NOVA CANE JACOBS "CANE"|| HE/HIM|| AGE: 23
The bell rung for round three causing for me and my opponent to begin circling each other. Sweat had been running down my body as blood ran down my mouth as well.
He took a swing causing for me to doge it, but the second swing caught me in the eye causing for my vision to slightly blur.
I was a little taken back so he waisted no time sending blow after blow to my face until I got caught into the rope.
The ref blew his whistle before pulling him off and sending me to the corner where my trainer was.
"The fuck is wrong with you son ??"
Who is also my father.
"You're embarrassing! That little ass nigga is really out there fucking you up and you're acting like this shit is just another fight??" he asked before holding the bucket up to my face
"Spit!" he demanded
I drunk some water before spitting into the bucket and rubbing my eye
"Oh now you mute?"He questioned causing for me to shake my head and sigh.
"Man fuck this." I replied
"Nah you listen to me, you get on that rink and you beat that little nigga until that ref pulls you off. Show ing mercy is week, we don't have mercy to give" He demanded before rubbing my shoulder and pushing me back up.
"Show them who the fuck you are Cane!" He yelled
After the bell dinged we began circling each other once again. I held my arms high enough to guard my face, but I still wanted to be able to read this nigga.
He went in for two blows, but I dived them before hitting left, right and under. He send two blows back and I felt blood begin to leak from my mouth.
"What did I just tell you Cane???" I heard
we continued going for a little longer but shit the fight just kept going back and forth.
"Over fucking rated." He chuckled
"You was talking so much shit up until this fight, show me how i'm overrated ?" I replied
I locked eyes with him and he returned a confident ass smirk. I swung right at his mouth causing for his head to fall back, I continued sending multiple blows to his face in the same combo until he hit the corner.
By this time I had blacked out, he fought his way out of the corner, but I continued sending blows straight to his face. My final blow sent his eyes cockeyed as he fell straight back to the ground.
I stepped over him before sending more blows until the ref pushed me back and did a count down.
He raised his arm signaling that he was down and people started rushing on the rink to make sure that he was okay.
flashes immediately started hitting my face causing for my paps to step in and guide me down the rink.
They continued asking questions and recording as my paps shielded the flashes. Security stopped them once we made it to the back and my paps shut the door behind us.
"For you to be number one in the STATE ? that wasn't cutting it."
"Wasn't cutting it ?? paps I just won ?" I questioned
"Barely, that wasn't a good fight he just was ass." he replied causing for me to shake my head
"Never satisfied."I mumbled
"Satisfied makes you comfortable, you can never get too comfortable with this shit Cane." He advised
Just then I heard my phone ringing so I reached into my bag before answering.
"Yo."
"Congratulations my nigga, the gang is all at my crib watching the fight, you gon slide through and pour one up with us or you going Hollywood on us ?" Asante asked and I chuckled before looking back at my paps who was giving me a serious look.
"Ima slide through for a minute." I told him
"Say less, but hurry yo ass up, because Casa might go by the time you get here." She chuckled before hanging up.
"You know we're training in the morning right ?" He asked
"I'm aware."
"And you're gonna go get drunk ??" he replied
"I'm grown, I can balance myself." I added before throwing my bag over my shoulder and sliding my hoodie over my head
"I'll see you in the morning." I told him before dapping him up and exiting the room.
Once I made it outside the arena, flashes immediately starting hitting my face and cameras began following me.
"You're new to the heavyweight ranking, are you taking the challenge for the belt ?"
"Anthony called you weak, how are you responding to that ?"
I made it to my car before shutting the door and locking it. The ring on my windows made it impossible for them to see in, so I backed not caring if anyone was behind me..before quickly pulling off.
I'm not famous, a nigga just have been in this shit for a long time. I started training once I hit middle school, and started fighting my freshman year. My paps was the greatest, so every since he got knocked out the game he had been pushing me to become the greatest.
After graduating from high school shit for real. I sacrificed college, a social life, just to work my ass off and get to where I am today. Today's fight placed me at number one on the heavyweight ranking in Cali and top 10 in the world.
Outside of boxing my other focus is my family. I have a little sister Skylar who's 15, I love her to death and I spoil the hell out of her like she's mine. My parents have been separated since I was teenager, but i've always had both in my life regardless.
My paps is know as "De Jacobs" He ranked one of the top fighters in the world and held that position for years. He ended up taking on a tough fight, and his opposer put him in a coma for for over a month. He almost died, and forced to sit out in fighting, but his fire only pushed through me even more.
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Once I made it to Asante's, he dapped me up before letting me in his crib.
Asante has been my nigga since grade school, we've been through a lot of shit together and stick through it.
"My niggaa." I heard, I turned around to see Jared and I chuckled before dapping him up and walking further into the house.
A couple of people were hanging around including a group females waiting my the pool table.
"We was whooping they ass in game, you trynna join in?" Asante asked
"I'll meet y'all over there." I replied
I went ahead and poured me a shit before downing it and walking towards the group.
"Hey Nova." Aniyah spoke.
Aniyah was Asante's sister, she was cool as hell and since i've been around both of them for so long I looked at her as a little sister as well.
"Wassup Niyah." I replied before messing with her hair causing for her to smack her teeth
"Oh Nova this is Baylei and Zaeda." She introduced
Zaeda has more of a natural look going on compared to everyone else. No makeup, lashes, but she still looked well put together. I wasn't looking for anything serious, anything that could throw off my mentality was non negotiable, and a relationship definitely wasn't one of them.
I gave them a head nod before grabbing a pool stick.
"Nigga you almost took a ass whooping, you don't need no ice ?" Jared questioned causing for me to mug him
"Nigga let me do yo ass get in that ring, ass gon be out in 5 seconds." I replied causing for Asante to chuckle.
"I don't see how you do it, you looked like you were about to kill that man.."Niyah spoke and I shrugged
"If it was the other way around he probably wouldn't have stopped, he was talking shit all the way up to this fight, I don't wanna hear shit else out of that nigga." I replied
"Just saying, 'Cane' really is a alter ego.. you were a whole different person." Niyah shrugged before taking her shot.
"Nah we both know that wasn't to best fight and I know yo paps was not letting that shit slide." Asante spike causing for me to shake my head
"I don't understand that nigga sometimes, he went me to do better so bad he might as well get in that ring himself." I mumbled before taking my go.
"Yo paps is a legend, if he ever comes back it's over for the industry." Jared spike causing for me to scoff
"Nigga would be shitting bricks." I mumbled
I heard someone else scoff and I looked up to notice that it was Zaeda.
"Something on yo chest ?" I asked and she shrugged
"If he taught you everything that you know, what makes you think that he couldn't shut shit down?" She questioned
"Oh my bad, what you know about fighting sweetheart ?" I asked causing for Jared and Asante to chuckle.
She rolled her eyes before looking at Aniyah and back at me.
"Awe you think you're cute love?" she shot back in a flirtatious tone.
I licked over my bottom lip before looking at her.
"Oh my bad, Sassy Nova doesn't look very attractive on you.. sweetheart." She shot back causing for my face to drop, but everybody else around the pool table thought that shit was hilarious.
"Sassy ? i'm not those corny ass niggas that you be fucking with." I mumbled
"And i'm not those fan girl ass females that likes to kiss ass." She replied before taking the final shot and making it in.
"But good game luv." She added before handing me the pool stick and walking off.
"Sorry.." Niyah sighed before walking after her along with the other girl
"Daaaamn, I think you met yo match nigga."Jared chuckled
"Match ? Nah that nasty attitude shit isn't cute." I replied while putting the pool sticks up
"Zae coo as hell, she just don't be going for shit that she don't feel like putting up with." Asante shrugged
"Honestly, I don't give a fuck about what the hoe be going for, that don't got shit to do with me." I mumbled before taking a sip out of my cup.
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The next morning-
I was woken up to shaking causing for my to jump up out of shock.
"Paps? how the hell you get into my crib ?" I asked before snatching my blacker from his hands
"You're late, get up."
"It's 6:00am, what you talking bout ?" I mumbled before laying back down
"I told you 5am, be in the car by 6:30." He demanded before walking away
"Fuckk.." I groaned before turning over
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your last time was almost 2 minutes, let's see if you can make this hill in under a minute.
"Light work." I waved off, he chuckled before entering his car.
He started the timer and I took off up the hill, halfway up I felt my legs begin to burn but I continued pushing through it until I made it to the top. My paps met me up there and I looked at him as I placed my hands on my knees to catch my
breath
"1:02"
"Let's go, drive them knees to your chest and push next time." He instructed.
I made it back down the hill before he beeped the horn signaling for me to start. I took off, this time driving my knees to chest and watching my form.
Once I made it to the top of the hill my paps started slowly driving
"Keep running!" He instructed before slowly driving behind me.
I continued running down the block at he approached behind me.
"If I pass you with this car you'll be beer crawling up that hill son." he chuckled
I shook my head before picking up the pace as he continued following behind me. The sun started rising and my adrenaline began rushing.
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"Short hook!"
"Short right!"
"Fix them elbows, that's why he got you last time, your defense is ass Cane." Paps instructed before getting in the ring.
"Throw the combo you just threw." He told me causing for me to furrow my eyebrows
"On you ?" I questioned.
"Nahh." he sarcastically replied
I shook my head before going for the same combo, but he blocked my hits before sliding up and uppercutting me hard as fuck in the chin.
"What the fuck? you don't even have gloves on?" I mumbled
"Wouldn't have happened if yo defense was up, work smarter not harder, if they can't get to you, then you won't have to take no hard hits constantly, that's what's burning you out, I know you're in shape, but you're in a heavyweight division now... those hits ain't east to take." He told me as I removed my gloves
"My defense is up, it was just like that nigga knew my weak spots, he figured them out quick as hell." I replied
"He studied you before the fight, he already knew how you was moving and that's exactly why I be telling you to switch it up, you shouldn't have no weak spots." He chuckled.
I shook my head before stepping off the ring.
"Your ma and sister said to stop by and see them today, you haven't been by the house in a while, why's that ?" He asked
"I've been busy with this, and you know how ma feels about me fighting, I just don't be feeling like hearing negativity." I replied
"Well there still your mother, and you're a big brother, stop by.. at least for a while." He suggested
My ma didn't agree with me fighting, since I started at such a young age her nerves were always high for me. Don't get me wrong, I love my ma to death, but always having to hear her try to talk me out of fighting became draining.
Once I made it out to my car I sat there for a while, my body was sore as hell and I was exhausted. After gaining energy, I finally started the car before heading over to my ma's
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"hmm long time no see."
"Don't do me like that ma." I chuckled before pulling her into a hug
"You hungry ? I just finished making lunch." she said causing for me to rub my hands together as I walked towards the kitchen.
"Where's Sky?" I asked while I washed my hands
"Skylar! your brother is here." my ma yelled
After a while she still didn't come down causing for my ma to sigh.
"You know she started high school, her attitude is getting worst, and she's been getting on my nerves." she sighed
"She'll grow out of it, I went through my phase." I shrugged
"But it's different for her, I really want her to go through highschool with self respect, those fast friends that she's been hanging with aren't doing her justice." She said causing for me to furrow my eyebrows
"Fuck she been doing ??" I asked
"Nothing, She's just been secretive which isn't like her Nova.. i'm so used to her telling me everything, and now she's just acting strange." she said and I took a bite out of my food
"Aye Sky!" I called out
After a while she came downstairs with her head down in her phone.
"What?"
"Fuck is yo problem? you didn't hear me calling you ?" I asked before looking at her
She had on a crop top and some short ass shorts.
"Where your clothes at bruh ?" I asked
"On my body." she sighed before rolling her eyes and looking at me
"What Nova ?"
"Where are you going ?" My ma asked
"With my mentor." She replied
"Looking like that ? nah go turn yo lil ass around." I added
"You're not daddy Nova, don't start." she sighed
"So you want me call paps ?" I asked causing for her to roll her eyes before going back upstairs
After a while I looked at my ma and she nodded before I shook my head
"You need to whoop her ass."
"And then what ? that never stopped you from acting up." she replied and I chuckled before throwing a piece of tortilla at her.
Just then we heard the door bell ring and I continued scrolling on my phone while my ma got up to get it.
"Hi how are you?" My ma greeted
"I'm doing good how are you ?" I heard in a familiar voice.
"I can't complain, come on in sweetheart, Skylar is still getting dressed."
I heard her shut the door and she entered the kitchen again causing for me to look up
"Oh, Nova this is Zaeda, Skylar's mentor... Zaeda this is my son Nova." my ma introduced.
oh hell nah.
We made eye contact and she gave me a small smile out of respect before awkwardly looking away.
"Zae is really sweet, she always gets Sky out of the house and she treats Sky like a little sister." My ma praised causing for me to scoff.
"yea ight, she's probably the reason why Sky's mouth is the way it is." I mumbled
"mhm apple don't fall far from the tree." she mumbled back causing for me to look at her
"Is this better?" I heard from the steps and I turned around to see Sky in a more appropriate outfit
"Much better." I replied and she rolled her eyes before walking down the stairs and hugging Zaeda
"You need money ?" I asked Sky
"No it's fine I got her." Zaeda waved off
"I wasn't talking to you, I was talking to my sister." I replied
"My bad Sassy Nova." she added causing for Sky and my ma to bust out laughing
"Ayo stop calling me that shit." I replied now irritated
"Y'all know each other ?" my ma asked but neither of us replied
"hello ??"
"Yes ma'am, we actually met last night" Zaeda answered
"But i'll have her back before 6:00 if that's okay ?" Zaeda answered
"That's fine, y'all have fun." My ma replied before they headed out
"Why are you so rude ??" My ma asked before smacking the back of my head
"Me ? her attitude is bad as hell."
"Nova Cane Jacobs if you don't stop cursing in my house." she replied causing for me to sigh
"Stop being so nasty to everyone you meet, not everyone is out to hurt you she added before taking my empty plate.
Me and my ma have always been the closest, but once her end my paps split up they thought that it was best for me to stay with him, and for Sky to stay with her. I'd still spend majority of the time with my ma and he didn't really seem to care about it, he remarried to a white a woman and tried to forget all about her, but even Sky could tell that he and ma was still fucking.
"But ight ma, you gon be at my next fight ?" I asked
"Now you know.. I watched a glimpse of yesterday's fight and almost had a heart attack." she replied causing for me to chuckle
"But I won ?"
"And i'm proud of you, but you're gonna have to take my support from a distance." She replied before pulling me into a hug
"Y'all good on food and everything ?" I asked before opening her fridge
"We're good, bye Nova." she chuckled before pushing me out the doorway.
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