Prologue
It was finally here.
The district preliminaries.
Of the Soccer Frontier.
Teikoku Gakuen vs. Raimon Junior High.
I watched with a smirk as the Teikoku Eleven ascended the field and took their positions, this team, right now, was much stronger than Raimon, even with Endou Mamoru.
This was going to be interesting.
The referee blew his whistle, signaling the start of the game. The stands roared as Fudou stole the ball from Gouenji and proceeded to move towards the goal.
I shouted with all my might "Go Akio-kun!"
Collectively, everyone turned to stare at me. I sank into my seat, my brown mohawk covering part of my red face, my blue eyes downcast as I flushed, embarrassed.
Suddenly, all around me, in the Teikoku cheering section, all the Fudou fans started chanting with me, "Go Akio-kun, Endou sucks!"
It didn't help that all of them were girls.
As Fudou neared the goal, he whistled, black penguins appearing in front of him. He kicked the ball, now glowing black with penguins surrounding it, to Sakuma and Jimon, who kicked it into the goal, the penguins glowing red. The ball passed a surprised Kidou who gaped at them, eyes disbelieving, as Endou reacted too late and missed, the ball slamming into the net.
"And Teikoku scores the first point against Raimon with their Emperor Penguin X!" a short black haired otaku shouted from the sidelines.
Endou passed the ball to an angry Gouenji, but was intercepted by Fudou. Gouenji stared awestruck, at his former teammate who smirked at him before moving towards the goal again.
This time, Fudou kicked the ball without using any hissatsu technique, but there was so much power in the kick that it went past Endou at incredible speed, there wasn't even time for him to see the ball.
"Goal!" shouted the otaku, "Though I'm sure that Raimon can catch up!"
I wanted to kill that baka.
In the second half Genda stopped the ball 10 times from going into the goal, using Full Power Shield, each time the ball landing, smoking, in his triumphant hands.
The whistle blew three times.
The district finals were over.
Teikoku had beaten Raimon 2-0.
After the match, I came down to the Teikoku bench and held up a hand to Fudou.
He stared at me, "Who are you?"
"Duh, I'm Taji Lizard, remember?" I answered back, irritated that he didn't know me, I mean I had been going to every one of his games, and I was even in his class at school!
Not to mention, that we had been friends ten years ago, before the fateful accident that changed everything…
"What a funny name?" he muttered, smirking at me.
"What did you say?" I glared at him.
That arrogant smirk was really getting on my nerves.
"Nothing I was just talking to myself," he said, trying to contain his laughter,
Anyway it seems you are going to come to our practice tomorrow…"
"Is that even a question?" I asked him, smirking.
"Well, until then, see you," he said, walking away towards his teammates.
I could've swore I saw I flash of purple as he turned around.