Previously on Hemophobia
"Taking Minamisawa Atsushi's place is Matsukaze Tenma." He said
"The fuck! I didn't even agree to this." The brunet said
"I don't care," Kudou said walking back to his seat.
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"Conversations"
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Sudden flashback
"Oh, who is that wearing Raimon's uniform? It looks like a new member candidate! What are Coach Kudou's intentions behind this?"
"Tenma!?" A blue-haired female exclaimed, seeing the brunet on the field.
"He's benching me? Tch!" said the purple-haired striker flipping his hair.
"Minamisawa-san, I can assure you coach has some type of plan as to why he did this," Shindou said looking at the striker walk away.
"Sure. Then you can handle the rest." the boy replied not even looking back at the game-maker.
Tenma walked calmly to the field glaring at Coach Kudou, who still had his eye closed. He walked past Shindou not even looking at him.
'Why did the coach bring him in?' Shindou thought, looking at the brunet who just walked by
"What are you thinking? Bringing that boy in? He doesn't even want to join the club." Haruna said giving Kudou a piece of her mind.
"Otonashi, I'm sure you saw him earlier? I'm sure you can understand my reasons. And besides, he needs all the help he can get right now." he answered.
"What do you mean by that coach?" she asked him confused. But the man had no intention of replying.
"The new player, Matsukaze Tenma has entered the pitch. Just what could coach Kudou have planned?"
The Raimon Eleven was looking at the brunet with doubtful looks.
'This is Raimon. I'm standing on its ground right now. Wearing their shitty uniform. And it's all that asshole's fault!' he thought, giving Kudou a furious glare.
'But this fucker tried to destroy soccer. I won't forgive him.' he thought, this time his glare directed at Tsurugi, who immediately shivered. If looks could kill, half of the navy-haired would have been in a critical condition.
"You again?" Tsurugi said looking at the brunet with absolute hatred in his eyes. He still hadn't forgiven him for stopping his shot.
The whistle was blown again and a boy with light blonde hair threw the ball to Tsurugi who caught it in mid-air avoiding a guy (Not Tenma. It's one of the guys that will later leave the team.) coming towards him.
He then violently kicked the ball, hitting Kirino, then Kurama. He continued like that, sending all the players to the ground except Tenma who stood in his position looking bored.
"What's wrong? Too scared to react now?" he asked trying to aggravate the brunet.
He gritted his teeth and tightened his fist as he noticed the boy didn't react to his provocations. He then kicked the ball with strength towards the brunet who didn't move from his position. (a/n: we have another drama queen.)
"Tenma, move! That thing's gonna hit you!" Shindou shouted at him.
But the brunet didn't listen. He ran forward to the direction the ball was coming from. Everyone was looking at him with their eyes wide already imagining the worse was going to happen to the hit.
"What is Matsukaze doing? Running towards the ball like that, fully knowing it would hit him."
Tenma still kept running, not paying attention to any of his 'teammates' shouting at him to stop.
He jumped and kicked the ball straight to the goalpost, surprising the goalkeeper who, certainly wasn't expecting the shoot.
No one noticed what happened until the whistle was blown, indicating a goal for Raimon.
"G...goal! Matsukaze shoots the ball directly towards the goal and makes it in before the goalkeeper could do anything against it!"
The whistle was blown again signalling the end of the first half.
"That's the end of the first half. The first half ends with the Dark Knights having a lead of 10-1. With the recent development, can Raimon actually win this game? "
As the two teams walked to their respective benches, Tenma and Tsurugi glared at each other with profound hatred.
"Shindou, we're not gonna let these guys take over the soccer club now, are we?" Minamisawa all but yelled at Shindou.
"Calm down. I don't want to hand over the club to these guys either. But those guys aren't easy pickings. It hurts to say, but they've got the upper hand on us" the captain responded.
"That is how Fifth Sector does things," Sangoku said, joining the conversation between the two boys.
"That Matsukaze boy, do you guys think he might be a seed?" the purple-haired boy said glancing at Tenma.
"Why do you think so?" Shindou asked him.
"Well, for starters, he came here the same day as Tsurugi. And he pulled a goal of them like it was the easiest thing to do. Only a trained seed could do something like that."
"Your reasoning is quite right Minamisawa-san. But, then again, if he was a seed, the coach wouldn't have placed him in the field knowing he would just wreck the team." Shindou said unknowingly staring at Tenma.
"You know, I don't like people talking about me like I'm not fucking here," Tenma said, his glare burning them up. "And has it ever crossed your mind that I'm here because it's the first-day fo school? Anyways, I'm not in any way related to the Fifth Sector organization. The fact that soccer is the one that determines the value of school and people disgusts me."
"Then why are you here? You probably came to Raimon, like the rest, because of its strong soccer reputation. Or am I wrong?" Shindou asked.
"As a matter of fact, yes. Yes, you are. I'm here because I want to protect the last thing I have. I won't let them take it again." Tenma murmured darkly but Shindou heard him.
An image suddenly came to Tenma's mind.
Dead bodies.
Dead bodies everywhere.
And he's in the middle of it.
'It's his fault.'
The voices tell him it's his fault.
It has always been his fault.
"All your fault."
They say.
The brunet's eyes were slowly changing their colour to red again until Kidou called his attention.
"Tenma, snap out of it!" he shouted.
"The second half is starting. What will Raimon do with the lead was taken away from them?"
Shindou immediately went in action as he tried to steal the ball from the seed. But the teen evaded him sending the wavy-haired captain to the ground.
"Shindou" Kirino screamed worriedly at the captain's fall.
"Captain, what's wrong? Giving in so early?" Tsurugi mocked looking at the grey-haired captain
'I can't let it end here' he thought angrily
"Damn it!" He screamed charging at the seed with a furious gaze.
"Why not give up?" the navy-haired boy whispered to him: "You guys are going to be tossed with the trash anyways!"
He then kicked the ball towards the goalkeeper and sent him to the net violently making their score 11.
"The Black Knights are overwhelming in the second half too!"
The game-maker didn't give up as he stood again, though he was panting, he had decided he wasn't going to hand over the soccer club to anyone.
"You guys can't win against us. Your pathetic soccer club is finished." Tsurugi stated out loud.
"Finished? Never. I won't ever hand over Raimon's soccer club to anyone" Shindou shouted at him
"Then I'll just take it from you!" Tsurugi shouted back at him kicking the ball full force towards the entire team while Shindou was gaped at him horrified.
"This is all there is to the Raimon you loved. It's full of nothing but weak losers," he exclaimed smirking.
"It's useless. They're gonna take the soccer club even if they injure us. Sorry but I..." He walked away leaving his sentence incomplete.
"Wait, Mizumori! Where are you going?" Shindou questioned the boy
"I'm quitting. I can't do this again," he said not having the courage to look at Shindou in his eye.
'So what are you gonna do Captain? Your team is breaking down." Tenma thought, staring at Shindou with a sharp gaze.
He felt something at his feet and he looked down. He looked back at Tsurugi with cold eyes. "What is the meaning of this? Are you challenging me?" he asked his gaze not leaving the seed's.
"You can have it. Now bring it," Tsurugi said his sharp amber eyes piercing Tenma's metallic blue ones.
'Alright, you asked for it' the brunet thought, though his face didn't show any signs of what he was feeling in that moment
He suddenly sprinted towards the seed avoiding the cyan-haired boy who tried to steal the ball away from him
"Oh, so you do have some skills," Tsurugi muttered at the brunet.
"Oh trust me, I can do a lot more than this." The boy whispered back dribbling forward avoiding all the Black Knights. When he got to the goalpost, instead of scoring another goal, he ran back.
"That dribble..." Shindou muttered surprised.
Everyone was asking him to pass the ball but he avoided them.
"What's he doing?" Sangoku questioned himself looking at the brunet.
'Why'
"Pass it here" Kirino shouted running towards the brunet but behind him, two players of the other team soon appeared and he avoided the pink-haired boy whose eyes widened slightly.
"Ohi! What do you think you're doing?" Kurama shouted annoyed. (a/n: I swear, every time I write the word Kurama I can't stop thinking about a certain nine-tailed fox)
'Why am I not passing the ball?' Tenma thought
"Why isn't he passing?" Shindou said
"What is Matsukaze-kun doing?" Haruna asked looking at the brunet confused.
"He's probably trying to keep the ball with him until the time's up. By not handing the ball over to any of his teammates, none of them will get attacked." Kudou said looking at her
"Then, Matsukaze-kun is doing it all to protect everyone?" she whispered to herself.
'Why am I even trying to protect these guys? I'll just ruin them again.'
"Think that'll work easily?" Tsurugi said, snapping his fingers and the brunet found himself surrounded by all the dark Knights players
"You've got nowhere to run now"
'After all, you'll just lose them again.'
'And again'
'And again'
'And again'
The man that claimed to be the Black Knights coach gave Tsurugi a silent message and Tsurugi acknowledged it.
"Matsukaze Tenma, your face ticks me off. Soccer is a waste of time" he said then screamed before behind him, a shadowy figure appeared.
"W...What is that?" everyone on the Raimon's field exclaimed, their faces filled with shock.
"W...What this? Appearing on the field is the big talk among soccer players, a Keshin."
The giant figure had a long silver sword and a silver shield. It also had a silver armour and wore a helmet: "This is my keshin, Sword Saint Lancelot."
"Coach Kidou...this is..." said Haruna looking edgy
"Yes, I know, the special energy people create is usually invisible to the eye. But when that power is mastered, it reveals itself in its physical form. This form is what we call a keshin" Kidou said not looking fazed.
"W...what the hell is this?" Kuramada said with wide eyes.
"So avatar users exist?" Kurama stated al little disturbed.
"Wasn't just an urban legend," Sangoku uttered looking quite shocked himself
"Tenma looked at it with a straight face, not portraying any emotion.
Tsurugi glared at the brunet as he launched forward attacking him with his kicks. But the boy evaded them all with the gracefulness and agility of a ballet dancer, though his eyes looked empty while he was doing this.
Nobody uttered a word as they watched the two boys, amazement on their faces. Even Kuroki was surprised that a non-seed was able to evade Tsurugi's movements. Though the navy-haired boy wasn't going full power yet, that was still impressive.
'W...who is that boy?' thought the maroon-haired man.
Tenma suddenly stopped evading and let the ball hit him as he was sent to the captain's feet.
He rose slowly and sat on the ground and said touching the captain, his gaze looking directly at Shindou's soul: "I know how much you care about your teammates. But now, you're downright pathetic. That concern is nothing if you can't even protect them."
"You're right, I can't even protect my teammates. Then what type of captain am I?" he said tears streaming down his face and he then touched his armband: "Then what is this for? Dammit!"
As he screamed he glowed with violet light and a keshin appeared behind him too. His avatar had four arms; two of which were gloved and raised above his head. On its right side, he held two-conductor batons on a pair of his hands, a white and other green. He wore a purple tuxedo with a white cloth tucked inside him. In front of the cloth, he has a light blue chain around his neck with an orange spear-like pendant with a green sphere on it. He had turquoise wavy hair and two hairstyle hand on each of his head.
Everyone's gaze shifted from Tsurugi to the wavy-haired boy who now had a keshin behind him too.
"W...what! Shindou's got one too?" someone who I'm gonna get rid of soon exclaimed.
"This is the first time this has happened" Sangoku murmured looking at the large figure emanating from Shindou's back.
"Even Raimon's captain Shindou has unleashed his keshin"
"The one who's gonna protect Raimon... IS ME!" the wavy-haired teen shouted
Tenma saw the angry glint in his eyes, he smirked slightly and stood up like a ball hadn't just hit him.
'Finally' the brunet thought.
"Can you really do it? I'll tear you down!" Tsurugi said smiling in a sinister way.
The navy-haired boy ran to Tenma trying to steal the ball from him but Tenma passed it to Shindou and the captain tried to score another goal. Lancelot clashed against Shindou's keshin.
"What a block! It's a clash of keshins"
Sparks were coming from the two Avatar's confrontation.
Everyone had their mouths wide open as the watched the ball move upwards
"It's risen high! Whose ball will it be?"
Both players jumped to take the ball but were interrupted as Tenma came between them, a burst of energy forcefully making the two users fall on the field, their keshins disappearing.
"That's enough both of you," he said, authority dripping off his voice.
And that's it for this month.
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