I'm sorry that my usual weekly updates have become monthly updates... How about we try this.. My story was published on the sixth of September. That's about 5 weeks from now. Counting this one, there are four chapters left. I shall try to post the last chapter before the sixth of September, then I've finished this within a year. So this means you'll get sort of weekly updates?
Good? Great, then I shall do my best!
Oh, and I don't know if this is clear, but when there is an adjective like sweet or lovely or something then that player is a girl. Might clear a couple of things up. Though I don't really do it for Raimon because by now you should know that Shizuka is a girl. If not, then well... you might wanna go see a doctor.
Plus, to avoid confusion the first names of Shizuka and Atsuya are used in the match, unless people talk about them, etc. etc.
Disclaimer: I do not in any kind own Inazuma Eleven.
Enjoy...
Inazuma Eleven the Future Generation | Chapter 26 | Versus Hakuren
"God, I still think we're dead," Saito muttered as he and Kazemaru walked to class.
"Stop worrying so much; you're stressing everyone out," the aquamarine-haired boy answered, rolling his eyes.
"No, just me I think." Saito sighed, running a hand through his hair.
"Come on, you heard Shizuka. If she says we can take 'em on, then we can." Kazemaru nodded.
"Hey! Kazemaru! Saito!"
The two boys stopped and turned around to see Takahashi running towards them.
"Oh hey, Saori," Kazemaru said, smiling slightly.
"Morning, Saori-chan." Saito smiled as well.
"Uh, good morning. Say, Saito? Since when have I given you permission to use my first name?" Takahashi asked.
"Hm? But Kazemaru is allowed to call you that, as are Rei, Shizuka and Mamera. And if Kawana was such a person she would be allowed too," Saito whined, "So may I call you Saori, please?"
"Ugh, if you put it like that then I think it's okay," Takahashi said, sighing slightly before softly adding, "Not that I have much choice anyway."
"Awesome!" Saito cheered for a moment before somewhat composing himself again. "So, Saori-chan, I take you're going to sit next to Kazemaru again at Biology, right?"
"I suppose..." Takahashi said doubtfully.
"Aha, then I'll go sit next to Mazaki-kun. He's real strange, but because of that he can tell the most amazing stories! Well, see ya later!" he tossed a wink at Kazemaru, who blinked in confusion, and almost hopped into the classroom.
"Honestly," Kazemaru sighed, "I don't get that guy at all sometimes. The speed at which he goes from super depressed to super happy is close to that of light."
Takahashi chuckled. "Still, he's a really good friend, right?"
"Yeah," Kazemaru snorted as he and Takahashi walked into the classroom.
"You summoned me again, Draco," Canes growled, eyes glowing darkly.
"My, Canes, you seem to just have shown more emotion than you have for the past half-year you have lived here," Draco replied casually, smirking slightly.
"I don't like to be summoned anywhere. Especially not by you," Canes spat, glaring, while Draco merely snorted.
"Don't be like, my dearest Canes. You are, after all, still a member of my team. While you may hold the position of play maker, you still have to do as I, your captain, say," Draco gloated.
"Yeah, whatever," Canes took a deep breath, trying to somewhat compose himself as he continued further. "Why is it you summoned me, oh great captain?"
Draco shot him an unamused look before smirking broadly. "It is nearly there! The crushing of Raimon! Friday they will face Hakuren. Chances of Raimon winning have slightly increased due to them having Fubuki Shizuka, the other half of the demon twins of ice, so there is about a fifty-fifty chance – "
"I wouldn't underestimate Raimon like that, Draco. They have won over tougher obstacles. Just look at the match against Arakumo. They missed one member, but still managed to turn it around."
"Canes, do you remember that the score was three against one for Arakumo at the end of the first half. Then that Fubuki Shizuka turned up and the whole thing turned again. It's pathetic how they're built on friendship. Useless," Draco spat, glaring at the wall.
"Hm... Sure seems that way," Canes said thoughtfully, not noticing Draco's stare.
"That's your 'I-want-to-check-more-into-this' face. I never like that face." Draco gave him a look.
"Whatever gave you that idea, captain," Canes said, smiling wryly, "Now, is your ranting the only thing you wanted to do, or is there any importance in me being here?"
"Hah?" Draco blinked, looking stupefied for a moment before recovering with a haughty sniff. "Yes, you are to come with me to watch that match between Raimon and Hakuren, because otherwise I will die of boredom."
"I thought you were only annoyed with my company?"
"Well, yes. No? I don't – You know what, never mind. I thought you might wanted to know a little more about Sakuma Hiroki and Fubuki Shizuka, but seems that I'm mistaken." Draco made to leave, but then Canes grabbed his arm.
"I never said I didn't want to come. Just... don't tell boss of this," the brown-haired boy said almost urgently.
Draco smiled smugly before snorting. "As if. He'll have my head as well, you know. Prohibited info, but I don't really see the harm in telling you some things."
Canes nodded, deciding wisely not to tell Draco that that probably was the equivalent of friendship.
("All right, ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the semifinals of the Football Frontier! Both teams are new entries to this year! Raimon, which already has quite a past reputation, and now has an all new team who have made it so far yet! And then there's Hakuren, which has been laying low for a while but is now kicking it further than ever before! There is also the factor that is the Fubuki twins! Fubuki Shizuka momentarily plays as a defending midfielder for Raimon while Fubuki Atsuya is the head-on ace striker and captain of Hakuren! How will the two of them hit off in this match!?")
("Let us see to the line-up! First off: Raimon! The forwards: number ten and ace striker, Gouenji Isamu; number eleven, Tsugumi Hisoka; and number eight, Sakuma Hiroki! Midfielders: number seven, Kazemaru Fumio; number five, Kidou Masaru; number six, Fuschida Tetsuhiko; and number nine, Fubuki Shizuka! Defenders: number two, Nakahara Kiemon; number four, Saito Taisuke; and number three, Azama Kiyoshi! And lastly, goalkeeper, number one and captain, Endou Nao!")
~~~~~~~~~~Gouenji~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~Tsugumi~~Sakuma~~~~~~~
~~Kazemaru~~Kidou~~Fuschida~~
~~~~~~~~~~Shizuka~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~Saito~~~~Nakahara~~~~Azama~~
~~~~~~~~~~~Endou~~~~~~~~~~~
("And now, here is Hakuren! Forwards: number ten, ace striker and captain, Fubuki Atsuya; number eleven, Hyoujyou Sawao; and number eight, Saji Tetsuyuki! Midfielders: number seven, Kitami Mito; number six, Sayuki Kamatari; number five, Nishiwaki Yakumo; and number twelve, Sonoda Fuyuki! Defenders: number three, Chihira Yukio; number four, sweet Natsume Miya; and number two, Tanaka Nariaki! And lastly, the goalkeeper: number one, Hiraga Tsugahara!")
~~~~~~~~~~Atsuya~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~Hyoujyou~~~Saji~~~~~
~~Kitami~~~~~~~~~~~Sayuki~~
~~~~Nishiwaki~~~Sonoda~~~~
~~Chihira~~~Natsume~~~Tanaka~~
~~~~~~~~~~~Hiraga~~~~~~~~~~~
("And there is the starting whistle!")
Raimon's kick-off.
Gouenji kicked the ball to Tsugumi, who dodged past Atsuya and then kicked the ball to Kazemaru. The aquamarine-haired boy ducked past Tsugumi and Hyoujyou, and quickly advanced into Hakuren's territory.
("Kazemaru dives head-on into the midfielders, but gets stopped by Nishiwaki. He manages to dodge past him and passes the ball back to Gouenji! Oh! Natsume steals the ball from him!")
Natsume looked around for a moment before passing the ball to Sonoda. He quickly passed the ball to Saji when Sakuma tried to slide tackle him.
Saji barely managed to dodge past Kidou and passed the ball to Atsuya, who was waiting in front of Shizuka.
"You dare?" she asked, chuckling slightly.
"Oh yes, do not underestimate me," he replied, slightly irritated.
"I would never." and she ducked forward to get the ball.
Atsuya dodged and again when she made a quick turn. He started feinting with the ball, but she followed his every movement.
Then, he made a twist and dashed past her, using more force to make sure she wouldn't get in the way.
Atsuya then span the ball with his legs into the air. While doing so it got covered with an icy aura. Then he made two turns in the air. "Eternal Blizzard!" he said coldly as he kicked the ball.
Endou gathered energy in his right hand and raised it up into the air. A hand was then formed. "God Hand!" he thrust it forwards and the ball crashed against it. Slowly, but surely the hand began to freeze and eventually it shattered, the ball blasting into the goal.
("GOAL! Fubuki Atsuya scores the first goal of these semifinals! The score is zero-one for Hakuren!")
"Endou?" Shizuka had walked towards their captain, who was getting back onto his feet.
"Hm? What is it, Shizuka?" he looked up after dusting himself off a bit.
"Want me to tie it out?" she asked, smiling mischievously.
"Eh, you're already going like that in the first half?" he gave her a questioning look.
"Well, I just wanna give Atsuya some payback. Then I'll be on guard again till the end of the first half, okay?"
"If you think you can handle it, then I'm okay with it," Endou said, though he still felt a bit doubtful as Shizuka returned to her spot.
Raimon's kick-off.
Gouenji kicked the ball to Tsugumi, who kicked it backwards to Sakuma.
Sakuma ran next to the sideline, dodging past Sayuki and passing the ball forward again to Gouenji.
He however got locked in by Sonoda and Tanaka. He managed to keep the ball from them until Natsume joined. She made a sliding tackle, knocking Gouenji over and taking the ball from him.
She didn't make it far though, because Shizuka suddenly appeared and took took the ball from her without much effort.
("Fubuki Shizuka gracefully slips through the defence after taking the ball from Natsume. She is now standing in front of the goal!")
"I'm going to score now, Tsugahara," Shizuka said, smiling slightly.
"I've already caught many of your shots before, Shizuka. Hit me with your best," Hiraga answered, chuckling and clapping his hand together.
She span the ball with her legs into the air. While doing so it got covered with an icy aura. Then she made two turns in the air. "Eternal Blizzard!" she said coolly as she kicked the ball.
Hiraga threw his fist forward, air surrounding it, "Crystal Barrier!" then put his fist up in the air before throwing it forward again, this time opening his fist. A giant crystallized snowflake appeared and the ball crashed against it. However, the snowflake was breaking up, and the ball flew into the net.
("GOAL! Fubuki Shizuka makes the goal this time with the same hissatsu! She has tied up the score now!")
("And that's the end of the first half! The score is one-one and the temperature on the field seems to be close to zero!")
"See, Saito, it's not as bad as you had thought, right?" Shizuka asked.
"I suppose, for now at least." Saito sighed, pouting at the floor.
Shizuka chuckled, but then Kidou called for their attention.
"Say, guys!" he yelled, making everyone turn to look at him. "I think we need to come up with a strategy, seeing as they probably know that Fubuki won't defend all the time in the second half."
"Obviously," Shizuka snorted, "thing is that I haven't been in Hakuren for a while now, so for all I know they might've totally thrown over their normal pace. Or not. I really wouldn't know until the second half starts."
"Well isn't that helpful," Kidou said sarcastically, rolling his eyes in slight annoyance.
"Okay, so what can we do then?" Fuschida asked, frowning slightly.
"We need to throw them off guard," Sakuma said nonchalantly, shrugging.
"And how, pray tell, will we do that?" Kidou questioned.
Sakuma smirked and a mischievous spark appeared in his eyes as he sat up straighter. "Listen up –"
("And welcome back for the second half of this match! It's Raimon versus Hakuren and they are tied! What will this half bring!?")
("Hah? It seems that Raimon has made a change in line-up! They … made Fubuki Shizuka a forward!? It also seems that Sakuma has become a midfielder! What will their plan for this half be!?")
~~~~~~Gouenji~~Shizuka~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~Tsugumi~~~~~~~~~~
~~Kazemaru~~~~~~Sakuma~~
~~~~~~Fuschida~~Kidou~~~~~~
~~Nakahara~~Saito~~Azama~~
~~~~~~~~~~Endou~~~~~~~~~~
("And the second half begins now!")
Hakuren's kick-off.
Atsuya frowned as Shizuka smiled mildly at him from her spot at the front lines. He shook his head when the whistle blew and kicked the ball to Hyoujyou, who kicked it back to Saji.
Saji ran forward and passed the ball to Atsuya, but Shizuka intercepted it. She dodged past Saji and Sayuki in the blink of an eye. She then passed the ball to Gouenji, who in turn dodged past Kitami and Nishiwaki.
When Chihira and Natsume ran towards him he kicked the ball backwards to Tsugumi, who sprinted past the defence line before Tanaka could catch up with him.
He then kicked the ball ahead of his feet and then took a sprint to catch up with it again. When he got near the ball again, he kicked it as hard as he could and in such a way that the ball started spinning really hard, making the ball hard to see. "Valley Wind!" the ball shot towards the goal as if it was getting bounced between two walls.
Hiraga had no time to react as the ball whizzed past him.
("GOAL! Tsugumi scores the leading point for Raimon! The score is one-two for Raimon!")
Hakuren's kick-off.
Atsuya kicked the ball to Hyoujyou and they ran forward. Hyoujyou managed to dive past Gouenji and now passed the ball to Kitami.
Kitami ran next to the sidelines, but got taken down by Kazemaru.
Kazemaru shot a look around before kicking the ball to Tsugumi who had ran back a bit. As he took it he spotted Sakuma near the sidelines, walking in a jog-trot.
Tsugumi ran a bit further until he deemed it a well enough distance for Sakuma to make it on his own. He kicked the ball with all his might towards the sideline, just a bit ahead of Sakuma.
Sakuma smirked as he dashed forward, taking the ball with ease. He shot a quick look around before continuing forward, gloating at how well his plan worked out.
"Listen up," Sakuma said, "how about we make Shizuka a forward?"
Everyone stared at him.
"What?" Tsugumi asked, a frown clearly on his face.
"But how does that even –?" Saito started, but Kidou cut him off.
"That … could actually work," he said, sounding almost surprised.
"Eh?" Saito, as almost everyone else, shot him a confused look.
"Shizuka is always a defending midfielder until the second half, and even then she still helps in both defence and in attack. I assume you played the same role in Hakuren?" Kidou asked.
When she nodded, a thoughtful look on her face, he continued, "Then it might work out as a surprise. Though it does mean that if Fubuki will be on attack there will be an extra hole in defence."
"You just make me a midfielder then," Sakuma said with the flick of the hand. "I can still be sneaky from the sides while keeping an eye on defence. Plus Fuschida is practically a defending midfielder if you think of it and Kidou, you can defend a little too."
"You actually have a point... once again. It's getting scary," Kidou said, frowning in worry while Sakuma snorted.
"I have my bright moments, thank you very much." he mock-saluted before slumping back on the bench again.
"But couldn't they have thought of that before?" Gouenji asked, tilting his head slightly as he looked at Shizuka.
"I have, yes. I don't know about Atsuya. I practically was their tactician, for as much as I could be," she said, pouting slightly.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Fuschida asked.
"Oh nothing." Shizuka waved him off with a short chuckle.
"Anyway, let's see what to do with our line-up then," Kidou said after a while, bringing everyone back to focus.
Well, it wasn't completely his plan, but he had thought up the idea that lead to it. Good enough for him.
He dodged past Sonoda and Tanaka with some of his ball controlling skills.
"Here's about good enough," he muttered as he stopped and placed his foot on the ball.
He then kicked the ball up to waist-high and closed his eyes. The ball started to get a black-purple aura. He then opened his eyes. "Death Laser!" he kicked the ball while it was on waist height with the bottom of his foot. It shot towards the goal, a purplish-black stream following it.
Hiraga threw his fist forward, air surrounding it, "Crystal Barrier!" then put his fist up in the air before throwing it forward again, this time opening his fist. A giant crystallized snowflake appeared and the ball crashed against it. This time the snowflake started getting to become a dark purple and then dissolved, the ball bouncing into the net.
("GOAL! Sakuma scores another goal for Raimon! The score is one-three for Raimon! Seems that Hakuren has been completely thrown off their game by the change of Fubuki Shizuka! What'll happen next!?")
Atsuya stared in disbelief at the scoreboard. His younger sister (Well, only by three minutes, but still) had thrown their team off guard by only switching to being a forward. Something had to be done about this. It wasn't that he minded that his was losing. It minded it him that they were losing so badly just because of something out of calculations.
"Guys!" he called out, giving a stern look around. "I know it is confusing that Shizuka is a forward, but practically it's still just her on offensive mode. Her defensive skills now test us at the very beginning instead of near the end. If you don't trust yourself in getting through, just pass the ball back. She can't be everywhere at once. Understood?"
"Yes, captain!" the team chorused, sounding far more relieved now.
"Let's get this going, Shizuka," Atsuya muttered as he walked towards the middle line.
Hakuren's kick-off.
Atsuya kicked the ball to Hyoujyou, who kicked it to Saji.
Saji ran forward and stopped when he came face to face with Shizuka, who gave him a sweet smile. He returned it shortly before kicking the ball backwards to Sayuki, Shizuka diving past him.
Sayuki quickly passed it to Kitami, who passed it to Hyoujyou. Now having evaded Shizuka's 'attack' he quickly dashed forward and passed the ball to Atsuya.
Atsuya ran right past Kidou, not even sparing him a second glance as he passed the ball back to Hyoujyou, who had dashed past Fuschida.
Noticing a small gap between Nakahara and Saito he took the chance to shoot.
He crossed his arms, taking a quick look forward and turning the ground in front of him into a frozen floor. As he pulled his leg backwards into the air, he yelled, "Freeze Shot!" and then, with a strong, sliding kick, he sent the ball in an angular curve towards the goal.
Endou – not prepared for the shot at all – dived, but the shot blasted into the goal.
("GOAL! Hyoujyou scores! The score is still two-three for Raimon, but will the be the turning point!?")
Raimon's kick-off.
Gouenji kicked the ball to Shizuka, who passed it back to Tsugumi.
The dark blue-haired forward ran forward, dodging Saji, but he hadn't seen Sayuki coming. Sayuki managed to steal the ball from him fairly easily and then passed it forward to Saji again.
("And Saji is in possession of the ball now and passes it to Kitami to evade Fubuki Shizuka! Kitami dodges Gouenji and passes the ball to Hyoujyou! Hyoujyou runs up and passes to Fubuki Atsuya, dodging both Kazemaru and Fuschida in the progress! Fubuki Atsuya advances towards the defenders, eyes set on another goal!")
He dived past Saito and stopped, placing his foot on the ball. Then, he kicked the ball forward, a trail of smooth ice behind it. Atsuya skated on the ice behind the ball before reaching it and kicking it up in the air, which has turned darker and the northern lights have appeared in it. "Aurora Break!" He then kicked the ball, the stream of northern lights following behind it.
He gathered energy in his right hand and raised it up into the air. A hand was then formed. "God Hand!" he thrust it forwards to catch the shoot. The ball crashed against the hand, but once again it started freezing up.
The hand shattered and a whistle was heard.
("GOAL! Fubuki Atsuya ties the score again! It seems that Hakuren's sudden offence has thrown off Raimon! The score is three-three and can still go in every direction!")
"Shizuka, now's the time, right?" Gouenji asked as Shizuka shot an annoyed look in her brother's direction.
"Hm, yes, though I doubt that Atsuya will give up the ball all that easily. But … I think I know who can stop him, if they work together for a moment," she said thoughtfully, shooting a look backwards to Kidou, who in turn nodded and beckoned for Fuschida and Saito.
"Let's see how this'll turn out," she said, smiling lightly. Gouenji snickered in return.
Raimon's kick-off.
Gouenji kicked the ball to Shizuka, who ran straight towards her brother.
Atsuya snorted as he made a sliding tackle over which she jumped, keeping the ball with her. She dodged past Saji and Sayuki in the blink of an eye, but then Sonoda and Tanaka blocked her path.
Tanaka made a cutting movement with his right arm, a stream of snow following it before it started blowing around Shizuka. "Snowfall Tornado!" The light snow became a tornado, blowing Shizuka away and leaving the ball there for Tanaka to take.
("Tanaka steals the ball from Fubuki Shizuka! He passes to Natsume, who quickly passes it to Nishiwaki! Nishiwaki keeps the ball in his possession for a while, running forward a bit before passing to Kitami. Kitami makes a direct pass to Hyoujyou. He evades Gouenji and Tsugumi and passes to Fubuki Atsuya! He's already halfway in Raimon's territory! There isn't much time left on the clock! Will he score the deciding goal!?")
Atsuya stopped when Fuschida stepped in his way, the latter taking a deep breath. Then Saito stepped up next to him, nodding as to keep himself focused.
Atsuya frowned slightly at that and sought for a way past them. Thing was that Kidou had taken up Saito's vacant spot and the two had placed themselves so that he could only shoot from this position.
He growled and placedhis foot on the ball. Then, he kicked the ball forward, a trail of smooth ice behind it. Atsuya skated on the ice behind the ball before reaching it and kicking it up in the air, which has turned darker and the northern lights have appeared in it. "Aurora Break!" He then kicked the ball, the stream of northern lights following behind it.
Fuschida and Saito exchanged a quick look before Fuschida slashed the air with his hand, making violet strings appear. "Hunter's Net!" Then, with his other hand he slashed again and another set of strings appear, completing a full laser net. Then Saito walked forward, a thick mist surrounding him, Fuschida and the net. "The Mist," he said lowly and the ball disappeared in the thick cloud.
Atsuya stared with big eyes at the cloud, taking a step back. Then, the fog started to lift and the two figures of Fuschida and Saito took form. Saito looked absolutely delighted while Fuschida simply smirked, arms crossed and foot firmly on the ball.
"Kazemaru!" he yelled and kicked the ball past a frozen-to-the-spot Atsuya towards the aquamarine-haired midfielder.
Kazemaru dashed past Hyoujyou and Kitami before passing the ball to Tsugumi. He ducked through Nishiwaki and Sonoda and then passed the ball to Shizuka, who slipped past Natsume with Gouenji appearing on her left.
She chuckled softly before kicking the ball in between them. Then, Gouenji ran towards Fubuki, shrouded in a fire aura while Fubuki ran towards him shrouded in an ice aura. When they were about to collide, the auras disappeared and the background changed to a space landscape with the Earth in the middle. "Crossfire!" they both yelled as they kicked the ball at the same time. It rushed towards the goal, a spiral of ice and fire following it.
Hiraga stood frozen for a second before swallowing and throwing his fist forward with air surrounding it, "Crystal Barrier!" then put his fist up in the air before throwing it forward again, this time opening his fist. A giant crystallized snowflake appeared and the ball crashed against it. But it collapsed almost immediately.
("GOAL! Gouenji Isamu and Fubuki Shizuka make the the fourth goal for Raimon! The final goal of this match as well! The whistle just sounded, signalling the end of this match and Raimon's victory over Hakuren! Raimon proceeds to the finals!")
Woo, another one finished! Hope it was good enough! And yes, development between Draco and Canes. I've been waiting for that. In my mind Draco is a dick, but I still like him. And I wanted some development between them.
Sorry, btw, if the OCs do not appear as much.. it's really difficult to find the right moments for them to speak.. I'm really sorry. I'll try to give them some chapter time next chapter, okay?
Yup, well that's it, folks. Hopefully till next week!
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