The day has come. Merry was standing in front of Kidou's residence. Before even knocking , the maid opened the door.

"Oh, you must be Merry. We've been expecting you, come in. The masters aren't here yet but let me lead you to your room."

The girl gave a thank-you gesture and followed the maid.

When she entered her new place to live, Merry was fascinated by how big is it. Not that she hasn't lived in a big house like that, but it was long time ago, when her family was alive. After Katsu's and her father's death, Takami and Mineko moved to a smaller house because they were just two. The money wasn't a problem for them, but after all that happened, they just wanted some privacy and tranquility.

Merry put her luggage on the bed and sat down. "What am I doing? " she thought."I am not part of that family. And that man… I barely know him. Now I need to eat with him, to talk with him and… Oh..mom, dad, onii-chan … why aren't you here? I miss you so much… I wish that everything could be the same as before". But nothing was going to be the same. Tears formed in her eyes. Mineko realized that but she just didn't want to admit in front of herself that she is the only one alive from the Sato family. It was easy to give up from everything but she made a promise… She promised her brother that she will live and won't ever give up. Merry also promised her mother that she will give her best to adapt to that new way of living.

"Okay, I will do it. For mom and Katsu's sake I will try to live that way. I better go downstairs and meet the maids here otherwise it will be rude."

By going downstairs she heard some voices. They sounded like boys on her age so she decided to check what was going on. Mineko had no idea that except her, Mr. Kidou has adopted another child, and that child is someone who she knew really well.

"C'mon Kidou. Let's go back to the river bank for one more game. We can hang out later."

" Endou, you know that Fudou, Genda and Sakuma will wait us in 30 minutes. We can't be late. Gouenji, Fubuki explain him please." Said Kidou

" Endou, it's summer. You know that this is the time when people go out and so on, right? Except that we have a practice tomorrow too and after 2 weeks we are going to high school and then we won't have time for such things."

"I agree with Gouenji-san . C'mon Endou, it's going to be fun " said Fubuki and gave Endou a big smile.

" Okay, okay…But at least can we step by the candy shop before going to them? " Endou said with a sweet-begging tone and those puppy childish eyes.

But no one answered him. Endou made a strange look and noticed that they were staring at something. He turned his head to see a beautiful girl watching them.

Merry's Pov

I couldn't believe what I'm seeing. There were 4 boys in front of me. And the one seemed so familiar. Could that be Yuuto? Oh my god, that really was Yuuto. Before I even said anything, they all saw me and turned to me. I froze, couldn't even move and I didn't know why. A tears started to form in my eyes again . This was Yuuto, my cousin who I thought for dead. I didn't know why he is there but meeting him made me so happy. I ignored everything happening around me, all I wanted is to give him a long big hug. As a children we were really close, after my brother, he was my closest person and now he was standing in front of me. Was it a dream? Maybe illusion? To be honest I didn't care, the important thing was that he was there and I just wanted to enjoy this moment.

Normal Pov

"Oh my god" murmured Kidou." M-m-merry? "

Right then Mineko ran to him and hugged him. "I missed you so much Yuuto. I thought that you…that you were dead. I can't believe that you are staying here now, here in front of me. It's like a dream to me."

Everyone could see that there were tears in her eyes and maybe in Kidou's too but his goggles covered everything. They were wondering who is she. A girl who is hugging girl, calling him Yuuto, telling him that she missed him. They were expecting even a kiss. Could that be a girlfriend which Kidou never told them about?

" Kidou. Who is that?" Gouenji dared to ask. All the others weren't saying a thing because they didn't want to interrupt that tearful moment.

"Kidou? Wait a second. Yuuto your surname is Kidou just like the person who adopted me? This means that you live here too? " Confusion and excitement was found in the way Merry said that.

"Yes. Mr. Kidou is my adoptive father but the question is what are you doing here. What's the meaning in that he adopted you too?"

"I … Mr. Kidou was my parents' best friend so after my mother's death he adopted me so I won't go to orphanage. No one ever told me that you're alive Yuuto. If I only knew…"

"It's okay, the important thing is that we are now together . Minna, let me introduce you my cousin. Our real fathers were brothers."

"It was so rude of me. I was supposed to meet you guys first , it's just that I never thought that I will see Yuuto again…Anyways my name is Merry Sato , it's a pleasure to me to meet my now onii-chan's (since they had the same adoptive father now, they were brother and sister) friends." By saying that, Mineko gave her hand to greet them.

Everyone accepted her really well and were happy to meet her.

"I'm Gouenji… Gouenji Shuuya. Excuse me Merry but do I know you from somewhere?"

"Pleasure to meet you Gouenji. Well… to be honest you seem pretty familiar to me too, who knows maybe we've met before… I am sure that if it's like that we will remember" smiled the girl.

The others introduced them to Merry too.

What was that? It's been long time since Mineko felt that way. She now had her cousin back, and not only him but friends too. Maybe her new life wasn't going to be as bad as she thought.

"Guys… Did you say that you are going to meet Genda and Sakuma? I know that it's maybe rude but can I join you? I just want to see them, I know them. They are my friends and it's been so long since we last talked. After seeing them I could go, I don't want to interrupt your meeting with them."

"That thing in you hasn't changed Merry" Kidou laughed "Why would you interrupt us?"

"Yes, Kidou is right. It won't be a problem and actually we will be happy to join us " Endou said and gave her a big smile.

She went upstairs, grabbed her phone and went with her new friends to the meeting.

When they got there, the moment Genda and Sakuma saw her, they gave her a group hug.

"Meeeerry it's been so long. Where the heck you went? Why didn't you call us? We heard what happened with your mother. Going through that alone is hard, it was going to be better if you gave us a call. Friends are always needed in moment like that."

"But to be honest you look good Merry. I am glad that you managed to keep and beautiful smile after all that happened to you sweety " continued Genda.

Everyone blushed. Genda was making her compliments. They seemed pretty close but actually they weren't. Teikoku's goalkeeper had a crush on Merry and she knew but she couldn't return with the same. To her he was just a friend. Genda knew that but still he couldn't hide his feelings.

"All the things that I heard only made me smile guys. I am glad to hear that I have such friends. And Genda you know that smiles can be fake too , right? But right now, I feel happy from being here. I never knew that you know Yuuto. He… He is my cousin and actually a brother on documents."

"Ahh… It was a surprise to see you with him but I never dared to ask you" Genda replied laughing. " You can be scary sometimes you know that, right? Especially if someone tries to understand something about you. People get to know you only if you decide to talk about it , right? Hahahaha"

"Oh shut up. I am not scary!" laughed Merry then she noticed a boy which she didn't know. " You must be Fudou right? Nice to meet you"

"So Kidou –san has a cousin on which Genda has a crush on and despite that everyone look at her pretty much. I mean Merry, you know you're a really beautiful girl, right? Poor Kidou. Knowing him, now he will need to kill all of his friends. We all know that when it's about the cutie Haruna he starts to act pretty strange and if a boy get near her, he is ready to kill him. Ha-ha. " Fudou teased Kidou.

"Well.. by hearing your tone, I think that you're the one who has a crush on Kidou's sister. You like Haruna , don't you? But please don't use me as an excuse in order to understand if Kidou is really going to kill you if you tell him Fudou. I can be scary just like Genda said, especially if someone is using me for his own purposes" Then Merry winked Fudou and gave him a self-satisfied smile.

Everyone laughed at Fudou who looked confused. It was rarely for him someone to shut his mouth.

"W-wait a second. You like my sister Fudou? " said with serious tone Kidou

"A-a-a what? N-n-no Kidou..Wow Merry…Your good. You seemed like a shy one but now I know that you are not from the ones who just shut up and look and the ground"

By hearing that, the girl chuckled.

"Kidou" Sakuma interrupted."Did you know that you sister used to take part in our team's practices? She was something like our team operator and team manager. And that she was a student of Teikoku?"

"What? " Everyone were shocked.

"A little after you left us, she came to our school." Sakuma continued.

"Well… that definitely surprised me but I am glad to hear it. Studying where Katsu studied huh? Typical for you Merry" Kidou was about to continue but Gouenji interrupted him.

"Wait a second . Katsu… It was Sato Katsu who made his debut in junior high school back then right? The phenomen they called him. Merry could he be your …"

"… brother, yes" The girl finished.

Kidou sensed that his cousin is getting sad again by remembering the one who lost so he decided to change the subject. " You know who you haven't met yet Merry? Haruna. Wanna go and find her? I bet she is with the rest of our team so you will meet them too."

"Do I want? No need to ask, of course I want. Actually let's go straight away. "

The day was going even better than she thought. It was the moment when she was about to meet the other alive member of her family – Haruna.

By hearing that, the friends stood up and started to walk to their team.

Meanwhile where all the others from the team are:

"Kogure-kun!" … "Stop it now! Your jokes are no longer fun! K-Kogure-e-e! " screamed Haruna."Are you even listening to me?"

"Do I have to? It's like always – don't do this, don't do that. Haruna you are officially on my NON-funny people list. And you are taking first place!"

"Hey look, it's Endou and the others coming that way!" someone said and everyone turned to the coming soccer players. But this time something was different. There was someone with them , someone they didn't know.

"Merry-san" said Haruna and ran up to her and hugged her. " Is this you, tell me! I know it's you, I can't forget those blue eyes. But… But how? We were told that you are dead along with our parents and your parents and.. and Katsu. " Haruna didn't even give time to Merry to reply, she didn't stop talking. She was both confused and excited but one thing was clear for sure- it was obvious that seeing her older cousin was making Haruna happy.

"Hey Har, it's okay, it's me. I can't explain how but the important thing is that we are now together and I'm so glad to see that you are okay. It's still like a dream to me, I really can't believe it."

"That was definitely my cousin" Haruna thought." She was the only one to call me "Har" and until now I haven't realized how much I missed it"

Kidou was just looking with a smile on his face. His family was getting back together. Well, of course that meant more responsibility for him, he was the boy in the family and now he had one more sister to take care of.

"Guys!" said Haruna cheerfully "This is my cousin. Merry, why don't you meet my team? I am one of the managers and by the way you were right back then when you told me that I will think soccer for interesting when I grow up"

So with that Merry met everyone and she felt really good. It was getting late so she and Kidou went home. They had so much to catch up. So a long conversation started. Yuuto told his cousin about Teikoku and Kageyama, he told her how they won FF, how they won against Alia Academy too and then FFI. Later he showed her a picture of all members of the team and told her their names. It was getting really late( Yes , really late, it was already 4.30 am) and Kidou had a practice the next morning.

"Have a good rest now. I am really happy that we found each other Merry. I mean it. Good night now"

"Same here Yuu.. I mean onii-chan "

They both smiled at each other and went to their rooms.

Hope you enjoyed it!^^ Thanks for reading!