Hello lovely people! So sorry for the extremely late update... I've been busy with school and junk, but luckily next week is the last week before break, but it may take a while for a new chapter because of exams.

Enjoy!


Kazemaru's P.O.V

As they were traveling their actual Coach had called telling them to find a "Legendary Striker." The team tried to tell him that they were going to see Touko's father, but he said that had to wait… angering Touko.

"this is stupid! I NEED to see my father!" Touko had shouted, as the bus driver changed directions. Everyone stayed silent while she was ranting… except Ren, who had to say something.

"Adults are stupid. Who needs them." He had stated as he reclined back in his chair. Touko's face turned red.

"What did you say Brat!" She shouted jumping at him. Touko and Ren started tussling. While we tried to break them up Ren literally launched Touko off him sending her to the other side of the bus…we looked at him in shock. I guess he was still strong, even though he was a child again…

"So who are we looking for?" I asked the new coach, she told us we were looking for a boy named Fubuki Shirou. Ren scrunched up his eyebrows in confusion.

"Why are you looking for Shirou, Onee-Chan?" Ren asked her, The team and I looked at him in surprise.

"You know Fubuki-san Ren?" I asked him. He nodded.

"Yes, I do… but why do you guys need him Ichirouta?" He asked me. I shrugged my shoulder… Ren kept pestering me, but was interrupted by Otonashi-San who found something about the "Legendary Striker"

"Fubuki is known as the bear killer." She said reading the article out loud to us. Everyone was pretty eager to listen. It turns out that the article was just rumors about Fubuki… there wasn't even a picture.

"Ren, you know what Fubuki looks like, right?" Endou asked, Ren nodded.

"Yeah, if I saw him… though if he's with him…" He trailed off. I gestured for him to continue, but he shook him head, saying it was nothing.

Normal P.O.V

Everyone on the bus had fallen asleep, except for a few and the bus driver. Looking around you would see Kabeyama sleeping on the bags along with Kurimatsu, Kazemaru with his arms crossed head down and a sleeping Ren resting his head on the boy's lap. Endou was snoring away… the managers were up, but barely. Everyone was in a generally good mood, except Someoka, who was moodier than usual.

Haruna was watching the news with Touko seeing that the Prime Minister was alright and setting the resolve on getting revenge on the aliens.

In the morning Aki woke up Touko, who noticed that no one else was on the bus except Endou, who was sleeping away. They were in front of a Grand Building… where the Prime Minister was.

Everyone was outside enjoying the sun, playing a little soccer. Ren was laying on his back complaining about being bored, with an amused Kazemaru next to him. Suddenly Kazemaru got up and walked to the caravan. Ren, who was curious, followed him. As Ren got on board he saw Kazemaru digging in the back.

"What are you looking for?" Ren asked, curious to what Kazemaru was looking for. Kazemaru ignored him and continued to dig till the came to a familiar case.

"Ren, do you like katanas?" Kazemaru asked, pulling a katana with a yellow ribbon out, with some difficulty. Ren looked at the katana in awe.

"Where did you get that Ichirouta?" Ren had exclaimed, grabbing the katana with ease. Kazemaru looked at Ren in astonishment.

"Is it not heavy?" Kazemaru asked. Ren shook his head.

"Its just right." He said smiling as he pulled the sword from it sheath. The dark-hair boy admired the blade.

"Lightning…" He said trailing off. Kazemaru jumped at that, how did he..?

"How did you know its name?" Kazemaru said in astonishment. Ren gave him a weird look.

"I don't know… it just felt right. It also felt like a voice in my head said something…" Ren said. Kazemaru began to think; maybe Ren subconsciously remembers them, but had amnesia when he was reverted back into a kid. The thought made his head hurts so he just forgot about it.

Soon the team gathered on the bus again with Touko and Endou talking to Touko's father outside the caravan. They were soon on their way to Hokkaido, to find the legendary striker.

"Haruna… are you sure that the website said that Shirou was a striker?" Ren asked Haruna. Everyone looked at him when he asked, curious.

"yes… its says he is a very talented striker… Why?" She asked him. The boy huffed.

"Its just… Shirou is a defender not a Striker… unless he has changed since a year ago." Ren said, the team jumped.

"Um, Ren… what year is it?" Aki asked. Ren gave her a weird look.

"2006... Why?" He asked. Everyone looked at him in shock, then sighed… They nearly forgot, again. Suddenly the bus came to a stop, where the coach informed them that they should stretch, to which they happily agreed… though they didn't want to use her training menu.

"Ren, why don't you train with them as well?" Coach suggested kindly (Which still surprised the team). Ren nodded following Kabeyama and Kurimatsu. Kazemaru glared at the coach, she stared right back at him.

"Why?" Kazemaru asked, she looked at him; "Why are you being so kind to him? You hurt him before."

The coach's eyes widen, she bit her lower lip.

"He… I don't know. I guess I'm so used to this Ren. I haven't seen him in six years Kazemaru. He has changed so much, you have no idea." She said. Kazemaru could place her face… there was resentment, hurt, sadness and happiness. Wait… Happiness?

"Go train Kazemaru… and keep Ren with you." Coach said to him. Kazemaru nodded and ran off to where he had seen Ren gone. Ren was sitting under a tree staring intently at Kazemaru, who was walking up. Kazemaru gave him a questioning glance, before Ren adverted his eyes, a blush forming on his cheeks.

Ren stood up quickly.

"Finally, I was getting bored waiting for you Ichirouta," Ren said "Lets go practice."

Kazemaru chuckled at Ren's enthusiasm, then led him into the forest where they practiced on speed. They were really absorbed onto their practice… well Kazemaru was, Ren was just going with the flow. Ren was much faster than Kazemaru, but just barely. Ren was beginning to chase the ball again, but tripped when he heard a weird noise.

"Ita…" Ren said, nursing his knee. Kazemaru ran to where Ren was, checking his knee before sighing in relief. Ren had skinned his knee, nothing to serious. Kazemaru helped Ren up and they both went to check out the strange noise… which had turned out to be Endou, who was spinning crazily with a smiling Touko standing near.

"What are you doing Mamoru?" Ren asked Endou. Kazemaru tensed a little, still not use to Ren calling people by their first names.

"In order for him to use Majin the hand quicker…" Touko was saying…

"I'm letting my body get use to the spin!" Endou shouted, coming to a stop near them. He looked quite dizzy… he went again except this time with Touko.

"Well… lets go Ren and get you knee disinfected." Kazemaru said. Ren nodded, allowing Kazemaru to carry him towards the caravan. The two were in luck, the girls had finish making lunch and were about to call them. Aki quickly disinfected Ren's knee, giving him a red Band-Aid…

"I wanted a blue Band-Aid…" He said under his breath, Kazemaru silently snickered. Soon everyone gathered around, with clean hands and began to eat. Ren looked at Megane, who somehow, while he was helping the girls cook, turned orange…

"Pumpkin!" Ren shouted with glee as he began laughing uncontrollably… Everyone was laughing with him, while Natsumi was shaking her head at his naming sense and Megane began to protest.

Domon noticed that the coach was gone and while everyone was wondering, she showed up, announcing that there was a bath near by. Everyone got excited, except for Ren… who started to panic.

After everyone finished their meal they headed towards the bath area, Ren was lagging behind; Kazemaru noticed and walked with him. When the bath came into sight, they stared at it in awe. It was a hot spring… the boys went into the men's room and the girls in the women's except while the boys were changing Touko barged in…Ren had been defensive since the coach said "bath" so when Touko barged in he yelled, which was luckily not heard thanks to everyone's screaming.

The team headed to the bath, immediately getting in, except Ren who sat on the edge…

"Come on in Ren, the water is so nice." Kazemaru said. Ren shook his head; Kazemaru wondered before it clicked in his head.

"That's right… you're scared of water." He said, Ren nodded his head, surprisingly near in tears. Kazemaru smiled gently, holding his arms to Ren.

"Come on, it won't hurt you… I'll hold on to you if you'll like." Kazemaru said gently. Ren looked up slowing inching his way to Kazemaru. When he got to the edge, he slowly put his feet in the water sliding closer to Kazemaru, who then lifted him, setting him in the water. Kazemaru noticed Ren visibly tense before he tried to relax…

"Its really warm…" Ren muttered, blushing from the heat. Kazemaru smiled at him before he started to chat with Ichinose. Ren looked at everyone, seeing they were having fun. He took a experimental step seeing he could still touch the bottom, before walking towards Kabeyama and Kurimatsu.

"Ren! Don't go that way, its…!" Aki shouted. As Ren turned around to look at her, he took a step… where the hot spring got deeper. He immediately went under… if he was still older he probably would have known better not to panic if he was submerged, but he was a six-year old, he didn't know how to swim and he was not prepared. He screamed, getting water in his mouth… almost immediately he started to black out before he felt someone grab his arms. It was Kazemaru, who looked as panic as himself… but looking at Kazemaru made Ren feel… safe. Ren coughed, getting rid of ant excess water from his throat, before clinging to Kazemaru, who brought him to shallower water. Everyone asked him if he was okay, he nodded, but didn't stop clinging to Kazemaru… even when they got out and went back to camp. Coach looked concern, but didn't asked what happened.

They went to bed, Ren eventually stopped clinging to Kazemaru (Much to his disappointment) but stayed near him. He actually slept peacefully much to the amusement of the team.

In the morning Ren woke up before everyone in the caravan, he snuck out and walked towards the girls tent. He heard them talking and waited for them to come outside. When they saw Ren, they were confused… until he explained what he wanted to do, they giggled before agreeing to help him. They went to the kitchenette where they proceeded to make breakfast for everyone… except they were letting Ren make Kazemaru's breakfast. To the managers surprise, Ren was every good at cooking…

"Have you cooked much Ren?" Haruna asked, Ren nodded smiling mentioning that he used to help Coach make breakfast for the orphans. When the food was done, they called everyone to breakfast; the team saw eggs and toast with orange juice… and mysteriously miso soup… they went towards it, except Kazemaru, who was held back by Ren. Kazemaru looked at him questionably as Ren dragged him towards the table. Ren pushed him into a seat, which on the table had a breakfast of rolled eggs, rice, some soup and salmon… there was also a note by the plate. Kazemaru looked up to say something to Ren, but he had disappeared. As Kazemaru looked around, everyone gathered around the table, setting down their food and admiring Kazemaru's, who just shrugged and read the note.

To Ichirouta:

Thank you for saving me yesterday and being patient with me last night.

Sincerely Ren.

Kazemaru looked shocked and tried to get up to find Ren, but the manager made him eat first. By the time he ate, it was time to go. When Kazemaru saw Ren, he thanked him for the breakfast, to which Ren blushed and sat down next to Kazemaru. Soon Ren had fallen asleep… meaning he didn't see the events that unfolded.

They had reached Hokkaido, and even in the caravan they were freezing! Kazemaru wasn't sure how Ren was sleeping through the cold, but he covered him with a blanket anyway. All of a sudden the driver hit the brakes… sending everyone forward. They saw someone outside and invited him in and were talking with him… quite loudly. Ren didn't even wake up when the bus got stuck and when it was attacked by a bear… the strange boy had disappeared then had reappeared, much to the surprise of everyone.

When they dropped off the strange boy, Ren woke up. He was quite confused, but everyone decided not the tell him about the bear attack, but they did mentioned the strange boy. Ren just shrugged and began talking to the coach.

They arrived at Hakuren Junior high, where they were welcomed quite warmly, even Ren. Coach asked where Fubuki was, they mentioned a lot of different sports…

"That sounds like Shirou to me." Ren said nodding, the Hakuren team looked at Ren and were about to say something, but they heard someone walking up to the room.

It turned out to be the mysterious stranger to the Raimon team… except Ren.

"Hold up… Shirou!" Ren shouted pointing at Fubuki. Fubuki looked at Ren in shock and started laughing.

"Ren! I haven't seen you in forever! My… you're still so small…" Fubuki said picking Ren up and spinning him. The Hakuren team started laughing too, as if they remembered him.

"Haven't seen me in forever? I saw you, like, a year ago…I was only transferred to Sun Garden a year ago." Ren said confused.

Fubuki and his team were shock. They looked at Raimon, who just sighed.

Time to explain again.


We Have met Fubuki!

Next chapter shall be soon... hopefully.