I can't believe it! After 7 months of hiatus, I'm pretty much almost graduated from High School and I can get back to writing fics. As a warm up to writing fics again, I've decided to start a fresh new story - As OC fics, I'll need a lot of warming up to get back to writing them.

For those of you new readers/ writers who have appeared in my absence since April. The name's Tripp and I consider myself as a specialist in OC fics with detail, however I do like writing non-OC fics too. I don't really care much for reviews and favourites to my stores as long as even one person enjoys my writing, then I'm happy with the work I've done. I'm not pro at writing either, just a hobbyist who enjoys writing awesome plots for fandoms.

Personally I've always wished there was an arc between Season 3 and Inazuma Eleven GO of the Inazuma crew going into high school and the hardships of it, the Japan Pro League, Endou's Arm injury etc. I'll try to keep it as realistic as possible to what happened after the last episode

This is gonna be another multichapter that'll I'll focus on until I can really get Forgetting You and Camp Inazuma back up and running.

So hope you enjoy!

I don't own Inazuma Eleven ... unfortunately... Minor inspirations from the soccer Anime Whistle! and the baseball anime Major!

CHAPTER 1 | a new beginning

A thunderous crack seemed to stop the play all together. Eyes widened from both the players on the field and the spectators in the stands.

Time felt like it had slowed down as a young sixteen year old boy came crashing down in front of the goal.

A thud which echoed the field like it was the only sound that could be heard and the air chocked a fist of disbelief.

Eyes shut in such unbelievable pain, yet tears seem to start forming in his eyes. His left arm clutched his right as he cradled it to his chest in agony.

"Why," he whimpered in misery, "…why…."

Raindrops slowly started to drizzle yet camouflaged the tears which had started to trickle down his face.

He could hear a stampede of feet thudding towards him as he heard his teammates call his name as the world faded to black.

"Endou!"

"Captain!"

"Endou-kun!"

"Mamoru-kun!"

"Mamoru!"

"Mamoru!"

"MAMORU!"

Endou's eyes blinked wide open at the racket his name had been making. The sudden brightness temporarily blinded his eyes as he stared at his plain white ceiling.

"MAMORU! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO YELL AT YOU? YOU'LL BE LATE FOR THE FIRST DAY OF HIGH SCHOOL!" His mother called him from the bottom of the stairs, a frying pan of bacon in one hand.

She sighed, even at the age of sixteen her son was almost the same as he was once back in Raimon Junior High. Of course Endou had grown a lot taller and his hair had grown into a more messier bundle on the top of his bandana than it once was. He's also gotten a bit mature than when he entered the now famous middle school however he was still the same crazy soccer fanatic that he once was.

It had taken him another minute before he had come into realization of what his mother had just yelled at him from the first floor of their house.

"EHHH!"

Atsuko sighed as she heard a thump from the floor above while on the other side Endou had fallen out of bed and scrambled as fast as he could to get his new uniform on. His eyes frantically searched his room for his school tie while at the same time eying the clock which blinked a bright 7:30AM.

Of course his excitement for the new school had led him to staying up till 11:30 the previous night which of course his greatest move wasn't considering high school started at 8:00AM and not at 8:30 like Raimon Junior High did. Ten minutes, after tackling both pairs of white socks at the same time and located the location of his new shoes, he ran down the stairs with five minutes to spare for breakfast before he had to leave for school.

Replacing the oxford blue gakuran with golden buttons he had worn during middle school was now a white button up shirt underneath a Prussian blue blazer and tie. He also wore Cambridge Blue dress pants and neatly polished black school shoes.

"Well aren't you handsome," Atsuko ruffled his son's hair who growled muttering how he had just fixed it

"Ready for the first day of high school?" His father asked him. As usual, his father was seated on the kitchen table eating a toast of bread while reading the newspaper, "Ganbattene!"

Endou grinned as he stole a piece of bacon and toast from the table and ran off outside.

"Which way was it again…" Endou scratched his head. He had only fifteen minutes to find the way to Inazuma High School before the opening ceremony and time was running out.

"Aki and Kidou said it was that way… or was it that way

Inazuma High School stood proudly as its first day came to an open. Students were pouring in by the minute – both old and new students. A few timidly waited nervously in the front of the school, nervous to meet new people, while some old friends high fived each other making their waiting to the opening ceremony in the auditorium.

Inazuma High School, located at the centre of all of the main soccer playing schools in the region. This school is known for excelling well in sports - especially soccer and incorporates many of the aces of previous Tokyo middle school teams in order to create a formidable force.

"Gouenji!"A certain spiky platinum blond striker looked up after admiring the new school. Gouenji traced the voice to the face to see a familiar face with goggles and dreadlocks walking towards him.

"Ohayo," Gouenji greeted him, "Can't believe we're finally in high school." He looked once again around at the big new school.

Kidou grinned, all the past Raimon students had decided to attend Inazuma High – After all it was one of the best high schools in the region that had a great soccer program too.

"OHAYO!" The two turned to see Someoka, Kazemaru and Handa walking up to them, just like them they were wearing their brand new Inazuma High uniforms. Both Someoka and Handa had grown slightly taller while Kazemaru on the other hand, his hair had grown quite a bit too. Changes of appearance had been made for both Kidou and Gouenji. Gouenji had only gown slightly taller and his skin had started to tan out more, a bit like his father's, Kidou on the other hand made a more dramatic change, his deadlock hair was still tied as it used to be at Raimon however was slightly longer and he had exchanged his goggles for a bigger pair of white and green ones.

"Long time no see! How's your summer been? Kidou said as the two high fived and fist bumped the other three. Most of the ex-raimon students hadn't seen each other for a while. Kidou and Gouenji had been busy this summer helping out their father's with their work, Someoka and Handa had both spent their vacation overseas and Kazemaru was at track and field camp.

"Meh it's ok, didn't play as much soccer as I wanted too. Can you believe it? I went all the way to Australia to visit my cousins and their neighbourhood is filled with old people… not to mention none of my cousins play soccer!" Handa complained.

"Couldn't play soccer with the grannies could you?" Someoka laughed, "Speaking of soccer, are you ready for try-outs next week?" his eyes widened at the thought of playing 'High School Soccer'.

Kazemaru nodded, "But still, I can't believe we have to try out! We've never had to try out before."

"Apparently High School soccer is a lot more intense than Junior High soccer…" Handa turned to Kidou and Gouenji, "But I doubt you two and Endou will have any trouble fitting in here, you're already destined to be pros."

"Did you forget we've already gotten high recommendations from being in Raimon Junior High, winning the football frontier for two consecutive years?" Gouenji smirked at Handa.

"Says you, Mr FFI Japan Rep" Handa shot back playfully, "Speaking of Endou, have you seen him?"

The five looked around and shrugged, "I have seen him since graduation last year, he left to go umm… I can't remember actually… holiday I think?" Kidou mentioned in thought.

"Oh you know Endou, that boy was probably up all night excited and slept in again."

The crew turned around to see Aki and Natsume walking up to them. From the looks of it, it had seemed the two had gotten to school way earlier than them.

"Heh typical Endou," Someoka and Handa sniggered.

"Ohayo, Aki, Natume-san," Kazemaru greeted them.

"Ne, have you seen the class lists yet? We were just about to go there?"

The did hesitate before stampeding to the notice board outside the entrance were a crowd of students had seemed to have form.

Natsume sighed, "… well I guess that's a no…" before the two left to follow.

"Someoka! Kazearu! We're in the same class again as last year with Max and Kageno!" Handa pointed to the list while the three grinned. "Class 1-C!"

"As expected, Gouenji and Kidou are in the top ranked class 1-A," Someoka slapped the two on the back, "You smart asses!"

"Hey you didn't tell me Sakuma, Genda and Fudou were studying here, Kidou,"

"Eh… those Triangle Z brothers are here too…"

"So are Sugimori and so many other people we know…"

The crowd had seem to grow bigger and bigger so the five had decided to slip out by the time they had decided that suffocation wasn't an option for them.

"MINNA" The five grinned at the over enthusiastic voice which sped towards them at great speed.

"Endou!" Kidou and Gouenji high fived their fellow teammate, unfortunately however they did not notice Endou slightly wincing as Gouenji high fived his right hand.

"So Endou how was yo-"

"HEY IS THAT THE CLASSES LIST!" Endou took over Handa's question with the excitement of figuring which class he was in and shoved his way to the front of the crowd.

The seven just laughed at his excitement.

"Tsk… troublesome first year," a boy who seemed to be a third year muttered as he was shoved past.

Endou moved his hand down the lists to try and find his name and who was in his class. He was definitely not in class 1-A, the class with the highest ranked academic scores and Endou inwardly grown as he was not in the same class as Kidou, Gouenji, Fudou and Shadow. He wasn't either in 1-B or even 1-C, and those classes had the rest of his friends in them.

1-D, 1-E, 1-F, 1-G …. Where was his name… he was going to this school … right?

His eyes flickered across the board once more before finally landing on the list that clearly stated

Endou Mamoru

His eyes quickly moved up and down the list to see if he could recognize anyone of his classmate's names… but none of his friends were in his class.

"NAAAANIII!?"

His friends who had notice the sudden burst of energy from the centre of the crowd turned their attention towards Endou who was slowly making his way out of the crowd. The crew hadn't looked at what class Endou was in yet and were curious to know whose class he would be in.

"So… what class did you get in?" Kidou asked him noticing the sudden eerie atmosphere that surrounded him. Just from the look of his face, it did not look good.

Kazemaru and Someoka cringed just waiting for the answer.

"There's no one I know in my class, all of you guys are in other classes." Endou muttered, "I'm in class 1-H..."

Well... that kinda sucked for an intro. Still a bit rusty, hopefully the next few chapter will be there. No major OCs needed for this story. I'll probably only use minor OC that's previously used to keep the story flowing. No OC requests needed so don't even try submitting one since I'll probably just ignore it.

So it's been really hard to catch up with Inazuma Fics lately. As an extreme Otaku who habits in completing a new Anime series every week while keeping up with season anime weekly I had gone to the point where I had somewhat lost the love for Inazuma Eleven. However currently rewatching it and having the persistence to keep on writing has brought me back to writing on a regular basis.

I know a lot of people want an update on Forgetting You and Camp Inazuma, but since they're OC fics it's gonna take me a while to try an catch up on what I was writing – So much information so I have to re-plan my next actions. So for now you're getting me warming up the new writing season with a new story and an updates from '上のゲーム: game on.'

-Tripp