A/N: Hello! I am finally back with this new work. Although I have not finished the planning and writing of the story, I figured I would upload Chapter 1 first! I hope my readers will come back to read this and hopefully it receives positive reviews. ^^
I'm finally here.
I stood in front of the soccer club's door. With a strong push, I opened the door, only to find nothing inside but dust. I coughed and waved away the dust, confused.
"Miyabino-san? What are you doing?"
I turned at my name, seeing a petite girl with yellow, slightly orange, hair. I recognized her from class.
"I'm trying to find the soccer club room."
The girl gave a chuckle before saying, "This is the old club room. The current club room is in the soccer building," she proceeded to point at the big blue building that showed off what the school was famous for.
I thanked her before heading off towards the building.
When the doors slid open, I entered and was greeted by numerous curious faces.
Endou Mamoru, I walked down the steps and stopped in front of the famous soccer player and current coach of Raimon.
"I would like to join the soccer club," I announced, staring straight into the coach's eyes. He stared back before questioning, "Do you like soccer?"
Without hesitation, I answered that I did. The coach's eyes lit up and he grinned, welcoming me to the soccer club. Although I felt that it was strange and weird that it was that easy, I turned around nevertheless and said, "I'm Miyabino Katsuki, call me Katsuki. I'm a second-year. It's nice to meet you."
"Take a sit, Katsuki. We're just starting," I sat beside a short boy who had a light blue headband over his rabbit-like, brown hair.
He flashed a smile at me and introduced himself as Nishizono Shinsuke, to which I nodded in response.
"Teikoku Academy?!"
We returned our attention to the front, noticing that our next opponent for the semi-finals was Teikoku, and not Aoba Academy as arranged.
"Miyabino Reiichi…" someone said aloud, having read off the screen of members in Teikoku's soccer club.
I sighed and knew what was going to come next.
"Miyabino… Miyabino Katsuki?!" The club members turned to me, their faces twisted in shock.
"Yeah, we're cousins," I informed with a deadpan expression.
After everyone was done gawking, Coach Endou brought us to the indoor soccer stadium, where Shindou suggested using a hissatsu tactic against Teikoku – Ultimate Thunder. The upperclassmen were shocked, but we first-years were confused, wondering what it was like.
"We came up with it with Coach Kudou. It should be able to break past Teikoku's iron-wall defense," Shindou continued.
The members agreed on trying it out, so I stood at the sideline beside Nishizono to watch.
As Shindou ran in the opposite direction of the goal, Hamano kicked the ball to Hayami who was across from him. Hayami kicked it over to Kirino who in turn, kicked the ball across to Amagi. Finally, Amagi kicked it over to Shindou. The captain turned at the last minute, shouting "Ultimate Thunder!" as he attempted to kick the ball towards the goal. However, he ended up tumbling backwards and the ball went loose. I winced at the sight as the members rushed over to him.
The upperclassmen decided to try it a second time, though the striker this time was Kurama. I winced again as Kurama was sent flying backwards, unable to take the energy in the ball.
Matsukaze and Nishizono questioned the type of ball it was, leading to Sangoku explaining that it gathered a tremendous amount of power before being unleashed on the opponent's defense to break through. Afterwards, a striker would score a point. However, the hard part was kicking the ball back as the person had to have extraordinary kick power.
"Tsurugi would probably be able to handle it," Shindou said.
"But he's not coming," Kurama looked down.
I yawned, tears springing to my eyes. I wiped them away before announcing, "I'll try it."
The members were shocked, but partially curious too as they had not seen me in action before, so Shindou agreed.
When everyone was ready, I started running. Adrenaline pumped through me as I prepared myself for the ball, rather excited and confident.
At the last moment, I turned as Shindou and Kurama had done, swinging my leg upwards to connect with the ball. Indeed, it had a tremendous amount of power, but I could handle it. Gradually pushing the ball back, it finally flew towards the imaginary defense, landing in the middle and sending a shockwave out.
I chuckled as everyone gaped, wide-eyed.
"Wow, you're amazing, Katsuki-senpai!" Nishizono and Matsukaze ran over whilst exclaiming. I was about to say something rather sarcastic when Kurama asked about my kick power. I shrugged nonchalantly, but I could feel a slight tension. Perhaps it was related to their talk earlier about some Tsurugi guy being punished by the Fifth Sector as a Seed.
They couldn't possibly think I'm a Seed..?
However, Shindou interrupted by telling us to focus, so we went back into formation. I got the feeling that I was being watched, but I shook it off, going back to practice.
The next day, I reported for practice at the field. I practiced Ultimate Thunder with the same few people – Amagi, Hamano, Hayami and Kirino, with Shindou watching us. After a few tries, I knew Ultimate Thunder like the back of my hand. As such, it was getting rather boring, especially for someone like me, who did not have much motivation. I told Shindou that I thought it would be better if someone else could try to strike too. He agreed and allowed me to practice my shoots with Nishizono and Sangoku.
As I jogged over to the pair, I could feel a pair of eyes bore into the side of my face. I realized that Matsukaze had returned, but it was not his eyes that burnt holes in me.
"Oh, Katsuki! How about going for a shoot?" Sangoku grinned.
I smirked; time to show that stalker my skills.
Getting a nearby ball, I readied myself, letting my breath even out before running forward. Balancing on my left foot, I kicked the ball at full force, watching in satisfaction as the ball gathered lots of wind and travelled at a high speed towards the goal. Sangoku stood firm against the ball, but was still pushed back as the ball spun in his hands.
Sangoku complimented me while Nishizono gaped in awe. It was then that I remembered about the stare. I immediately turned my head, only to meet gazes with a boy in a purple jacket and purple pants. His dark blue hair curled near his ears and his slanted eyes did not blink as we held gazes. I broke the intense eye contact when Nishizono asked if there was a problem.
"How about you try to balance yourself more in air? You should also train your legs and kick power," I gave a few pointers to Nishizono about his hissatsu, Full Throttle Jump, before glancing at the tree where the boy had been under. However, he had long disappeared.
After we finished practice, I scrolled through the notifications on my phone. A particular one caught my attention, '(3) Missed Calls – Ikeda Yu'. My eyes widened slightly in surprise. Calls were less often from him than a slew of text messages. Figuring it was about something important, I dialed his number.
"Katsukiiii~!"
"..Hey, Yu. Why did you call me so many times?"
"Uh… About that."
"…"
"Masatake, he…"
"He what?" By this time, I was getting impatient.
"He took his own life. They found him in the afternoon in his room, hanging from the ceiling fan. He left a suicide note; he was sorry for leaving so suddenly, but he couldn't take it any longer. Most importantly, he… He said he wished that he could have seen you for a final time."
By then, I had staggered to a nearby tree, my trembling hand the only support I had. I was so deep in shock that I was not even crying. Yu said something, but all I could hear was buzzing as black spots formed in my vision. My legs gave way beneath me as I crumbled onto the floor, the pitch black overtaking me.
A/N: I'm sure it seemed kind of boring, but I'm hoping it will at least be better than my previous work. Also, I swear this is not a reference to BnHA xD It just so happened that I thought of the name Katsuki (her original name was Katsuko) when looking for a 'not-so-feminine' name.