to speak to the girl and the three guys we played against.
"You four! I'll say it once and once only. People like you are... horrid people who deserve to rot in hell! I hate people with huge egos! You're such an idiot as well! To call us egotistical while flexing your own? Does that make you proud of who you are? Are you happy that you have something others don't? I wouldn't blame you for being happy, I would be too. However, to use your gifts against others and to fault others for something out of their control is stupid! So I'll give you this for now." D1 said with his same cheerful smile walking up to him and punching him square in the face.
"Dammit!"
"Babe!" That's when they rushed to the floor and he got up in anger
"Worry about me later you two catch them!"
"Alright!"
"That's when D1 grabbed Apollo's hand and said, "We better start running!"
Oh, we ran! We ran so fast and hard that they couldn't catch up to us. The whole time D1 was just laughing about what he did. This kid never has a dull moment in his life, he doesn't have a single amount of anger huh? When we got back to the orphanage Apollo sighed and went to his bed.
"Apollo?"
"I'm fine. I just feel bad for getting you guys in danger."
"Don't worry! Their jerks anyways!"
"Yeah! If they do that again I'll happily make sure they'll stop!" D1 said still with that grin on his face. Even in the face of mean bullies, his friends feeling sad, and everyday things he keeps that smile.
"Thanks, guys! What would I do without you guys!"
"Probably be dead. That's just calculations, however." I said to make him feel better and it worked as he started to go on and on about how he would still be alive taking his mind off of bullies. With that, we all fell asleep.
I woke up this morning and I couldn't find Apollo. I asked D1 and he said he was coming to ask me the same thing. We searched everywhere and we still couldn't find him, after the events of yesterday I started to panic.
"Apollo!"
"Apollo, where are you?
We searched around the house, the yard, everywhere. Yet we couldn't find him.
"Well, maybe he's at the sandwich shop without us?"
"That's possible, let's go there!"
"Alright!"
We went to the sandwich shop and heard yelling and usually, this place is chill and quiet. They weren't happy yells but yells of urgency and concern.
"Get me more paper towels! Get me more water! Hurry!"
"What's going on?"
"You boys are finally here! What happened to him!?"
Please don't be Apollo! That was all that was going through my head, but to my avail... it was.
His face looked messed up, and his eye was bruised. His breathing was super shallow and blood was dripping everywhere.
"H-i yo-u gu-ys." Apollo said, trying to crack a smile but he couldn't.
"Who did this to you? Tell me! Who did this to you!!?"
"It was nobody, I hurt myself."
"Cut the lies! Who did this to you!?" D1 said. I have never seen D1 get so angry before.
"It was those guys from the game. The ones we beat."
"Those guys hurt you?"
"It's not that serious really I-"
"Apollo, wait here. Dion let's go."
"Let's go."
We ran out. While everyone was tending to Apollo so they wouldn't get suspicious of what we were doing. This was a war they chose. We weren't coming back without winning.
The moment we got there, I knew it was going down the moment they saw us.
"Oh, look. Has somebody figured out th-"
"Ahh!" D1 ran straight in and punched the life out of the boy and tackled him down and started to relentlessly beat him down.
His friends that we played against tried to get him but I did my best to hold them off. That's when D1 got up and started to tackle another one and at that point, I knew whatever happened in D1 life for him to be this mad, also taught him to kick ass.
Without him, I would have never been able to get some hits in, he would have beat all three of them down without trying. He was undoubtedly the strongest out of us three. I have never been so surprised by someone before.
"Babe! You- You two are the worst."
"No, you're the worst. You look attractive., but deep down you're just a devil just like them! The audacity to hurt my little brother!" That's right, up until now I've been calling him my half-brother, when I see him as my little brother.
"Tell your boyfriend and his friends this, if they ever do something like this again. I'll kill them next time." With that, we went back to the sandwich shop.
"There you two are! Apollo told us you guys left pretty mad and you went to fight! ! Are you alright, any injuries?"
"No. We're fine! We're always going to be fine! I'll never let something like this ever happen again!" D1 said with his smile on his face again and blood dripping off of his hand.
"Is that blood!?"
"Yes! But not to worry you, it is not blood of my own!"
"That's not the issue! You three stay there and do not do anything drastic while I'm gone!" Apollo started to smile a bit more even though I could tell he was hurting emotionally and physically.
"Apollo! Dion! Let's make a promise right here right now!" D1 said as he slid into the booth and grabbed what looked like a piece of shattered glass.
"Where did you get that?"
"I found it earlier! Don't worry, I cleaned it!"
"Uh- okay."
"Anyways! Let's promise that no matter what happens! We'll stick together." That's when D1 cut his hand with the shattered glass.
"D1!" Apollo said but D1 only smiled.
"I have a greater offer. Apollo is my half-brother. I don't like that title, I want to call him my younger brother. I also want to consider you as my older brother as well."
"I see! You want us to agree to become brothers!"
"I'm fine with that!"
"Then it's agreed on!" I grabbed the shattered glass from D1 hand and cut my hand. That's when Apollo grabbed it and did the same.
"To swear on the cuts on our hands! Brothers for life!"
"Right!" I and Apollo agreed to D1 words.
"High-five me then!" That's when we all high-fived each other, bloody hands and all.
"I'm back with some band- What on earth is this!? I left for five seconds! You idiots have already hurt yourselves even more! Give me that glass shard! Use these bandages I brought, now I'll have to get more!"
"Sorry!"
"Don't sorry me!" He said before leaving.
This was a day I'll always remember. The day I saw D1 actually get mad and see what he's capable of. But more importantly the day we became brothers.
12 YEARS LATER
"Dion! Dion! Dion!"
"Yes, yes, yes."
"Hurry up! I want to see my younger brother again!"
"Alright, alright."
It's been a long time since we've seen Apollo. Surprisingly, D1 and I kept in touch while Apollo went on his own journey in his words he was "too handsome" to be the youngest following the oldest.
Apollo changed a lot from the little brother role and now is a full man. Since it's his birthday and we all have been dying to see each other we all made time out of our days just to relax together. He wouldn't tell us anything about his profession or anything. He just said he was coming to our city ever since then D1 has been on my ass about when he's coming because he wants to see him that bad.
Letters can only do so much and with an impatient D1, those were becoming ineffective. However, he said he was going to be at a tea shop that's nearby and told us the exact time. He's grown into quite the gentlemen.
For me and Dion joined the agency once we saved a certain man from water jugs falling onto his head. He then thanked us and said that he needed members for a project and with our insane reaction time and natural strength he said we would be perfect.
Then he said I had something that others don't, something about Superior I didn't understand at the time. We just had no job and he offered us money so we took it! Little did we know, we join a world-class agency and trained to be elite fighters using a power I didn't even know existed. It was definitely crazy.
"Dion!"
"Yes, I'm coming."
"What?"
"You took... way too long."
"What!?"
"Oh, we're going to take longer! Come on! Push! Push!" D1 rushed me out as fast as he could and I just let him since this was the only way he would think we were actually moving faster.
"Going somewhere?" Alfred said to us as I was being pushed while still walking.
"Yes! We'll be back in sometime."
"Alright, speaking of going somewhere I really need to go somewhere!" Alfred said running to his office to what I can only presume is to get ready for wherever he had to go.
It took us a while but we got there at the tea shop. He also said, there's somebody he wanted us to meet. So we thought he got himself a girlfriend, so we walked into that tea shop and saw Apollo sitting there by himself.
"There he is! My little brother!" D1 said as soon as we got near the table and hugged him almost to death.
"I can see you're still not boring!" Apollo said to him while smiling.
"You already know." D1 then sat himself down in front of one of the booths.
"Nice to see you again!" I said getting my hug as well and then shaking his hand.
"Well, who are we going to meet?"
"Well to kill your expectations already no, it is not a girl."
"What! We aren't meeting your future wife!" D1 said in a shocked tone.
"No, just a friend who's been giving me a new job since the old one... I quit."
"Really, is it just a friend or just a friend?"
"The one that means we're only friends. It's a guy."
"Oh. So is he just a friend or just a friend? Cause I don't judge an-"
"The one that means we're just friends D1!"
"Okay, okay just making sure. Don't want to misread you or anything."
"Well anyways he lives in this city so, maybe you have seen him before."
"Maybe."
We then talked for like 20 minutes about what we've all been up to and all that. We made up a lie about our job considering we weren't going to tell him about the state secret agency that was a secret for most people. The only agencies that get talked about are The Government and The Otherside.
"So, Apollo. Are you still into eating steaks?"
"Yes, I am! I love steaks and I would still die for the existence of perfect steaks for all of the new generatio-" Apollo then stopped and smiled hugely.
"What you realized how stupid it is to die for steaks for a new generation?"
"No, he's here." T
"Sorry, I'm late. I lost track of time and I usually never lose track of tea ti- What!?"
"What!?"
"What?" Apollo answered confused about who we were seeing.
"How do you know him? We all said at the same time pointing to Apollo who was just there smiling.
"Oh, you guys do know each other! That makes this whole explanation thing so much less awkward."
This was an unexpected twist of events. I didn't expect to see Alfred here! I didn't expect that Alfred was the one Apollo was talking about! He did say before we left that he had somewhere to be! That's so unexpected.
"Wait a minute then... are these two your brothers!?" Alfred asked, sitting down next to Apollo.
"Yes, they are."
"That's wonderful."
I'm still in shock. How?
"Alright, start explaining you two," D1 said
"I was out of the city at a tea shop just like this one and your brother was there. We started to talk about our lives because what else do you do in a tea shop and he said that he was actually going here to meet you guys and asked if I wanted to come since he booked it at a tea shop. So I accepted. Who would've thought you two would be here though?"
"Well I'm glad you know them so, how do all of you know each other?" Apollo asked with a smile and we all went silent.
"We met at a laundry room."
"What?" Apollo said, confused by D1's remark that we met in a laundry room.
"I'm going to end this and say that you're all working at the same thing. I don't want to say it but you should all get the grasp." Alfred said, making us three do a big we got you face.
"Oooh. Okay, okay." We all said smiling at each other.
"So, doesn't that mean we're all working at the same job!?" D1 said with happiness in his voice.
"Looks like it," I answered him, making him do his classic smile.
"Don't think this is me following you guys, this is me simply working with a friend who just so happenly is working with my brothers. In the end, I am way too handsome to be following you guys."
"Well let's toast to this, with tea!" When Alfred said this a lady came by and placed our tea cups on the table.
"Perfect time, Alfred," Apollo said, grabbing his and putting it into the sky, and Alfred doing the same.
"All right! To a reunion of a lifetime!" D1 said putting his cup in the sky as well and I put mine in the sky.
"All right!" That's when we all took a sip.
"Hot!" Us three brothers said while Alfred just placed his cup down normally.
"That was delicious!"
"You definitely drink too much tea." We all said to Alfred making him go red.
"So, who's paying the bill?" D1 said leaving them all with the same face except for Alfred who was happily drinking tea.
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"You remind me... of my father. Would you rather have me trade away my livelihood to join the stronger position? It's stupid how you value the ones around you by strength! We value everyone at our agency no matter what department you're in you we're important! ! It's guys like you guys who make me want to kill everyone around me."
"Suit yourself. Reality Distortion! Two Swords! Die!"
To use an ability that's my father's. If it means I can protect the ones I love, and leave him in the past then...
"Universal Strength! Galaxy Punch!" Arsenios then dropped straight to the floor from the monstrous punch.
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