Yay! I managed to write two chapters in a row in so little time! It may seem average to you but I'm a very lazy person, this is the first time I've done it! Hurray!
Nya, so what did you thought about my last chappie? Please review~!
" With this, Goenji is a member of the Raimon Middle School Soccer Club. Let's all get along, guys. " Endo told his comrades.
" I'm Goenji Shuuya."
Everyone was very happy that they had another forward player in their team. Everyone, but Someoka. He was against the idea of having Goenji in their team, saying that the Raimon team already has his new hissatsu. Their captain assured the pink haired boy that now with two ace strikers there will be more chances to win, yet Someoka didn't listen to him. He walked up closer to Goenji, looking down at the blonde haired guy, and told him that it's enough having him as the ace striker. The slightly shorter boy didn't seem intimidated at all. It seems that always when things get ugly Aki enters.
" Guys, are you here?"
Another blue headed girl popped up.
" Please watch this!"
" Ne, Aki-chan, Runa-chan. You really have good timing, nya~!" Haru chimed, grinning and walked up to the girls. Then, she slung an arm around Kino while she rubbed her cheek against Otonashi. The boys watched this 'display of affection' with sweatdrops over their heads, secretly asking themselves about how could someone's personality change 180 degrees in so little time. They also knew that the reason for her natural shows of affection are because of her stay at a very enthusiastic country, Spain, where hugging and kissing people are common acts of friendlyness. Sadly, no one has gotten accustomed to the true side of the playful and carefree girl yet...
After yesterday's... erm... discovery, Haru was forced to explain everything about herself, and most importantly, why she crossdressed as a boy.
Flashback:
" E-etto...calm down, guys." Haru scratched her neck nervously, slowly backing away. Unfortunately for her, some of the raging soccer players blocked her way of escaping. They weren't mad at her because of her little lie, it was because they suddenly remembered that they were seen half nude by her, so the main reason for their anger is the shame they felt at the moment. " I-I can explain!"
_After some persuasion, at the club_
After sitting down in a circle around the 'sinner', Someoka spat out:
" Now, explain it. Why did you pass by as a BOY?"
" Someoka, calm down." Endo asked gently, sweatdropping. " I'm sure Haru is sorry now, right?" The brunette boy turned his head, in hope to see a guilty looking Mitsukai. However, luck didn't seem to be on his side that day, because he only saw a lack haired girl that didn't seem guilty or not so ever. This seemed to tickle Someoka off even more, and he yelled:
" YOU BETTER START SPILLING IT OUT ALL NOW!"
Haru rubbed her ears and pouted.
" Mou, Someoka-kun, you didn't have to yell so loudly, I can hear you, you know?"
Now, anyone with eyes could see that Someoka was practically fuming, but before he could start shouting again a certain black haired girl interrupted him:
" Ne, let me introduce myself again: Konichiwa minna, watashi wa Mitsukai Haruka desu. ( Hello everyone, I'm Mitsukai Haruka.) I'm a fourteen year-old girl recently transfered from Spain. I was born in Japan, but because of personal reasons I had to move to Spain a few years ago. I came back one month ago or so." Haru thought for a moment. " As for my reasons to pass by as a boy..." Everyone's ears perked up and leaned closer instintively. "...just thought it could be fun."
Everyone anime fell.
Flashback ends
" Oi Mitsukai! Let them go!"
It was a random afternoon after the match against Occult Middle School. At the beggining of the match said team played averagely, plus Someoka scoring twice made Raimon's guard go down. Haito Jikiru, Occult's coach, seemed to change his personality when he revealed another type of face paint after swaying his hair. From that moment on, the opponent team used a hissatsu named Ghost Lock, which paralyzed Raimon's players. Endo also suffered the effect of it, not able to move he could only watch helplessly as his opponent score three times. At the second part of the match, Someoka was very agitated and wanted to score very badly, but his comrades only passed to Goenji, who wanted to observe first. This lead to an internal strife in Raimon. Near the end of the match, Endo managed to see through Occult's tricks, which were audio-visual hypnosis, and freed himself from the paralyzis. Raimon's goalie caught the ball and passed it to Someoka. Both strikers cooperated and scored twice with their newly created hissatsu, Dragon Tornado. Raimon won the match by 4-3.
Half an hour ago, during their daily reunion, Kuyukai-sensei showed up telling them who their next opponent is. Nosei Junior High went against Teikoku last year, so their strenght cannot be underestimated. Also, he presented a transfer student that joined the soccer club, Domon Asuka. It seemed that he and Aki were old friends, because they started chatting when Endo interrupted by welcoming the tall boy to their team.
" Oi, the opponent is Nosei, right? Is it ok?"
Someoka grunted something about the newbie being so arrogant. Domon then began explaining that at his old school they went against them, and that Nosei's soccer team are of a much more advanced level, and that they are known for their jumping ability. The players soon began discussing about this important information.
" New hissatsu technique! Let's create a new hissatsu technique! Taking over the sky!"
Right after Endo decided to create a new hissatsu technique, everyone went outside to practice. The brunette captain stood on a fireman car's ladder, with a full basket of soccer balls. It seemed that he wanted each player to jump as high as they could and kick a ball that he'll throw. Someoka went up first, but ended up failing and fell on the ground.
Haru looked amusedly as Someoka tried again, when Haruna called her.
" Oi! Mitsukai-sempai!"
The black haired girl jogged up to her favourite kohai and hugged her sideways.
" Nya, Runa-chan~! Just call me Haru, sempai makes me feel old!" Haru said still grinning, but her tone stated out clearly that she didn't want a no for answer. " Ne, so what do you want from me?"
Haruna seemed a little hesitant, but this question had been bothering her (and most of the team) a lot lately, so she took a deep breath and asked:
" Ano, Haru-san... Why are you still wearing these after we knew your true gender?"
Mitsukai looked at her outfit: long white shirt with the sleever rolled up to her elbows, dark blue tie hanging messily at her neck, dark blue pants and white and blue sneakers. Ah, she meant why I still wear the male uniform. Haru looked up at her kohai and stated out innocently, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world:
" To abduct more innocent girls like you~!" And then she kissed Otonashi on the forehead. This action caused the 'victim' to glare lightly at her sempai, but remembering that she came from a very passionate country, the first year student couldn't help but sigh. Yet, she really liked this easygoing and enthusiastic side of Mitsukai Haru.
However, a sudden male voice interrupted this... hm... affectionate moment:
" After so many years, you still haven't changed that annoying habbit, eh Haru?"
" And your nasty mouth is still so uncute. No wonder you are still single." Haru retorted back, as if it was an act of reflex. As though she realized who she was talking with, she abruptly turned her head and ran to the source of the male voice. The guys have long stopped their training, and watched surprised as she hugged another long haired...guy? Because of Haru being in the way, they could not see the stranger's face, but they managed to make out that person's outfit: sky blue hoodie over an yellow shirt, dark brown tracksuit bottoms, blue sneakers and a long wait length black braid trailing behind him. It seemed that Haru finished her converstion with him, so they walked towards the curious team.
As they came closer, everyone could make out the stranger's facial features: his long black hair covered his left part almost completely, pointed eyebrows, fair skin and his slightly slitted black eyes like a starless night made him quite attractive. Haru slung her left arm over his shoulder and presented excitedly:
" Minna! This is my childhood friend slash cousin, Sikong Hao. Hao-chan, say hi~!"
" I'm not your dog, damn it!" Hao spat, an anime vein throbbing on his forehead.
" Ano, Sikong-san. Your surname doesn't sound Japanese..." Kazemaru stated out. Hao turned his head to said boy, stopping his bicker with his cousin and answered:
" Yes. I'm Chinese. And before any of you ask, I'm her cousin from her mother's side."
" Aah... Thank you, Sikong-san."
Someoka, until now silent, was pissed off that they were talking instead of practising for the upcoming match.
" Oi Endo! Let's go back practising. We haven't got spare time to be chatting here."
" H-hai!" Raimon's captain turned his head to the black haired guy. " Do you play soccer?"
" Yes. I've seen your matches against Teikoku and Occult, and I think you've got talent. Can I join?"
Endo's eyes sparkled. Before he could agree, Someoka spat again.
" What skills do you have? We don't want weakling getting in the way."
Sikong Hao shrugged and caught a ball that his cousin threw to him.
" Actions speak louder than words."
And he started dribbling around, dodging every walking person and natural obstacles like trees. When he got into the middle of the soccer field, he shot it towards Raimon team's direction. The shot was quite potent, and a certain blonde striker caught it. By the time Sikong came back and both stared at each other.
After some minutes that seemed like an eternity for the first years, Goenji and Sikong smirked at each other.
" He's a keeeper."
" Yay! You did it, Hao-chan! I'm so proud of my little cousin!" Haru jumped in Hao's direction, but the later avoided her. Just she was about to kiss the ground Haru stuck out her right hand out and did a back flip, landing perfectly on her feet.
" 别装傻了。 你一开始就知道我会被接受的。"(Don't play dumb. You knew from the beggining that I would be accepted.) Hao spoke in Chinese.
" 呵呵，你还是呢么不解风情." ( Hehe, you're still so inconsiderate.) Haru replied back, a hint of slyness flashed through her dark brown orbs, unseen by everyone but her cousin.
" Hn."
" Football Frontier is starting soon, and we haven't got a clue about a new hissatsu." Kazemaru said worriedly.
" Don't give up." Endo told him. It was after school and Endo, Kazemaru, Goenji, Haru and Hao were walking home together. Well, Haru tagged along the three boys, and Hao just followed his cousin, whom he'll be staying with.
" I'm not giving up, just preparing for the worst."
" If we even created a new hissatsu, we still need time to practice it." Goenji kept on.
Endo seemed to think for a moment. He then grinned.
" In the end, things will mend."
The others had a disbelieving look on their faces. Mou, he really is optimist, isn't he? Well, let's hope he's right, because Hao can't show his true strenght...yet. Haru thought, shaking her head. Then, Endo's stomach grumbled.
" Yoshi! Let's go to the Rairaiken's to discuss tactics!"
Rairaiken's
Kazemaru, Endo, Goenji, Haru and Hao sat at the bar. Raimon's original players were discussing about soccer while Hao gaped at his cousin stuffing food into her mouth.
" After so many years your apetite is still so scary." His left eye twitching.
" I want us to be just like Inazuma Eleven!" Endo said excitedly. The cousins stopped eating and they looked at the brunette, along with another customer near them. So he doesn't know... Haru and Hao exchanged a glance.
" Huh...What hissatsus did they have? I so want to know..." Mamoru sighed. As everyone was deep in thought, the owner of the ramen shop said that Inazuma Eleven's secret book exists. He then told him that it could bring him disasters, yet Endo insisted in knowing where it is. The old man smirked.
" Is it written in a secret code or something?"
" Or in a foreign language?"
Everyone was gathered around their captain, trying to decipher waht was written on the recently adquired notebook. How they got it? It's better for you not knowing the details. Someoka and Kabeyama took a guess in which language Mamoru's grandfather wrote.
" Iie. They are horrible and scrawled handwriting." Kazemaru said.
Raimon's most players stood together with a depressing aura over them. They thought that they were hopeless right now, because those...scrawls were illegible. Unlike them, Endo was reading it with absolute interest.
" Sugoi! There is also God Hand's secret!"
The Raimon team was very surprised to know that their captain could read such monstruous handwritting. Endo then began explaining how he at first also didn't knew what was writen, but with the time he could understand it.
After turning a few pages, Endo found the perfext hissatsu to use against Nosei: Inazuma Otoshi. He started to read it:
" One person 'biong' jumps up. Another one 'bang' on said person and then 'tsubang'. This is Inazuma Otoshi's secret. Eh?"
Everyone anime fell. Seriously, that old man speaks Japanese in a whole new level. Haru thought, sweatdropping. Biong, bang and tsubang... She thought.
" Seriously, you never were the reckless type of person, so why did you agree with that old man's request?" Hao asked, looking at his elder cousin. Unlike before, Haru had a calm expression, and she was looking at the practicing boys.
" Saa, Hao-chan. Have you ever felt tired of being the God's favoured one? Have you ever felt the burning fire extinguish inside you?"
Sikong gazed firmly at her. After some moments, he looked at Endo.
" Is it because of him? Is he who you were looking for?"
The black haired girl didn't respond. Hao sighed.
" I'm gonna go jogging. See ya later."
Now it was only Haru left. The only things that were heard were the blowing wind...
...and the encouraging shouts from a certain brunette hotheaded captain.
Phew~! Finally!
Gomenasai, Ynna-sempai! Yesterday I had something urgent to do, so I could only update today! Gomen!
So, life is like this: changes run faster than plans.
Ah, if you want to know how Hao looks please check my Deviantart account: harukamitsukai.
Hope you enjoyed~!
Haruka