Okay…I decided to write a sequel after the great feedback the first story got. It should be quite obvious that I don't own Inazuma Eleven and I hope you enjoy! Also if the dialogue at the beginning feels familiar…it's supposed to be as it's taken straight from episode 45, since this takes place during that episode.

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''Nice pass Tenma!''

''Great shoot Kurama!''

''You won't get past me!''

Similar sentences and compliments were flying around as Raimon team continued their practice. Despite the fact that they won Holy Road and managed to bring back real soccer, all of them still felt the need to practice.

''I can't believe this team is now number one in Japan when they were once on the verge of falling apart.'' Haruna said happily as she and the managers continued to watch them practice.

''I was right on the mark with them.'' Midori said causing all other females to look at her confused. ''I knew these guys would accomplish something big.'' Midori said proudly, but no one seemed to believe this. Akane giggled softly while Midori looked annoyed. ''Why're you laughing, geez.'' Midori said annoyed as Akane kept giggling.

''But that doesn't really sound like something you'd say.'' Akane said, but she finally stopped giggling. She looked down at her camera and frowned a little. ''I hope that Shin-Sama returns soon.'' Akane said. She hadn't seen Shindou personally since her visit to the hospital. Of course she saw him at the finals, but he seemed to only focus on Tenma then. Midori smirked a little since this was another opportunity to tease Akane.

''Aww, It's so cute that you're missing your boyfriend.'' Midori said with a teasing smirk. As she predicted Akane started blushing profusely while Aoi smiled a little. She like many others knew that Akane has a crush on Shindou and that Midori likes teasing her about it.

''W-what? S-shin-Sama isn't my b-boyfriend.'' Akane said with her blushing increasing every minute. She couldn't even imagine how it would feel if Shindou hugged her, let alone dated her or…kissed her. Of course she had dreamed about that couple times, but that didn't obviously count.

''So you didn't confess during that hospital visit after all?'' Midori asked. Akane had refused to tell her what transpired during her visit so she had suspected that something was up.

''No, I…'' Akane started to say, but stopped mid-sentence since she noticed that the training had stopped and all members were looking towards something with smiles.

''Seems you're all hard at it.'' Akane recognized that voice instantly. She rose from her seat immediately to look at what others were looking and she started smiling once she saw that Shindou was back.

''Shin-Sama is back!'' Akane said happily as she prepared her camera to take a picture. However once she focused her camera, she noticed that Shindou seemed to be looking straight at her. It was hard to tell from the distance, but to her it looked like he was staring right at her. Even when others arrived at his side he still seemed to stare at her. ''S-Shin-Sama is staring at me.''

Midori looked between her and Shindou, but Shindou had stopped looking at her direction and was now talking to the team members. ''What are you talking about? He's looking at the team.'' Midori said. Akane looked back at Shindou to see that he was indeed doing that.

''But he did stare at me…I'm sure of it.''

''Of course he did.'' Midori said sarcastically. Akane had daydreamed about Shindou couple times before, so she wasn't surprised that she would think that he was staring at her.

Shindou's POV

''I know. I won't overdo it.'' I said after Kirino had told me to take it lightly. It felt great to finally be back at school and on the soccer field. However it was also great to see her again. ''She's been haunting my thoughts ever since her visit.'' I thought. Obviously I was thinking about Akane. Ever since her visit I've had these…weird thoughts about her. I…

''We'll get to play soccer with you again. I'm so glad.'' Tenma's sentence snapped me out of my thoughts. I had to stop thinking of Akane for a while or I couldn't pay attention to the conversation.

''I'm glad too. We've got nothing to hold us back now. We'll all get to play real soccer from now on.'' I said and smiled a little. This sentence seemed to satisfy everyone and I returned to my thoughts. I could see Tenma's mouth moving, indicating that he was saying something, but I tuned him out. I know he would say something soccer-related so I didn't really need to listen, no matter how mean that sounds.

I quickly glanced towards Akane and as I predicted, she was staring right at me. I could once again feel what I felt during her visit. I still didn't know why every time I saw her nowadays my heartbeat would get little faster and I would have hard time to not to blush.

''It's good to have you back again.'' Tenma said and bowed.

''Yeah.'' I said back. There really wasn't anything else I needed to say to that. After that most of the members started telling about their thoughts about the soccer club and all of them were pumped to win Holy Road next year. I was excited about next year's Holy Road as well, since I couldn't play in the finals of this one.

''So Captain, do you want to play soccer with us now?'' Tenma asked excitedly. I would love to play soccer immediately, but Fuyuka-Sensei had told me that I shouldn't do it as soon as I got out.

''I think I'm going to watch first. Show me how much your soccer has improved since finals.'' I said and headed for the bench. I could hear the team say yes in unison and run back to the field, but I didn't really pay much attention to that. I walked to the bench where Haruna-Sensei greeted me with a smile.

''Welcome back Shindou-Kun.'' Haruna said, but I just nodded back to say to her that I appreciated the sentiment. I then turned to face Akane, who looked nervous and refused to keep eye contact with me.

''Hey Akane.'' I greeted her and she managed to reply with a meek hey. Both of us remained quiet after that for a while until I focused on her camera. ''Can I see the pictures you've taken?'' I asked and she handed me her camera without a word. I took it and the obvious happened. Our fingers brushed and my heart skipped a beat. ''Thanks.'' I said and sat down on the bench.

To be honest I was disappointed that Akane herself hadn't reacted when our fingers brushed. ''Why would I be disappointed about that? Why does she make me feel so…good?'' I thought as I just barely paid attention to the pictures.

End of Shindou's POV

''Why're you suddenly so nervous?'' Midori asked from Akane. She was used to her being nervous around Shindou, but this time she had only said one word to him.

''I…I don't know. I was just surprised that Shin-Sama talked to me.'' Akane said. Luckily she was good at keeping her voice down, so Shindou wouldn't hear their conversation.

''That's only a good thing. C'mon, talk to him!'' Midori said and pushed her towards Shindou. However since Akane hadn't expected this and Midori's push was little too forceful this caused Akane to crash right into Shindou. The camera Shindou was holding dropped to the ground and instead his hands got occupied by Akane's shoulders.

''A-Akane.''

''S-Shin-Sama.''

To say that their position was awkward would be an understatement. Akane was basically leaning towards Shindou. Shindou's hands on Akane`s shoulders were the only thing stopping the two of them from falling completely on top of each other. However that wasn't the most awkward part. Their faces were merely inches apart and their lips were close to touching each other. Their eyes widened and both of them started blushing, though Akane's blush was more visible.

''Wow, she's so close that I can smell the scent of her hair…it's almost enchanting. And her lips look so…What am I thinking?! Get a grip Shindou! You should be pushing her off, not admiring how pretty she looks up close.'' Shindou thought. He knew that he should push her off, but his hands refused to cooperate with him.

''Wow...Shin-Sama's eyes look so hypnotizing up close. If only I had the courage to lean in and kiss…No, I couldn't. He would definitely push me off and never talk to me again. I should just push myself off.'' Akane said, but when she tried to do that, she couldn't. Shindou's grip on her shoulders was too strong so the only way for her to get out of this situation is if Shindou pushed her off. Though she hoped that he wouldn't do that.

''Heh, look at those two.'' Midori said and elbowed Aoi slightly while pointing at Akane and Shindou, who were blissfully unaware that they were being watched. Aoi turned to look at the two of them and smiled slightly.

''Good for Akane.'' Aoi said with a bright smile. Suddenly Midori smirked at her and nudged her playfully.

''Should I do the same to you and Tenma someday?'' Midori asked mischievously. Aoi looked at her shocked, but there was a faint blush on her cheeks.

''W-What? Tenma and I are just friends!'' Aoi said flustered, but Midori didn't look convinced.

Neither Akane nor Shindou had moved from their position. Both of their hearts were beating so fast and so hard that they were both worried that the other party could hear it. Shindou was also worried that the team would notice them and get the wrong idea. Shindou's brain was yelling at him to push Akane off, but he didn't want to listen to it.

''I should push her off. If I don't do that my urge to kiss her will just increase…not that I would mind kissing her. I…I…'' Shindou started leaning closer to Akane's face, until their faces were so close that one move forward would result in a kiss. ''What...what am I doing?'' Shindou sighed and finally pushed Akane off, to the displeasure of both him and Akane. Despite being apart now, both of them were still evidently blushing and neither of them could look at each other anymore.

''I…have to go.'' Shindou said and left the bench in a hurry. Akane barely took notice of his leave, since she herself was shocked about the entire event as well. Midori let out a low whistle.

''Wow…I didn't expect that.'' Midori said and glanced at Akane who seemed to be frozen on the spot. ''Oi, Akane!'' Midori said and shook her a little, but she still didn't move. Midori waved her hand in front of Akane's eyes and after getting no reaction she sighed. ''I guess we lost her.''

Shindou's POV

''Why…Why did I do that?'' I asked from myself as I walked out of the school grounds. The school had already ended for the day anyway, so I didn't have to hang out there anymore. ''I should've pushed her off immediately, but I nearly kissed her instead! I'm so stupid!'' I scolded myself. I was glad that the streets were empty or someone could've thought I was crazy for talking to myself like that.

''Why would I want to kiss her? I can say that I think she's pretty, but why would I want to kiss her? I hadn't even talked to her much before her visit to the hospital. I need to talk about this with someone.'' As soon as I had thought about that my cellphone started ringing. I looked at the caller ID and smiled a little. It was Kirino.

''It's me.'' I said as I answered to the phone. Soon after I heard Kirino's worried voice.

''Shindou! Where are you? You just left the practice out of the blue.''

''…Can I meet up with you at the riverbank? I need to talk with you about something.''

''Huh? What do you mean? Why do you want to do that?''

''I'll explain there. Just come soon okay.''

''…Okay, I'll be there in couple minutes!''

Kirino hung up after that. I knew that he would be the best person to talk with about this 'problem'. I let out a small sigh and started walking towards the riverbank.

I reached the riverbank in couple minutes. It was empty aside from the two goalposts that have been there for ages. I regretted for a moment that I hadn't taken a soccer ball with me, but I knew that I shouldn't play anyway, since Kirino would be arriving soon. I sat down on the bench and started thinking again.

''I hope he understands my dilemma and is able to help me understand why I wanted to kiss Akane. I mean…I can't possibly…''

''Shindou!'' I was snapped out of my thoughts by Kirino's yell. I looked up to see Kirino walking towards me with a worried look on his face. ''What's wrong? Why did you want me to come here?'' Kirino asked as he sat down next to me on the bench. I didn't answer since I wasn't sure how I should word my problem. ''Shindou?'' Kirino said, this time being more confused than worried. I let out a long sigh and started to talk.

''There's a girl and I kind of…'' And that was all I got out before running out of words to say. To my surprise Kirino didn't look surprised at all.

''You're talking about Akane, right?'' Kirino asked with a small smile. I turned towards him confused, my eyes begging for an explanation. ''Kariya noticed what happened during practice between you and Akane and he for some reason felt like telling me about it.'' Kirino said little bit annoyed. Despite being on a same team with him for a while now, he still felt certain amount of animosity towards Kariya.

''During that time…I for some reason couldn't just push her away and I…I felt a strange need to kiss her. I almost did, but I pushed her off before anything could happen.'' I explained. I saw Kirino nod and both of us remained quiet after that for couple seconds, until Kirino spoke up again.

''Do you like her?'' Kirino asked. I didn't know could I answer that question. I certainly didn't dislike or hate Akane and I did think that she was pretty and I did have that strange need to kiss her. However I still wasn't sure about what I really felt about her. She's just…different.

''I don't know.'' I simply answered. It was the truth after all.

''In that case…I think you should take her on a date.'' Kirino said with a bright smile. I nearly lost my balance when he said that and I turned to look at him shocked.

''On a date? But aren't dates for couples?''

''Yes, yes they are and that's exactly why you should take her on one. A date would be the best way for you to solve out your feelings.'' Kirino said and I remained quiet. I admit that he did bring up a good point. Spending time with Akane shouldn't bring any harm. However I was still worried about something.

''But after what happened today…I don't know if I can.'' I said. I wasn't scared or anything, but I was worried that I had already made things awkward between us and that she would want to avoid me for a while.

''Well it's your decision.'' Kirino said and stood up from the bench. ''I've to go back to others. Just think about it, okay?'' Kirino said and with a wave of a hand, he walked off. ''About time you noticed her, Shindou.'' Kirino thought as he left the field.

I stood up as well and started walking back home. I was thinking about what Kirino said and about Akane during the entire walk and before I knew it, I was back at home. Neither of my parents would be home yet and maids would be busy with their usual jobs, so I had time for myself. I walked straight to my room and walked next to my piano.

''Well…Might as well try it.'' I said to myself. Playing piano always made me feel better so I sat in front of it and started to play. Because of Holy Road and being stuck in the hospital, my skills were little rusty, but I could still play nearly perfectly. That is, until I started thinking about Akane again. My thoughts got distracted and suddenly I was hitting almost all the notes wrong. I stopped before my playing would get any worse…or before I would damage someone's ears. However that small session had made me certain of one fact.

''There's no denying it…I've to take Akane on a date.

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Yes, as you can see this is not a one-shot. Depending on how it goes, this might be a two-shot or a three-shot. I'm not entirely sure yet.

I don't think I've anything else to say here to be honest…so…Review if you liked, review if you didn't like!

This story's proverb of the day is: A date would be the best way for you to work out your feelings.