AN: im sorry i was at a friends house i didnt have the next chapter done and i am so sorry

SoccerGirl- Sanae matured greatly during the timeskip, but that didn't really help things a lot because she became a one dimensional character after that. Tsubasa's jealously spree wont start until the end of the tournament. hehehehe

yeah i dont own captain tsubasa

Chapter 22: Missing Her

He was laying on his stomach on one of the beds in the room he shared with Misaki-kun, and Matsuyama-kun. Everyone was in their room, even Wakabayashi-kun and Misugi-kun. They were watching a video of a Bundesliga match that Wakabayashi brought for them to see.

It's been three days since he left Japan to go Europe. He arrived in Germany just before the second half of the match with Wakabayashi's team, but he couldn't play because he wasn't listed in the roster. It was hard to see his get decimated that easily, and it didn't help that Wakabayashi saved almost every single goal his teammates threw. Like, how the hell did he suddenly get that good? Was he not playing to his fullest during Nationals, or did those days practicing with his team again sparked inside him that just magically made him stronger. He even said to the team that they could never win against them. What the fuck?

I'm sure Wakabayashi-kun had some kind of reason about why he was being… more of a jerk than usual.

He smiled as he read the words on the screen of his phone.

They were talking, er, chatting online on one of the app she said he should get for his phone. She said that as long as they have Wi-Fi, this would work. So far, it was doing great.

To be perfectly honest, he was nervous trying to contact her. They did last meet each other on an awkward note, but he was surprised when it was her who made the first move. He got an email from her saying that she has no problems being his friend for the time being, just as long as he finally figure out what he felt for her. He would be eternally grateful for her for doing that, and he mentally added that to his list of why loving her would be the best thing that would happen to him.

So, with some of the awkwardness gone, they proceeded to talk about what happened so far ever since he felt Japan and arrived in Germany. And for some reason, he found himself ranting to her. He never rants, something which she pointed out and was thoroughly amused by. But he couldn't help himself! He was frustrated and she was the easiest person he could ever talk to that didn't concern soccer at all. She didn't help matters when she just constantly listens (read in this case) so patiently that he just wanted to come back to Japan and just bury his face on her shoulder and whine to her because just being with her made everything better.

Huh? Where did that come from? He never thought of that before, but for some reason it made sense.

And that's not just it either. We were supposed to have another friendly match against the Italian Team but no, they backed out on the last minute because they saw the game with Wakabayashi-kun's team and saw our easy defeat at their hands so they thought that we were a weak team.

He looked up to see everyone still watching a match from the Bundesliga as he waited for her reply. He didn't really notice it, but he had no idea how they all managed to fit in this small room as they huddled around the TV, totally intent on watching the match. Well, as long as they were enjoying it and cleaned up their food then it was alright.

And hopefully they didn't notice him not paying any attention to the match. God knows how much teasing his going to get when they found out who he was chatting (skyping, she said) with.

His phone pinged.

Oh dear. That must have ticked you off pretty bad. What did you do then?

He smirked as he typed in his answer.

I kicked their ass of course

Just as he pressed enter, Izawa-kun looked at him.

Fuck.

"Oi, Tsubasa. Why aren't you up here watching the game?" he asked him as everyone turned to face him. "And were you just smirking at your phone?"

"Really?" he asked innocently and hope to god Izawa falls for it. "I think you were just imagining it Izawa-kun."

"Hmmm," Izawa said as they stared at each other for a long time. He could feel the sweat on his forehead forming and he just really wanted Izawa to turn around and let this go. "Are you sure?"

"Positive," he answered with a nod.

"You know Tsubasa-kun, you're sweating," Misaki pointed out while giving him a sly smile. That little-

Shit, gotta think of something really quick.

"It's just the heat," he replied hastily. "I guess I'm just not used to European summers."

"Tsubasa, this room is air conditioned," Wakabayashi said blankly as he crossed his arms.

"W-well," he stuttered. "Maybe I couldn't feel the air, since there are a lot of us in here."

"Didn't you just tell me that the Brazilian summers were harsher than this?" Misugi added innocently.

Double shit.

"W-well I-"

"Are you hiding something from us, Tsubasa?" Hyuuga narrowed his eyes at him.

"No!" he denied vehemently, unconsciously tightening his grip on his phone. "What makes you think that, Hyuuga-kun?" he laughed nervously.

"Are you sure, Tsubasa-kun?" Misaki asked, giving his support to everyone else. That traitor.

"I'm definitely sure," he promised.

When Misaki Taro smirks, it meant something terrible will happen to the person who went against him.

At that moment, it was him.

"Why don't we check?"

Just he said that, he felt something heavy on his back and turned around to see the Tachibana twins sitting on him, snickering.

"H-hey what's the de-"

He couldn't even finish the sentence when Taki took his phone away from his hand.

Oh fuck.

He tried to get up from his position and take it back, but the twins' weight were preventing him from doing anything.

He's doomed.

"Let's see what Tsubasa's hiding," Taki sang as he scrolled through his phone. He tried to get the Tachibana brother's to bet off him, but they wouldn't budge. He could only watch in horror as Taki's face give an expression that told everyone he realized something.

"Isn't this Anego's skype address?" he asked, shocked. "You've been skyping with Anego this whole time?"

"What? No freaking way!"

He could only hide his face with his hands as Kisugi and Izawa ran towards Taki to read through his phone.

"Holy shit, it's true!" Izawa exclaimed as he yanked Tsubasa's phone out of his friend's grasps.

"Huh," Misaki said as he put a hand under his chin. "Is this the reason why you seemed to be always in a good mood after you read something from your phone?"

He only glared as he threw the pillow under him to his best friend, who caught it easily.

"Anego?" Jito pondered out loud. "Why does it sound familiar?"

"Isn't she the girl who we talked to back when we got outside the Association Building?" Wakashimazu pointed out.

"Who? The short sarcastic one?"

She's not as sarcastic as Ayame, thank you very much.

"No, the other one. The nicer one."

"This one," Wakabayashi answered as he showed everyone something on his phone. Probably a picture of her. "The one on your right.

How come he has a picture of her in his phone?

"Oh, that one," Jito answered in recognition. "She's pretty."

She's beautiful, damn it.

"Wow, Tsubasa, I didn't see this coming from you," Izawa remarked as the three of them continued to scroll through his phone. "Oh this conversation looks interesting."

God, if only he could get out of this position, he'll definitely kick their asses right now.

"Hey, Tsubasa," Kisugi called out to him.

"What?" he asked irritably, giving his friend and teammate a light glare.

"Calm down, Tiger."

"Eagle," Taki interrupted. "Anego calls him Eagle."

"What? She does not."

"Dude, it's right here."

Oh god, they got all the way there?

"Fine, whatever," Kisugi scoffed as he turned back to Tsubasa. "But anyway, I have to ask you something."

"Oh now you ask for my permission?" he snapped. "And here I thought it was unneeded seeing that you just grabbed my phone without asking."

"Ooh, touchy," Wakabayashi remarked from where he is. He could just hear the smirk on the jerk's face. "Better watch out Kisugi. Anego's rubbing off of him if you know what I mean."

The whole room was filled with snickers and chuckles as he found himself asking why he was teammates with such immature jerks.

"Just ask Kisugi-kun. I can't do anything either way," he sighed as he massaged his temples. He could feel a headache forming and he could

"Okay then," his friend said. "So we read through you guys chatlog and texts, which by the way were really long. You guys liked to talk to each other do-"

"Just get to the point," he ordered.

"Right," he heard Kisugi gulped and he couldn't help but feel proud. Yes, be scared of him, because once he gets free…

"Anyway, we also read the emails-"

Oh lord the emails too?

"-and something really caught our eye, and it got us thinking-"

"Kisugi," he growled, thankfully he figured out that was the only warning he was getting.

"Did something happen between you and Anego before you left?"

That took him surprise and shut him up. They were talking so normally, he forgot all about what happened the night before he left.

"I am absolutely, irrevocably in love with you."

"…Nothing," he sighed as he ran a hand through his hair, refusing to meet anyone's eyes. "She just told me to take care and to tell you guys not to injure yourselves."

"Uh huh," Wakabayashi snorted. "And next thing you tell us that Ishizaki found himself a girlfriend."

He directed his glare to the goalkeeper. "Nothing happened," he stressed.

"Hmmm," Taki hummed. "Well, if Tsubasa doesn't want to tell us, we could always video call Anego."

Oh hell no.

"Shouldn't she be sleeping at this time? It is four in the morning right now," Misugi pointed. At least someone's on his side. Thank you, Misugi.

"Nah," Izawa brushed off his worries. "Besides, if she was chatting with Tsubasa, she's definitely awake. Now where's that call butto- aha there it is!"

Hopefully she didn't answer at all.

But then again, nobody was on his side that night.

"Izawa-kun?" her voice came from his phone and he felt his heart skip a beat just hearing it. It's only been three days but why is it that he couldn't help but missed hearing it?

"Anego!" The three exclaimed in excitement as they tried to fit themselves on his phone's camera.

"What are you guys doing with Tsubasa-kun's phone?" she asked skeptically.

"We're in his room he shares with Misaki and Matsuyama watching a Bundesliga match," Kisugi explained. "Here, I'll show you everyone." He took the phone from Taki's hand, who whined in displeasure, but he was ignored and Kisugi faced the camera to see everyone. Everyone except him.

The other guys said their greetings pleasantly.

"Hi?" her voice sounded unsure, Kisugi turned back the phone to face him. "That still doesn't answer why you guys have Tsubasa-kun's phone. And where is he anyway? I don't see him anywhere."

"He's right here," he said just as he directed the camera to him.

He felt his breath hitch when he saw her.

She was laying on her stomach, like he was, but her hair was a mess and she was wearing glasses this time as she rested her chin on her arm that was hugging a pillow. Her eyebrows were knitted in confusion and there was a cute frown on her face and-

She looked gorgeous.

"H-hey," he managed to say weakly and raised his hand.

"I- wha- Tsubasa-kun? Why do you have the Tachibana twins on your back?

Said twins gave her their greetings as she said hers back in puzzlement.

"I-it's a long story," he answered sheepishly.

He saw her sigh in defeat. "I don't even what to know," she said.

"But anyway, we have a question for you, Anego," Izawa took the phone from Kisugi to face him and Tsubasa felt his heart race. This is it, they're going to ask her, and they're going to figure out what really happened.

"Okay?" she replied in confusion.

Izawa held the phone at arms' length to show her face to everyone. Then he shared nods with Kisugi and Taki and turned back to look at her.

"Did something happen between you and Tsubasa before he left?"

There was a terse moment of silence between all of them, and he almost sighed in relief. But then he hoped so soon.

"W-what are you talking about?" she stuttered as she looked away from the screen, a splash of pink on her cheeks as tried to hide her face behind her arms. "Nothing happened."

"That blush on your face tells us otherwise," Izawa snickered. "Did you and Tsubasa finally kiss?"

His two other accomplices were snickering behind him.

"No, we did not," she hissed but then she smirked. "But I know you and Rika-chan did. Why didn't you tell me you had a date with her when we were all in Tokyo?"

He couldn't help but cheer at how great she was at changing the subject.

"W-what?" Izawa spluttered. "H-how do you know about that?"

"What the hell, Izawa? You said that you're not getting a girlfriend until next year?"

"Is this the reason why you disappear sometimes?"

"Oh Izawa got himself a girlfriend? I would have thought Tsubasa would be the first one considering how he and you are tight," Wakabayashi retorted, adamant to bring the subject back to them.

"Well, I'm disappointed that you haven't asked Shiori-chan yet," She replied hotly. "Or are those invitation to walk you guys' dogs aren't what they're supposed to be?"

"H-how in the world-" Wakabayashi exclaimed in shock.

"Busted, Wakabayashi-kun," Misaki snickered. "I can't believe you would decide to finally start liking someone."

"Shut up Misaki!"

"Oho?" she interrupted as she gave them all a sly smirk. "Don't even pretend Misaki-kun. Those conversations in French with Ayame aren't as harmless as we think right?"

"A-anego!"

"Che," Hyuuga scoffed. "You're such pansies. Getting yourselves flustered by mentioning of a girl."

"Like you have any room to talk Hyuuga-kun," she retorted. "I remember you frantically texting me how to deal with –what's her name again? Ah, right- Maki, wasn't it."

"O-oi!"

Everyone again snickered, laughing as Hyuuga seethed to girl on the screen.

That didn't end there though. She decided to pick on other members too.

"So, do you call Yayoi-chan before going to bed, Misugi-kun?"

"What about you Matsuyama-kun? Are you going to see Yoshiko-chan in France?"

"Kisugi-chan, didn't you say you wanted to ask that one girl out from your class?"

That was the moment that he, and along with everyone else, realized that Nakazawa Sanae was one evil person.

"You're ruthless, Anego," Izawa sighed in defeat.

"That's what you get when you cross me, Izawa-kun," she replied as she yawned. "You guys never learned your lesson. I would have thought you guys would remember after the "Anee-chan" episode with Daichi. Be happy I'm not there with a soccer ball."

Suddenly, the Shuutetsu trio suddenly had a gloomy atmosphere surround them.

"Ah," they mumbled. "We are lucky."

The other guys turned to each other in confusion, asking each other what they were talking about. They turned towards the other other Nankatsu members, but they only shrugged, as clueless as the rest of them.

"Well," she yawned. "The sun's about to come up and I haven't slept a wink. You guys might want to give Tsubasa-kun's phone back. It's probably almost out of battery. I need to sleep anyway."

"Fine," they grumbled.

"Ayame might be meeting with you guys in Paris," she yawned again. "Don't know when though. She'll contact you guys I'm sure."

"Alright!"

"Well, I need to go guys," she said. "See you! Ja." She pressed the end button and her face disappeared from the screen.

They were filled with silence again before Taki sighed.

"We still didn't know what happened between her and Tsubasa," he remarked as he gave back Tsubasa's phone. He took it, never been more grateful to have it back in his hands. The Tachibana twins finally got off his back and he couldn't help but sigh in relief.

"Well, we did find out interesting things about each other," Soda said, eyeing those she mentioned. The other members of the team could only snicker again.

"Can we just go back to watching the match?" Wakabayashi sighed.

"Agreed," Hyuuga added.

"Boo, you spoilsports."

They all started bickering and bantering again and he couldn't but feel relieved. That was a stressful event he never want to be in again.

His phone buzzed in his hand and looked around to see if anyone was watching him. Good, no one was looking at him.

He read the message he got from her.

Almost found out. Good thing they didn't get distracted easily. ;)

He smiled again and typed his reply.

Thank god for that.

She answered right away.

Haha. But I really need to sleep. I could see the sun rising from my window.

He replied quickly.

Well, don't let me stop you.

Her reply came as fast as his went.

Well, I guess this is good night, er good morning for me, night for you.

Yeah, so I guess good night then?

Yup, good night!

That was the last message he received from her and he smiled to himself, happy that he could talk to ever.

He looked back towards his friends who finally decided to continue watching, screaming and shouting at the TV.

They could be quite a pain sometimes, but if it wasn't for them, he might have missed the chance to see her face for the night.

Because even if he didn't know what exactly he was feeling for her, he couldn't deny that he missed her.

End Chapter

AN: I feel like i just puked this out while writing this. anyway, dont you guys think its adorable when this soccer obsessed dorks think do something other than soccer. Just like Coach Kira said to Hyuuga in World Youth, they need to think of something else than soccer . This chapter is my answer to that because before they were soccer stars, they are still teenagers with raging hormones.

yeah im done with this chapter. Thank you for reading and please review. cya next chapter.