Reckless Fire
Stephano Hungary: Seemed like an interesting idea… I love soccer, I love anime. Thought it'd be a kooky combination. Let's see where it goes.
Prologue: Hinata
Hinata took a deep breath as she placed the soccer ball down at the marked spot. She took a few steps back and readied herself. Surveying the field, she saw all of her teammates getting into position, making sure she would have a clear shot at the goal.
"Hi-na-ta! Hi-na-ta! Hi-na-ta!" The sound of the crowd chanting gave her shivers down her spine. She looked to the bleachers and saw her sister and father watching her. Hanabi was jumping up and down in her seat screaming at her sister to hurry up and make the shot. Her father was sitting calmly next to her shaking his head at her exuberance but she could see his arms and legs were tense and shaking sporadically. Although he may not act like it, he also thought soccer was frightfully exciting and was eager to see Hinata make a goal as well.
Seeing the encouragement that her family was giving her, Hinata's nerves were calmed and now all she was focused on was getting this ball passed that neon-yellow clad goalie into that beautiful, white netted goal.
She got a quick glance at the goalie's face and saw that the girl was tense as she balanced on the balls of her feet, anxious for the awaiting kick.
Hinata took another breath, as she lifted up her right arm, signaling her running start to kick the ball.
"Hi-na-ta! Hi-na-ta! Hi-na-ta!"
'You got this, Hinata! It's all you! Let's go!' She chanted to herself in her head as she sprinted towards the ball.
"Hi-na-ta! Hi-na-ta! Hi-na-ta!"
The crowds cheering became muffled, the only thing Hinata could hear was the sound of her ragged breathing and her racing heart, her eyes completely focused on that white and black ball.
Once she was in kicking distance, Hinata balanced on her right leg, tilting her body slightly, and using the running momentum, she brought her left leg around to deliver a swift kick to the ball that sent it flying at an unbelievable speed.
The ball soared through the air over the wall that the opposing team had created to try and block its trajectory.
The goalie readied herself as the ball neared, but then something strange happened. It was as if… The ball, itself, was gaining speed! It looked like there was a white streak trailing after the ball as it flew. But suddenly, the ball started to turn at a swift angle, sending it towards the upper left corner instead towards the goalie.
"No!" The goalie gasped at the sudden change in direction and hustled as fast as she could to stop the ball.
After running a few steps, she jumped.
Hinata sucked in a deep breath as she watched the goalie throw herself to the ball.
The girls on both teams began to scream, one in hope, the other, in fear.
The audience became deathly silent as they watched the ball hurtle itself towards the goal.
The goalie's hands reached out. The ball neared.
Her fingertips were stretched out as far as they could go… But it wasn't enough!
"No…!" She whispered. The ball seemed to swerve even higher, flying past her hands, grazing her fingers and entered the goal, sliding down against the white netting.
-!-
"I DON'T BELIEVE IT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BUT THEY HAVE DONE IT! THE SCREAMING QUEENS HAVE BEATEN LAST YEAR'S DISTRICT CHAMPIONS, AND ARE NOW THIS YEAR'S NEW REIGNING CHAMPS!"
The announcer shouted into the microphone, jumping out of his seat. At this announcement, the audience roared back to life, screaming and stomping on the bleachers as they cheered wildly for the winning goal, specifically the girl who made the goal.
"HI-NA-TA! HI-NA-TA! HI-NA-TA! HI-NA-TA!"
The girls from both teams formed a line and ran at each other, bringing out their hands to their sides to slap the other teams hands. At each slap the girls chanted, "Good game!" And every time someone would slap Hinata's hand they would say, "Awesome shot, girl!" To which she would reply, "Thank you…!"
Hinata's team the Screaming Queens stood in formation, and watched the referees and the announcer present her team with a bright gold trophy that had a girl on top kicking a soccer ball, almost in the exact same way that Hinata did, except for the fact that she was kicking with her right and not her left. It was titled: 2011 Girls Soccer District Champions – The Screaming Queens.
"Screaming Queens, we present to you, this year's District Championship trophy, congratulations!"
"WHOOOOOOO!"
The whole team of girls screamed as Hinata reached out and held the trophy high above, cheering along with them and the crowd.
"And for the captain of the squad, and the goal-winning kicker… Hinata Hyuuga, we present to you this year's MVP medallion for your outstanding sportsmanship, work ethic, and incredible soccer-playing ability!" The announcer pulled out a shining platinum medallion that was held on a royal blue ribbon, titled: 2011 MVP – Hinata Hyuuga.
Tears formed along Hinata's eyelids as she reached for the medallion, placing it over her head. It swung around to land on her chest and she felt her heart swell with pride. She turned back to her team and initiated a group hug.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" As the hug continued, she began to cry, freely, "You guys are the best team that I've ever played with! I'll never forget you! Now… How 'bout one more Screaming Queens chant for old time's sake?"
The girls on the team stood in a circle, placing their hands on top of one another over their brand new trophy.
"Screaming Queens on 3! Screaming Queens on 3! 1, 2, 3…!" Hinata shouted, and as a unit, the girls yelled together, "SCREAMING QUEENS! WHOOOO!"
-BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!-
Hinata groaned as she lifted her head up from under the multitude of sheets on her bed and glared at her shrieking alarm clock.
She reached her hand out and held it over the off button momentarily before slamming it down, silencing its incessant noise.
Hinata threw the covers off of her body and stretched like a cat, sighing at the sounds of her spine cracking.
She looked at a framed picture of her old soccer team posing with their championship trophy.
She lifted it up and held it close to her, sighing deeply. "I really wish you guys were here, right now… It's gonna be so nerve-wracking going to a new school and you guys aren't there with me…"
Hinata walked over to her vanity and placed the frame down reaching for a picture of her cousin Neji posing in his Varsity Boys Soccer uniform of his junior year. "I suppose one good thing about this place is that Neji-niisan will be there, but that's about it…"
She glanced at her neatly pressed and folded uniform placed on her chair and she sighed.
"Goodbye Screaming Queens… Hello Konoha Gakuen…"
.:END:.
Stephano Hungary: Welp, there's the prologue, and now it's time for a lil' preview of what's to come!
Preview of Chapter 1:
"Welcome to Konoha Gakuen!"
"Hi-Hinata-sama?"
"Woah, woah, woah! You're Neji's cousin? Pfft, you're definitely not as stiff as he is!"
"W-wow… Athletics are certainly f-focused on a lot h-here, huh…?"
"Ah, there's Sasuke-kun! He's an athletic prodigy! Every sport he's played in Konoha Gakuen he's been the captain! Ahhhh…!"
"Ne, Sakura-chan, what about me? I played on every team with Sasuke-teme, too!"
"Wh-who… is that?"
"You wanna play a sport? Cool, which one?"
"I want to play so badly… But how can I when there's no Girls Soccer team…?"