Inazuma Eleven AU where Endou Mamoru has depression... Among other things.
Depression reins
Chapter 1:
The Raimon Junior high soccer club
A brown-haired boy was walking at a slightly leisurely pace, a bright orange headband in his hair drew eyes to him. Ignoring all stares- or maybe not even noticing them at all- he kept up the pace, slowly going faster until he was jogging lightly. He stopped abruptly, at a small wreckage of a building. The sign read, "SOCCER CLUB," in abnormally horrible handwriting. Taking a deep breath, the brown haired boy- otherwise known as, "Endou Mamoru," opened the door.
"Ah- it's captain." A boy with pink hair, (Someoka Ryuugo,) acknowledged, glancing up from the game of cards he was playing with an orange afro-haired boy. (Shishido Sakichi,) sounds from a short male who was in the corner playing video games (Kurimatsu Teppei,) a bandage for who knows why adoring his face. More sounds yet from a larger male in the corner, munching on chips. (Kabeyama Heigorou.) Tires lay scattered on the ground near the third (Handa Shinichi,) and the sixth (Shourinji Ayumu,) members were sitting, eyes casting lazily over some magazine.
"…Do you guys want to go out and practice?" Endou asked, fiddling with the ball in his hands.
"Can we even practice with only seven members?" Someoka commented, placing a card down on the table he was sitting at.
"Well, in my Grandpa's notebook…" Endou whispered, far too quiet for any of them to hear, only to sigh and then walk out, visibly disappointed. "…"
The members of the soccer club sat in silence as soon as the door to the club room shut. Glancing at each other, Someoka said what they were all thinking. "We should be helping him with his depression and stuff but…"
"We can't play soccer with only seven players…" Kurimatsu sighed.
"I've heard that this club might get shut down, to top it all off…" Handa frowned, dispite the words coming out of his mouth true. The club members sighed.
With his head hanging low, just like his feelings, Endou began to walk to the field to see other sports practicing, not like it would make it any better, but it was worth a shot.
A black haired girl with a barrette pushing her bangs back, (Kino Aki,) glance was caught up in Endou. "Endou-kun!" She quickened her pace to catch up to the slouched boy.
"Aki?" He tilted his head.
"Are the others refusing to practice again?" Her eyebrows were narrowed, and she looked just about ready to give those "others," a piece of her mind. "Should I go talk to them?"
"…Nah." Briefly glancing up at the sky, Endou shrugged. "It's not good to force them to practice." Nonetheless, a sigh escaped from the boy's cinnamon colored lips.
Aki paused, trying to find a piece of the puzzle that would cheer Endou up. "Ah, I know! How about we go to the place you're always talking about, the tower!"
"…!" It seemed as if he needed to take a minute to process, and then he suddenly smiled, and nodded. "Mm. Let's go!"
Aki's eyes turned soft at his smile, seeing someone who hated life so much smile was just- beautiful her liking for the boy not helping the situation at hand.
As they got closer and closer to the destination, Endou suddenly paused. "What time is it?" He whispered.
"Hmm, let me check…" Aki unzipped her bag and started rummaging through her bag, only to pull out her cell phone, unzip it and…
!CRASH!
