Pieces of Childhood Memories
Chapter 17 - Kyuujou Akihiro
A black-haired boy with mismatched eyes - his left eye's color is green and his right eye's color is blue - was walking to Raimon Junior High's front gate. After he went inside, he looked around him. Then he realized that many girls are looking and pointing at him as they whispered to the other girls. He sighed, then he went to a girl and asked her, "Excuse me, where can I find the club room?"
Suddenly all girls there looked at the girl he talked to and surrounded him. They all looked at the girl whom the boy was talking to with jealousy. "Wha-" The boy was very shocked to see that he was surrounded by so many girls.
"Who are you, cool guy?" He heard a girl asking him.
"Please look at me!" Another girl pleaded.
"Uwaa~ He's so cool!" A girl said. The boy just sighed. I am tortured here, he thought. Then suddenly a lifesaver came. It was Fuyukai-sensei.
"What are you doing here, girls?" Fuyukai-sensei asked the girls. The girls didn't reply him, they just ran away from him. Fuyukai-sensei sighed.
"What are you doing here? And who are you?" Fuyukai-sensei asked.
"My name is Kyuujou Akihiro and I want to join the football club," the boy named Kyuujou Akihiro replied.
"Oh, I heard that a new person will join our football club," Fuyukai-sensei told him. "It must be you. Let me show you where the club room is." Then Fuyukai-sensei pointed to the football club room.
"Arigato, sensei," Kyuujou thanked Fuyukai-sensei. Then he went inside the club room. Everyone at the club room looked at him with curiosity, except for Natsumi.
"Anoo... who are you?" Endou asked, pointing at Kyuujou. Kyuujou just sighed.
"It's a common courtesy to introduce yourself first before asking others' name," Kyuujou told Endou.
"Gomen, gomen," Endou grinned. "I'm Endou Mamoru, the captain of Raimon Junior High Football Club. The ones that are wearing the soccer uniforms are the other players. And these are the managers, Kino Aki and Haruna Otonashi. Actually, there is another manager named Akiyama Yoko from Teikoku, but I think she won't come today. So then... who are you?"
"I'm Kyuujou Akihiro," Kyuujou said, introducing himself.
"He's the new club member that I'm talking about," Natsumi said to all of the club members.
"Wow, a new player!" Aki said excitedly. "That's very great, isn't it, Otonashi?" But then Haruna didn't reply her. She just stared at Kyuujou, blushing.
"Otonashi-san?" Aki waved her hands in front of Haruna's face.
"Ah!" Haruna said.
"What's wrong with you...?" Aki asked worriedly.
"Ah, nothing!" Haruna replied as she sweatdropped. "I'm just..."
"You're looking at Kyuujou-kun," Aki continued Haruna's sentence. "Don't tell me that you..."
Haruna's face suddenly went red. "It's... It's not like that!" Haruna said, still blushing. Aki laughed.
"Don't worry," she said to Haruna. "I won't tell anyone that you..." Then she whispered to Haruna's ear. "...That you like Kyuujou-kun."
Haruna's face became redder than before. "T-Thank you... K-Kino-senpai... for keeping it a secret..." she thanked Aki. Aki just smiled at Haruna.
"Okay then, everyone! Enough talking! Sakka yarou ze!" Endou shouted loudly.
"Yeah!" Then everyone rushed to the soccer pitch.
"Let's see what you've got, uncool boy," Someoka told Kyuujou as they rushed to the pitch.
"You're the one who's uncool," Kyuujou smirked. Someoka frowned. This boy is so annoying! Someoka thought. I'll show him how good I am! Then both of the boys went into the pitch.
"Minna! All of you must try to shoot at the goal one by one! You can use hissatsu or anything! I want to level up my goalkeeper skills!" Endou shouted excitedly to the team. "So, who wants to go first?"
"Me," Someoka said. Then he looked at Kyuujou and thought, Now it's the time show you how good I am!
"Dragon... Crash!" Someoka shouted. Then he pulled his right leg back and charged the ball with energy as a blue dragon appeared behind. Then Someoka kicked the ball forward, which was followed by the dragon.
"God Hand!" Endou shouted. Then he gathered energy into his right hand, then raised it to create a huge hand connecting to his with energy bolts. Endou then thrusted the hand forward to catch the ball. The ball that Someoka kicked was catched!
"Urgh!" Someoka groaned. Endou smiled.
"It's okay, Someoka!" Endou said. "Because of your shoot, my goalkeeper skills are leveled up!"
"But still..."
"Don't worry about it, Someoka! You're still one of the team's best striker!" Endou said to Someoka as he grinned.
"Endou..." Someoka said, touched by his words.
"Now, who's next?" Endou shouted to the team again. Kyuujou went forward.
"I will," he said.
"Yosh! Let's see what our new member is capable of!" Endou said excitedly. Kyuujou just smiled at Endou. "Well, then... my shots are deadly, are you ready?" he asked Endou.
"Of course I am!" Endou shouted excitedly. "I'm always ready for everything!"
"Hissatsu: Freezing Atmosphere!" Kyuujou said as he kicked the ball. Suddenly, the atmosphere went cold and misty.
"It's... cold... and I can't see a thing!" Endou said.
"Why are you not moving, Captain?" Kurimatsu asked.
"He said that he felt cold and that he can't see a thing," Handa told Kurimatsu.
"What?" Max said in disbelief. "But then, it's not cold at all! The temperature is normal! And also, it is not misty!"
"What...?" Endou was surprised to hear what Max said. So then... why am I the only one who felt cold and the only one who can't see a thing? he thought.
Well, this hissatsu only works on the goalkeeper, it doesn't work on the other players, Kyuujou thought as he smirked. Then he shoots the ball into the net.
"I... will... protect this goal!" Endou said. He tried to fight the coldness, but... it was too cold, he can't move at all! He can't even see the ball! Then the ball went into the net past Endou! The cold atmosphere changed into the normal atmosphere again, and the mist disappeared. There was a long silence.
"That... is... great!" Endou jumped in excitement, breaking the silence. "That's very great, Kyuujou! But next time, I'll protect the goal so you can't score!"
Kyuujou just smiled. "Just try it," he said. Endou grinned. Then Someoka approached them both.
"Yeah, it's very great," Someoka said to Kyuujou. "I lost to you."
Kyuujou smiled again. "No, you don't. One of the team's best striker will not lose to me," he told Someoka. Someoka then smiled to Kyuujou. I guess he's not as annoying as I thought, Someoka thought.
"Oh... I'm getting really fired up! Yosh, minna, let's practice again!" Endou shouted to all of the Raimon players.
"Yeah!"
Kyuujou just smiled to see Raimon's spirit. Raimon is indeed a very great team, he thought.
PS: Chapter 17 ends here~! Now, maybe some of you think that Kyuujou is the boy of Yoko's memories, but in fact... he's not! So... who's actually the boy of Yoko's memories...? Find out in the later chapters!