Everyone was in the club room getting ready and was feeling bad for Gouenji as they were going to play against his old school. Gouenji finished getting ready before saying "it doesn't matter where my opponents are from, football is football" before leaving.
During training, everyone focused on improving their skills as fitness while Kidou and Ichinose were helping people practising direct shots. During the break, Natsumi informed everyone that Zeus jr made it to the finals. After practice Gouenji, Kidou, Endou and Naruto were confronted by the Mukata triplets in a candy shop and Endou challenged them saying that he will stop a shot from them which was misinterpreted by Shishido as a fight.
Endou got ready and waited for the shot while Kidou, Goeunji and Naruto watched from the sides, the Mukata triplets dribbled the ball a bit before Mukata Tsutomo jumped in the air like Fire Tornado but spun the opposite way before using his heel to strike the ball (Back Torado) the ball got close to the goal before Endou used Bakuretsu Punch and stopped the ball before seeing two balls come flying towards the goal before both balls hit each other and went wide of the goal, which made everyone confused as to what happened
Before the shot
Naruto watched carefully at the other Mukata siblings and saw they each had a ball and was preparing to shoot before dropping the ball in his hands and kicking the ball towards the closest ball making it collide with the other ball making it miss the goal.
Endou quickly shook his head and asked what that was about, Naruto walked over to the Mukata triplets and said "I thought you were better than Gouenji but you couldn't score a goal when the goalkeeper wasn't even paying attention how disappointing"
The Mukata triplets looked at Naruto with faces filled with rage and annoyance, before they could replay Kazemaru ran towards them to tell them not to fight. Endou quickly explained what happened which made everyone from Raimon sigh as they know Endou would do something stupid, Natsumi explained to Endou that if something like a fight were to happen then they would not be able to play in the match which made Naruto smirk before saying "Look Endou your girlfriend came all this way to make sure you're okay, how sweat"
Endou and Natsumi blushed and tried to deny it but were not taken seriously with their blushes on their faces which made those from Raimon laugh. The Mukata triplets got annoyed that no one was paying attention to them so they decided to show off their most powerful hissatsu technique the Triangle Z (they passed the ball up to one another before kicking it high for one of them to kick it down and landing down in a dumb pose (It's hard to explain)) Endou tried to stop it with Bakuretsu Punch but was unable to stop it. This made the triplets smile and talk about how the semi-final game was going to them and how they are better than Gouenji before their coach put a stop to it.
Ichinose and Nishigaki caught up with Domon and Kino, While the others went to the ramen shop to eat and talk to their coach about their thoughts about the game at hand. Naruto was the only person there that was not worried about the game as he knew they would win so instead he tried to think of ways to help the others improve. Kidou explained that the Triangle Z might be stronger than the Death Zone before looking at Naruto who had several bowls stacked up and asked "You managed to stop the Death Zone so do you think you could stop the Triangle Z?"
Naruto looked at Kidou and said "I could but I won't unless we are in a pinch" before going back to his ramen, this got everyone but Endou to look at him with shocked looks before Shishido asked "Why?"
Naruto sighed before saying "I know with my help that moves becomes useless and allows us not to worry about it but if I were to do that then what would be the point? We are playing a team sport where everyone has to rely on each other and not on one person, so if I were to stop it then no one would push themselves to overcome this hurdle and would rely on me if we ever face a problem like this again"
Everyone thought about it before coach Hibiki started to laugh and said "Your right we can't rely solely on you, so don't you worry we will believe in Endou and the others to stop it" which got Endou fired up and explained he was going to train like crazy which got everyone fired up. Naruto decided to think while he was eating about other ways he could help before an idea came to him and quickly took out his notebook and quickly wrote down a hissatsu technique and tried his best to draw it but came out terrible but it was still able to show and explain the what the technique is and how to perform it.
After eating Naruto ripped the page and handed the page to Kidou who took it and looked confused at first before looking down to read it and snapping his head towards Naruto and asked "Do you think I could complete this before the game?" which made Naruto smirked before walking away saying "Who knows, you are said to be a genius so why not prove it, besides those triplets are only focusing on Gouenji so why not make them regret it." which made Kidou smirk before walking towards his house.
Game Day
Both teams finished getting changed and meeting up with one another before the triplets decided to talk about how Gouenji is a wimp and Endou would not stop their shot before going onto the field.
Kirkwood jr kicked off with the triplets storming down the field before quickly shooting with Back Tornado and managing to get past Endou's Bakuretsu Punch, unlike the last time.
0-1
The triplets started to annoy everyone by stating they will show Gouenji their real strength. Raimon kicked off and quickly made their way up the field before the ball got intercepted and gave it to the triplets to shoot again but the Back Tornado was stopped this time by God Hand which gave the Raimon players some hope back.
It quickly became a back and forth with the triplets shooting and Endou stopping the shots which got the triplets annoyed and started to take the ball off their own teammates, when a missed pass went out for a goal kick Kidou decided to tell them a plan which they agreed.
Endou passed the ball to Dimon which confused everyone before both Gouenji and Someoka ran towards the Kirkwood goal which made everyone try to mark people and not knowing what to do before Domon passed the ball to Kidou as Endou and Domon ran away from the goal. Kidou passed the ball to Ichinose who performed the Tri-Pegasus which was unable to save. Endou and Gouenji shared a high five as the halftime whistle went off
1-1
Before getting to the bench the triplets again talked trash to Gouenji, Naruto then put his arm around Gouenji's shoulder before saying "If I were you I wouldn't focus solely on Gouenji as that would be a big mistake" before both of them went to the bench
Naruto's Pov
As everyone was catching their breath and relaxing, Kino said "If you break down the triplets' link with their midfielders we can definitely turn the table" before Kidou explained that it would be useless in the second half with Gouenji stating that they haven't used 'that' technique yet. This got Enodu fired up stating how he will stop that technique, I stopped drinking my water before turning to Kidou and asking him "Hey Kidou did you complete it?"
This confused everyone before he smirked back and looked at me and said "We shall see". I started to laugh and say " I guess you really are a genius, well now all we have to do is win this and go onto the finals"
No one's pov
The game started with Raimon pushing forward and getting a shot off which was saved before the keeper managed to find one of the triplets and gave him the ball with them storming down the field and using Triangle Z, Endou used God Hand to try to stop it but was unsuccessful as the ball went in
1-2
The triplets were walking back to their half talking about how good their move was unstoppable which annoyed the Raimon players. Naruto and Kidou shared a look and then smirked at each other before they kicked off with them running down the field getting past the other players before Kidou kicked the ball upwards and jumped towards it. When he got to the hight of the ball he started whistling as penguins shot up off the ground and attached their beaks to the ball, then doing a bicycle kick and sending the ball towards the goal (Overhead Penguin), the keeper tried to save it but was unsuccessful in doing so
2-2
Kidou looked at Naruto with a smirk before saying "Too easy". Everyone was stunned to see this as they didn't know Kidou could pull something like this.
The game continued with everyone from Raimon putting pressure on the triplets making it harder for them to shoot. Endou, Domon and Ichinose tried to do the Tri-Pegasus again but was stopped by Nishigaki who ran towards them, then swung his leg sideways as a blue flame pushed them back and sent the ball out of play (Spinning Cut) Gouenji walked up to Endou and promised to score a goal.
The game continued with Kirkwood storming up the field before Gouenji intercepted the ball and passing it to Someoka and performing the Dragon Tornado which was stopped by the goalkeeper using Toughness Block (using his stomach to block the shot and sending the shot away) but the ball didn't get far enough as Gouenji quickly used Fire Tornado and managed to score.
3-2
The players from Kirkwood tried their hardest to score a goal and put a tremendous amount of pressure on the Raimon players forcing them to make mistakes, near to the end of the game the triplets managed to pull off on last Triangle Z which Endou tried to stop with God Hand but was having problems stopping it but with the help from Kurimatsu and Kabeyama, he managed to stop the shot.
Endou quickly kicked the ball to Gouenji who dribbled the ball until he was stopped by the triplets, smirking he back- heeled it to Ichinose who used Tri-Pegasus with Domon and Endou. Seeing this Nishigaki used Spinning Cut, but the three players ran through the blue flames and used the technique for it to change the flames red and become a Phoenix (Tri-Phoenix) which scored the winning goal.
4-2
The game ended with the Raimon players connecting with the Kirkwood jr players and feeling great after the game but Endou who was feeling self-conscious as he couldn't save the last shot without help.
Naruto's Pov
The next day Endou arrived at school looking depressed and was saying that he couldn't stop Zeus jr with the God Hand which confused us and he admitted that he tried to think of a solution to stopping Zeus but couldn't come up with one. Throughout class Endou and not been paying attention and his mood even continued to practise.
Me, Endou, Kidou and Gouenji were in the clubroom. There was a heavy atmosphere, Domon and Inchinose walked in feeling the mood and not knowing what to do. Gouenji asked Kidou "Do you think God Hand will work on their shoots?"
Kidou replied by saying "I don't know. That's all I can say for now. It's not like I know everything about Zeus' strength either, it's just that their shots are far more powerful than the Mukata triplets' Triangle Z. That's all I can say for sure"
Ichinose then said "And you don't have the confidence to stop those powerful shots, is that it?"
Endou looked at his hand before replying "Yesterday, we were able to stop it when Kurimatsu and Kabeyama helped me, but I'm sure the match against Zeus is going to be harder than anything we've been through before. Kabeyama and the others can't always be there for me."
Ichinose then said "That's true. We won't be able to have three people to protect the goal all the time."
"I'm no good as a Captain or even a goalkeeper like this" Endou said
Domon looked at the table we gathered around before asking "Is that your grandfather's special training notebook? Does it have any hints about a goalkeeper technique greater than God Hand?"
Endou nodded before showing the page that had a move called Majin The Hand and showing us what it is and describing the move to us before some of the other players ran into the room and got Endou out of his funk and started to head to practice. As they left, the others still in the room decided to talk about what Endou would do, either overcome the wall in front of him or fall short.
When Ichinose and Domon walked towards the pitch both Gouenji and Kidou turned to me before Gouenji said "What are your thoughts on Zeus, I know you are stronger than you let on so what do you plan to do"
I replied by saying "If it comes down to it I will go all out but understand this I will not win the game for us. I have been thinking about the game tho, I watched all their previous games up till now and I got to say, they are definitely strong but nothing we can't handle. I have even been trying to come up with new techniques we can use to help us win but nothing is final yet so don't expect anything just yet"
They both nodded and understood as it won't be a true victory if the game is won by one person only but they're also were excited at the idea of a new technique as the one that he made for Kidou was really strong and gave their team an added bonus of strength so if he were to come up with another one it was bound to work for them.
No one's Pov
Practice went on as normal with everyone pushing themselves more, after practice, Endou went up to his normal training area and tiredly trained over and over again.
After school the next day Endou continued to train at his spot before getting confronted by Naruto, Kidou and Gouenji who offered to help Endou train. Sometime later both Natsumi and Kino showed up and saw Naruto, Kidou and Gouenji kicking the ball past three swinging tires and hitting Endou, after seeing Endou sitting on the ground both girls ran towards him. Natsumi grabbed Endou's arm and said "You'll injure yourself! Stop it right now!"
Endou shook her off and said "I can still go on, I won't give up!"
Before Natsumi could reply Gouenji said "It's useless"
With Kidou replying quickly after "Does he look like he'd stop if you asked him to"
Naruto then smirked and said "Don't worry Natsumi, you'll get your boyfriend back in one piece so don't worry"
Endou quickly stood up and faced Natsumi before saying "I'll definitely learn how to use Majin The Hand and fight through the finals! We all want to win the championship!"
Then the training continued until Gouenji hit Endou in the face with his Fire Tornado and gave him a concussion, they soon ran towards the Ramen shop and asked their coach for ice as Endou was hit badly.
Coach Hibiki asked what move Endou was practising, Endou told him that he was practising Majin the Hand which jolted him. After asking him if he knew how to do it, he said that he never got the hang of it. We were going to ask about it more but we were stopped as the detective walked into the shop.
The detective informed us about Kageyama's father Kageyama Tougo, a Japanese national player who lost his spot to Endou's grandfather and caused Kageyama to hate football but wished for victory. He also informed us that Kageyama was involved in many accidents like Gouenji's sister and how Fuyukai said something about project z and how he is in the sky. He asked Kidou about it hoping for information but Kidou didn't know anything. We then said goodbye and headed back to our respective houses.
Naruto's POV
The next day everyone was training harder than they did before and pushed themselves harder, by the time lunch came around the girls made onigiri for us which was nice and we were going to grab one but Natsumi told us to wash our hands first. After washing our hands Natsumi made us stand and show our hands to her which was annoying but I decided to get one back on her.
"So Natsumi, are you excited for your boyfriend to try your food for the first time?" I said smirking, which got the others to laugh and Endou and Natsumi to blush. After eating we went back to training.
No one's POV
The next day Endou went back to training with the tire for hours on end but everyone who saw him train got a hardened look before going off to practise just as hard as Endou.
(The day was short so I couldn't do much about it as the scene in the anime was just Endou practising with the tire)
The next day Endou was going to try and stop two shots, the Dragon Tornado and Twin Boast but was interrupted as someone stopped both shots with his hands. Kidou then walked up to the stranger and explained to everyone he was part of Zeus jr and his name is Aphrodi. Aphrodi then started talking about how it was impossible to beat them before jumping back and taking a shot which Endou was able to save but was hurt in the process.
Aphrodi left after Endou got up but before leaving he said that the finals might be a bit enjoyable which annoyed some of the Raimon players. Before anyone could go and practice, coach Hibiki walked up and said "At your current level, winning will be impossible" which shocked everyone.
AN: The next chapter will cover the game and the camp, so look forward to that. If you have any suggestions for the new technique, I will be happy to hear them. You can either leave a review or PM me if you want, I can't promise that the technique will be added for the game for Zeus but it can be used in another game so don't worry if your technique isn't chosen.