Naruto POV

After the game with Occult junior high Natsumi kept her word and entered us into the football frontier and we also got a new member named Damon Asuka he is a tall thin boy who has tanned skin with a long face, he has short spiky raised-up cyan hair, The day he joined we heard that our first opponent is Wild junior high, Damon and Gouenji explained that they are invincible in the air and could stop our Dragon Tornado which got us trying to perfect a new move to beat Wild, we practised for a short while before we were told about the legendary Inazuma eleven who used to play for Raimon 40 years then got back to training. After training me, Endou, Gouenji, and Kazemaru went to a local ramen shop and start to discuss our predicament about needing an ace in the hole against Wild, the noodle shop owner who is an old man with black glasses and navy blue trousers and shirt with golden laces in the centre. He also has a white beard and a cap similar to the colour of his shirt and trousers tells us about a secret shot notebook which got us confused seeing as that we had a notebook from Endou's grandfather but to our surprise, there was another one but the ramen shop owner warned us that the notebook could bring misfortune to us and is hidden at within a safe in the school.

The next day we told the rest of the team about it which shocked them that but wondered why the noodle shop owner knew about it, I thought maybe that he was part of the Inazuma eleven before or was once a student at Raimon and had heard about it but kept it to myself at the moment but I think Goeunji could take a guess as well but without proof, it would be pointless. We then moved towards the chairman's office and sneaked our way in and moved towards the safe before Endou tried to open the safe and which he was unable to accomplish but then we heard the door open to reveal Natsumi staring at us we looked shocked before Endou tried to make an excuse as to why we were there in the first place which was seen straight through by Natsumi and showed us the notebook as Endou took the book I smirked and said: "holding things for your man now are you, Endou maybe you can reward her by giving her a kiss on the check" which got a chuckle from the team and made Endou and Natsumi try to deny anything with a blush on their face. We made our way back to the clubroom annoyed that we searched for the notebook but turns out it was just pointless as it looked like scribbles but somehow Endou was able to read it and was able to tell us about a hissatsu technique called the Inazuma Otoshi.

After some practice, it was decided that Gouenji and Kabeyama were the ones to do the shot so we helped them practice the shot to get it down before the game which was going ok until Kabeyama decided to inform us that he was afraid of heights so we had to move our effects into helping him get over his fear first before anything trying the shot. During the game we focused on defence and tried to use Inazuma Otoshi to work, after a motivational speech from Goeunji and Endou Kabeyama was able to get over his fear and allowed Goeunji to use his stomach as a stepping stone to complete the move which got us all happy seeing a new move in our arsenal from there we started to focus on attacking and with some quick passes and some trick plays we were able to get two more goals finishing the game 3-0 in our favour. Endou and Someoka were the only ones that needed some help after the game with Someoka taking a nasty hit during the game and Endou having his hands swollen but Natsumi was nice enough to give Endou an ice pack and saying how Endou put too much effort into football and it being ridiculous which we joked about saying that Endou isn't showing Natsumi the attention she wants and is becoming sad and how he had to do something nice for her now so she doesn't leave him, which got embarrassed Endou and Natsumi again.

The next day Natsumi informed us that she was taken over as manager of the club which was shocking at first but after some time we started to joke about how she wanted to get closer to Endou so she doesn't feel lonely anymore which calmed everything down and made everyone get back to their normal things while making jokes about how Endou and Natsumi are getting closer and closer every day. Natsumi kept saying how she would kick us out of the club for being disrespectful but we didn't mind since we couldn't take her seriously as the blush on her face and the fact she was still next to Endou was not helping her case at all but after some time we got ready and started to practice.

The next couple of days during practice at the riverbank we saw more and more people show up watching us play me and Gouenji knew what these people were during but it seems like our teammates don't but there isn't anything to worry about at the moment as we were not practising new moves but just strength, flexibility and the fundamentals, soon Kazemaru pointed them out and assumed that they were fans which got everyone happy especially Kageno as he saw this as proof of his existence. Soon Natsumi came and told us that we weren't allowed to practice our hissatsu techniques which shocked everyone other than me and Gouenji when she explained the reasons to the others but we went back and focused on the fundamentals and stamina for the time being. The next day we were back at the riverbank just doing some stretches when two trunks showed up with two members of brainwashing junior high showed up and thanks to Haruna we found out that the two players were Sugimori Takeshi and Shimozuru Arata, they watched us practice for a bit then made their way to us, we stopped practising and waited to see what they were going to do. Once they got to us they stated that they knew all our moves and that there was no way that we could win, Endou was annoyed and told them that if they wanted to see our moves they could do it to show how good we were which made me sigh forgetting how easy to anger Endou could get when someone insults his friends which is exactly like me but this is giving them what they want but he is our captain so we follow him.

Endou made his way towards the goal but I put my hand on his shoulder, he turned to me and was about to say something before I cut him off saying "I'll stop it just watch" as I walked towards the goal, everyone stood in silence as I stood in goal waiting for Shimozuru to shoot, he dribbled the ball forwards before kicking the ball upwards and did Gouenji's Fire Tornado which shocked everyone, as the ball started to get close I took a deep breath before volleying the ball (like Fubuki did), this shocked everyone as I kicked the ball up and caught it and started to walk back to my teammates I handed the ball to Endou and asked who was taking the shot. It took everyone by surprise before the words I told Endou after the Royal game

Flashback

"Wow Naruto you were really good, thanks to you we managed to score some goals against Royal"

"Thank you, Endou but I just want to let you know that I'm not going to do that much in our next games"

Endou looked at me in shock and asked: "Why?"

"Endou during my time away I travelled the world and met people who are more skilled than anyone here, if I were to go all out then we could win all our games but the others on the team would feel insignificant because I would be doing most of the work while they have just had to show up to the games but don't worry if this isn't going well for us I won't hold back"

End of Flashback

Endou took the ball from me and asked if Gouenji wanted to shoot since they copied his move which he accepted and went to shoot but Sugimori managed to save the shot after that they left thinking more about what happened because they didn't expect me to stop the shot. I sighed after they left and looked at my teammates who were all staring at me, I just turned around and told them that we should start training so we could win against Brainwashing junior high. Throughout the practice, I still felt the questioning stares that my teammates were giving me but I ignored it for now and focused on training. The next day we got called out of our clubroom to a wired looking door that Megane informed us that an urban legend at the school was a student went missing when he opened the door which scared us but all of a sudden the door started to open and to our surprise, Natsumi was standing there. Natsumi then took us down into a secret training area that the Inazuma Eleven used to use before walking out with the other managers and shutting us in and all hell went loose after that as the machines were activated after the training was done we were all on the floor exhausted and in pain, we continued practising like this until the game day.

When the game started it started to get challenging as they were able to tell what we were going to do and managed to get past us but we kept on going and managed to hold on in the first half until they were able to score a late goal after we kicked off again we tried to score an equalizer before the break but were unable to because of the players were just holding onto the ball to waste time. During half time we confronted them about this which they told us that they wanted to guarantee victory and if that meant holding onto the ball it didn't matter which annoyed us, doing the second half we charged forward and tried to get the ball before they could hold onto the ball but we got unlucky and they were able to get the ball into the corner to hold onto the ball which annoyed Endou which made him run out of his goal and got the ball and took a shot at goal but was unlucky as it was saved, then Brainwashing went on the attack and we were able to get the ball back and charged towards goal and managed to score a goal thanks to Someoka. We continued to fight for dominance before it went out for an opposing corner, we managed to clear the ball but Shimozuru used his Patriot Shoot, Endou dashed out of the goal shocking everyone and asked Gouenji to help snag the ball. As the ball approached Endou and Gouenji they spun around each other then kicked the ball with lots of power before scoring (Inazuma 1), the game continued for sometime before Gouenji went to do a Fire Tornado which was met by Simozuru also using Fire Tornado and injuring each other as the whistle blew signalling the end of the game, both teams ran to their teammate to make sure they're okay.

The next day we found out that Gouenji's injury would make him miss our next game which made my teammates uneasy seeing as he was a big part of us winning our games, we went into the clubroom to hear about who we could be playing, it was between Occult jr or Otaku jr, Kino began telling us all she knew about the Otaku team as we never heard of them. Kino began to blush in embarrassment before saying that all of the Otaku members went to a maid cafe before the game which got all but one of the boys to feel uncomfortable and some were blushing while Megane looked excited, Natsumi asked what it was which no one wanted to say anything but thankfully Haruna came into the clubroom to tell us about the game and to our shock Otaku won. Megane then suggested that we go to the maid to gather information on them which Endou agreed but before we could go we took another jab at him saying how Natsumi would get jealous about him going to a maid cafe instead of spending time with her which made Endou blush more and Natsumi to develop a small blush on her face to add to Endou's embarrassment we even asked Natsumi if it was okay for Endou to come with us which just made her huff at us and tell us that he can do whatever he wants.

We got to the cafe still feeling embarrassed about showing up before entering the cafe and trying to find the Otaku football team. We were lucky that two of them was there and showed us where the rest of the team were but we found them either playing games, watching anime or reading manga underneath the cafe. After returning to the riverbank for some quick practice, we were ready for the game.

As we got into the stadium, we turn, back to see our managers wearing maid outfits which made us all blush and some having to make sure they don't have a nose bleed, taking the opportunity to lighten the mood I made a quick joke saying "Endou are you okay with people seeing your girlfriend like that, I mean things like that should be kept in private" which seemed to eased the mood and got everyone to focus on the game. Magane was instant on wanting to play instead of shying away so we allowed him to play.

When the game started the Otaku players were holding onto the ball and not making a lot of movements as we continued to chase after the ball. During half-time, I began wondering if they were trying to save their energy while my teammates were wondering what was going on, we got ready and focused on the game expecting the same thing again but to our surprise, they went on the attack using weird moves and was saying things from shows to put us of before scoring a goal. We were shocked at this before realizing that they were saving their energy throughout the first half, we shook our heads and focused on the game but every shot we took no matter where we kicked the ball too missed, the goal entirely which confused us until Magane started to explain everything to us what they were doing which annoyed us even more. After figuring out what they did we focused on trick plays so it would make it easier for us to score, which worked wonders as all their tricks were, revealed to us as the Otaku players started to panic, we managed to win the game 5-1.

After the game, we found out we were going to be playing against Royal again which made us happy that we could get some revenge for what they did to us before. But one day during practise our coach showed up to watch us which was wired because it always seemed as he didn't like us but when Natsumi asked him to drive the bus he started to panic and make excuses as to why he couldn't drive the bus but Natsumi pulled out a letter stating that he cut the brake fluid on the bus which shocked us all. All the coach did was laugh at us and say he would do anything for Royal's commander and informed us that Damon was also a spy for Royal which we couldn't believe. Endou had stood up for Damon but Damon confirmed everything and ran away saying "sorry", Natsumi then showed us the note telling her about what the coach had done before Endou pointed out that it was Damon's handwriting which made us realise that he was apart of us which made us happy that Damon saw us as teammates and refused to follow Royal's orders.

The next day we were in the clubroom discussing things before Magane pointed out that we cannot continue in the tournament if we don't have a coach which shocked us and looked at Natsumi to see if she knew about this, which she did and informed us that we have to look for a coach. This started an argument about her not finding a coach after getting rid of the one we had already had but we sighed and decided to ask the Ramen shop owner who seemed to know about the Inazuma Eleven. When we got there and asked him to be our coach he told us that we had to order or leave which I ordered six bowls of ramen which confused my teammates as to why I ordered six bowls and who where they for but none the less we kept talking while he was making the ramen about being our coach which ended with Endou challenging the noodle man to a duel where he has to save three shot from the man but he didn't reply and put out the six bowls in front of me as I scoffed it all down surprising everyone but Endou. By the time I finished the owner accepted the challenge to shut Endou, we went down to the river bank and cheered Endou on. After Endou saved the shots from the ramen shop owner, he agreed to become our coach and told us his name was Hibiki Seigou.

The next training session we had at the riverbank Kidou shows up alarming all of us except Endou and Hibiki who didn't know Kidou was the captain of Royal, Endou ran towards Kidou and started to talk about something before coming back to us and telling us we would practise with one another sometime which made the team sigh as used to his antic's by now and focused on our training.


AN: I'm going, to be honest, I just wanted to get to the rematch against Royal and the national tournament and hope that this was okay but I might change this chapter later down the line but don't know yet but the next chapter will have the game against Royal, the introduction into the national tournament and the first game of the tournament.