I don't have very much inspiration for this story at the moment, so I'm sorry updating slower than usual. I've also been sick for the past few days and have actually missed two days of school so far and may miss tomorrow as well. I'm very much sorry my wonderful people that are reading this. uwu


It hadn't taken much time for Atsuya to tire out Someoka after he had begun running off into the distance only moments after tripping the larger striker into the snow. It had taken even less time to figure out that the other player lacked experience with speed.

When the other had become too worn down to continue running, the wolf boy stopped to ponder this thought. The Raimon group had seemed rather impressed by the twins' speed and their ability to react to other's speed, implying that they themselves hadn't any training that would help them against anything moving high-speed.

That may be just what the group had been lacking in their fight against that 'Aliea Gakuen' they had spoken of with the twins. It may not have been only power that thy possessed, but also overwhelming speed.

It was a possibility, which meant that Raimon would likely have to find a way to get used to objects that moved quickly very soon or they'd never win against the Aliea team that was threatening to destroy Hakuren. Atsuya was sure there was some type of activity he liked to do with his brother when he was still in elementary school that would be able to help…

His thoughts were broken a moment later when he felt the back of his jacket being tugged on just before a large handful of snow was dumped down it. He yelped at the sudden amount of cold precipitation that he now was shaking out of his jacket and off the back of his shirt.

"That's what you get, wolf boy." He heard Someoka sneer from behind him. He turned slightly to send a glare his way and let out a low snarl, but made no move to get back at the other, though he kind of deserved it for tripping the other striker in the first place, but he obviously didn't see it that way.

"No fair… I was thinking…" He muttered, more to himself than to his rival, before stating in a louder tone, this time directed to his teammate. "The team doesn't seem trained for speed. They can't go against it well."

He stated his observations rather plainly, remembering all the events that had led him to believe this. After a moment he went on, "There should be a way to train against speed. I just can't think of how…"

Someoka thought about what the other boy had said. It was true that they hadn't really done any exercises that focused on battling another team's speed. Perhaps this guy was right on this. This was only one thing, he's allowed to be right once in a while.

"We need to figure out how. If we don't, we can't win…" Atsuya noted the last part to his rival before awaiting what he thought of his conclusion.

"… You might be right… We've never trained too much with speed. Kazemaru has always been the fastest on the team, but even he never stood a chance against you or your brother…" Someoka stared down at the ground, deep in thought. He he called up the memories of every event up to this point that proved Atsuya's point to be correct.

"One more thing."

Someoka looked up at the other, but was greeted by a snowball to the face instead of extra insight on how they might be able to finally beat Aliea Gakuen.

"See ya!" The wolf boy shouted before dashing off in a small fit of laughter, a highly agitated Someoka trailing along just behind him.