Endou ran towards Tsunami and was about to start talking but stopped when Magane got in front of him and Tsunami while holding the surfboard and saying "He, don't you know how dangerous it is to come flying on us with this thing?!"

Tsunami just smiled and said "Sorry, sorry! I couldn't help but want to jump in on you guys when I saw you. Anyway, Endou, want to play football with my team?"

Endou looked confused and asked "Your team?"

Tsunami then put on a school football shirt and said "I joined my school's football club". Everyone was shocked to hear about it as Tsunami continued by saying "Well, it seemed like a lot of fun last time. Anyway, I'm just riding at the moment, so when I told the rest of the team about you, they said you had to be the Raimon school who won the football fro-something and now they really want to have a game with you. What do you say Endou? Think of it as a way for me to save face, besides I want to play football with you guys again"

Endou smiled and said "Tsunami… Of course, we'll do it! Right, everyone?"

Every Raimon player agreed to play against Tsunami's team but was stopped when coach Kira came forth and said "I cannot allow that match"

This shocked everyone from Raimon. Tsunami then asked Touko who she was, to which Touko told him that she was the coach of Raimon. Coach Kira then said "Have all of you forgotten what happened yesterday? Stronger opponents keep appearing before us one after the other. We don't have time to waste playing against a local team that isn't of any worth to any of us"

Tsunami then said "Yo, Coach. Saying that we're not of any worth is a bit of an overstatement, don't you think? We might not look it, but Oumihara Junior High is the best in Okinawa. We were supposed to have played in that football fro-whatever thing too"

Ichinose then asked, "In the Football Frontier?"

Tsunami then continued "There was a bit of a situation, so we didn't end up going through. Our town had a festival while the district preliminaries were going on…Our coach got so caught up with dancing that he forgot about the match. And by the time he realized it, it was already hours after the match was held, so we lost by default"

Everyone on Raimon had a sweatdrop as that was an unbelievable reason to miss a game. Kabeyama then asked Tsunami "Are you serious?"

Tsunami just smiled and said "Hey, it happens to everyone once in a while", as the females there besides coach Kira told him at the same time "No, it doesn't!"

Tsunami then went back to the original question at hand "Anyway, I'm here about our match now! You'll do it, won't you?"

Endou smiled and looked towards the coach and asked "Is that okay, Coach?" with the rest of Raimon joining in with Enodu to express their desire to play in the match. Coach Kira then caved in and said "Have it your way" before going back to the caravan with the team and making their way to play against Tsunami's team.

Tsunami's school turned out to look like a five-star luxury beachside resort, with a football pitch in the middle, which shocked everyone. The Raimon players had split up and looked around the school. Once reaching the pitch they were shocked to see no one was there and asked Tsunami where they were but then out of nowhere loud pops were heard as the Oumihara players and manager came out and surprised the Raimon players.

The Oumihara coach was an energetic person who spoke loud and clear for everyone to hear which made everyone from Raimon sweatdrop. At one point the Oumihara coach had tried to get a date with coach Kira but failed miserably making Naruto laugh at the scene, soon Tsunami introduced everyone from his team and what they normally do when not in school.

Soon the match was about to begin as Raimon lined up:

Goalkeeper - Endou

Defenders - Fubuki, Kabeyama, Domon and Kagure

Midfielders - Touko, Tachimukai, Kidou and Naruto

Forwards - Ichinose and Rika

The game started with Oumihara, they then started passing it around to each other and doing tricks with the ball as if they were a freestyler, soon Oumihara took an offensive approach and managed to get past Raimon with ease as Otomura was calling out Raimon's rhythm.

Naruto was hearing what Otomura was saying and made a mental note about it so he could speak to Kidou about it while continuing to look over the game. One of Oumihara's then decided to run forwards towards the opposition goal, leaving a hole in the defence, when he got close to the penalty box he grabbed two other Oumihara players while spinning then throwing them up into the air one at a time. Once in the air both players do a front roll and use their heels to strike the ball(Eagle Buster).

Endou was able to stop the shot with Majin the Hand, but the Oumihara players celebrated as if they scored a goal. Before Endou passed the ball, Naruto got close to Otomura and tried to listen to what he was doing. It soon came apparent that he was correct in his assumptions and made his way to Kidou and said "Kidou, I know what their doing"

Kidou looked shocked at first before gesturing to Naruto to tell him, "Otomura is counting our rhythm, making it easier for him to help his teammates either stop us or get past us"

Kidou didn't think such a thing was possible but he believed in Naruto as he saw no reason as to lie. Naruto then said "They also leave a big hole in the defence when using their move. Kidou, I'm going to stay back and help the defence more while you come up with a plan"

Kidou nodded and looked around the pitch to see what he could do and tried to formulate a strategy to use. The game continued with Oumihara being able to stop everyone from Raimon besides Naruto, soon enough Kidou had thought of a plan and gathered everyone at their goal as a missed kick from Oumihara sent the ball over the crossbar for a goal kick.

Once everyone was gathered Kidou explained what was happening to everyone, Kidou advised everyone to change up their rhythm when they are about to defend or attack. The game continued with Endou passing the ball to Kidou who brought the ball down and dribbled up the field, he soon encountered an Oumihara player trying to stop him. As soon as Kidou saw the player try to slide tackle he changed his timing by slowing down just enough for him to get past the player and pass the ball to Ichinose.

Ichinose received the ball and got passed another defender before passing it to Rika who used Butterfly Dream with Touko, the Oumihara goalkeeper brought out a huge rock to block the shot(Chabudai Gaeshi) but was unable to stop the shot.

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The Oumihara players celebrated as if they scored the goal. Soon after the goal, the halftime whistle went, the players from Raimon were drinking water and were talking about how shocked they were to see how good the Oumihara team actually were. Naruto was talking to Kidou and said "The next time they use that shot ag ian, you should run forward, so once I snag the ball it should give you a clear path on goal". Kidou nodded at the plan as it would lead to two outcomes, one being they would get a goal and two they would stop them from using that move again.

The game continued with Raimon keeping the same form they had in the first half, but they were unable to keep it for long as Ichinose had tried to pass the ball to Tachimukai but the ball ended up hitting him in the face. Touko was able to recover the ball but she had it taken off her shortly by Otomura, who led his team to a counterattack.

The Oumihara defender soon ran forwards leaving a hole in the defence, Kidou looked at Naruto who nodded at him before running towards the Oumihara goal. The Oumihara players were about to use Eagle Buster but were unable to as Naruto had jumped onto Kabeyama who gave him a boost(Like how the Inazuma Otoshi is done) before he kicked the ball down the field to Kidou, who was free on goal. Kidou then used Overhead Penguin and scored.

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Again the Oumihara players celebrated and continued the game but this time they were getting a better read on Raimon and were able to stop them. The defence was able to stop Ichinose's attack by using No Escape(Two players lift their legs up then stop on the ground making a head size stone path trapping the opponent in as a third player does a slide tackle)

Oumihara was back on the attack and quickly used Eagle Buster before Naruto could stop them from using it, Endo was able to stop the shot with Majin the Hand. Once again the game shifted towards Oumihara, as they were once again getting past Raimon without too much difficulty, allowing them to take many shots on goal but Endou pulled off a fantastic performance and was able to save every shot that went his way.

With Tsunami having a stinker of a game, Kidou made a formation change and made Fubuki join the strikers and Naruto take over his position, with this new formation Kidou was able to dictate the game and allow Raimon to change the flow to their side. It soon became a back and forth between Kidou and Otomura to see who was the better playmaker.

Kidou had the ball and tried to pass it to Rika but the pass was intercepted by Tsunami who caught the ball in mid-air with his feet. During the last moments of the game Ichinose was charging towards the goal but his path was blocked by Tsunami, Ichinose then did a quick faint to his right and got past Tsunami but Tsunami was able to react quickly and managed to snag the ball by hooking his foot around it. After taking the ball of Ichinose he tried to look for a person to pass to but was unable to as they were all marked so he decided to use Tsunami Boost and sent the ball towards goal. Endou tried to use Majin the Hand but the ball was too quick so he twisted his hand and punched the ball and was sent back into the goal but he managed to stop the shot as the final whistle blew.

Everyone from Raimon plus Kino ran towards Endou and congratulated him as he pulled off his special move but he didn't remember what he did. Tsunami then came over and congratulated Endou and said it looked like what sufferers do to avoid a wipeout and proceed to show him, Endou soon copied him but Tsunami told him he was doing it wrong so the two went back and forth trying the pose. Seeing as he couldn't do it, Endou then asked Tsunami to teach him how to surf which Tsunami agreed.

After the agreement was made the coach of Oumihara informed everyone that after the game they just had they celebrated with a barbecue which made the Oumihara player excited but the coach soon got depressed after realising that coach Kira had gone off by herself. During the barbecue, the players from both teams were talking to one another about the game they just played and becoming close to one another.

Line break

Everyone from Raimon besides Endou who was learning to surf to help with his balance went to the football pitch as the coach had allowed them to use it for the time they were there and began to practise. Naruto looked around and couldn't find Natsumi and asked where she was, no one had an idea where she was so he just shrugged as he had a guess at where she was before getting back to stretching. Once she arrived at the pitch Naruto called out to her "Natsumi, if you're done with staring at Endou with his shirt off, We would like to know about coach Kira". This got everyone to laugh at her as she looked down with a huge blush on her face before denying it and explaining that coach Kira would be joining later as she has to take a phone call about the progress so far.

Tachimukai had decided to stay with the other players as he had thought about how he struggled with the game and wanted to practise playing outfield so he doesn't become a liability, Domon liked his attitude and decided to help train with him. The next day Endou was back at it again but this time he managed to get his balance just right which allowed him to stay on his board, after getting back to the beach he and Tsunami celebrated before they got changed and ran towards the football pitch and saw everyone was already there.

Endou was ecstatic that he managed to do it and told everyone which made them happy to hear, Naruto then made a quick joke "Well done Endou but I think Natsumi is a little disappointed at not being able to see you shirtless again". This got a couple of laughs and made both Endou and Natsumi blush and not have eye contact for a while as it made them blush. After calming down, Endou made his way to the goal and got ready. After Endou was finished warming up, Kidou and Ichinose used Twin Boost, Endou then stood sideways then lifted his leg as high as he could before bringing it down then twisting his arm in a punching motion as a giant golden fist came out behind him and made contact with the ball. Once the contact was made the giant fist was kept spinning before sending the ball away from the goal (Fist of Justice).

Everyone was surprised at what they saw before shaking themself clear then running towards him and congratulating him on completing the move. But before they could properly celebrate they were interrupted as a ball landed on the pitch alerting everyone to the aliens' presence. They first stated that they had become remastered and wanted to feel real excitement again which Raimon refused at first but after the threat of destroying schools, they finally gave in when coach Kira told them to play.

Before the game started coach Kira informed Tsunami that she wanted him to join the team which he was ecstatic for and quickly got changed, the Raimon players then congratulated him on joining the team.

Raimon lined up with

Goalkeeper - Endou

Defender - Tsunami, Kabeyama, Kogure and Domon

Midfielder - Fubuki, Kidou, Touka, Ichinose and Naruto

Striker - Rika

The game kicked off with Epsilon charging down the field and getting near to the penalty box with speed and agility alone but their attack was foiled as Naruto managed to snag the ball from behind Maquia. He then dribbled the ball towards the centre circle before passing the ball to Touka who then passed it to Kidou who together with Ichinose and Naruto used Koute Penguin 2 but was stopped when the Epsilon goalkeeper Desarm used Wormhole(Summons a wormhole that sucks in the shot then drops it onto the floor next to him).

Disarm then launched the ball forward to his teammate who again charged up the filled this time they were about to use their shot Gaia break(3 players sumom rocks from the ground that surround the ball before they kick the rock in covered ball at the same time) but unlike the last time, Raimon played Epsilon Endou managed to stop the shot with Fist of Justice.

Seeing Endou stopping the ball lit a fire under everyone in Raimon eyes and charged forwards without worry as they believed that Endou could stop any shot. Ichinose and Domon were able to stop an advance by using Volcano Cut(Like spinning cut but instead magma come out of the ground to stop the approach) and Flame Dance, they weren't the only ones as the rest of Raimon were also managing to stop Epsilons attack without difficulty by using The Tower, Senpuujin(Kogure does a handstand and spins around in a circle and catches the ball within in feet) and The Wall.

Rika used her move Rose Splash(Rika holds onto the ball with her feet then releases it into the air then strikes it on the way down, as the ball is moving the ball is accompanied by the rose's stem and petals) but it was stopped by Wormhole. Disarm then kicked the ball towards Fubuki and told him to shoot, Kidou told him not to let Disarm get to him. Fubuki then changed his personality and charged forward towards the goal, while the rest of Raimon then followed behind him and decided to follow his decision. Fubuki was able to blast his way through the Epsilon's defence before spinning the ball with his feet as ice began to form around the ball before he spun around multiple times before scissor kicking the ball (Eternal Blizzard).

Disarm was happy at seeing the shot come towards him before he manifested a giant drill and pointed it towards the ball as it spun in place (Drill Smasher), he was having a problem with stopping the ball but was just able to push the ball away. Fubuki was starting to get annoyed and asked for the ball, again and again, it soon became a game between Fubuki and Disarm as Fubuki would receive the ball then use Eternal Blizzard and Disarm would stop it, he even went back to using Wormhole which angered Fubuki more.

Fubuki was about to make his fifth shot in a row but was stopped by Naruto who slide tackled him and sending the ball out of bounds. Silence rang throughout the stadium as everyone there didn't know what to do as they looked towards Naruto who was standing above Fubuki.

Fubuki then stood up with clear anger in his eyes and yelled "What was that for, I would have scored if you didn't get in the way"

Naruto didn't look fazed by the comment and said "You are not needed anymore, you can't do anything as you are now"

Fubuki was having a battle of personalities inside his head but what fully broke him was when Disarm agreed with Naruto and told him he had no need of him anymore. Fubuki then soon fell on his behind and was unresponsive to anything people said to him. Naruto and Kidou helped Fubuki off as he was substituted with Tachimukai, on the way to the bench the Raimon players and managers were looking at Naruto as they couldn't understand why he did what he did but they had to wait for half time to find out.

The formation changed with Naruto playing as a more defensive midfielder and Tachimukai playing in Naruto's position. The game continued as normal with each team making progress in their attacks but couldn't score, with the game continuing in Epsilon's favour it soon began to hinder Raimon as they used a lot of their stamina with Raimon slowing down and making more mistakes.

Raimon did manage to get the ball to Rika and Touka who managed to use Butterfly Dream but their shot was stopped by Wormhole. Disarm was getting bored and that soon became apparent when he passed the ball to Kidou who then used Twin Boost with Ichinose but their shot was stopped as well. After saving Twin Boost, Disarm gave the ball to Ichinose who together with Domon and Endou used The Phoenix but that too was stopped, Disarm then kicked the ball all the way back to Naruto who was still on Raimons side of the goal and insisted he shoot. But Naruto instead passed it to Tsunami who was shocked to see as he along with everyone thought he would shoot, Tsunami then used Tsunami Boost but was stopped by Wormhole.

Seeing as he was no longer getting the excitement he had before Disarm threw the ball out of play and told the referee he was switching positions with the forward Zel which shocked everyone, Disarm then made his way forward and told Endou he would be the one to break the Fist of Justice. When the ball was brought onto the pitch Disarm was able to quickly intercept the ball from Kidou and used his strength and speed to get past everyone from Raimon as they were too shocked to see what happened. When Disarm was close to the goal he used Gungnir (Disarm stood over the ball and fell into a portal on the ground that took him to space, then backflipping before kicking the ball as a purple arrowhead formed around the ball. The ball then travelled through the stars then went through another portal which made the shot go towards the goal), Endou seeing the shot used Fist of Justice to stop the ball but was unable in doing so, shocking everyone. Disarm then explained that he was originally a forward which added to everyone's shock, before anything else could happen the first half whistle blew.

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On the sidelines the Raimon players were feeling down and kept to themselves as they drank water, Endou was the only person who didn't as he held onto his grandfather's notebook wondering what happened. Soon the silence was broken when Natsumi spoke "Naruto, can you explain your actions to Fubuki?"

This got everyone to listen as they wanted to know the answer as well. Naruto finished drinking his water then said "If he were to continue with what he did things could have gotten worse. He became simple-minded and focused on scoring alone and wanted nothing more than to take shots on goal, if Disarm were to have given the ball to someone else to shoot or to his teammates and we struggled to stop them who knows what would have happened as Fubuki could have taken the ball off us and injured us in the process. I know I didn't handle it well seeing the state he is in now but I did what had to be done"

No one said a word after that and decided to think about what Naruto said, everyone could see where he was coming from even Fubuki could see it which made him feel even worse. Then out of nowhere Tsunami spoke up saying "If the Fist of Justice doesn't work, we just have to work harder instead! Right?". Everyone agreed with that statement and pledged to work harder. Kidou then told everyone that they should shoot towards goal as Zel might not be as good as Disarm so they should try their hardest and use this chance to rack up as many goals as they could.

The game resumed with Raimon kicking off but Disarm had intercepted the ball with his speed and made his way down the pitch and used Gungnir, Kabeyama and Touko used The Wall and The Tower to try to stop the shot but was unable in doing so, Endou quickly used the Fist of Justice to stop the shot but again was unsuccessful in doing so. The ball looked like it was going into the top left corner but Tsunami was able to stop the shot as he hooked his body around the post and crossbar to help him stop the shot.

Epsilon managed to stop Raimon's attack again and gave the ball to Disarm who used Gungnir again with Endou once again using the Fist of Justice to stop the shot but again he was unable to do so, after getting past the Fist of Justice, the ball was once again heading towards the goal but was stopped by Naruto who used Chain Lock to stop the shot from going in. The game continued to go back and forth, shot after shot with the Raimon team becoming exhausted from the constant defending.

The Raimon players were on the ground with minor injuries on them, breathing heavily which allowed Disarm to shoot again but this time the Fist of Justice was able to stop the shot as it had evolved. The ball went out of bounds but was stopped by a person with an orange hoodie, the person then walked onto with his hands in the pocket of his hoodie. When he was close to Endou he pulled his hood down to reveal himself to be Gouenji who smiled and said "Sorry to keep you waiting"

Endou smiled back at him and told him "You're always late!" As the other Raimon players began to get back up and smile at him, Kabeyama spoke for everyone "Gouenji is… Gouenji is.. He's back!". Coach Kira then made a substitution, Rika off and Gouenji on with the crowd watching freaking out.

Epsilon resumed the game with a throw in to Disarm who ran towards Goeunji, Gouenji was able to intercept the and jumped over Disarm and made a quick break for goal. Zel knew a shot was coming and prepared to save a shot, Gouenji then used Fire Tornado but those who were with him at the beginning could tell how much more powerful that shot had become, Zel used Wormhole to stop the shot but Fire Tornado was able to blast right through it.

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The players that haven't seen his skills before marvelled at what they saw. Disarm had veins pop on his forehead as he changed back into becoming the goalkeeper and promised to stop Gouenji. Epsilon kicked off but was too scared to push forward as Gouenjo stood in their way, Ichinose was able to intercept the ball with Flame Dance and passed the ball to Kidou who brought the ball forward, jumping over a tackle and seeing Gouenji marked by two defenders.

Gouenji and Kidou looked at each other before passing the ball towards him which made the two Epsilon defenders run towards the ball but instead of running towards the ball as well, Gouenji decided to run to the left as the ball curved before the defenders could intercept the ball. Goeunji was now faced to face Disarm and used Bakunetsu Storm*(check AN), seeing this Disarm used Drill Smasher, Goeunji, seeing Disarm struggle, turned around and smirked as the ball went in and scored the winning goal, right at the last kick of the game. His teammates then ran towards him and congratulated him.

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Endou walked towards Disarm and held out his hand which shocked some but not all as they knew the type of person Endou is, he then said "On Earth, there aren't any allies or enemies when the match is over. I don't forgive what you're doing, but I want you guys to understand the fun of football"

Disarm looked shocked for a moment and said "We'll win next time for sure" as he reached his hand out towards Endou but just before they could shake hands a bright blue light as another alien showed up calling themself Gazel the captain of Diamond Dust, Gazel has light-grey hair that is pointed towards the left and teal-coloured eyes. He has fair skin, a slender body and had his sleeves rolled up.

Gazel then lifted his hand into the air, Disarm saw this and moved away from Endou before Gazel pointed at Epsilon as a ball was sent towards them, making them disappear. Endou then looked towards Gazel but saw he was nowhere to be seen, Gazel then spoke out saying "I look forward to the day when I can fight you".

AN 1: For those who are wondering why Naruto didn't play that big of a role in this chapter was because to me I believe if he did then you wouldn't get Tachimukai's development + Goeunji's return wouldn't be as impactful as it is.

AN 2: I didn't know if having Gouenji use Bakunetsu Storm was the right choice as I thought about having him use Bakunetsu Screw instead. I feel like him having another shoot was a good move in general as it showed his desire to come back and help his friends. I can either change it here or have him use it in the next chapter so please let me know what you guys think about it

I hope you guys like this chapter and have a good day