This is actually a better version than the one I posted on my wattpad account, shuuyaxranko years ago..
A/N: Like it said on the title, this is V2. It wasn't exactly as how it was on my wattpad acc (of which for some reason I can't open anymore). Criticisms are warmly welcomed here~!
Disclaimer: I own nothiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing~! Except of the plot of this one, of course!
= Chapter One: At the Party =
It's a normal day at Raimon Junior High. The members, managers, and counselor Otonashi Haruna are all waiting eagerly for their coach to start practice. Twenty minutes has already passed and there's still no sign of the legendary goalkeeper.
"Endou-kantoku's late again," states the bored Kariya Masaki.
"Ugh… Why does the coach, of all people, had to be so late every damn time?!" Says the ever so pessimistic Hayami Tsurumasa making everyone else in the room sigh. Speak of the devil, coach Endou Mamoru finally arrives at the scene with an idiotic smile on his face.
"Minna, sorry I'm late. Something came up!" He explains while scratching the back of his head wearing the same smile. Everyone resists their grunts as they hear once again the famous excuse of their beloved coach. If he didn't help them play soccer freely again they won't have to stop themselves from saying 'You'd better be sorry' but it does show on their faces, though.
"Before we start practice, I have an important announcement." All of a sudden, the irritated faces of the members come off and all attention are completely at the soccer freak, "We're invited at Gouenji's overnight party at his place this coming Saturday. Which means, no soccer practice that day."
The people in the room are currently having all sorts of emotions. The other members and the managers are plainly excited, thinking what the party's all about. Bestfriends Shindou Takuto and Kirino Ranmaru are surprised of why the chairman of the Nihon Shounen Soccer Kyoukai would invite them, mere junior high schoolers, to a party, most importantly at his place. Some individuals, however, are in a swirl of emotions unique from the rest.
Kageyama Hikaru is still looking innocently happy at everyone's reactions, he's still excited for the party but not as excited as the others. He isn't really the kind to watch soccer matches in his early years. He used to be busy with a lot of other things so he wouldn't really know the true awesomeness of being in the house of the Gouenji Shuuya.
Though appearing as cool and calm as usual but obviously surprised, ace striker Tsurugi Kyousuke is barely holding the fanboy inside of him. Him in Gouenji-san's house? He just can't believe it! What will it look like? How many more cool things are there? He already saw the red sports car and he's thinking that he's still just at the tip of the iceberg. He definitely needs to take a picture for his beloved nii-san to see! He's so excited that he doesn't even realize his senpai Kurama Norihito looking at him.
'Fanboy,' the serpent striker quotes in his mind as if reading Tsurugi's inner feelings and thoughts.
As for the current captain Matsukaze Tenma and his bestfriend Nishizono Shinsuke, they're caught in the moment - or in a trance to be more accurate - for they needed time to process the unexpected news that they've just heard. And finally..
"Party?! Overnight?! At Gouenji-san's place?!" The two shout in chorus with stars in their eyes as they focus themselves at their coach's face, "Is it true, Endou-san?! Is it?! Is it?! Is iiiiiiit?!" They're now pleading an answer barely an inch from the face of the cornered Endou, or at least Tenma is. As for Shinsuke, he's barely waist height of the legendary keeper but he's still clenching his fists with excitement like his friend.
"Y-Yeah. A-Ano.. Can you please.. Uh… get out of my face now?" He asks nervously at the two.
"Shinsuke!" Cries Tenma looking at his short bestfriend right after freeing poor Endou.
"Yeah!" He answers grinning back to the brunet friend who holds his hands as they both unconsciously do an awkward dance together like two idiots. The others don't mind them at all, they're all too busy worrying about other things.
Shindou wants to ask but Otonashi beats him to it, "What is it for, Endou-kantoku?" She asks completely puzzled.
"Well.." putting his right hand on his chin. "It's something like expressing his gratitude for helping on making the Earth Eleven project a success and stuff.. and a mere party wouldn't cut it so he'll let us sleep there for a night and maybe let us use his pool," he says hardly thinking about it.
"Ehhh?! Swimming pool?!" Chorus everyone looking more enthusiastic than ever, except for Shindou who's already used to the luxurious life and Kirino who had a taste of it being the ex-captain's friend since forever.
Tsurugi, however, comments a, 'I knew it' in his head then slightly clenched his fist as if he won a lottery or something.
"And Matatagi and the others will be there too?!" Asks Tenma even more enthusiastic than ever.
"Yup!" Answers Endou wearing a wider grin.
"It's been a month…" Tenma softly says with his twinkling blue eyes.
"Eeeeeehhhhhh?! Gouenji-san lives there?!" Exclaim almost everyone, excluding Shindou, Tsurugi, and Kurama who are just wide-mouthed at the spectacle before them. They are staring at a giant three-storey mansion with a giant steel gate right in front of them. Inside the gate, they can clearly see the huge front yard with his red sports car and two more cars, a grey family van and a four-seater ferrari that's more of a bloody red than his other one, all lined up at the right side. There's a white table surrounded by comfortably looking chairs in front of the mansion. The left side made the place more pleasant because of the plants and trees that also gives off an irresistible aroma. They're all wearing their casual clothes since their careless coach told them this is just actually more like a friendly get-together than a party. They never would have guessed that they're having this happening on a rather castle-like place. Even if it's just really a small get-together they should have dressed more appropriately to match the place.
"Kakkoii!" Shout Tenma and Shinsuke who are even more excited than ever. Tsurugi, however, is smiling a bit like an idiot. Luckily, no one can see him right now since everyone else is admiring the view.
Then there's the wondering Shindou telling himself, 'His mansion's even bigger than mine?!' making Kirino nervous with his facial expression for some reason. The rest distributes a "Wooow" and "Whoaaa" kind of reaction.
"As expected of Inazuma Japan's ace striker," comments Endou as if it's his first time seeing his bestfriend's house making everyone nod in agreement.
The gates are finally opened by some maids who lead them inside. The members and managers are looking everywhere similar to three-year-olds who went to an amusement park for the first time, or in this case with the pictures, like to a museum. Tsurugi has started secretly taking pictures with his collar of which for some reason has a camera in it while Tenma and Shinsuke are already on with the clicking, openly showing everyone their fanboy side. In fact, they have been using their cameras nonstop, hitting 15 clicks per second beating Akane Yamana's record of 10 clicks per second whenever her beloved Shin-sama is doing something cool like drinking a glass of water or something.
Kariya doesn't want to miss this opportunity and put out his camera, too. Not to take some pictures of Gouenji's stuff but to seize the opportunity of capturing Tenma and Shinsuke's not-so-secret fanboy side for, you know, blackmails.
"Konnichiwa Endou-niisan, Otonashi-san, Raimon Eleven," greets the pink-haired high schooler with a gentle smile before bowing her head. She's wearing what it seems to be a uniform.
"Yuuka-chan! It's been so long!" Greets back Endou who gave her a friendly hug.
"You've grown up like a lady, Yuuka-chan," Otonashi adds making her giggle. Then, they gave each other such sisterly hugs.
"I hope Onii-chan thought the same," she says with a wary smile after getting freed from the hug. "Even now, he's still scaring all the boys he'll see associating with me," she adds in a somewhat lower voice than before.
"I feel your pain, Yuuka-chan," Haruna sympathizes smiling with a similar tone of voice that causes the teenager to smile back. Endou nervously laugh upon hearing this with the thought 'Those two haven't really changed, huh' in his head while the rest of the group sweatdrop.
"Mattaku, Endou. You're always late!" Someone suddenly says getting the attention of the visitors. The voice is rather familiar to all of them especially to Endou. He couldn't have forgotten the signature greeting of his best friend.
"Heh! Sorry I kept you waiting!" He answers to the flame striker who has his right hand on his waist. He's only wearing his red shirt that always has been hidden underneath his light sky blue blazer, grey waistcoat, and plain white t-shirt. Tsurugi, however, is already pressing his collar much faster than Shinsuke and Tenma can ever try.
"Apologize to everyone not to me. They're all already here waiting for you and your team," he says smiling leading the way to their backyard along with his sister.
As they arrive, the Raimon Eleven is more amaze than ever. A backyard that's wider than two joined soccer fields where the farther side of it is literally a soccer field and the other half being presentably looking chairs and tables with a mouthwatering buffet surrounded by the same florals at the front of the mansion along with the large soccerball-styled swimming pool. Anyone looking will conclude that the owner has some sort of obsession here but of course, for the other soccer frea- err soccer loving people such as the Raimon Eleven, this is definitely heaven! Their eyes are twinkling brighter than the stars you see at the sky, except for Shindou whose teeth are grinding with each other. Endou, Otonashi, Yuuka, and Gouenji leave them like that and go to the other adults to talk.
"Yo! Captain!" The team gets distracted with another familiar voice.
"Matatagi! Minna!" Tenma greets as energetic as ever to the Earth Eleven team who comes near them with Matatagi Hayato at front.
Just when they're enjoying the chat, a soccerball comes flying to Tsurugi. He catches the ball firmly, showing his amazing reflex and unintentionally reminding everyone why he's the ace striker of both teams.
"Took you long enough," says the platinum blond standing at the direction where the ball comes from.
"Hakuryuu?!" He says surprised.
"What?! Did ya' think Raimon and Earth Eleven are the only ones who helped?!" Says the ever-so-sarcastic Fudou Akio. Students suddenly show themselves from his back, one by one. There hasn't been a better dramatic entrance that afternoon than what they've shown.
"Resistance Japan!" Says the Raimon trio with Sorano Aoi.
"Yup! These guys are invited too. They did made us realize a lot with that lost," says Tetsukado Shin particularly to Tsurugi.
"And there are others who are here, too," comments Minaho Kazuto as he continues to observe everything around him.
"Eh?! Miyabino from Teikoku Gakuen and…Taiyou?!" The orange-haired young man goes straight to their direction after hearing his name, accompanied by the young keeper at Teikoku.
"Tenma-kun!" He cheers. "Karibe-kantoku and Gouenji-san told me I could come!" He adds making Tsurugi, Kurosaki Makoto, and Hakuryuu(?!) look at him darkly with the thought, 'Personally invited, huh?' in their minds.
"And as for my case, Commander told me to come with him. More like forced me to actually, since Sakuma-san won't be able to come," Miyabino Reiichi explains before anyone bothers to ask.
They begin to talk randomly with each other and play a little match on the soccer field they're allowed to use freely.
At the adults' side..
"Nii-san!" Exclaims Haruna who's delighted to see her brother. Like Gouenji, Kidou Yuuto is also in his 'relax mode' away from his tie and black suit and just indulging a random dark violet drink.
"Yo! Kidou and.. Fubuki?!" Says Endou who's obviously just surprised to see the 'Prince of the Snowfield' who's also not wearing his blue jacket.
"Well, Yukimura and Makari needed help getting here. And we couldn't just reject the chairman's invitation," he mentions smiling genuinely while pointing at the two on the field. His expression suddenly changes as he gets closer and whispers at Endou, "I mean seriously, Gouenji-kun threatened me. He said I'll lose my position as coach if I didn't make sure the two will come. I think being Ishido Shuuji isn't acting at all." The goalkeeper answers his old friend with a nervous laugh.
"Ohhh! Endou-kun! Otonashi! I'm glad you came!" Endou recognizes who it is right away. It's Karibe Ranko. Arakumo Gakuen's coach and Gouenji's fiancée. She's wearing her usual pink and white shirt partnered with violet pants. She left her jacket off somewhere to also enjoy her time.
"Karibe! It's been a while! I haven't seen you since… uhh… before all the alien madness?!" The brunet says unsure, making her giggle quietly.
"Endou-kantoku, don't you mean at Gouenji-san's romantic proposal that he pretended to be a party for being the new chairman?" Otonashi corrects him emphasizing the word 'romantic'. "Even now, I still can't believe Gouenji-san did something like that," she reminisces making everyone look at the flame striker. It makes him blush slightly whilst still keeps his stance.
"Yeah… Who would've thought that Inazuma Legend Japan's ace striker would proposed in front of a lot of people like that," chimes Fudou who just came out of nowhere as he makes his way to one of Gouenji's shoulder. "With all those colorful fireworks and balloons…" he teases with some hand gestures that made the current chairman uncomfortable, and by that I mean, uncomfortably annoyed.
"I think we should start already, Shuuya," his fiancée suggests with a warm smile.
"Yeah," he says pushing Fudou violently away. Thankfully the strategist is skillful enough to prevent himself from falling.
After Gouenji's little speech about everything he ought to be thankful for, he invites everyone for a dip in the pool and a taste of his cooking at the buffet. Everyone enjoys themselves thoroughly. Some stay at the buffet for the food, some swim at the pool, but most of them still stay at the field and play soccer. Even the adults join in as players. The night went on until they haven't realized it's midnight already. None of the members wants to sleep yet for they truly are enjoying themselves but Gouenji suggests that they'll still have time until tomorrow afternoon and that the place needs to be cleaned. They all have rooms prepared for them. Surprisingly, the mansion has enough guests rooms to cover them all if every six members are going to use one room. The female players will be with the managers and the adults will be in pairs namely: Kidou and Fudou, Endou and Fubuki, Otonashi to Yuuka's, and of course Gouenji and Karibe. Due to the disappointed faces of the kids, Gouenji thinks of a brilliant idea.
"Hey, why don't you guys come back here after you drop your things. I'll show you something amazing," he declares.
"Oh great. What does he wants to show off this time?" Shindou mutters sarcastically.
They follow him to a room distant from the rest while enjoying the sightseeing on their way. After more click sounds, they arrive at their destination. Right when they enter the room, a huge screen that covered the whole wall at the opposite side from where they're standing and an outstanding numbers of modernized comfy chairs catch their attention. The place can already be compared to a cinema but not necessarily as big as the real deal. The huge screen has two medium sized speakers at the sides. On the opposite of it all are two huge speakers on the back, for the 'surround sound' effect as they call it. And in between is an automated popcorn/soda machine, complete with paper cups of both kinds.
"A mini cinema?! Seriously?!" The tactician says irritated looking like he's almost losing his sanity.
"Sugooiii!" Almost the whole gang's amaze yet again for the empteenth time.
"This definitely is my second favorite part of your house next to the soccer field, Gouenji-san," Kurosaki informs his former coach politely.
Wherein Gouenji responds casually with, "Really? The same as me, huh." The midfielder smiles slyly at Taiyou who answers with a puzzled look. He then fearlessly receives some devastating stares from Tsurugi and Hakuryuu of which he doesn't mind at all.
"Eh! You've been here before, Kurosaki-san?" Asks the wide-eyed Shinsuke.
"Yup! Gouenji-san let us watch here with him everytime," He answers with an obvious teasing tone making the ace strikers Tsurugi and Hakuryuu even more furious.
"I'm really envious!" Shinsuke says out loud wherein Gouenji pretends to not hear a thing.
"Kurosaki, here's the key," Gouenji calls as he throws a key with an attached small red keychain shaped like a car to him. Bearing the title captain of Seidouzan, he catches the key with no difficulty at all. "You take it from here. You know what to do. Enjoy yourselves everyone!" He waves while heading out of the room.
"Yosh, minnaaaaaa! Come with me and pick whatever CD you want and we'll watch 'em all!" He says enthusiastically showing another side of him that no one else has ever seen. Everyone follows him quietly, or more like awkwardly, going to the back of the giant screen while Kurama quotes, 'an even bigger fanboy' in his mind.
They arrive there only to find out that there's another thing they should be amaze about. A huge room that's like a library because of all the sorted CDs, DVDs, and other different kinds of tapes. Each are categorized and in alphabetical order. Shindou, however, finds this as a rational excuse to almost smack his head to the wall. His forever loyal and understanding friend Kirino cares to stop him or at least tries to calm him down after knowing what's going on in his head.
"Isn't it easier to just download all of these in a USB or something?" Asks Amagi to no one.
"I said the same thing but Kantoku told me Gouenji-san liked it this way..." whispers Taiyou making sure that only Amagi can know that he has already been here before.
Everyone explores the whole place and looks for what they fancy watching. Some of them looks at the 'school life' section probably wondering how Gouenji survived school. Most of the Earth Eleven and some others go to see the 'movies' section divided with their genres while the rest goes to the 'soccer matches' category. While everyone's busy, Minaho decides to look around like the observant that he is. Thanks to his natural instinct to not pass even the smallest of details, he has found what might possibly be the cause of multiple fanboy heartbreaks. His ears move sidewards at another interesting discovery at the most secluded part of the room.
"Captain!" Calling the brunet who's on his camera again. "Look what I found," he adds making Tenma call everyone else.
"I've been going here for a long time but I don't remember ever seeing that box before," Kurosaki started, a lot more calm than he is earlier, looking at the taped carton that they form a circle to.
"That's understandable," in a matter of seconds, Minaho started getting everyone's attention. "When I saw that box at that corner, it seems to me that it was untouched the moment it was placed there. If you try to look around, as you already did, the other places of this room is clean except for that particular spot of which maybe even the maids did not know of," he deducts while holding his chin in a very Minaho way.
"As expected of the son of the known Sherlock Holmes of Japan!" The amazed Shinsuke energetically proclaims.
"So, the question is… Why?! Why is Gouenji-san keeping this box there?!" Hamano adds dramatically trying to copy Minaho's actions. Though he fails at it, he still continues while walking and looking at different directions as if there are cameras placed there capturing a climactic moment in a soap opera. "Is he hiding something? Is the legendary ace striker trying to bury a dark past in the four corners of that carton that will affect and scar his fanboys for life?" He stops walking and now looks at his side in a slow motion with his hand still in his chin, "I wonder."
Hamano's words and actions, no matter how silly they were, get stuck on everyone's head. The others, mostly the Raimon Eleven, looks at each other sheepishly, obviously having their heads together for something that doesn't sound good.
Kurosaki notices this and reacts right away, "Ohhh, no. You are not opening this box!" He warns, going in front of the box and giving a 'If you want to pass, you have to go through me first' kinda pose.
"What's wrong with you, Kurosaki?! Don't you, of all people, want to know everything about Gouenji-san?!" Senguuji Yamato says darkly to the long-haired brunet's ears from who knows where he comes from. The act frightens everyone earning him a 'like father, like son' comment in their heads, except the Earth Eleven who are just standing with cold sweat, "Besides, we'll just be looking at it, no harm done right?"
"W-Well…" he answers still unsure. With some more seconds, he stands proud and firm letting his decision be heard, "No! Definitely not! Gouenji-san entrusted me to hold this key and I can never.. And I mean neveeer betray hi-"
"Are these… tapes?!" Yamato declares surprised, cutting Kurosaki's monologue, as he looks inside the box along with the others.
"What do you people think you're doing?!" He panics with a now slightly higher voice matching his feminine appearance, with his arms quickly going up and down comically.
"I think these are the tapes used for video cams.." states Yamato's ever supportive teammate Gomaki Tetsurou, totally ignoring Kurosaki.
"Hmm.. nothing's written on most of them. Now, I'm really curious, let's watch these tapes!" Says Amagi.
"Are you people insane?! You can't just touch Gouenji-san's stuff like that, he'll be mad at me!" He says panicking even more than before.
"That's the point!" Tsurugi says darkly freezing Kurosaki on his tracks and making everyone back away from him.
Yukimura Hyouga steps in realizing the situation getting out of hand, "Guys I think what Kurosaki's saying is right. We shouldn't be touching other people's-"
"What if Fubuki-san is in that video, too?!" Hakuryuu says quickly as if backing up his rival Tsurugi with whatever they have their minds in.
"Then what are we waiting for?! Let's watch!" Says the now enthusiastic Yukimura who just punched the air above him and is unusually smiling. Everyone backs away from him too, way farther away than they did to Tsurugi.
"Yukimura… aren't you backing me up?!" Asks the now depress Kurosaki.
"Nope. I'm going to watch Fubuki-senpai in action!" He says with his eyes full of admiration, making Kurosaki tear up (anime style) and sulk at the corner.
"Crazy die-hard fanboys!" Kurama says annoyed, getting everyone to agree and sweatdrop to everything they just saw.
= End of Chapter One =
Next Chapter: Second Win Hangover
A/N: Welp, I've tried everything I can to make it better. Also, I'll try to update this as much as I can. Hope you enjoyed~
