Kumi: I told you it would be fast ^^
Ki: enjoy!
Kumi: O_O Ki! Are you sick?
I sighed. Today's the day, isn't it? To play against Aphrodi?
When we got to the finals stadium, it said it was closed. "what the heck…" I muttered under my breath.
Natsumi finished talking on the phone. "the finals stadium has been moved." She said.
"to where?" Endou asked.
"well…"
"it's there, isn't it." I said, pointing up. A giant stadium was hovering above the finals stadium.
"yeah."
We went up into the building, walking into a soccer field. Endou looked up. "Kageyama!" he yelled. I looked up to see what he was staring at. All the blood drained from my face.
"Ayumi, what's wrong?" Gouenji asked.
" I-it's him. T-the man from back then."
"what?"
"the man that adopted nii-san."
"EEHHH!" everyone yelled.
Kageyama grinned. I bit my lower lip, trying to keep myself from crying.
Everyone went to the locker room to change. I hung out, watching for anything suspicious. I heard footsteps behind me.
"Ayumi-chan."
"what do you want?" I asked Aphrodi without looking at him.
"just wanted to welcome you. Before you…. You know."
I stared at him. "no, I don't."
He shrugged. "figure it out."
.::Later in the Match::.
The game was going terribly. Not just for Raimon, but also for Zeus. I could tell their bodies repelling against something, but what? Suddenly, Aphrodi kicked the ball out of bounds. The whole team walked to the sidelines and took a drink. Wait, wasn't that the same drink from the beginning of the match? I decided to check in on it. I looked at one of the guys holding a clipboard, and placed my fingers to my temple. Time to test this out. Closing my eyes, I concentrated all my energy to my mind. Words and pictures swam before me. Horrified, I stopped to hear what Natsumi and Aki were talking about.
"minna, we have a problem. Follow me." I interrupted. They followed me into a hallway, going after the cart.
"knew it." I muttered.
"nani, Ayumi-chan?" Otonashi asked.
"it's just as she predicted. There is something special to that drink." Natsumi answered.
Someone put a hand on her shoulder, and we all screamed, running away.
"somebody catch them!" the detective yelled.
They came after us, but we managed to shake them off. We saw how the match was going, and everyone was on the ground, unmoving. Endou was getting repeatedly hit by the ball.
"do you still want to fight?" Aphrodi asked him.
'What now?' I wondered.
.::After the Match::.
(A/N wow I'm skipping around a lot…)
"we lost even though we obtained the power of the gods… just what kind of people are they?" Aphrodi asked, his voice quavering. I walked over and smiled at him.
"humans," I said. "you're one too, you know." I held out my hand to him, and his eyes widened.
"y-you're willing to forgive me?" he whispered.
I scratched my head. "well, I guess you can say, 'It's hard for me to forgive, and I never forget, but this is an exception'."
He smiled, just like the old Aphrodi would. And he took my hand.
Kumi: weeeeee! I'm done!
Tobitaka: is the story done yet?
Kumi: not even close!
Ki and Kumi: happy Thanksgiving, minna!