Mask of Anubis

Chapter 1: Present to Past

"Hey, Yami! Could you give me a hand here?!"

"Yeah, okay!"

I put down the soccer balls before running towards where Joey is. Who is currently trying to left up the goal net, but is failing miserably.

"I told you-you wouldn't be able to carry this thing. It takes about two or three people to lift this thing up."

"I know. But I was hoping that through lifting this big up. I could, AT LEAST, catch some 'attention'."

I sigh at Joey's idea of 'catching-some-attention'.

"You two! Stop slacking off and put that goal net away in the storage room."

"We're not slacking off, you idiot!"

That was Seto. He's our P.E teacher for the sports activities that we do for the semester. This week and the next will be soccer until we go back to basketballs. I'm good with sports, but don't favor them that much because of.....'bullying'.

"Hey, shorty! Catch!"

When he said that, I immediately turn around and received a good smack to the face. Apparently, someone 'accidentally' kicked a soccer ball at me.

"Ralph Dumper! Go do 50 laps around the tracks."

"What!?"

"100 laps."

"Sh*t"

He curse silently to himself before started running.

"That's three points off for cussing at me."

Seto walks towards us while Joey began inspecting my face.

"Dude! You're bleeding!"

True to his words. I felt something wet on my forehead and down on the right side of my face. When I touch the spot I wince because it stings a bit from the impact.

"It's okay, Joey. I'll just go to the nurse office and get it fix. No problem."

"Here."

Seto stands in front of me with an outstretched hand. Silently telling me to grab it. Understanding, I grab his hand as he pulls me up. I immediately felt a sudden dizziness, which made me wobble. Luckily, Joey was there to support me.

"Take it easy, Yami."

I gave him a nod before Seto started to take me to the nurse office.

"I give you permission to be in charge, Wheeler."

"Thank!"

Seto just nodded back to him as his respond before taking me out of the field and inside the school's building. After making sure that no one is around us, Seto started speaking.

"You could of dodge that."

"I could. But I didn't want to."

"Why."

I know he already knew 'why'. But he still wants me to say it.

"If I did. Then Joey would've gotten hurt. That ball was intentionally for me. So I receive the gift."

"But you didn't have to hurt yourself for him."

"And why not?"

"He may be stupid, but that doesn't mean he's not strong enough to get hurt. He would still be fine."

"Actually, that's not true."

"What do you mean?"

"Just the other day, I found him picking up a fight with a bunch of gangsters. Ralph was there too. Joey won of course but receive a nasty blow on the head. I didn't want to further his injuries than before."