Pieces of Childhood Memories

Chapter 5 – Before the Match against Occult

It's a very sunny day. The students of Raimon seems to be very happy, from the looks of it. It's because today their soccer team will have a practice match against Occult Junior High, and the students thought that it will be very interesting to watch, since they scored one goal during the match against Teikoku. From far away, you can see a blonde-haired girl with big blue eyes and fair skin running towards the two managers of Raimon football club, Kino Aki and Otonashi Haruna. And the girl... was Akiyama Yoko.

"Aki! Haruna!" Yoko called the two managers. Aki and Haruna just waved to Yoko.

"What? Akiyama-senpai, you are here as well? But, you're from Teikoku!" Haruna said. She, along with Aki, was really confused.

"I'm here to watch your match against Occult Junior High!" Yoko replied happily. "And it's going to be exciting!"

"Well, we'll try our best to win," Aki said. Haruna nodded.

"Kino-senpai, Akiyama-senpai, I want to prepare mineral water later for the football club members to drink later during half time break. Bye!" Haruna said as she ran to the club room.

After Haruna's gone, Yoko said to Aki suddenly, "Aki, you like Mamoru-kun, don't you?"

Aki's face turned red. "Eh?" she said shyly. "It's not like that!"

Yoko laughed. "Hahahaha! I know that you like Mamoru-kun, but... in that way," she said.

"T-That way? You're talking nonsense, Yoko!" Aki said.

"Oh, no, I am not!" Yoko said, laughing. Then she ran away towards the pitch. "Catch me if you can!" she said, sure that no one can catch her because she was too fast.

"COME BACK HERE!" Aki shouted.

-Flashback-

"Catch me if you can!" Person B said as she ran across the field.

"Come back here!" Person A panted. He was exhausted, since Person B was too fast. After they finished chasing each other...

"Hee hee, you can't catch me! And you're a boy too... a boy should run faster than girls, right? At least onii-chan thinks so." Person B giggled.

"Wow, you're really good at running. You'll be an amazing midfielder and forward one day, if you like playing soccer, that is." Person A said.

"Well, I... I really, really love playing soccer! So I guess maybe one day I'll be an amazing midfielder and forward, or maybe a defender and goalkeeper too!" Person B said to Person A.

"Goalkeepers uses speed too? I don't know about that." Person A said in disbelief.

"Why don't you know?" Person B asked as she nodded.

"I've never been a goalkeeper, so I didn't know all about it. But you know about it, and you know almost anything about soccer, so I guess one day you'll be a very professional soccer player. And if you are, then at the day of your match, I'll be sure to watch and cheer for you at the front row seats!"

-End of Flashback-

I got this kind of feeling again... what's this feeling? Yoko thought. Oh well...

"Gotcha!" Aki said happily. But Yoko just remain silent, she was thinking of what was that feeling.

"Er.. Yoko?" Aki said worriedly.

"Oh, sorry, I'm just spacing out," Yoko said. "Anyways, I think the Occult team will arrive soon."

"I'm really looking forward about the match against Occult. And I'm really curious about how the Occult team members looks like. I want to see the captain too, he's your best friend, right?" Aki asked. Yoko nodded.

"Well, you are really one of a kind," Aki said. "Because I think not many people can be best friends with most of the captains of junior high school soccer team."

-Short Flashback-

"Well, you are really one of a kind." Person A said as he smiled.

-End of Flashback-

What are these? Are these... memories? But I didn't remember that I have these kind of memories... Or is it... childhood memories? But my childhood's not like this... I don't remember having a boy as my childhood friend... Yoko thought. She was really confused, why did she got this "memories"?

Suddenly, a scary aura came near the front gate. The Occult Team has arrived! The Raimon soccer team then ran towards Aki. "Is that... the Occult Junior High's soccer team?" Kabeyama asked. He was really scared.

"They look really scary," Kageno added.

Yoko sweatdropped. "Well, I think you look scarier than them..." she said.

"Akiyama, you're going to watch our match too? Sugoi!" Endou said excitedly.

"Yeah," Yoko said. "By the way, I want to go somewhere first, I'll come back here soon." Then she ran towards the Occult team.

"Captain, do you think she will give information about Raimon?" Kurimatsu asked.

"Of course not!" Endou said. "But she has the guts to approach the Occult team, how brave of her. Most girls wouldn't want to approach a scary team. Isn't that right, Gouenji?" Gouenji nodded and said,"True."

"Hiroyuki-kun!" Yoko called the captain of the Occult team, Yuukoku Hiroyuki, as she approached Occult.

"Ganbatte ne!" she said.

"No need to do our best, we already have the Ghost Lock," Tsukimura said. (PS: He's the werewolf-looking one.)

"The Ghost Lock," Yoko murmured. "It won't help you win. But still, ganbatte ne!" Then Yoko ran into the Raimon players again.

"Wow, you're really brave... for a girl," Haruna praised.

"Thank you," Yoko said. "Well, I guess I should go back to my onii-chan. He will be very worried if I stay here any longer."

"Umm, okay, sure," Aki said. "We'll see you later!" Yoko then left Raimon and went to her onii-chan.

"Did you reveal any hissatsu techniques to Raimon?" Kidou asked curiously. (PS: You do remember that he was watching Raimon's match against Occult, right?)

"No, not at all! Even if I reveal one or two hissatsu techniques, they won't be able to perfect it before the match, right? So don't worry, Yuuto-kun!" Yoko replied.

Kidou looked at Yoko with a relieved look. "Look, the match is almost started," the cheerful Yoko said, pointing to the teams that are facing each other on the pitch. "I'm really looking forward to it."

PS: So, here is Chapter 5! I hope it's not crappy for you, because for me it's kinda crappy. I'm sorry it took so long, it's because I'm busy yesterday, so I can't update the chapter yesterday! Chapter 6 is coming next, and I'll try not to make you waiting for so long~! By the way, it is now revealed that Person B is Yoko! But who's Person A and why is Yoko getting memories that she was sure it was not her childhood memories? Find out about it in the later chapters!