Title: If Only He Noticed Me

Rating: T

Language: English

Fandom: Inazuma Eleven

Pairing(s): Aki(main) x Endou x Natsumi x Gouenji

Type: A not so fictional fanfiction

Summary: The new girl who seeks happiness. The guy who she fell in love with. The girl who's like her long lost twin. And the overprotective boyfriend. Mixing all this up together, it pretty much summarizes Aki's new and dramatic life in Raimon.

A/N: This will be the last multi-chapter I'll be publishing before I finish the rest, hopefully by the end of 2013. And a little note to KiyoMeow1305, you are not allowed to ask questions. :|You'll see why in later chapters. :| Wait, not just KiyoMeow1305, all of you FB buddies from IGFC who are reading this are not allowed to ask me anything. :|

The wind blew through her hair and dress – tickling her cheeks. The salty scent of the ocean was refreshing, the sounds of the waves crashing were soothing and Aki just couldn't think of any other place she would rather be. This was her place. This was where she belonged – sitting or walking aroundthe seaside. She loved it here. She didn't want to go elsewhere.

But of course, she couldn't stay here. The girl slowed to a stop – her flip-flops in hand – and narrowed her eyes. It had already been decided years ago that by the time she graduated grade school, she and her family was going to move to some place called Inazuma Town – her birthplace. And it had already been half a year ago since she entered the elite junior high school here. By the time it was summer, she'd be all the way in a new place (well not really new, she visited Inazuma Town loads of times before), leaving her friends, her school and her old life.

No more swimming in the ocean, no more morning sunrise, no more fun. Because the town didn't have any of this. It was like Tokyo – only smaller and less populated. It had numerous malls – but no ocean. It had lots of parks – but no forests. It had a river – but not a waterfall. The forest-green haired girl sighed. She was so close to nature, she couldn't help but wondering what was she going to do every single day in Inazuma Town. She didn't like malls – she wasn't even fond of shopping for that matter – parks are a bore and the river? Last time she went in, it was too shallow for her taste.

Aki looked at the horizon, at the orange-yellowish sky. The sun was setting behind her – meaning it was covered by the tall mountains and tall tress – so it was no use trying to watch it. She remembered coming here with her best friend (or more like ex-best friend, since they were like sisters in 2nd Grade but drifted apart by the time they were in 4th Grade – they're still in the same junior high school though) about a few weeks ago. They were splashing water at each other and built quite a number of sandcastles. They didn't jump in for a swim though – both of them had forgotten their swimsuits. All of a sudden, it hit her.

What about her friends?

How were they going to react to this news? Sure, her best friend since 3rd Grade (this one lasted until now, though they kinda broke up over a petty thing in 6th Grade and found new best friends but when their new best friends went to different junior high schools, they somehow found each other again in the same junior high) knew about this years ago – she wasn't really worried about her. She was more worried about her other best friends, the ones she had recently made this year in this junior high. What was she going to do? And what about her classmates? And her friends from the other classes? Ugh, this was troublesome. She couldn't just disappear by the time school reopens after the summer break, right?

"Aki! Come on, it's time to go home!" From afar, her thoughts were interrupted by her mother – who was getting into the car. She turned around and slowly jogged towards their car. She saw her mother already in the driver's seat. "Coming, mother!" she called back.

"EH? Aki, you're joking aren't you?" Miho asked, shocked. The girl blinked once and turned her head towards Kumiko. "She's joking right? Tell me she's joking!" Panic was seen in her eyes.

Kumiko shook her head with a sad face. She knew about it ever since they were in grade school, so it wasn't very shocking to her. But really, of all times, why now? Did Aki really have to break the news to them now – on the last day of school before the break? "No, she's not joking… We're not going to see her after the summer." The black-haired girl lowered her head.

The girls stared at Aki with wide eyes. They couldn't believe it. Their beloved friend was leaving? This couldn't be true. It can't be true! "I'm really sorry everyone…" Aki said, hiding her sadness behind her fake smile. She didn't dare to look sad. If she did, her friends would break. She knew they would. She had to be strong for them. She had always been strong for everyone.

But her efforts were proven useless as her friends tackled her to the ground brimmed with tears.

"We're going to miss you!"

"Don't forget to email us!"

"Letters! You have to send us letters!"

"How about if you don't go and live with one of us?"

Aki started to laugh – both from the questions and from the fact that her friends weigh tonnes. "G-Guys, I think it would be better if neither of you are on top of me nor crushing my rib cage…" The girls slowly got off the pile one by one. They pulled Aki up and let the girl dust away some dirt from her skirt. But they started to get uneasy when Aki was taking a particularly long time to dust. Only when they saw the droplets of water falling on to the ground did they understand why the girl was taking so long.

"Oh, Aki…" Miho wrapped her arms around Aki, comforting her. The other girls followed her suit and they did a group hug – with Aki in the middle.

A/N: That's all for now, hopefully I'll be able to update soon. The romance will start… probably in chapter 2. 'Till then.