Chapter 4: The other one
I walked around with some of the boys who had come up to me in class for a little bit before I got curious about where Fubuki could be.
"Hey, do you know where Fubuki-san would be?"
One of the boys then popped up in front of me. (Literally popped up!)
"Oh Fubuki-san would be down at the pitch!"
"Pitch? Where?"
They all then escorted me down to the second entrance of the school were there was a proper sized soccer pitch! One part of the school that wasn't coated in snow! I quickly slipped away from the boys and went over to one of the benches by the pitch. There was a team playing on the pitch. I saw the little girl Konko playing with them which was a surprise because of her height but she was still a great player! I then saw something I wished I hadn't. Number nine on the pitch. There was the same boy. The one I saw in the snowfield with the scary aura. This wasn't the scariest thing about him anymore. I could see his face… he looked like Fubuki but with a more menacing twist about him. I had to admit, he was a great player, best one there but I was in fear more than amaze. I just stared at him…
"Hey Aura, whatcha lookin at?"
One of the girls from the clothing store had come over and sat next to me.
"Oh Kinoma, hi. Hey who is that striker on the pitch, number nine?"
"What do you mean? Can't your recognise him? Its Fubuki-kun"
"F-Fubuki! B-But he looks so… Scary…"
"He always goes like that when he turns into striker mode"
"Striker mode?"
"Oh Fubuki plays forward and defence. He looks fine in defence but in forward he's like that. I don't know why, try asking Konko I think she knows."
"Thanks Kinoma…"
She then walked off back to her friends leaving me alone to think. I looked back at the pitch to see that the players were taking a break, well all but one boy who was still practising his shots. He was pretty good but his aim was a bit off. He had that look on his face that meant that he would have just one more go. He stepped back a bit and ran up to the ball to kick it. I could see something was wrong. His positioning and balance was off by a lot, when he kicked that ball it would go flying. What I didn't know was where it would go flying but I soon found out. It was heading straight for me! I could have done multiple things, leg it, duck, dodge it but I went for the option that my body told me to do for reasons I don't know why. I stood up, got my leg out and did a spin save finishing with a few knee bounces before catching it in my hands. I gave myself a quick smile before looking up to return the soccer ball. I looked up to find everyone staring at me. And no not just the soccer team but everyone was in range of the pitch. Realising what I had just done I slowly walked down to the pitch trying to hide my face in embarrassment. I made it over to the boy who had kicked the ball and held it out.
"Here, you need to be careful and aware of your balance and posture or something like that will happen."
He didn't take the ball he just stared at me almost wetting himself. I just pushed the ball into his chest and let go hoping for him to grab it but he didn't, it just dropped onto the floor. I realised my situation. "Urhhh how uncool, she's not who we thought she was she just a soccer freak." I decided to walk away and try to find a quiet place to hide. I was almost at the stairs when I bumped into a body. I looked up to find Fubuki. Not the scary one but the kind and sweet one. He had his arms held out to his sides and was looking down at me.
"Fubuki-san please step aside…" I said just loud enough for him to hear.
"No" He said.
"Fubu-"
"Why didn't you tell me you liked soccer?" he questioned
"I didn't think I needed to…"
"Aura come on, you have a talent!"
"What?"
"A talent! Join us! We need someone like you!"
"Y-you need me?"
I then looked up to see all the shocked faces. I knew I shouldn't but I had no choice. I looked more closely at their feelings to find a mixed amount of shock and amaze. Not in a bad way but a good way. I looked at Fubuki too, his was strange. Half amaze and half jealousy and anger. But the anger and jealousy was buried deep inside him almost not there but still visible. His words were sincere though, he really wanted me on the team.
"W-Well… If it's not a bother…sure"
"Thanks you Aura!" He smiled and took me over to the other members to tell them the news.
They were all delighted!
"Hey Aura what place do you play?!" Said one of the girls
"Um anywhere but goal"
"Hey Fubuki where shall we place her?"
"Hmm there was something in her movements that gave me a sence of confidence… I think she's best suited to forward!"
"But your our forward Fubuki!"
"There's no rule saying we can't have two forwards"
"Do you think he will be ok with that?" asked Konko
"Yes" Fubuki replied slightly more serious than before. "Aura here's your uniform"
He handed me one of the team kits with the number twelve on the back. My lucky number!
"We have practice after school and at lunch every day."
"Ok, I'll be there"
With that word the bell rang announcing the end of lunch and to return to class.