Before we get off the ground, the future of this story is based on the beginning of Inazuma Eleven Go's anime (around the 7th or 8th chapter); therefore, there are a few things that not even the adult Endou knows. Take that into account while reading, please!

By the way, if you don't know what young Endou is talking about when he mentions Takuto Shindou, you can take a look at my first story, "A worried grandson". It's nothing but an intro for the rest of my stories, and it's really easy to read, so there's no excuse not to find out what's going on! Nevertheless, it's not essential to check it out, of course, but I'd certainly call it "advisable".

By the way, special greetings to Zonex Krypton, my beta reader. Thanks for your work and advice! :D

Enough with that. Let's get started!


Chapter 1!

Is that me! ? Do-san, Raimon's new coach!

I stood watching him. It definitely had to be him. His skin was more tanned than mine; he was taller, of course; his hair was different even if I can't say I didn't think it was awesome, and his head wasn't so, umm, round? At least he wouldn't be called ball head now. Anyway, that had to be me. Myself, ten years in the future.

I couldn't think of anything but tugging his sleeve like a little child. …Carefully thought, I think I got quite on the wrong side with him; that could be the reason for his attitude towards me.

"Um? What…?" My older self said, looking at the kid next to him. Suddenly, he opened his eyes wide and stood observing me intently for a while. Neither I nor he were able to articulate a single word.

I managed to talk falteringly. I was the one who knew why I was seeing him after all…!

"M-mamoru Endou…?"

My older self nodded slowly. He was still staring at me, like he was trying to scrutinize my soul.

"And you are…?" I must say that the expression on his face while he was pronouncing these words was one of the strangest ones I have ever seen, but that's probably because I couldn't see my own face back then!

"…Mamoru Endou, too," I answered.


There was another uncomfortable silence between us. Suddenly, he crouched down to my height and looked straight in my eyes.

"…Endou-chi," He said, smiling. It's true that this was news to him, but, as he would tell me later on, after all those strange things that had happened since we went to Liocott Island, not many things could surprise him anymore. And, if he had met his grandson at the age of fourteen, why couldn't he see his younger self? In a sense, he was right, I guess.

"Do-san…!" I exclaimed. Calling him Endou or 'I' would have felt weird, and that was the first thing that crossed my mind. But well, we personally like it!

It's actually been a while since this happened, so I can't remember every single detail… But the conversation is still quite clear in my head. Or should I call it a monologue of questions?

"A-ah, wow…! You almost command as much respect as grandpa, Do-san…!" I stuttered. I actually didn't know what to say.

"Really now?" He laughed. He looked calmer than me. It must be his age. "Well, a long time has passed, Endou-chi. People grow up."

He patted my head a few times. I felt like a little child, although I didn't dislike it… But those pats certainly helped me see something that disconcerted me.


"What… what's that on your finger, Do-san?"

A golden ring was glittering on my adult self's hand. He limited himself to straightening up and playing with it while he smiled.

"You mean this? Well, I'm married now."

My face turned a dark shade of red, I felt it on my cheeks. Aki's image crossed my mind for an instant, but I was afraid to ask. I didn't want to ask. I didn't have to ask.

"W-who is…?"

My willpower leaves a lot to be desired sometimes.

"Heh, I'm afraid I can't tell you so, Endou-chi. There are some things you mustn't know."

I sighed, disappointed, even if I knew in advance that he would say something like that.

"…Can I at least know what your job is?"

"Me?" Do-san smiled. "I'm Raimon's new coach."

Ideas grouped up and ordered inside my head like lightning. So Takuto, the boy Kanon had told me he was Raimon's new captain, had acted in such a strange way towards me because he already knew who I was?


I tried not to think about that matter anymore.

"New coach?" I asked. "What about Hibiki-san and Kudou-san?"

"It's hard to explain…" Do-san scratched the nape of his neck. It looks like my eloquence isn't going to get any better with years… "But, anyway, that's nothing you must know anything about. Leave the Fifth Sector alone until you are… are… oh, yikes."

(…)

I can be such a bigmouth sometimes.

"Fifth Sector?" I hurried to ask."What's that, Do-san?"

"Nothing! Absolutely NOTHING! Let it be, Endou-chi."

"That's not fair! I want to know what has happened to Hibiki and Kudou!"

"I'm sorry, you can't."

I hate this facet of Do-san! It makes my blood boil when he treats me like a brat…!

He sighed.

"Okay, I'll tell you a bit about the subject. But accept it and that's that!"

"Y-yes!" I nodded, smiling.


"You see… Fifth Sector is an organization that controls nowadays' soccer. They decide matches' results even before they are played, and, if their orders aren't deferred, the consequences use to be catastrophic for the team. For disobeying once, Kudou was fired from Raimon, but I managed to substitute him and become the new coach. But calm down, we're doing everything possible at Raimon in order to return soccer to its former splendor."

"And… and who controls that…?"

"The leader of the organization calls himself Seitei, and is a cruel, unscrupulous man. I don't know what his intentions are exactly, but I'm sure we will manage to put a stop to him. But, for your own shake, Endou-chi, if you see him… walk off him. "

I gulped. This reminded me badly of Kageyama and his plans from the past. But it was different now. The control was absolutely real, and I was in the middle of it. I wanted to help. And I could only think of two ways to do it…


Let's see! The young Mamoru Endou, Raimon's and Inazuma Japan's actual captain, and the adult one, Raimon's coach, have met and have struck up a conversation with each other about the future, in which Do-san has revealed to Endou-chi that an evil organization is taking over the world of soccer they love so much. What has Endou-chi thought of? Who's the so-called Seitei? And what's up with Endou's old teammates? The answer to these questions, and maybe even to a few others (depending on my imagination lol) are in the next chapters!