school adversary

Title: School Adversary
Author: wordsmith
Archive: http://members.onecenter.com/asia/asiandragon/SDDI.html
Category: AU, poss OOC, sap (eventually), romance (obviously), basically, whatever comes up. I might even kill someone! *Evil laugh, rubbing of hands, wicked gleam in eye*
Rating: PG-13 at the moment, but probably NC-17 by the time I'm finished.
Pairings: Numerous
Spoilers: None
Warnings: None
Feedback: Loved! Give me lots!
E-mail: wordsmith@gmail.com
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except the storyline, and even then I'm not too sure about it. All I own is my dog! Please don't sue me!


" " -speech
' ' -thought
/ / -flashback

Now, let us begin!

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Part 1


The thud of the basketball on the hard wood floor of the court was drowned out by the cheering of fans as I dribbled it down the court, and then slam-dunked that baby into the hoop. This increased the Panther's score making us five points ahead of the Wolverines as the buzzer sounded throughout the stadium. I looked over at Wufei and Quatre standing proudly, the sweat pouring off them and soaking their Black Panther uniforms, and gave them a triumphant grin.
"We won again you guys!" I yelled over the cries of the crowd.
"As if there was any doubt," said Wufei. "The wolverines are a weak team, and it is almost beneath me to play against them." He looked at the disappointed Wolverines condescendingly. "There - "
"- is no honour in fighting a weaker opponent" finished Quatre and me for him, grinning. He shot us an annoyed glance, which did not faze me in the least. I just widened my grin. "Can you not stop the whole justice thing for just one night?" I asked. He gave me another glare. "Come on! Just one night? The pizza will be on me" I added in my best wheedling tone. Wufei considered this, and then nodded.
"Okay Maxwell" he finally replied "But no anchovies! If I see one anchovy, I will consider it EXTREME injustice, and go on to tell you about it for the next few hours" I looked at Wufei in suprise, and noticed a flash of humour in those jet black eyes. Quatre nodded fervently in agreement.
"I don't know how you can stand those things Duo. They are so disgusting!"
"Ok guys!" I laughed "no anchovies! I promise, now come on." I was in high spirits now. It wasn't often that Wufei let down his guard long enough to share a joke, let alone laugh! Especially not at himself. Tonight was definitely looking good.
I headed to the showers, the others following close behind, stopping on the way to shake the Wolverine's Captain's hand, as the Captain of our basketball team (not to mention the football, baseball and ice hockey captains as well), it was kinda like my duty. I stripped off my sweaty uniform, shoving it quickly into my locker, and stepped under the heavenly warmth of the locker room showers. The waterfall of steaming water cascaded down my body, easing all the aches and pains of a basketball game played against a team who liked to employ more contact than the game generally allowed. 'I'm gonna have bruises tomorrow' I thought, wincing as the place where someone's elbow had jammed into my side drew my attention. 'Definitely bruises. Man, football practice is gonna be a bitch tomorrow.'
I reluctantly finished my shower and started dressing, seeing Quatre and Wufei already waiting for me.
"Out already Maxwell?" Wufei asked
"Yeah Duo, it's only been 45 min!" Quatre looked at his watch, comically shocked. "What is the world coming to!"
I laughed at them as I pulled my tight black jeans over my smiley face boxer shorts. "Just cause you guys are jealous that I'm the only one whose part merman..." I said laughingly yanking on a tight black T-shirt.
"You mean the only one who's delusional" shot Wufei, picking up his bag and heading out. Quatre and me followed closely after him.
"Oh Wu-man, you wound my heart!" I said dramatically clutching my chest. Quatre laughed at this, and Wufei actually smiled! "What, a smile from Wu-man. Oh man! I'm gonna have a heart attack" I added, collapsing practically on top of Quatre as we reached the doors leading out of the stadium. By this time, he was laughing so hard he couldn't support me, and we ended up toppling over, me grabbing onto Wufei on the way down. We hit the door in a tangle of arms and legs, and landed half inside, half outside. The door had swung open wide, and it swung closed again, hitting me on the back as my prone body stopped it halfway. A jolt of pain shot through me as I was forcibly reminded of where another elbow had landed. 'Oh yeah, practice was definitely gonna be a bitch'.
I got up slowly, trying not to step on anyone as they were also trying to get up. I stood holding the door open until they got themselves off the ground.
"Thanks for that Maxwell" Wufei groaned.
"Hey man" I grinned, "If I was going down, you were coming with me!"
Quatre could only laugh, which is something he had not stopped, even when we were in a tangled pile. I looked at him. "Are you ok man?" I asked, concerned. Tears were streaming down his face, but he managed to nod. Wufei and I looked at each other. "Do you reckon we could push him over?" I asked. "You know, like cow tipping?"
Wufei grinned ferally "I reckon we could give it a try"
At this, Quatre just laughed harder, and fell over again without us even having touched him. Eventually, the laughter subsided, and the little blond got up, wiping away the tears.
We started walking again, around the back of the building to where Quatre's car was parked. Quatre's one of the richest guys in the world, or at least his parents are. He's the only one of us with his own car. Even though we are kinda his brothers. Me because after a year of being best friends, we made a blood brother pact, and Wufei because his mum got married to Quatre's dad. That's how we all became friends. At first, Quatre and Wu hated each other with a vengeance, so I hated him too by default. Then Quatre discovered him crying one day, and helped him sort out his problems. Now, we're all as close as you could get.
We rounded a corner to discover Ben and John, two guys from the team, had someone with long bangs pinned to the wall.