Pieces of Childhood Memories

Chapter 10 - Hitotsuji Yuji

Just like the day of the match against Occult, today was a fine sunny day. Everything was fine, except... that Raimon had to come to the forest to play against Nosei Junior High. It's kind of irritating, you see, especially when your car was surrounded by 'animals'. "So... this is Nosei Junior High?" Endou asked. He didn't believe what he just saw.

"Yes, it is," Yoko answered. "I know that it's weird, but... it's true."

"Look!" Endou said, pointing to Natsumi's car. Natsumi is the daughter of Raimon's chairman. (PS: I'm sure you know her already.)

"What?" Natsumi said, shocked. Her car was full of Nosei Junior High soccer club members surround it.

"Wow, so this is a car?" a person asked.

"Wow, it's very cool!" another person said. All of Raimon's managers and players, along with Natsumi, sweatdropped.

"Are we really going to play against this bunch of weirdos...?" Someoka asked.

"Don't underestimate them, Ryuugo!" Yoko said. "They might be weird, but they are a very strong team! Don't judge a team on how they looked like."

"Yeah, that's right, senpai!" Haruna agreed.

"You two made me look like I'm the bad guy," Someoka said.

"Sorry, sorry!" Yoko apologized. "Well, everyone, let's go to Nosei's football pitch!"

"Yeah!"

In the pitch's bench...

"Wow, there's so many people watching us here in the first Football Frontier Qualifiers!" Endou said amazed as he looked around the pitch. "They are all cheering for us! Yosh! Let's do our best for the people who are supporting us!"

Everybody just remain silent. "Endou..." Kazemaru said. "They're cheering for Nosei, not Raimon." Endou fell down in anime-style.

"Who would want to cheer a weak team like us?" Someoka said. (PS: If so, why did you join Raimon's Football Club at the first place if you think that Raimon is weak, Someoka? -.-)

"Oh, come on guys," Yoko said to all of Raimon soccer members and managers. "If you are weak, you all won't be able to participate the Football Frontier! But in fact, you are participating the Football Frontier right now, so it means... you are all strong! Besides, there ARE people who are cheering for us. Look." Yoko then pointed to the 'cheering squad' near the pitch, consisting of Kabeyama's brother, Saku, and his two friends.

"S-Saku!" Kabeyama stammered.

"Onii-chan! I'm cheering for you!" Saku cheered. "Look! There's my onii-chan!" He said as he pointed to Kabeyama. His friends looked at Kabeyama.

"Uwa~ The one that defeats Teikoku!" one of his friends said.

"We're cheering for you, Saku's onii-chan!" another of Saku's friend cheered. Kabeyama shivered.

"C-Captain... I think... I need to go to the toilet..." Kabeyama said to Raimon's captain, Endou.

"No way!" Endou said, preventing Kabeyama to go to the toilet. "The match is almost started! Don't run away, Kabeyama!" Everyone nodded.

"You've perfected the Inazuma Otoshi already, right?" Yoko said to Kabeyama. "So there is no need for you to run away."

Everyone except Kabeyama and Yoko was surprised. "EHH?" they shouted in unison.

"Kabeyama has already perfected the Inazuma Otoshi?" Shishido said in disbelief. Yoko nodded.

"Yes, that's true," she replied. "I helped him perfected it." Then Yoko turned back to Kabeyama. "I believe you can do the Inazuma Otoshi, but now with Shuuya."

"Akiyama-senpai..." Kabeyama said. Yoko just smiled.

"Minna-san, the match is almost starting! Be ready! And... try your best to win!" Yoko said to Raimon football club members. Raimon football club members nodded, then ran towards the pitch.

"I think I want to go to the toilet for a while," Yoko said to Aki and Haruna.

"Be careful, Akiyama-senpai!" Haruna said. Yoko nodded.

"I'll come back as soon as I finished going to the toilet!" she replied.

Hmph, someone thought. She's a big... idiot! Does she think that she can get past me this time? Don't ever think about that again, Akiyama Yoko. Especially that now you didn't remember who the boy that protected you from me last time... Mwahahaha! You'll never get past me this time!

Hmm... where's the toilet? Yoko thought as she searched for the toilet's location. Maybe I'll just ask someone if he/she knows the location of the ladies' toilet. Yoko then asked a boy near her.

"Excuse me, where can I find the ladies' toilet?" she asked. But the boy didn't respond. He just stood still and quiet. "Err... excuse me?" Yoko asked once more. But the boy still didn't respond. "Uh... Hello?" Yoko asked again.

"Long time no see, Akiyama Yoko," the boy finally answered to her question. What? How could he know my name? Yoko thought, surprised.

"Surprised I knew your name?" the boy asked. Yoko nodded fearfully.

"Y-Yes.." she answered. The boy smiled evilly.

"It's me, Hitotsuji Yuji." Yoko's eyes widened in fear. She didn't remember who's the name of the boy in her memories, but she remembered who is Hitotsuji Yuji. He's the one who bullied her. He always punched her and kicked her with no reason. That's when Yoko met the boy of her memories, who comforted her and protected her from Hitotsuji's punch and kick.

-Flashback-

"Umm... why are you crying, little girl?" The boy asked Yoko. He was really worried about her, from the looks of it.

"A boy hitted and kicked me! It... hurts..." Yoko answered as she cried.

"Are you bleeding?" the boy asked again.

Yoko nodded. "Y-Yes..." she said as she showed the injury on her right leg. "Here it is..."

"Who did this to you?!" The boy asked.

"It's-"

"It's me," Person C said. "My name is Hitotsuji Yuji, just so you know."

The boy was very furious to that Hitotsuji person. Then he turned to Yoko. "Is this the one who kicked and hitted you?" he asked.

Yoko nodded. "Yes.." she said, sobbing.

"Don't worry, I'll help you so you won't be hitted and kicked by this Hitotsuji Yuji person anymore!" The boy said, smiling.

Yoko blushed. "H-Hontouni...? A-Arigatou..."

"You're welcome..." he said. Then he turned back to Hitotsuji. "Let's settle this! You and I will take turns guarding the net and kicking the ball! If I can score one point past you, then you must stop bullying this girl!"

"Sounds fine to me," Hitotsuji replied. "And I will win, for sure! If you can't win the match, then I'll torture you and your friend! You wouldn't want that, do you?"

"...Please...be...careful..." Yoko said. She was really worried about the boy. Will he be alright? she thought.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine!" The boy smiled as he ran towards the pitch.

-End of Flashback-

"Now we finally meet again," Hitotsuji said to Yoko. "Now it's time for me to get revenge!" Hitotsuji then kicked and hitted Yoko as hard as he can.

"Ouch! It hurts! Stop!" Yoko screamed. But Hitotsuji didn't care of what Yoko said. He always liked to hear Yoko's scream. It... hurts! Yoko thought. But then she thought of something.

"Wait..." Yoko said. Hitotsuji then stopped hitting and kicking Yoko.

"What?" he asked.

"Umm... If you're the Hitotsuji who loves to bully me when I was little... then... you must know the boy who stopped you from bullying me, right?"

There was a silence, then Hitotsuji nodded. "Well, I know who he is. Why?" he asked back.

"Umm, I was wondering... if you could... tell me his name..?" Yoko asked. There was a silence, then Hitotsuji laughed.

"Tell you? Mwahaha!" he laughed. "Not in a million years!"

"Onegai..." Yoko said. "Please tell me, I need to know his name!" But Hitotsuji didn't care what she said.

"Shut up!" He shouted angrily to Yoko. Then he continued kicking and hitting Yoko.

"Onegai..." But it seemed like Hitotsuji didn't want to tell her. "Onegai... Please tell me... Onegai..." pleaded Yoko once more.

"Onegai..."

"Onegai..." Then everything went black.

PS: Chap 10 ends here~! Phew! How was it? Is it good or bad? Review please... and now we know that 'Person C' is Hitotsuji Yuji, the one who bullied Yoko for no reason! Well, chap 11 is coming next~! Please be patient and wait for my update~! Oh yeah, please check my new one-shot story titled 'The Road to A Wonderful Life'! It's a misc. story, hope you enjoyed it~ And once again... REVIEW PLEASE!