Chapter 47: Chapter 47: Rias
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"Hey, sorry we're late!" Issei's voice sounded from the doorway and he walked in dressed in a grey tracksuit, similar to Kiba's. Asia was dressed the same as Akeno and Koneko, while Rias was dressed in a magenta and white tracksuit.
"It's no problem Issei." Rias responded happily, catching the ball Kiba threw towards her. "Akeno, Koneko, you two help Issei and Asia stretch out." She threw the ball over to Lelouch, grabbing a few others. "Lelouch, Kiba, and I are gonna practice our handling." She juggled two balls, throwing one of each at her Knights.
Lelouch deflected the ball with the one he had caught a moment ago, groaning internally at Rias' orders. He was not looking forward to having to deal with the two of them potentially ganging up on him.
After a few minutes of practice, Issei let out a loud scream as Koneko forced his body to contort in a way he wasn't used to.
Lelouch turned, taking a shot to the gut and head as Rias and Kiba ended up hitting him due to his distraction.
When he saw Issei nearly kissing his own balls with his legs spread out wide, he collapsed in laughter. The pain of the gut and headshots were nothing to the amusement he felt at seeing Issei in that position.
"Koneko, please don't break my Pawn." Rias ordered, hiding a smile and ignoring her second Knight's laughter. She knew that Issei and Koneko clashed due to Issei's perversion, but the boy would recover easily enough.
A Devil's healing factor could handle far worse than that. At most, it would take a few seconds for Issei to feel back to normal. Still, she couldn't have one of her friends out of commission before facing off against Sona.
Rias was determined to win dammit. There was no way she was going to let herself lose to Sona.
"Yes, Lady Rias." Koneko acquiesced to her order, removing her hands from Issei's back and allowing him to come back up for air.
A little while later, after they finished stretching and a little full team practice, Issei pulled out a small stack of headbands for everyone.
Lelouch stared at the strip of white cloth in his hand and wondered if he could set it on fire without coming off like an asshole. Headbands were not anywhere near his preferences.
They were just not his thing in the slightest. Unfortunately, for him at least, no one else had any objections so there was no way he could refuse Issei's gift without being unreasonable. Still, at least there was one upside.
Issei would likely not end up chucking the ball at him as long as he saw the headband.
According to the boy's description of himself, he was about as inclined to play sports as Lelouch. Which meant that Rias was probably going to be at an immediate disadvantage with the two of them on her team. Either of them could very well turn out to be the weakest link.
"You've exceeded my expectations." Koneko commented wryly on Lelouch's left, causing a near silent snort to escape his lips.
He made a mental note to try to avoid tripping over the extremely low bar Koneko had set for Issei.
"Let's stick these on and kick some Sitri ass!" Rias declared as she put the headband on, prompting the rest, including Lelouch despite his personal misgivings, to follow suit as Sona and her Peerage arrived in the gym.
"Ready to rock and roll?" Sona's voice rang out as the teams began to get into position, with one of Sona's Peerage taking up the position of referee.
Lelouch stuck close to Koneko, deciding that he would likely be able to take a little heat for her so she could return fire with her enhanced strength. He didn't plan to use any spells until he saw the others do so, but he figured it wouldn't take long.
They had set up another "no magic" rule, but both sides were way too competitive and would likely use it to try and get an edge over the other team. He doubted it would last even a half minute.
There were about three balls available and Sona's Peerage had won the coin toss regarding who got to attack first.
Lelouch thought it was a rather stupid idea considering it would be all too easy to stick the balls in the middle of the gym and charge to get them, whoever got them first would be able to strike first, but at least this way no side would use direct spells to try and prevent the other team from getting them first.
In the end, he decided it was probably the safest option since no one was supposed to get hurt by the competition even if it wasn't the best option overall.
It would kind of defeat the whole purpose of this game after all.
A teal-haired girl wound up her ball and chucked it towards Koneko, before Lelouch stuck his arm in the way and took the hit, deflecting the ball into the air.
He knelt and nodded to the young Devil, before she jumped off his back and grabbed the ball out of the air, immediately bringing him back into the game after he became the first out.
The exchange took less than two seconds, but it became the shot that started what honestly seemed like a wargame more than just a simple game of dodgeball.
Everybody started to shift and move to try and find good positions to either defend or attack while Lelouch winced slightly at the sting on his arm. That girl felt like it could have been Sona's Rook, or one of them at least.
It stung, getting hit by her throw. At least, until someone caught the ball on Sona's side, she was officially out of the game.
Lelouch's eyes flickered around, taking in information and twisting, shifting, dodging out of the way as spells started flying around, though at least no one was targeting each other directly. They were just enhancing the balls with magic.
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