Tryouts Arc 1: The Electricity Within

Jacob stands inside the gym as all the other guys stare back at him, he's paralyzed "shit what do I do, should I say something, uh what do I say do I introduce myself or..." suddenly one of the guys walks over and throws his right arm around Jacobs shoulder shocking him "look at what we have here Jacob Jones, you actually showed up to kanto high" the boy is Asian, with jet black hair, pale white skin, and dark brown almost black eyes "yea, I've wanted to come here since I was a kid" Jacob replies "well we welcome you, I'm Jeon, but my boys call me "Ji Ji" and these other guys here are Edison" "hey" "George" "what's up" "big boy Markus" "hey Jacob" "Donald" "heyo" "Barry" "sup" "and you've already met Taylor" Taylor doesn't say a word "that's it for us sophomores rest are all in other classes I wouldn't know em, but I'd bet they know you" "hey it's nice to meet you all" Jacob looks over and sees the boy with the glasses from before standing away in the corner staring off "he's here too?" He thinks, he gets a good look at the boy and notices his build, the boy is small 5'7 maybe and skinny "woah he's trying out for the team, he must have good fundamentals" Jacob thinks suddenly the coach walks into the room, coach Lamburn is tall, about 6'7 with a large bushy beard and wearing a kanto reptiles hat. He enters the room and shuts the door Jeon leans over to Jacob "that's coach Lamburn, guys really strict he doesn't sugar coat anything and worst of all his breath always stinks." "Welcome to this years football tryouts, now let's get something strait right away, this will not be a cake walk no one in this room will earn a spot on the team without giving this your all, if you do get a spot on the team you better be ready to go through vigorous and excessive training, shit that will make your insides turn and your legs shake, and if you can't handle it I won't hesitate to kick you off the team, is that understood!" "Yes coach!" The boys exclaim "alright, let's play some football!" Out on the field the boys all stand around getting in gear, the kanto uniforms are a gold and dark cyan color and their mascot is a cyan colored lizard Jacob holds onto his helmet as he sits away from the group he grips it tightly as he tries to focus. He breaths in, then exhales "I got this" he says "alright time to pick teams!" The coach announces. The boys all run up to the middle of the field alright "Taylor, George you're both team captains pick your teams!" He says, George is a ginger with curly orange hair, red freckles, and light brown eyes. "I call first pick!" Taylor says "fine then I get ball first" George calls "fine by me" Taylor responds "Ji Ji your with me" Taylor says "oh man it's a wrap for you George" Jeon says George smiles "shut up" he says jokingly "uhhh" George's eyes survey the group "Markus" "nice" Markus says as he runs over to George's side "ah perfect, yo Taylor pick Jacob" Jeon whispers "tch yea no thanks we don't need him on our team "what are you talking about man he's the blue blur we get him on the team it's a wrap" "we already have a receiver on this team and that's me" Jeon looks at Taylor dull faced "you do realize they're multiple receivers on a team right" "shut up" Taylor responds "Donald your with me." After a few more picks It's George's turn again "alright I.." he looks over at Jacob "choose you, Jacob" Jacob walks over to George's side "I took this long to be picked, I wonder how good these other guys really are" Jacob thinks " I'll pick you over there your with me!" Taylor says pointing out one of the freshmen. Finally after picking player after player the last person standing is the kid from the classroom who was starring at Jacob "alright, I guess you're with me" George says, a few of the guys on Taylor's team chuckle as they stare at the boy "Jesus that kid needs a sandwich or something" one of them laugh "Jeez come on guys not cool" Jeon says. "Alright team on me, "let's get our positions in order" the entire team converge around George "as some of you may know I play running back and I play it pretty damn well, so who's got the arm and the vision?" None of the players speak up "really, none of you run quarterback" "me" a voice comes from behind the group "who said that?" George says looking around, the team move over revealing the small frail boy from before "oh uhh you sure you can throw far?" George asks "it's not about throwing far, it's about throwing smart" the boy replies "uhh alright you're QB I guess" George says "where are my receivers at?" He says, Jacob aswell as a few other raise their hands "alright looks good, let's set up our formation." It's kick off, the two teams stand at opposite ends of the football field and the kicker kicks the ball toward the other side, the ball comes flying toward Jacob "alright here we go!" Jacob catches the ball and immediately begins running down the field the rest of the team running with him as he goes, Markus, the biggest guy on the team, manages to block Jeon out from tackling Jacob knocking him down o the ground, Jacob remains hyper aware as he runs with the ball in hand juking from left to right as he runs down the field, 40, 50, he crosses the 60 yard threshold "nice i might even get a tou- suddenly Jacob is met with a tackle from Taylor slamming him into the grass "ugh" Jacob groans dazed from the tackle "good hit Taylor!" The coach exclaims Taylor gets up off of Jacob and stares at him through his helmet before walking away, Markus and George both run over and help up Jacob "you ok?" George asks "yea, yea I'm fine don't worry about me" "good you got past half way, that's good, if we play smart this should be an easy touchdown." The two teams stand in formation in front of each other at the 60 yard line, the frail boy waiting behind the defenders for the ball "holy shit, they got that twig running QB that balls not going anywhere, they just want to loose huh" Taylor thinks, Jacob recovers from the hard tackle as he stands at the right side away from the defenders he inhales and exhales "focus Jacob, you've been waiting for this." The coach blows the whistle "down, set, hut!" The ball is thrown back to the boy as the defenders clash helmets in the middle and the receivers take off down the field the boy holds the ball and surveys the field Jacob runs around trying to shake the man on him but to no avail, the boy looks around but all the receivers are covered suddenly Taylor manages to break from his defender and bolt for the boy slamming his shoulder into his gut and slamming him into the ground "ouu that's gotta hurt!" Coach Lamburn says "maybe move your hair outta the way you'll see better" Taylor jokes as he gets up off the boy and celebrates with his team, George walks over and offers a hand to the boy "you gotta get rid of the ball alright" he says the boy nods and the others get back into position "down, set, hut!" The boy grabs the ball and looks over immediately at Jacob rushing down the field, the boy launches the ball into the air toward Jacob, Jacob leaps into the air but it becomes clear that the ball is over thrown as it zooms past him, "what the hell.." coach says scratching his head Taylor and a few of the other team members chuckle "this will be a piece of cake" he says, George walks up to the boy as he adjusts his arms "hey are you sure you should play QB i think maybe we should- "ive got it" the boy says "what?" George replies "I haven't played QB in 2 years, it got so easy for me that I quit, those two practice shots were all I need to get my head back in the game I got this" "alright, I'm counting on you." Everyone gets set up on third down the boy focuses himself "down set hut!" The ball is tossed into the boys hands and the receivers run down the field the boy shuts his eyes tightly and grips the ball, he holds it tightly as he breathes inhaling and exhaling calming himself down, the defenders grunting doing their best to keep the other team away from him, finally he's got it; he suddenly opens his eyes and surprisingly their glowing bright purple, he looks around the field as if it was in slow motion, numbers appearing around field hovering over each player as if he was forming calculations in his head, the boy makes up his mind and flings the ball down the field to an open receiver, the receivers catches the ball, 30 yards away and hits the ground securing the first down "yea!" "Alright!" George's team cheer as they secure the first down "hm" Taylor grunts "lucky pass." The team rushes over to the boy to celebrate "not a bad pass, what's your name man" Markus asks, the boy looks down shyly "Noel" he whispers George slams his hand into Noels shoulder causing him to grunt in pain "well Noel if you can keep that up we can win this thing!" He says, Jacob stares at Noels mysterious face as the others back away from him and walk towards the 10 yard line as Jacob stares Noel notices and stares back at him, Jacob quickly looks away. "Down, set, hut!" The ball is tossed back to the boy and he hands it off to George the running back, George grabs the ball and takes off toward the end zone, he manages to maneuver through the defense and run the easy 10 yards into the end zone for a touch down. It's the fourth down, score is 14 to 21 George's team up with only one minuet left on the clock, "down set hut!" The ball is passed back to the boy and he passes it to George who runs with the ball, he must secure the first down here and now or else his team will loose possession of the ball, George runs through traffic, the defenders helping him move through, Taylor swoops in from the side and leaps at George, he manages to stop and pull back evading Taylor causing him to face plant to the ground, George changes course and begins moving to the right when he's suddenly sacked by Jeon slamming him to the ground "sorry George only one of us can be starting running back and that's gonna be me" he says George grits his teeth. Taylor's team sits at the 40 yard line, 60 yards away from a touch down, "down set hut!" The receivers scatter around the field as the QB for Taylor's team, Donald, looks down the field, he sees Taylor being covered by Jacob but still Donald tosses the ball toward Taylor trusting he can still make the catch, Taylor and Jacob both stand beside each other as the ball comes toward them "I need to catch this ball if I want to give my team any chance of tying the game" Taylor thinks " I need to catch this ball if I do I can secure the win for my team" Jacob thinks both players go up for the ball, everyone watching the play that will determine the game, the ball comes falling down Taylor leaps over Jacob shocking him and snatches the ball from over him "what!" Jacob exclaims, both players fall over each other as Taylor successfully catches the ball. Taylor's team cheers as George's team worry, Taylor looks down at Jacob once again "you're in the big leagues now" he says before walking away, Jacob sighs coach Lamburn looks over at Jacob disappointed "Jacob Jones, the blue blur huh" he shakes his head "what a shame." The final possession is here, there is only 10 yards separating Taylor's team from the touchdown line if they manage to score the game will be tied and thrown into over time, if George's team can Ana he to keep them out the touchdown zone then they secure the win. "Down set hut!" The ball is tossed back to Donald he passes it off Jeon who attempts to run the ball, Jeon gets caught up in the mess of defenders and its ultimately tripped up leading into him falling to the ground. Second down "down set hut!" Donald surveys the field, all receivers in the end zone, Taylor being covered by two players Donald turns his attention to the other receivers but the blur of defenders makes it difficult, finally Donald spots an open receiver but before he can toss the ball he's suddenly tackled by George who managed to break through the defense "damnit" Donald says. 30 seconds on the clock "down set hut" Donald grips the ball and looks quickly a defender breaks through the defense early and charges Donald, he acts like he's juking to the right then spins left, tripping up the defender and causing him to trip and fall to the ground, but as he gets another look at the field another defender comes charging at him, Donald quickly throws the ball to avoid a possible fumble but his aim was way off and the ball soars out of bounds "shit" Jeon says "what the hell Donald!" Taylor exclaims. Fourth and final down "should we go for a field goal maybe try to loose a little less worse?" One of the freshmen ask "hell no, there's no way we're loosing the first game, we need to get a touch down and even out the score that's the plan" Taylor says, he looks over to the other team in a huddle creating a plan, he stares specifically at Jacob "I will prove that I'm the better receiver" he thinks to himself. Tension is high as the players all get in position this is the play to determine the entire game "down, set, hut!" The ball is passed back to Donald and he carefully asses the situation. Jacob tries his best to keep up with Taylor as he attempts to shake him, Taylor juking and spinning but Jacob staying right with him "damnit!" Taylor thinks Donald watches the receivers closely suddenly one of the receivers break free for a moment and Donald activates, he thrusts his hand forward sending the ball flying toward the receiver in a perfect spiral, everything stands still, the birds flying over head stop aswell, the entire football field goes still as the football heads toward the receiver "no, if he catches this ball we're done for, they'll have caught up and all our effort will have been for nothing, no all their effort, I haven't done a single thing all game, I can't afford to be the worst on this team, I am Jacob Jones!" Suddenly blue electricity begins surging around Jacobs body "and I won't loose!" The ball flies toward the receivers hands it about to be be caught when Jacob zooms in out of nowhere and smacks the ball sending it flying into the empty the bleachers, everyone on the field including the coach is shocked before coach announces "incomplete, George's team wins!" They all cheer as they win the first game, Taylor looks shocked "what the, but he was just next to me, I didn't even see him move!" George and Markus both pick up Jacob and put him on their shoulders "yea!" They cheer, the frail boy even smirks a small bit before Barry comes from behind him and picks him up "we can't forget about you little QB," "hey come on put me down!" The boy says nervously Taylor looks enraged, Jeon walks over to him "don't worry about it try outs are two days, we'll get them tomorrow" he says before walking away, but Taylor doesn't take his advice and stares back at Jacob with hate in his eyes