SailorStar9: Nya? Chapter 17 goes up and only one review! No one else is reading this fic? Meh, I'll be reverting back to the Captain Tsubasa Road to 2002 version since is being an a**.

Hellboy: (Looks on as SailorStar9 starts to sound like William Shatner) Okay, we gotta stop this.

Wesker: I agree, the coffee machine's been acting strange.

Hellboy: How strange?

Wesker: Well it's tentacle raping the wuss.

Kakashi: #PLORGHLE!

Hellboy: Ouch...that strong?

Wesker: Star had a cup of the stuff before she went like this.

Hellboy: Dayumn!

Disclaimers: I own nothing, well except the pairing.

Chapter 18: Birth! Captain Tsubasa


"Tsubasa, what is it?" Genzo wondered as Tsubasa moved to the back.

"Bas, you…" Ami gasped.


On the field…

This game is not about offense or defense. Tsubasa mused. Just observe the overall flow and grab the chance for the goal. Okay. He ran forward and trapped the ball underneath his feet. "There's a chance. Here goes." He took off. "I can catch everyone's moves." He blinked in astonishment. "Now we can attack. I'm going in." he closed in. "I see it. Keep going, Kisugi." And passed the ball to Teppei. "Kisugi, pass the ball to me." He shouted Teppei making a pass to him.

"Tsubasa!" Misaki claimed the next pass, re-passing the ball back to Tsubasa.

"Alright!" Tsubasa scored the second goal.


On the bench…

"Tsubasa, I'm leaving this game to you." Genzo stated.

"You seem to have decided then." Ami stated.

"Yes." Genzo nodded.


On the field…

"Turning back here." Tsubasa dived for the header Mamoru passed to him, sending the ball into the net and scoring Goal No. 3.

"Okay." Tsubasa cheered.


On the bench…

"Now, that's Tsubasa." Murayama noted. "He's got the place down."

"Yes." Genzo agreed.

"Wakabayashi, we won." Tsubasa reported after the match.

"Very good." Genzo admitted.

"Now it's the National." Tsubasa added.

"Tsubasa, I have a favor to ask you." Genzo started.

"What is it?" Tsubasa blinked.

"My leg seems to be worse than I thought." Genzo confessed.

"Wakabayashi." Murayama blinked.

"That's according to the doctor." Genzo added. "But I don't think I can go to the Nationals."

"How can that be…" Tsubasa gaped.

"I'll be there, once my wound has healed." Genzo assured. "But I want you to keep winning."

"Captain." The Shutetsu boys protested.

"Another thing, Tsubasa, I want to give you this." Genzo handed the captain mark to Tsubasa. "Seeing that game, I realized you're the one to lead Nankatsu FC. Nankatsu FC's victory at the Nationals; I'm counting on you."

"I understand." Tsubasa nodded. "I'll take care of the captain mark." He promised, taking the arm-band. "Wakabayashi, let's fight together when your injury is better."

"Okay, Tsubasa is the new captain." Murayama remarked. "March towards the National Championships."

"Okay!" the team chorused.

Tsubasa, I'm counting on you. Genzo mused. I want to fight Hyuuga Kojirou.


Back in the present …

"Mataku, what's up with you males and your single-tracked minds?" Ami muttered, recalling Genzo's obsession to defeat Hyuuga. "So troublesome."

"You're really starting to sound like a certain character from a certain anime, you know." Genzo joked as the couple entered the lecture hall.


Hellboy: Caffeine still not out of her system, I see.

Wesker and Kakashi: (Huddles in terror)