Previously on Hemophobia
"Mmmh, that's what you get," Hayubasa smirked and ran to Raimon's side with the ball but didn't notice the brunet standing up and running back as nothing happened to him.
How much pain tolerance does he have to be able to stand up like that?' Shindou thought, looking at the brunet's apathetic face while running.
"The match continues, Hayubasa passes the ball to Kita."
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The orange-haired captain continued to advance and Shinsuke tried to stop him but he passed it to a blond member of his team who when he received the ball passed it to another shouting: "Andou!"
"Tengawara makes several passed and quickly get close to the goal. Will Raimon be able to block their advancement?"
"You're in the way, move!" The purple-haired teen exclaimed quite arrogantly as he got in front of Amagi who did nothing and let him pass by him disregarding his job as a defender.
"Hayabusa passed Amagi! And he's heading in front of the goal."
He smirked and said to the goalkeeper in front of him: "I'll take the goal right from the start. Counting on ya keeper"
Too busy talking, he didn't notice the brunet in front of him that stole the ball and continued running forward.
"Matsukaze stole the ball, making a nice save."
The brunet kept running and looked around him for someone to pass the ball to, having noticed an opponent coming towards him 'Well, talk about shitty teamwork'
So deciding the best course of action was to pass it to Shindou, he did just that in time too since the teen that was coming towards him slid and tried to take the object before he passed it. Unfortunately, Nishinosora intercepted the ball and started running towards Raimon's field: "Jeez, can't you follow the lead a bit? Unlike you guys, we have another match after this so we wouldn't like to waste our energy."
"Noshinosora intercepts Matsukaze's pass and passes it to Hayabusa."
With a series of passes, the opposing team got to the goal quickly due to no one blocking them. And Kita, the captain prepared to shoot.
But to his shock, he found Shindou in front of him. The wavy-haired captain used the emotion going through everyone's mind to his advantage and before they noticed, he was already advancing to the opponent's field.
Unfortunately, that did not last long as the other captain was already running towards him intending to stop his advancement.
"What's he doing again?" the chairman said from the place he was seated.
"I hope he's not up to anything troublesome again,! the principal added.
The other players too came out of their shock and started to react and Hayabusa ran in front of Shindou who stopped to scrutinize his current situation. As expected, there was no one to pass it too as the other players were still in their previous position
"Have you lost your mind Shindou? You have no future if you go against Fifth Sector," the seed facing him said.
The captain then decided if no one was going to aid him, he was going to aid himself. He ran forward with the ball and although the purple-haired seed tried to oppress his and steal the ball, he didn't let that happen. If he gave up then, making half-assed excuses about thinking about Raimon's future, then he had no right to stay by his side.
He saw Kurama as he was running and passed the ball to him although as the light-haired boy made way for a blond opponent to pass, the ball hit the ground and curved going to the opposite direction.
A yellow aura danced around his hand and went towards Tenma. The brunet noticed it and ran towards the ball.
"Oh, he covered for Kurama's miss."
'That Shindou, he knew I wasn't going to move in the first place that's why he...' Kurama thought, mouth still wide open in amazement. (a/n: where are the flies when you need them?)
Tenma started running forward to the direction the yellow aura was directing him with a faint smile on his face. 'I sure missed Kami no takuto' he thought nostalgically.
"Matsukaze dives into enemy territory."
He was, of course, able to dribble past all the players that came towards him. Seeing what was happening in the field, Shinsuke decided to join in too and ran forward. Guided by the yellow light, when the defenders of the opponent ran towards him, the brunet kicked the ball high.
"Matsukaze is surrounded by enemies and kicked the ball high in response."
The little boy jumped high and passed the ball to Tenma who had moved forward while the defenders were busy looking at the ball. With a flick of his wrist, Shindou showed the direction the ball had to go: "Tenma," he screamed.
"Nishizono uses a heading to bring the ball back to Matsukaze."
As Tenma went forward, a big-boned guy stood in front of him, blocking his way so he looked around, a saw Shindou who was looking at him so, he smirked and passed the ball to the pianist.
"Matsukaze makes a perfect high pass to Shindou."
Shindou received the ball and jumped a little; musical notes and patterns form in a circular motion around the ball and he kicked the blue object to the net.
"Goal! It's a goal! Raimon Jr. High's captain Shindou Takuto makes a goal to take the first point of the game!"
Everyone looked at Shindou, some sweating in shock, others facepalming, others had rage forming on their expressions and others were gaping in fear. While others, okay, only Endou was grinning widely as he always did.
"I can't believe he did it again," Kurama whispered to the other three that were with him being the only one able to talk while gears were spinning in everyone's minds as they were thinking about the consequences they were going to suffer after that match for going against Fifth Sector's ordered again.
Tenma went to Shindou and smiled at him, patting his shoulder. He really would have like to mess up his hair as he did before but he couldn't so he resorted to symbolising his pride with his gaze. As Shindou saw that smile, his cheeks reddened slightly and he looked down but regained his composure immediately and walked back to his position.
Hayabusa turned his gaze to Tsurugi and thought: 'What's going here Tsurugi?' To his surprise though, the navy-haired boy was not there.
"Shindou-kun, what are you doing?" Kita asked his fellow captain as he was walking away "The score order said Tengawara wins 2-0. Are you disobeying Fifth Sector's orders?" (a/n: I don't get why everyone's repeating the same thing. I mean a few times I'm okay with that but not every god damn episode with the are-you-disobeying-Fifth-Sector's-orders shit. Smh)
"I'm winning," the wavy-haired told the orange-haired then turned to the others in the field: "And I will... no, we will not lose this match."
'Dammit Shindou, shut the fuck up!' Kurama thought gritting his teeth while glaring at Tenma.
Shindou then moved closer to his fellow captain and whispered: "And there's nothing you can do to stop that Kita-san." The orange-haired captain's eyes widened and his gaze locked with dark red ones: 'W...what are you?' he thought in fear.
"He can't be serious right?" Minamisawa said looking at the boy that was walking away from the other team's captain.
"Well, considering the fact he just scored, I wouldn't doubt his word for it," Hamano added.
"We're supposed to the losing though," Hayami whined.
"Taichi!" a female voice yelled interrupting the thoughts of the people in her proximity.
"M...mom?" Sangoku exclaimed as he turned to face the woman that had shouted she was waving her hands and smiling excitedly: "You can do it! Make sure you protect that goal!" she encouraged.
"The first match in Kanto's A block district preliminaries of Holy Road continues between the Raimon, the that arrived at last year finals, versus the famous Tengawara high. With Shindou's elegant shoot, Raimon takes the first point!"
"Raimon appears to be acting according to their word," Kita said having regained his composure.
"The morons," another commented.
"They ought to know what happened to those that oppose Fifth Sector," a violet-haired retorted.
"Well, then it's time to we start to get serious too," Hayabusa said and everyone nod at his words.
"The game resumes"
Shindou wanted to stop them immediately but was held back by Tenma who shook his head.
"What's happening? Raimon is not moving."
The blond that had the ball passed it to Andou shouting his name and the boy ran towards the defence line and hit Hayami making him fall but the referee still didn't blow the whistle (a/n: well duh? it's common knowledge that referees are useless in the Inazuma eleven series.)
The purple head kicked the ball up towards a Bordeaux haired teammate of his. Shinsuke trying to intercept the pass jumped and was elbowed in the gut and he fell, still, the referee did nothing so the game continued.
"Nishizono falls this time..."
The boy passed it to Kita who passed it to Andou seeing no one to block his advancement.
"Ohi Shindou," Tenma whispered to the captain who was still beside him: "I want to do something for me," and he continued whispering the rest, unnoticed by everyone in the field. When he finished explaining, the wavy-haired captain nodded and went towards the purple-headed that was heading to the goal-post.
"What makes you think you can stop my avatar?" Hayabusa asked as he saw Shindou in front of his and brought forth said avatar, shouting: "Birdman Falco," and a bird-like creature came out, screeching.
"Whoa, I... it's an avatar! An avatar! Hayabusa brought out an avatar!"
Of course, everyone stood still looking at the creature like they literally had nothing else to do like winning a match or something (both sides.)
"I heard you can use an avatar too," he said addressing Shindou: "Impressive for someone who isn't a Seed. Shall I show you how truly frightening a true Seed's avatar can be?" He jumped and kicked the ball and with his sole, he propelled himself upward. Then, he kicked the ball with his sole one more time towards the goal (namely Shindou) covered by blue energy and screamed: "Falco Wing!"
Shindou called upon his avatar and a dark shadow surrounded him too. He slowed the shoot down a but and let it go, all without actually calling maestro. After all, there was no need for what he had to do. His job was complete and he allowed himself to fall on the field the others thinking the force of the sho had overwhelmed him.
When Sangoku saw the ball coming towards him, he knew he shouldn't have moved to stop it. But before his brain could actually process what he was doing, his body was in front of the ball taking the impact with it. When he realized what he did, his eyes widened; he hadn't meant to do that. What was wrong with him?
"Goal! Tengawara immediately catches up! Hayabusa's shoot blasts through Raimon's goal!"
The seed that had scored the goal smirked although it the fact he was panting and sweating in fatigue was quite noticeable. If not by the others, Tenma, Shindou and Tsurugi noticed.
The whistle was blown not long after that score and both parties walked out of the field, one glaring at the other although Raimon was looking at the ground thinking about the consequences winning the match was going to have.
"The first half ends here! The second half will start with a tie!"
Hayabusa looked at his other members, smirked and walked to the goalkeeper who was still tending to the aching part of his body and said, his gaze berating the teen: "A goalkeeper at your level will never be able to stop the shots my Avatar makes. I suggest you avoid the next if you don't want to get hurt," he turned walking away and then added: "You can't be more pathetic than you already are."
The goalkeeper that was left on the ground, his pride crumbling to pieces gripped the field's grass tightly: "I... What should I do?" he uttered not unknowing of the worried gaze his mother was sending his way.
When he least expected it, a hand came in front of his face and offered him help to stand up: "You can stay here and watch as they step on you or you can stand and fight for that which you believe in," spoke a firm but calm voice that seemed slightly familiar as he looked upwards to see the face of the scarred eye brunet.
"Isn't that right, Taichi?" he completed before walking away not leaving the older boy time to respond. His head suddenly throbbed as he watched the brunet walk away and he extended his arm, trying to stop him from going. He recalled the last time he let him go like that, he regretted it.
A few moments later though, he retracted it looking at his arm with a questioning look not understanding why he did what he did and why he had that uneasy sense of guilt.
In their locker room, the tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife and none fo the teens dared to say a word until someone interrupted it, that someone that went by the name of Kurama: "Shindou, why are you doing this?" his voice seemed too calm and the message beneath it was more unnerving than the words that came out of his mouth.
But Shindou sat still, perfectly calm ignoring the threatening tone of the light-blue headed boy and said nothing, infuriating Kurama even more.
"Shindou, what the fuck is wrong with you?! Ever since this Matsukaze dipshit appeared, you've been acting all fucking weird. Are both of you happy at the fact you are going to ruin our lives by going against Fifth Sector's orders?" the boy was inwardly seething but something was preventing him from moving his arms so he settled with glaring at the silent wavy-haired. If he had paid more attention to his surroundings, he would have noticed obscure oxblood eyes staring intently at him.
"As I said," Endou stood up calling all attention upon himself as he started what he was about to say: "No matter who it is, I won't let them decide the results before the match. The only one who gets to decide victory and defeat is the goddess of victory."
"The goddess of victory..." Sangoku repeated, the word familiar to him.
"But the goddess of victory will never smile on those who don't actively seek to win. Are you guys satisfied with today's controlled soccer?" he asked and moved towards the goalkeeper that was looking at the ground with a pensive expression and called the teen's name causing him to jerk up paying attention to his words: "You were told to lose, but you tried to stop that shot," the teen looked away trying to look for an excuse for his earlier actions.
"That was the instinct of a true soccer player. No matter what shots come towards you, you try to block them. No matter who you are against, you try to dribble past them. You try to make shots that are stronger than anyone else's. And you try to win. That's a soccer player. The feelings that all of you have." he took a pause and continue, looking at everyone with a gaze that seemed like he was looking at their soul.
"Are you guys really alright with things as they are now? To lose without even fighting? ask yourself these things. Is the soccer you play today that which you want to continue playing? What is real soccer? What is your soccer?" he was suddenly interrupted by the principal and chairman walking into the room stopping him from going any further and berating him for filling the players' heads with nonsense but Endou paid no heed to them, turned to both and said before walking outside the room with the two men behind him: "I've said that which was to be said. The rest is up to you to decide."
"The first match of the Holy Road's district preliminaries continues as the two teams proceed to enter the field. The second half of Raimon versus Tengawara!"
The two forwards in front of the Raimon formation looked hesitant about what to do, they looked at each other and the purple-haired forward ask the other: "What are you going to do?"
"I don't know, what are you going to do?" the teen replied with a question (a/n: typical)
"There, is the kickoff and Raimon is in the hold of the ball!"
Minamisawa passed the object to Kurama who in turn passed it to Hamano. Tenma passed by the boy and asked the ball to be passed to him so Hamano did just that but received a glare from Kurama.
Tenma advanced with the ball and dribbled past the players that came at him. The audience couldn't pull their gazes off Tenma, the brunet's movements seemed like pure art.
Hayabusa ran straight at him and looked at Tenma's empty eyes. Tenma didn't look like he was going to stop staring at the seed anytime soon and that was starting to creep out a bit which made him not notice when Tenma passed the ball to Shinsuke without looking at him.
To saw everyone on the field were surprised would have been an understatement. The pass was aimed carefully at Shinsuke's feet which was a difficult feat to do if you didn't have a certain level of knowledge of the other player's way of running and his tempo.
The short light-brown haired boy advanced and when a tall purple-haired teen slide towards him, the ball was forcefully removed from his feet making him lose momentum and he fell. Luckily for him though, Tenma ran forward, retrieved the ball and scored a goal at the unsuspecting goalkeeper.
"Goal! Matsukaze scored a goal making Raimon take the leading place in the match!"
They all glared at Tenma but the match had to continue, this time the kickoff was Tengawara. Seeing as they had suffered too many humiliations from the team who had to lose and fail miserably, they advanced ruthlessly, hitting the Raimon players every time they could covering their nasty deeds from the referee.
Everyone present in the stadium noticed this but, of course, couldn't do anything as it was the referee that decided when something was against the "rules".
The ball was suddenly passed to Hayabusa: "Kita makes a centring to Hayabusa! Raimon's in trouble!"
The seed preparing to receive the ball, thought angrily: 'This is what you deserve for going against Fifth Sector.' His intention was to hurt the goalkeeper with his avatar hissatsu shoot so Raimon was going to regret ever trying to mess with them. What he didn't expect was to see said goalkeeper at the edge penalty area with the ball held tightly between his arms.
While everyone was still shocked Sangoku had joined the madness that began a few weeks ago just because of one person. The curly-haired teen quickly passed the ball to Shindou who in the last minutes of the match, used Kami no Takuto to direct Shinsuke and Tenma to the goal post.
At the last moment, he was able to fully call out his avatar much to everyone's surprise that he was able to control it and he made a goal with a new shoot: Harmonics.
"Goal! The shoot made by Shindou's shots through Tengawara's defence and goal."
The moment the ball hit the net and the whistle for the goal was blown, another sequence of three whistles followed indicating their victory.
"This game is over 3-1! The ones to rise victorious out of this fierce battle in the first match of the district preliminaries is Raimon Jr. High!"
Shindou looked at the avatar he had brought our as the spirit was going back in made a feeling of nostalgia creep into him. Now that he thought about it, he did miss his long hair.
And that's it. It was really disappointing in my opinion.
And it seemed a bit rushed. Let me know what you think. But this chapter really didn't contain any particularly important thing except to show the developing tension between the players.