Hello Again! I hope everyone is enjoying the story because another chapter is up and ready for your reading!
I'm feel it necessary to thank all of my reviewers right now, cuz, honestly, every time I get a review, I have another spazz attack and end up annoying the crap out of everyone within a ten meter radius of me.
So Here's a little list of all the reviewers, so that they can feel as special as I do:
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( Please note that some of them technically wrote anonymous reviews, and that the name shown was most likely made up. Not all of them are anonymous though.)
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Squirming and Squeezing her way through massive packs of people, Ichigo reached the stands. Immeadiately, she dashed down the gentle slope of the concrete stairs, keeping her balance only by gripping the cold metal bar, it's chipped bright yellow paint the exact same color as half the jersey's on the field. Each step was large, the stairs having been fitted to the feet of grown men, causing the amnesiac to almost trip multiple times.
Reaching the bottom of the bleachers, the red head gripped the railing as she leaned forward to search the field. Skipping the figures in the sunflower and white jerseys, her pink eyes scanned heads for black-blue hair, spiked just right.
Down on the field, another saw the ruby red pigtails appear. How could he miss them? He'd been waiting for their appearance since the day had begun. The choice of his affections seemed to be looking for someone, surely, it was he himself that she was searching for. But her eyes skimmed right past him, yellow jersey and all, and continued on. Surely, she had just missed him (he loved the scatter-brained part of her just as much as the rest of her), but how could someone miss his long black hair against his yellow jersey against the dark green artificial grass that he trampled beneath his feet during the first half?
No matter, she wouldn't miss him again! He would shock and awe her with his soccer prowess! Use his superior skills to dazzle and woo her so that she may share her love with him! He would conquer and control the field all for his true love! She, with hair colored of roses and eyes of the purest pink diamond, would finally see him! And then-!
He stopped his thoughts, snapping out of his loving stupor. He'd slipped into Romeo-mode again, a mindset that caused him to drone on and on endlessly in his head, words he barely knew the definitions of would just pile up as he recited each Shakespearean phrase inn his psyche, with a slight British accent to boot!Like hell he'd start acting like a drama llama now! Ichigo had just shown up! Now he could continue to accumulate goals, earning a whole new relationship with her! He'd already built up aa perfect score, 3-0, all three goals scored by him.
His large cobalt blue eyes circle the rim of the field, looking for the splash of cherry red that would signify her appearance. His team was down, 0-3, they were losing, badly. He doubted that the team could pull through and win this, he doubted he could pull through and win this. But if she arrived, magically, right before his eyes, his mindset would change. All he needed now was the souond of her slightly high-pitched voice, cheering him on.
The loud tweet of a whistle drew him away from his romantic thoughts, a little too romantic if you asked him. Clearing his mind of everything but the game, Kotake sprinted forward, towards the black and white sphere.
Completing the kick-off, Kotake charged after the ball. The other two forwards ran adjacent to him, ready to slip past the midfielders and defenders. Catching the ball on his knee, the blue-black head bounced it into the air and kicked it towards the winger to his left.
( Just in case, here's what all these soccer terms mean:
kick-off= Basically the way the game is started, in which the team currently on offense kicks the ball from the Halfway line, towards the opposing team's goal.
Halfway line= Line in the middle of the field...
Forwards= The [usually three] players whose main job is to score the goals, as in, they're the players who almost constantly stay on the opposing team's side of the field and score goals.
Defenders= This should be obvious, but they are the [ usually three] players who usually stay on their teams side of the field and help the Goalie/Goalkeeper protect the goal post.
Goalkeeper= ... no, I'm not explaining this. If you don't know what a Goalie or Goalkeeper is you've never seen a game of soccer in your life and probably have no clue what a soccer ball looks like -_-'
Midfielders= The [usually four] players that are the "link" between Forwards and Defenders, They follow the ball around the field and help pass the ball from the defenders to the forwards. They can participate in both offense and defense.
Winger= Forwards and Midfielders that play on the side of the fields. Usually very fast runners.
If you're wondering, Kotake is Central Forward, meaning that he is not only the forward in the middle of their usual formation, but also that he is the forward most counted on to score goals. Yeah, Kotake's doing really well for himself right now... and Sasuke (saa-soo-kay) is Central Midfielder, he's responsible for organizer most of the team's plays and is more or less the team's leader.)
Rocketing onwards, the winger dribbled ( not like basketball, dribbling in soccer is just passing the ball backand forth between your feet) past two midfielders before getting cornered and shooting the black and white sphere back towards a midfielder.
The midfielder carried it back towards Kotake, making a pass just before being intercepted by a tall midfielder in yellow. This tall black-haired central midfielder growled lowly as the Central Forward of the Kaizoku Pirates ( I don't think there's a place in Japan called Kaizoku, but I could be wrong, anyway, if you don't know Kaizoku means Pirate, so they are the Pirate Pirates. :3 ) proceeded.
Pushing the ball onwards, Kotake slipped past the remaining defenders and got a nice clean shot at the goal post. Kicking the ball with immense strength, he grinned as it zipped straight past the Goalie into the net.
' Dammit! This dork is making me look bad infront of her!' Sasuke (Sa-soo-kay) thought, glaring daggers at the blue-black head who'd just scored a goal.
(Honestly, I'm too lazy to write out a whole forty-five minutes worth of game play. BEHOLD! MINOR TIME SKIP!)
Two minutes left on the clock. Score: 3-3, all three goals scored by the central forward of Kaizoku, one Tetsuya Kotake.
" You Rainbow Seconds won't even make it to second place this year!" shouted an arrogant midfielder dressed in red, white, and blue.
Growling, Takamura ( the guy from chapter 5, the one Ichigo helped by getting Sa-soo-kay off his back) shot towards the other landing a smooth punch to his jaw. The loud tweet of the referee's chrome whistle echoed through the stadium as he tore the two midfielders apart.
The dude with a big mouth was issued a yellow card ( a form of penalty in soccer), and the one with glasses was given a red card ( another form of penalty). (yellow card= warning; red card= you must be replaced because you leave the field.)
As the his best forward left the field, Sasuke (Sa-soo-kay) began to worry. ' Damn, without Takamura things are going to be difficult...'
The replacement kicked the ball into the air roughly, causing it to wobble and change course. A defender in red bounced the ball off his head then passed it to a Kaizoku midfielder. The midfielder carried it to the other side of the field quickly, passing it to the central forward smoothly.
Kotake caught the ball with his foot, dribbled past the defenders, and shot the black and white sphere right past the goalie. Scoring a goal.
" GOAL!" rang loudly through the stadium from the speakers. Three fourths of the crowd stood up and cheered, including one teenage girl. Two sets of eyes turned to the red-head in the front row, cheering just as loudly as the rest.
She's cheering for me!
She's cheering for the other team?
Ichigo faced the blue-black head infront of the goal and cheered even louder, words of congradulations and excitement floating down to him. The soccer player grinned and waved back, shouting words of thanks.
" With only fifteen seconds on the clock, everyone is in doubt that the rainbow seconds will be able to score another goal in time to earn over-timme against Kaizoku," said one announcer, further depressing fans and players in yellow.
The whistle tweeted again, and the game continued. Another failed kick off by the replacement, this time saved by Sasuke (sa-soo-kay), but only five seconds remained, limiting anything he could do to save them.
5,4,3,2,1. GAME OVER!
The buzzer sounded and cheers erupted, the pirates all gathered together, laughing excitedly and patting their star central forward on the back. VIP of the year? Oh, yes.
(VIP is the same as it is in every sport, very important player).
Both teams left the field, one in high spirits, the other not so much.
The overweight coach ran up to Kotake, smacking him on the back and laughing in a way similar to Santa Claus.
"TETSUYA! Good job! I see you listened to my ADVICE!" He shouted joyously, his belly flab giggling with every " HA"
" Yes, Shibo-sensei, I have to go now," he said, shoving the very Shibo (fat) man away from him and running off to the stands.
" Listen team," Sasuke (Sa-soo-kay) said, standing above his pitiful teammates, " Our goal, was to not get second place this year, wasn't it?" little sobs and murmurs of yes's floated around the group, " Well we just achieved our goal," he continued sternly, causing all the players to look up in surprise, " We said we wanted to break our streak. we just did. It doesn't matter if we didn't do well, because there's always next year, but next year you won't hear the term rainbow seconds, because we didn't get SECOND PLACE!" he shouted, looking down at all his newly encouraged teammates.
"B-but sempai, you won't be with us next year..." mumbled one defender in the back. A kind smile graced the central midfielder's face.
"All the more reason for you guys to get better, so you can let Junepei finally discard the title of rainbow seconds, no matter how long that accursed clock stays the symbol of our school. I may not be with you, passing the ball, but I'll be there, in the stands and in your skills! Along with all the other past players, because we are JUNEPEI! And Junepei NEVER BACKS DOWN!" he finished, looking into each one of his newly brightened teammate's eyes. "So, let's go."
"Yeah!" shouted the encourged team, each with large grins gracing their faces.
As the team laughed and walked happily to the locker rooms, Takamura stopped next to the jet black haired teen.
" Say what they will, but you are one hell of a motivational speaker, Sasu-kun," he said wraping an arm aroung his friend's shoulders.
" Don't call me that!" shouted the other, pushing the arm off.
" Why not? I've called you Sasu-kun since I was five, but you only cared when we entered middle school." Takamura replied nonchalantly, shrugging his shoulders and sighing. " It's like you don't want to be friends anymore... well, you can go now, they've all been pumped up. No more need to worry."
"huh?"
"Go on, go and find her, it's pretty obvious you like Ichi-chan!" the red-head said slyly.
"H-Hey! Don't call her tha-"The blushing teen was cut off by a shove from his friend.
" Go on! Go you little love bird! Go and let nature take it's course!" he shouted watching as the other stumbled away. After a moment of silence he glanced down at his bright red hand, " maaaaan, punching someone hurts a lot more than you think it would," he mumbled, blowing on his knuckles as he walked into the locker room.
I'm going to stop this chapter here so that I can put it up now. Hope you guys like it!
The next chapter should be up soon! ( As in not as long as it usually takes me, probably two weeks at most.)
