Hey guys, I'm alive. And back publishing. I'm gonna try to be updating regularly now.
Now unto the story
Previously on Hemophobia
"Do you know what you just did? Now we aren't gonna be free to play soccer anymore." Kurama all but shouted at him.
Tenma smirked and said: "It seems I didn't make myself clear. I do not obey to Fifth Sector. If y'all want to be pussies, fine by me but I'm not gonna let one fucking organization ruin this all I have left"
That being said, he walked away and went back to his position, high-fiving Shindou on his way. There was no need for words, both of them understood each other just by looking at their eyes.
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Sudden flashbacks
"What is going on here?" hissed the captain of Eito Academy when he went to Shindou's side
"I told you didn't I, I have intention on winning this game," he remarked with a smirk.
The whistle was blown again: "This time, it's Eito Academy's kick-off."
They didn't have time to move forward and Shindou stole the ball from them and smirked, looking back at Tenma.
'What's he doing?' that was what went through the whole team's mind as they were surprised to see Shindou acting against Fifth Sector's score order.
It was true that Eito Academy was getting famous amidst soccer fans because it was apparently very strong. But this proved to be false as the match was entirely one-sided, with Tenma or Shindou scoring each time. They didn't even get a chance to try to score a goal and at the end of the first half, the score was 3-0 Eito Academy's loss.
The whistle of the first half was blown and both teams went to their benches.
"This is a totally one-sided match. Will Eito Academy be able to make up for these lost goals?"
"W...what is wrong with Raimon?" Eito Academy's coach muttered, his eyes widening as he looked at the score. That wasn't what the Fifth Sector planned.
The Raimon players were equally as troubled, not expecting Shindou to act that way.
"S...Shindou, what is wrong with you?" Sangoku asked the question that was troubling everyone but they found it difficult to explain their confusions.
"I'm tired of being always oppressed by the Fifth Sector. I want to win not because I'm told to but because I know I have the strength to. And I'm gonna fight, with or without you," he replied, shocking everyone before excusing himself to the washroom.
Tenma smirked albeit noticing the scowl Kurama was sending his way as Shindou was walking away.
As the teen was washing his hands, he noticed the captain of Eito Academy glaring at him "What is wrong with you Shindou-san? Are you that eager to be destroyed by Fifth Sector?"
Shindou smirked at this but said nothing and walked away but the latter was not having that so he gripped his shoulders: "Saewatari-san, if I were you, I would not do that," Shindou advised not wanting to retort to any form of violence. It was then that the purple-haired boy noticed the gleaming red eyes that were piercing through his body, keeping him firmly in the position he was.
He slowly removed his hands from the wavy-haired teen shoulders and Shindou smiled at him: "See now, that wasn't so difficult," he had a slight mockingly tone though it wasn't noticeable to the petrified teen.
"Both teams are about to start. The point difference is three points. Will Eito Academy recover from this one-sided match?"
The whistle was blown and Eito Academy started by the two forwards at the beginning of the formation passing the ball to each other but unfortunately, for them, it was immediately stolen by Shindou. All further attempts to retrieving the ball were useless since the moment the object was with Shindou, he went straight to the goalpost and scored another goal.
"Goal, that's the 4th goal for Raimon. It seems there's nothing Eito Academy can do to catch up anymore."
No one could say anything at what Shindou and Tenma were doing, they knew they couldn't stop them. Then again those two were ruining their chances of ever playing soccer again. Why were they so selfish? That was the question racing through every player of Raimon's mind.
They didn't even notice when the match was done. The score...
Everyone lifted their gazes to the scoreboard and their eyes widened what was there was astonishing.
"W...wow! Eito Academy was owned by Raimon's captain and the new member, Matsukaze Tenma. Raimon won with 6-0 against Raimon."
'It's official, we're screwed.' was the thought that went through Raimon's main team's mind.
Everyone gathered looking at Shindou, Tenma and Shinsuke who were happy at the result, though a certain brunet was pretty indifferent.
Unseen by all, but one, a man walked away from the stadium, having gathered all the information he needed though he didn't seem happy at what he saw.
The trip back to Inazuma town was pretty silent and tense. Everyone wanted to say something but the words couldn't come out as they remembered Shindou's resolute look as he declared he wanted to win the match, which he did.
Back at Raimon, the chairman was panicking: "What! 6-0 Raimon's win? This is going against regulations" He said, putting the score order in front of the principal's face whose reply was: "I...I have no idea how that happened,"
"Bring Kudou-kun here at once" the white-haired man ordered.
"Y...yes sir" was the principal's reply as he ran immediately to execute the order giving to him.
"How am I going to explain this to Fifth Sector?" the white-haired man sighed as he sat down back on his chair. "But wait" he stopped and smirked: "This could be the perfect opportunity to finally get rid of him.
That night, there was a man in a room with four computers, switched on while he was working on one. His phone suddenly rang and he picked the call.
"Hello. This is Megane," he said, continuing his work.
"It's me, Kudou. Begin the operation as we planned," he ordered, looking at the city lights during the night.
"I've been waiting for this," the man working exclaimed as he interrupted the call. "The real fun is just beginning"
The next day
Raimon's main team couldn't concentrate during the practice and this was making their plays worse than usual. Tenma didn't even bother to play with them as he knew it would only be a waste of his time so he sat down at an angle, completely ignoring the glares they sent his way.
"What is wrong with y'all? Concentrate!" Kuramada shouted after noticing the many flaws in the team's performance.
"Say what you like but..." was the idle reply from Minamisawa.
"We just can't get into it." A little discouraged voice said.
"What did you say?" Kuramada asked, looking at Hayami, the one who had spoken.
"Well, to begin with, the coach has resigned and we're probably gonna be screwed when Fifth Sector sends another coach." Hayami continued.
Hearing that, Kuramada would have wanted to say something but he hesitated and they all looked at Shindou and Tenma thinking it was all their fault they were having such unnecessary problems.
More negative conversations later
A man came towards the field they were training and called the attention of everyone there. The sun was blocking his features but Haruna and Tenma who rolled his eyes knew who it was.
As the man went down the stairs, everyone recognized him and gasped as they saw who it was: Endou Mamoru and the man gave his famous large grin at their reactions.
"Is this everyone?" he asked Haruna who had run to him before.
"Yes, no one is absent," Kirino replied and the man nodded at the response.
"Okay. I'm Raimon's new coach from today on." The man sounded excited and everyone gape as they heard that sentence.
'Tch! Troublesome!' Tenma thought, looking slightly annoyed.
"I look forward to working with you all," he concluded.
"Seriously!" Kurama exclaimed, the surprise having dissipated from his face.
"Now that's a surprise," Kirino commented.
"Here's the schedule after school: we'll be training near the riverbank grounds," Endou told the team who looked at each other in utterly confused at the chosen field by the new coach.
Endou having understood the looks exchanged between them said: "You might be able to see something you can't see from the school grounds.
"Why would we need to see that?" Hayami asked, doing nothing to hide his doubts.
"In order to win," Endou replied.
"To win...?" Minamisawa repeated.
"I'm sure if we all train together, Raimon will be able to get stronger." the adult brunet affirmed.
"Count me out," Tenma remarked walking away from the field.
Everyone was shocked at what Tenma did, it was true, they had no intention of going to the riverbank grounds but they weren't going to bluntly say it to the man's face. Though Endou looked to not care at what Tenma said and he smirked at him.
"Well then, I'll be waiting," he said and walked away after Tenma.
"Tenma, how are you feeling?" Endou called as he got next to the brunet.
"Fine, I guess..." the teen whispered remembering the feeling he had that day and how he had almost succumbed to his old habits.
"Well, how about you come to my house today? Natsumi surely misses you." Endou said, remembering the promise he made to his wife.
The following day, Shindou, Shinsuke and surprisingly Tsurugi arrived at the riverbank, they were surprised to see Tenma and Endou there.
"Hey, Tenma, thought you said you weren't coming," Shinsuke commented looking at the brunet and saw that he was, in fact, wearing casual clothes.
"Yeah, he's here just because I forced him. Although he's not going to train," Endou replied for him.
As soon as he saw the brunet, Tsurugi abandoned every intention he had to train with the man and went to sit down next to him.
"I thought you still wanted to play the part of the bad guy," Tenma whispered looking at Endou as he was giving orders to the only two serious with their training.
Tsurugi chuckled not questioning the fact that he knew; after all, the King was very good at reading him. "Yeah, initially I didn't want to come but my brother convinced me. By the way, he was asking when you will drop by."
"I'll make sure I do that soon," Tenma replied and stayed silent zoning out.
You can't hide forever.
I will find you.
Tenma's eyes hurriedly fluttered open to see that it was already sunset. He touched his face to see tears there. Furthermore, Tsurugi and Shindou were looking at him slightly distressed. It seemed he had emitted a dark aura while he was zoned out. He knew the cause was the vision he had. Though what disturbed him slightly was he couldn't remember.
The next few days, the other members started coming to the riverbank to spy on the few that was there and they were surprised as they saw Tenma and Tsurugi sitting near the field. They looked like they were talking softly.
Looking at Shinsuke, Endou and Shindou have so much fun playing soccer was nostalgic.
What had changed? What had happened to those innocent smiles after a nice game played with all their strengths? Those times sure had been fun.
"Hey! Don't stay back there guys, come out here" Endou called out, stunning them because he knew they were there this whole time. They all came out looking somewhat embarrassed at the fact that they were spotted from their utterly terrible hiding spot.
First, he made them gather in front of the goalpost.
"For starters, show me your kick strength. One shoot each," Endou declared.
Kurama offered to start first and walked forwards: "Okay, Kurama will start first," Endou shouted.
The light-haired teen kicked the ball into the goal and Endou complimented him.
"Next is Hamano,"
The black-haired boy kicked the ball into the goal and so did the others that came after him.
"Okay Tsurugi, it's your turn," Endou said, looking at the position Tenma and Tsurugi placed themselves.
Much to the team's surprise, the navy-haired boy didn't protest and walk to kick the ball too. That made them question if the person in front of them was the same Tsurugi that had tried to destroy the second team a week ago.
Well, pretty much like the others, he scored and went to sit back down. All this was done without uttering a single word.
"Tenma, it's your turn now," Endou's gaze softened a bit as he was talking to the brunet: "Everybody's scored a goal so you have to do it too."
'Mmmh, so that's why you dragged me here' the brunet thought, looking at the man with an emotionless gaze.
Having nothing against, he stood up and went to the ball although he noticed Kurama's "Tch" and most of the team's frown, he paid no attention to that.
He kicked the ball and the net looked like it was having a difficult time holding the power of the shot without breaking (a/n: and that's saying something since the material of the soccer nets in Inazuma eleven is pretty durable) and went back to sit.
"That's all for today's practice!" a voice shook them out of their bewilderment.
"Just one shoot?" Hamano observed.
"So, what was it that we were able to see here that we wouldn't have seen from the school grounds" Kurama requested, not understanding the use of what they went to do there.
"You all came here to train for winning right?" Endou asked, looking at all of them. "Then you've seen it! The expressions of your friends with their goal set for victory. The expressions of guys who want to play real soccer." Everyone looked at each other knowing what he said was correct.
"I'll be waiting at the school grounds tomorrow." he declared before walking towards Tenma.
Since everyone had finally parted ways, Tenma and Endou decided to go too.
"I spent the last few days at your house. Are you sure Aki-nee is alright with that?" Tenma interrupted the silence with a quiet voice.
"Course. I told her you would be spending some time with me and Natsumi." the adult brunet exclaimed.
At the Inazuma Tower.
Endou and Tenma got close to the tower and the younger brunet noticed Kudou's presence so he decided to wait for the man to finish whatever he had to do with the black-haired man.
"Ah, Endou! Sorry for pushing the trouble unto you." Kudou said as Endou arrived at the place he was seated.
"It's okay! Although I must admit I was a little surprised when I got the call from you." Endou said, looking seriously at the man as he noticed the mood change.
"The condition of soccer has decayed." the man started "The soccer we once knew it no longer exists. There's no meaning in victory anymore. After the assumed victory, all that's left is a grim feeling from betraying soccer. Soccer has become a tool to gain fame. Those passionate feelings that were once in this sport no longer exist. So this is how people took the world championship title we fought for huh?"
"Coach, I want to bring back Raimon as it used to be," Endou said after the man concluded his speech. (a/n: honestly, every time they make a long-ass speech, I feel like they wrote it all down on a paper and they're giving it hidden glances.)
"But the enemy this time is far greater than anyone we've ever faced."
"Fifth Sector huh?" Endou finished for him.
"Yeah, not only do they have control on soccer schools but they are gradually in their way to controlling the entire soccer world." the man stopped "Raimon is at the peak of their despair. But there's still hope." the man smiled and stood up.
"They're in your hands now Endou. Both Raimon's future and soccer's. Hang in there coach Endou," he patted the elder brunet's shoulder, picked his stuff and walked away. His words disappearing within the wind
"I won't give up either."
Endou walked to the exit too and found Tenma waiting for him, he patted the brunet a bit and they both walked away to his car in silence.
An ominous feeling creeping into the younger brunet's skin.
Yeah, guys, that's it for this month. I found this one particularly hard to write due to lack of some ideas and the devastatingly overwhelming heat.
Anyways, hope you enjoyed and for Attack on Titan manga readers out there, enjoy the new chapter that came out today.
P.s: So yeah, I change something. In this fic, Endou has a car and goes to work every day with it. With work, I intend he goes to Raimon because coaching a team is a job. A very well paid one at that.
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