the soccer war chapter 4: people can be annoying
Kurotsuki Kiba walked through the school gardens and everyone who was "blocking" her way moved to the sides. She was at the point of losing her temper, because she got hit on the head a while ago by a pair of girls who seem to be the same age as her. That…ruined her mood of the day.
When she made it to the main school building, the entire first floor was packed with students. She sighed and entered through the huge crowd.
Kiba heard that there were a lot of students who were pushing each other to get out of their path so they can go to the board and see their schedule, but as more people entered in, the harder it was to reach it. Kiba decided that it was best to just wait out of the crowd, so she moved out and sat at the bench nearby the commotion.
She heard sudden footsteps walk to her, and when she turned to see who it was, it was another girl around her age. She has dark purple hair reaches to midback with side bangs covering the right side of her face and her steel gray eyes looking at Kiba's right blue eye. She recognized her almost too quickly; it was her dorm mate, Tsukino Shizune.
"You must be having a rough day, Kiba." Tsukino said to her, "I took a picture of our schedule with the other midfielders. Since I had a feeling that you might not be able to check it with the huge crowd…"
Tsukino handed to Kiba her phone and there was a picture of the schedule for the Midfielders. It contained a lot of information, but she was really grateful to see that she could see her schedule.
To know what your schedule is, you have to go back to that time when the entrance exam was taken. The facilitator will ask you to choose a letter from A to C. Depending on the letter you chose, it's your section you will have for the rest of your junior high school life.
Remembering her letter, Kiba took out a small notepad and pen she brings everyday in her pocket and started writing down her schedule.
When she finished, she puts back the notepad and pen in her pocket and hugged Tsukino tightly. She feels so grateful to have someone she can rely on like Tsukino when she needs it, like she was an angel sent from the heavens.
"You're a savior, Tsukinoooo~" Kiba sang, hugging the purple-haired girl tightly. Tsukino can't help but smile and she just gave to her a pat on the head.
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"Aaahh! I finally got out!" Tenma proclaimed as he pushed away the last person blocking his path to freedom from the wretched crowd. It took him nearly ten minutes to get in and five minutes to get out. Happy with his accomplishment, he walked to Kirito and Taiyou, who were waiting for him. They were sitting on a bench.
"You know Tenma, you didn't have to go through all that for us." Taiyou told his childhood friend, "And I'm a forward, we're not even under the same roof."
Tenma just smiled, "Well, I wanted to! After all, you guys are my friends!"
Taiyou couldn't help but smile because of Tenma's words. He did a lot of things for him, and he really wanted to do something for him in return. From cheering him up, taking care of him, being there when he needs him most, he looked up to Tenma. But then, what cam he do in return…?
"Here's your schedule, Kirito-san!" Tenma exclaimed and gave to him the small note that has the schedule of Kirito's classes. He smiled, stood up, and placed the note on the front pocket of his pants.
"Thank you, Tenma. Now I must be on my way to my class now, see you soon!" Kirito bid him and Taiyou goodbye and turned the opposite direction, waving at the two new students. Tennma and Taiyou waved back at Kirito, and soon enough, he was gone from their sight.
Tenma and Taiyou decided to walk together to their classroom, since they're classmates. When they entered the room, they were greeted by a tackle hug from a girl. Tenma managed to dodge the girl but Taiyou got tackled and the two fell on the floor.
Taiyou took a quick glance at the girl's features. She had a long red hair with white eyes and a fair skin tone. The moment the girl got on her knees, she saw that she was on top of Taiyou, she quickly blushed and got up immediately. She bowed and bowed at the orange-haired boy, stuttering out apologies.
"I-I'm sorry! I-I s-swear I'll never do that a-again!" she stuttered, "P-Please do forgive me, I just felt so jumpy and I'm actually a r-really jolly—"
She stopped when she felt Taiyou's hand pat her head. She looked up only to see him smiling at her; she was at the verge of tearing up because of shame and how adorable he looked just now.
"You don't have to apologize." Taiyou reassured her, "What's your name?"
The red-haired girl sniffed, "Kikuchi H-Hitomi!"
"Well, nice to meet you, Hitomi. I'm Amemiya Taiyou." He said and smiled again.
Tenma wanted to introduce himself as well but before he could say anything, the girl's mood changed quickly and tackled Taiyou again. Tenma sighed; this is going to be a long day…
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Tenma's schedule are as follows: Math and English as his first two subjects, followed by break, then History and Science, then lunch, and finally, his day ends with Soccer Classes.
Right now, Science Class just ended and all the frustrated students, who have no idea what they just learned today, immediately walked out of their classroom. All students from the other classes started leaving their classrooms as well. It's lunchtime and the cafeteria is packed with students. They needed food after all, to satisfy their empty stomachs, especially Tenma's class and all the other students who have soccer after lunch.
Tenma, Taiyou, and Hitomi took the available trays and lined up to get food. They were serving a first-day-of-school special, with an American fast food cuisine as their lunch meal for today. There was burgers, chicken and French fries, grilled sandwiches, it's like the school decided that they'll fatten up their students on the first day!
It took the trio nearly fifteen minutes to get their food and move away from the crowd. They decided to eat outside at the back of the school, which gave away a park-like atmosphere and where there were less students found in the premises. There was a tree that gave shade at the grass, so they took the spot and sat down on the grass.
"Jeez, Math is already so hard at the first day~" Hitomi sang, "I wish we could have soccer already~"
"Same here!" Tenma piped.
Taiyou sighed, "Now, now, we need to be patient. Besides, knowledge is as important as our skills at this time."
As they continued their conversation, not too far away, a certain duo were having a chat about how soccer comes next immediately after lunch. Kirino was eating a heavy meal of three bacon, tomato, and lettuce burgers with two fried chickens and a pack of large French fries while Miharu silently ate a fried chicken wing.
"So?! Aside from Soccer that comes after lunch, got any plans after school?" Kirino asked her friend right after she gulped down her second burger.
Miharu shook her head, "I'm fine for now. I just feel like sleeping after school…or read a book."
"That's sad…we should try hanging out! Like watching a movie or eating out." Kirino suggested.
"Sounds like a date to me, and I'm not into girls." Miharu told her.
Kirino stayed silent for a few seconds before laughing so hard that it startled someone who seems to have been watching them from afar. A boy jolted out from a bush a meter away from them. The two girls looked at the bush's direction, seeing the boy. He had teal-coloured hair and sharp, golden eyes with brown glasses on.
"I-I've been found!" he stuttered and ran away from the two girls, leaving them confused.
The boy who spied on them ran far away from the back of the school until he reached the front of the main school building. He looked at the time and there were only five minutes left until his next subject, Soccer classes. His hand reached for his jacket pocket and he took out a ham and cheese sandwich and nibbled on it.
Suddenly, he felt someone's hand touch his shoulder and he shrieked in surprise. He turned around, only to see Nanami looking at him with a serious face.
"N-Nana-chan! You didn't have to surprise me like that." The boy told the girl.
"Kariya Masaki, have you done what I instructed?" she asked, avoiding the boy's words.
He smiled curtly, "Why yes, in fact, the two people, who nearly found me, were quite an interesting bunch. Also that boy you told me about earlier, I found him with his friends earlier."
Nanami smiled, "Good job, Masaki." She praised him and Kariya smiled back.
At that moment, the school bell rang and signaled the end of lunchtime. Nanami instructed Kariya to prepare for Soccer classes and she walked away to the Student Council's office.
Kariya walked back to his classroom, and he saw Tenma, Taiyou, and Hitomi picking up their bags. Yes, they are all classmates. Kariya silently walked to his chair to pick up his bag and a book he read and made his way to the door for Soccer class. Accidentally, he bumped into Tenma and his book fell on the ground. He was startled and was about to pick up the book but Tenma beat him to it and picked it up for the teal-haired boy.
"You dropped this, umm...I never caught your name." Tenma told Kariya with a smile.
"My name is Kariya Masaki, and thanks...I guess." he said and took the book from Tenma's grip.
"Well, I'm Matsukaze Tenma! Nice to meet you, Kariya! What's the title of the book you're reading, Kariya?" Tenma asked curiously.
Kariya bit his lip, a little hesistant to answer at first, "...Sense and Sensibility. It's just a book a friend recommended me, nothing too big."
"Oh, alright!" Tenma exclaimed, "Well, I'll see you in class, Kariya!"
Just like that, Tenma, Taiyou, and Hitomi left Kariya in the classroom. Kariya slowly walked using another shorter way to one of the soccer training facilities. He can't help but just smile because of Matsukaze Tenma...
...He really is an interesting boy.
At nearly the same time Kariya left to go to his classroom, Nanami went inside the student council office and walked straight to a cabinet compiled with files of the current students studying in the school. Nanami opened one rack of files under the letters K-T and skimmed through it. When she found a certain name, she grabbed the folder, opened it, and scanned through the contents. She then took a few others from the racks under the letters A-J and U-Z, and placed the folders on the table, she then arranged it alphabetically and smiled.
"Out of eleven, I've only found the perfect five. Just…a little more. Until the true game shall begin." she muttered.
...i...I (how many times have i said this today, i wonder) half-assed this chapter because I've been working on a ton of projects and I have exams this week. also, this story seems to be concentrated on more rather than my two other stories becauseee...?
Tsukino Shizune belongs to Red Velveteen and Kikuchi Hitomi belongs to...uh...Kikuchi Hitomi! Also, I apologize if I made your OC OOC in the chapter? I was sleepy writing this and...yeah...half-assed. Ah, and if your OC hasn't appeared much or hasn't appeared in quite a while, I apologize but I'm trying to squeeze in and making sure all have equal roles...but some don't because of a certain thing in their form or something. So yeah?
In other fun news, my birthday is next week already! And please do review! I would love to hear from you all! and special thanks to SHSL Kirino Ranmaru for editing my story and being my beta reader for the story!