Tsurugi looked at the compass in his pocket. Tenma's good luck charm that he had given to him moments ago glinted from the sunlight as everyone on the field waited in anticipation for their match to start with Oumihara's kick off.

"Oumihara…" Tsurugi thought. There wasn't a lot he knew about them except that they were supposed to have participated in the Holy Road tournament though for some reason or another they never showed up and lost by forfeit. There was a rumor saying that their coach lost track of time and failed to show up on time but he found it too laughable to be true. But even with that, something about them felt and for some reason, that was exactly why he didn't want Tenma to stay and watched the match.

As soon as Mizushima passed the ball to his left, Tsurugi charged forward and quickly stole the ball. It was rather uncharacteristic of Tsurugi to go all out offensively so soon but no one could blame him. Right now, everyone was tense.

Tsurugi passed the ball accordingly to Shindou.

That was when the short, pink-haired girl with pigtails who had shocked them earlier popped up in front him.

"Oh no! Akiko will stop you! Flash Stop!"

The blinding light lasted for less than a minute but by the time the light dimmed, the ball had gone from Shindou's feet to Akika's possession.

"Akiko has the ball~! Akiko has the ball~!" the small girl sang before passing the ball to another teammate. Hayami arrived to try to steal the ball back but he passed before he could reach it. The ball itself never found a permanent spot for a while. Oumihara continued to volley the ball all over. None of them could properly predict where the ball ended up as the players of Oumihara continued to pass and kick the ball randomly everywhere as if there was no actual plan. One of the players was in possession of the ball again and Nishiki attempted to steal the ball but as soon as the Nishiki came, the player quickly kicked the ball to the right…directly to the captain who had been waiting, completely open as all the Raimon team were too busy trying to steal the ball back.

"Go get a goal for us Mizushima!"

"Will do!" the captain replied and speeded over towards the goal.

Shinsuke, Kirino, Kariya and Kuramada quickly sped to stop him from but he passed through them all easily without a problem and soon was standing in front of the goal. Sangoku quickly readied himself. No matter what, he had to catch his shoot!

Mizushima was as equally determined and neither one was willing to back down.

"Lightning Wave!" The captain yelled as he struck the ball, enveloping it in a light as it hurled towards Sangoku at an incredible speed, sliding side to side in a zigzag form.

At the same time, Sangoku held his glove as it lit itself with fire and without a second further, proceeding to jump to the air and yelled out the hissatsu's name.

"Burning Catch!"

His fist met with the ball and the powers both players clashed.

"Ngh…!" Sangoku struggled to stop the ball but in the end…it just wasn't enough.

Every player of Raimon watched in a mix astonishment and horror as they watched Oumihara's first goal.