Sorry, I was to distracted with playing the 3rd ds game, so I couldn't finish this earlier ... But I recommend you all to play the game - it reveals many interesting facts, many things in the anime makes a lot of more sense now and finally we learn something about Sakuma's past! I have always wondering what he had with his eyes ... And it's a dream for all Shounen Ai fans! Hiroto really said to Toramaru that he's cute - in front of all other Inazuma players, oho. But he belongs to Fubuki T.T

Chapter 10: A Suprising Visitor

"Where have you been, Cap- … Shindou-senpai?", Tenma asked as he spotted the two boys returning. The others noted the awkward atmosphere accompanying the former captain and Kirino respectively Nishizono and stayed silent, but Tenma was too oblivious – as always.

"No … Nowhere." The answer came only hesitantly which let his teammates pricked up their ears.

"What do you mean with nowhere?", Sangoku asked. "We thought you had a crush on Kirino and now you're with HIM of all guys! It will break Kirino's heart if he would know!"

Shindou blushed and squished at the boy next to him – Kirino in disguise. "That's not …. I mean I want to help Kirino … but because he is my best friend … I mean he is precious to me – of course! But love is something different, isn't it?"

"Err, well … I think that, too", the captain of the Silent Strikers muttered looking embarrassed at the ground.

"You have nothing to do with it!", Amagi shouted at him. "You're our enemy, you should go back to your team!"

For a moment Kirino was shocked. The Raimon defender was right, he wasn't a member of the team anymore … He needed to watch his words better otherwise his disguise would be meaningless.

"By the way", Shindou cut in. "Where are they? If I remember correctly, we have only played one half."

"They forfeited and left some minutes ago", Tenma told him, disappointment in his voice. "You were away for about an hour and they didn't want to play without their captain … ."

"Yeah, we're going to celebrate our victory!" Hamano was already ready to leave, his bag shouldered. "Wanna come with us, Nishizono?" He smiled at the addressed boy.

Typical Hamano. Kirino could barely hide a smile. But there was no way, he could go and celebrate with them. After all, he really had nothing to celebrate … "You'll hear from us soon", Kirino just answered and left.

"We are really going to celebrate this?" Shindou asked after he had watched his pink haired friend leaving.

"Of course not", Tenma asked. "We are going to stay and here train for their next challenge!"

Shindou subconsciously noted Hamano's disappointed face, but he didn't get the chance to comment it.

"First you have to tell us, what you have been doing with HIM", Sangoku demanded. "You can't go and flirt with our enemy, after all they destroyed our stadium! And think about Kirino before you act, it's your fault that he didn't show up to practice! When I think about it, I don't want you in this team until this all is resolve. It's best if you take a break from soccer."

"You can't decide that", Shindou answered calmly. "Or are you the captain now?"

"Shindou-senpai." Tenma grabbed the other boy's arm. "It might be better … ."

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Shindou looked out of his window, starring into the darkness outside. Another day was over and he hadn't achieved anything … The brown haired boy sighed and was about to go into his bed as a knock on the door suddenly interrupted him.

It was the butler. "Shindou-sama, sorry to disturb you, but there is a visitor for you. Considering the late hour should I send him away? He demands to be Kirino-sama, but dosen't look like him."

"Kirino?", Shindou asked surprised. "I would like to see him, please bring him to my room."

"If I may suggest something, I would recommend to welcome him in the lobby and I will tell him to wait since you might want some time to change."

Shindou looked at his body. He was wearing his pyjama, but it was only Kirino after all and he wanted to meet him immediately. "It's not necessary, just bring him here, please."

"As you wish."

And some minutes later Kirino entered his room. "Shindou … ."

"Kirino? Why you're disguised as Nishizono?", the former Raimon captain asked looking at the other boys black hair.

Kirino didn't answer his question nor did he say anything. He just stood there, watching Shindou's worrying glance. "What's … .?"

"Please, can I stay?", the pink haired boy finally asked, breaking his silence. "Just this one night … ."

"Of course, Kirino." Although Shindou had a lot of questions flowing through his mind, he didn't ask any further. "You know where the guest room is. I will let the butler bring you some towels later."

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After Kirino had left his room Shindou went into his bed, but of course there was no chance that he would get any sleep. Why would Kirino suddenly visit him? And on top of that disguised as Nishizono? The hours passed, but the former Raimon captain kept thinking about these questions. And about his team … Or better his former team.

He startled as suddenly the door opened, only for a second and then someone closed it again. Silent footsteps on his floor made Shindou feel unsettled, but then he heard a familiar voice whispering. "Shindou? Are you awake?"

It was Kirino. The former raimon captain couldn't be more surprised. Maybe the butler had forgot to bring the towels, but would this really be a reason to sneak into his room at night?

"Can I … ." Although it was to dark to see Kirino's face, Shindou could feel the embarrassment in his friends voice and couldn't help but smile. The pink haired boy was probably looking notably cute at this moment. To bad it was dark.

But as Shindou heard the rest of Kirino's question, it was he himself who was blushing and trying to hide how surprised he was.

Please tell me, what you think Kirino will say ^^ It's kinda obvious, but I'm curious what you think ^^