Alsius and Narukami's adventure before being introduced to the team. The appearance of some familiar characters; a coach and striker from Hokkaido, 3 Raimon 2nd Years and a certain highschooler will be part of this really long episode... Hope you all enjoy!

Extra Episode: Arrival at Earth

"No. 3, the Empress, No. 8, Justice and No. 20, the Judgement. You three groups will be participating in this mission." Xion announced.

Komori, Alsius, Liberta, Narukami and Han stood in a vertical line ahead him. "Yes sir!" they all yelled together.

"Alsius and Naoto, you two will head to Earth first to assist the earthlings win their block's preliminary rounds of the Grand Celesta Galaxy. Hmm… why'd they have to make the tournament's name so long?" Xion mumbled in the end, "Let's call it GCG for short. Anyways, start packing, you'll leave shortly."

"H-Haku!" Narukami called as Alsius was leaving the building, "It's the first time we've been put just together for a mission."

Alsius nodded, "Yeah… have you played soccer before?"

"C'mon Haku. The closest I've done is Kemari! You should know that." Narukami frowned.

Alsius scratched the back of her head sighing, "So only Liberta's actually played before…"

"Why are we even helping earth anyways? What's the Grand Celesta Galaxy?"

"A soccer tournament deciding the fate of the planets… weren't you listening?" Alsius grunted. "We got special permission to assist Earth. Don't worry, we're not doing it for free."

Narukami cocked his head, "Fate of the planets?' Then why isn't Melfelse participating?"

Alsius was starting to get really annoyed, "Peaceful planets are participating, PEACEFUL. Who would want to live on a planet like ours? Though the size is desirable and there's food, water, oxygen and life, only a small part of the planet is actually liveable. And that's only because we have the Arcana!"

"Then how about…"

"No more!" Alsius cut Narukami off, "Stop asking stupid questions and start packing. We have to leave ASAP so we can start our training for soccer!"

"Yeah, right!" Narukami laughed and ran off.

"See you in a few months," Xion waved as Alsius and Narukami entered their spaceship. "This'll automatically return a few minutes after you arrive at Earth, so use Earth Eleven's ship to return here."

It didn't take too long for the two to reach earth. Remembering what Xion had said, Alsius and Narukami quickly exited the ship. A harsh blizzard was blowing making it difficult to see ahead of them.

"It's like home here, snow…" Narukami smiled nostalgically.

Alsius frowned, "I didn't think soccer's a sport you do in the snow. Liberta wasn't particularly fond of cold climates. But according to the documents I received from Xion-san, this is where our soccer coach will be training us…"

"Documents?" Narukami repeated in question, "I never got any!"

Alsius snorted, "Even if you did, you can't read them."

"Are you two the aliens Endou-kun asked me to teach?" a beautiful voice called out and a wild gray-haired, thick browed man walked out form the snow storm.

A dark navy-haired boy popped out from behind the man, "Aliens? They don't look any different from us, Fubuki-senpai."

"Don't say things like that, Yukimura." The man laughed. He turned his attention back to the newcomers, "I'm Fubuki Shirou, Coach of Hakuren Middle School's soccer club."

"Yukimura Hyouga, member of Hakuren Soccer club!"

"You are?" Fubuki asked.

Narukami tensed up, "Uh, Narukami Naoto! This is Kurogane Ha-"

"Alsius," she intrupted, "I'm Alsius."

"Name's pretty Japanese too," Yukimura sighed, "Kind of disappointing…"

"So you're going to teach us soccer, Fubuki-san?" Alsius asked ignoring Yukimura's rude comment.

Fubuki smiled, "Uh huh. Let's move inside, it's kind of too cold to talk too long out here."

Alsius and Narukami followed Fubuki and Yukimura into a nearby cabin. The two placed the little luggage they brought on its wooden floor. The cabin was small, but big enough for 4 people to live in. The only light was from a previously lit fire which warmed the entire building.

"I don't know if you can tell, but it's actually quite late now," Fubuki laughed softly, "Are you two sleepy at all?"

Alsius and Narukami quickly exchanged glances.

"Well, it's probably best to get used to Earth's time, so we will try to sleep."

"Good. There's one bed upstairs, so we should decide who gets it," Fubuki pointed at a flight of stairs which led to a one room floor. The bed was partially visible from their current position.

"Shouldn't Haku get that room? She is the only girl here…" Narukami pointed out.

Fubuki and Yukimura stared blankly as if trying to process what Narukami had just said. "Haku…? Huh, you're a girl!?" Yukimura gasped at Alsius.

Alsius nodded, "But you don't have to give me any special treatment just because I'm a…"

"NO, NO, NO! You can take the bed!" Fubuki and Yukimura yelled pushing Alsius towards the stairs.

"I-if you say so…" Alsius stammered, surprised by their sudden tone.

"Ah!" Fubuki remembered. He took out two brand new Hakuren uniforms and jerseys from his bag. "We're going to start practice tomorrow, so wear this."

Alsius took hers and walked upstairs, "Good night," she mumbled before disappearing.

After eating breakfast, Fubuki brought the two newcomers outside to a soccer field. Because of the blizzard from the night before, the field was completely covered in fresh snow. Shoveling off half of the field was the very first task. The real soccer training began after that. Fubuki first handed Alsius and Narukami a soccer ball each.

"You can't use hands in soccer, right?" Alsius asked trapping the ball underneath her foot.

"You mainly use your feet, but as long as the ball doesn't make contact with your arms or hands, anything's okay." Fubuki explained.

"A keeper can use their hands if they're within the penalty area." Yukimura added.

Alsius flipped the ball atop her foot and kicked it up into the air. Narukami positioned himself underneath the falling ball kicking it back up into the air a little towards Alsius. The two kicked the ball back and forth without letting it touch the ground.

"Wow…" Yukimura gaped.

"Mm… close, but that's kemari… not soccer." Fubuki laughed softly.

"Kemari?"

"An old court game where the players pass the ball in the air, only using their feet, without letting it fall to the ground." Fubuki explained to his kouhai.

Alsius stopped the ball, "I thought it'll kinda work…"

"Let's try dribbling first, the fundamental technique of soccer." Fubuki pointed at the cones just set by Yukimura, "Zig-zag around those while keeping control of the ball." He instructed.

Narukami nodded and kicked his ball forward. The ball shot up colliding with the first cone, knocking it down.

"Huh?" he frowned scratching the back of his head.

"Too hard, Narukami…" Yukimura yelled, "Softer!"

Narukami tried over and over again, however, he was unable to succeed or even get close to succeeding. Yukimura continued to yell at him trying to get Narukami to listen to his instructions.

Alsius on the otherhand, was able to dribble through the cones rather quickly. Fubuki didn't expect her to show this much progress.

"Okay, let's do some defense practice." Fubuki handed Yukimura a ball, "Take turns and try to stop him from shooting into the net."

Alsius went up first. Yukimura started dribbling the ball forwards. Keeping her eyes on the ball, Alsius tried to swipe the ball out of Yukimura's possession. However, Alsius was easily sidestepped and Yukimura shot the ball into the net.

"Don't worry, it's your first try," Fubuki encouraged

Alsius tried again and again. She failed everytime.

"…I want to say nice try but…" Fubuki sighed.

"You're not making any progress…" Yukimura continued.

"Take a break, Alsius…" Fubuki smiled, "Next, Narukami-kun."

Narukami nodded and switched places with Alsius. Yukimura started the same way as before, running up to Narukami. Yukimura tried to sidestep Narukami, like he did with Alsius earlier, but Narukami saw through his movements and scooped the ball from his opponent's possession.

"That was easy!" Narukami smiled.

Yukimura was slightly annoyed by Narukami's comment, "Let's see if you can get through this!"

"I didn't know Fubuki-san could cook ramen…" Narukami said. He, Alsius and Yukimura were sitting around the table in the living room area. It was evening already.

"I prefer shoyu over miso though." Alsius smiled.

Yukimura frowned, "Huh? When it's ramen, of course it's miso!"

"No, shoyu."

"Miso."

"Shoyu!"

"Miso!"

"Shoyu!"

"Miso!"

"Ngg…!" Alsius and Yukimura glared at each other. But eventually both of them broke out in laughter.

"It's good everyone's getting along." Fubuki smiled placing large chunks of chasu, pork, on top of each bowl.

"I've been wondering…" Yukimura started suddenly, "You two have, well, interesting coloured eyes. They're not contacts, right? A special trait of the people of your planet?"

Narukami answered, "In our planet, Melfelse, there are 4… uh, 5 different races. Haku and I are from a race known as Feyra. Bi-coloured eyes are one of the characteristics we have."

"And the 'Soul', right?" Fubuki placed a bowl of hot miso ramen in front of everyone taking a seat at the table as well, "I heard that's one of the reasons you two were chosen for the team."

"What other kinds of races live on Melfelse?" Yukimura asked.

"Let's see, Elves, Dragonis, Chimeras and like you two, Humans." Narukami said.

Yukimura frowned, "Humans? From earth or…"

"Of course not!" Alsius sighed, "Their technology is much more advanced than the ones you on Earth have. They just happened to be the same species as you guys."

"Hmm… then what is…?"

"Itadakimasu!" Alsius ignored Yukimura's question and started eat her meal. The others followed her lead and started on their meals.

A several weeks after Alsius and Narukami arrived at Earth, Fubuki received a message from Kuroiwa Coach; it was time for the two aliens to join Shinsei Inazuma Japan.

"I think you can visit Raimon City before heading over to the Soccer Garden. Enjoy your time on Earth while you can." Fubuki suggested. So here the two were. Raimon Station.

"Rairaiken… Are you hungry at all, Haku?" Narukami asked. Fubuki suggested they visit that Ramen shop before they left Hokkaido. Apparently someone he knew owned it.

"Haku?" Narukami asked again for there was no response. No one was around him… "D-did she get lost again?"

Narukami then noticed a group of middle schoolers walking by and decided to ask if they've seen Alsius around.

"A short navy-haired boy wearing the same Hakuren jersey as you…" one of the boys repeated. "Sorry, we haven't seen anyone like that."

"Okay, thanks…" Narukami sighed. Before he started the walk away, the boy who wore a pair of goggles on his head, stopped him.

"We can help you find him with you." He smiled.

"H-Hamano-kun…" the reddish-haired boy wearing large round glasses stammered, "What are you saying? W-we have plans…"

Hamano seemed unconcerned for this, "Ramen can wait a bit, Hayami!"

"K-Kurama-kun, back me up!" Hayami pleaded to the short tanned boy next to him.

"I don't care…" he mumbled.

"Hah…..!" Hayami whimpered.

Hamano laughed, "So I guess it's decided. I'm Hamano Kaiji, nice to meet you!"

"H-Hayami desu…"

The short boy didn't say anything until Hamano nudged him, "I'm Kurama…"

"Thanks!" Narukami smiled, "I'm Narukami Naoto! Nice to meet you as well!"

Alsius wandered about the streets trying to find her way back to where she lost Narukami. Instead of the mainstreet, she found herself nearby the entrance of a hospital.

"Okay, I'm completely lost," Alsius finally admitted. "Maybe I should ask for some directions…"

"Kch…" nearby, Alsius noticed an older boy, about 16 years of age, fall over onto the ground. He was wearing the blue patients clothes and two crutches lay next to him. He must have some kind of leg injury.

Alsius quickly walked over to him and helped him up. He must have been practicing to walk for a long time; his arms and legs were trembling. Putting his arm over her shoulder, Alsius supported the tired patient. "I'll bring you to your room," she offered.

"Thanks…" the boy huffed. He really overworked himself.

"I'm Alsius, what's your name?"

"… Yuuichi, Tsurugi Yuuichi." He wheezed.

Alsius helped Yuuichi into his hospital bed. "You're wearing Hakuren Middle's sports jersey… what brought you all the way from Hokkaido?"

Well, actually farther than that… Alsius thought. "I was asked to join Shinsei Inazuma Japan with a friend of mine. And I was doing a little touring before meeting up with my new team."

Yuuichi snorted, "By a hospital?"

Alsius blushed, "…I was lost…"

"Haha," Yuuichi laughed, "Shinsei Inazuma Japan, huh? My little brother's on that team too."

Alsius pricked her ears, "Really? What a coincidence! What's your brother like?"

"His name's Kyousuke. He's a real kind kid and loves soccer with all his heart." Yuuichi looked so proud and happy talking about his younger brother.

"So you play soccer as well, Yuuichi?" Alsius asked and suddenly corrected herself when she saw Yuuichi's surprised face, "I'm sorry, Tsurugi-san, right? I'm not used to Japanese culture quite yet…"

Yuuichi smiled, "Don't worry, you can call me Yuuichi. I thought you didn't look Japanese… and yes, I play soccer."

"You must love soccer a lot too. No wonder you work so hard to heal your legs." Alsius smiled.

Yuuichi smiled glancing at his injured legs sadly.

"Haku~!" A familiar voice called from outside. Alsius peered through the window and saw Narukami waving from below. 3 other boys, Hamano, Hayami and Kurama were also with him.

"Nao!?" Alsius gasped, "What are you doing at a hospital?"

"I don't want someone in a hospital asking me that… Hakuren's green jersey is quite memorable so just asked some people."

"The friend you mentioned?" Yuuichi asked.

Alsus nodded in response. "I better get going…"

"Will you come visit once in a while?

Alsius grinned, "Of course. I'll let Kyousuke-kun know that you're well!"

Alsius met back up with Narukami. He didn't seem too pleased.

"I told you to not wander off!" he scolded. "How'd you end up on the other side of town?"

"Chu-ka, you have no sense of direction!" Hamano laughed.

"…Who're these people?" Alsius asked.

"I'll explain as we walk." Narukami smiled.

Apparently the three middle schoolers were also headed to Rairaiken, so naturally all five of them decided to eat together.

"So, you're saying you two are going to be playing for Japan's national team?" Hamano asked between bites.

"Uh huh," Alsius nodded. It's best to keep the Earth Eleven and alien stuff a secret for now… she thought to herself. "Mm… yup, shoyu's way better than miso!"

"I've heard about you two from Fubuki-san." The chef smiled. He placed a bowl of chahan in front of all of them. "It's on the house, my specialty, Rairai-don."

"Thank-you very much." Narukami slurped.

"H-huh? Us too?" Hayami gasped.

The chef nodded.

"Thanks, Tobitaka-san." Hamano laughed.

Kurama mumbled his thanks between chews. "Narukami, Kurogane." He suddenly started, "I want to see your abilities. We're doing a soccer battle after this meal."

"K-Kurama-kun? W-w-what are you saying!?" Hayami blurted out.

"Chu-ka, you're reacting way too much, Hayami…"

"Two on two," Kurama frowned, "No declining…"

"Sure!" Narukami accepted his challenge.

Kurama and Hamano stood on one side of the soccer field while Narukami and Alsius was on the other. Hayami placed a soccer ball on the centerline.

"Um… are you ready?"

"Yeah!"

"First side to score wins…Start!"

Kurama was the one to get the ball first. Instead of going to steal, Alsius ran past the boy who had possession of the ball.

"Huh?" thought confused, Kurama continued to move towards the net.

Narukami stood in front. Kurama sidestepped, jumping over Narukami's incoming foot. However when he thought he got passed, the ball was no longer in his possession.

"Haku!" Narukami passed the ball up to Alsius.

"I won't let you!" Hamano slid at Alsius. Balancing the ball atop her foot, Alsius raised it above Hamano's slide, avoiding it. "What!?"

Alsius then kicked the ball into the net winning the battle.

"Wow…" the three didn't expect to be beaten this easily. Alsius and Narukami high-fived each other. Their training with Fubuki and Yukimura weren't for nothing.

After a whole day of playing around, Alsius and Narukami finally decided it was time to head to Soccer Garden and meet their new team, Shinsei Inazuma Japan. Hamano, Hayami and Kurama wished them good luck, sending them off at the train station.

"Tenma, the captain, is a really good kid. You'll like him." Hamano smiled. "Though Shindou seems very annoyed about the team right now… try to get onto his good side, huh?"

The train left. It didn't take very long for it to reach the Soccer Garden station. Alsius and Narukami got off the train and headed straight for Shinsei Inazuma Japan's private training facility.

It was Mizukawa, one of the managers, who greeted them. "The Coach wants to give you two some specific instructions before meeting the team tomorrow. Come this way." She led them through the building to an isolated room. Kuroiwa Coach sat on the only chair in the room facing away from them.

"I brought them, Coach…"

"Good." He smiled and turned to face the aliens. "I'm Shinsei Inazuma Japan, no Earth Eleven's Coach, Kageyama Reiji. For many reasons, I am going under the pseudonym, Kuroiwa Ryuusei for now. Call me by the later name."

Alsius and Narukami stood straight and placed their right fist over their left chest.

"The Arcania, No. 8 Justice, Kurogane Haku."

"Likewise, No.20 the Judgement, Narukami Naoto. Reporting for duty."

"I called you two beforehand to give you certain instructions. I expect you won't break them." Kuroiwa Coach ordered.

Alsius and Narukami nodded in response.

Kuroiwa Coach smiled, "You two are forbidden to attend practice until the next game. Also the use of your 'soul' is not allowed until after the preliminary rounds. Are we clear?"

"Yes…huh?" Alsius gasped, "No practice? Serious?"

"I give you two permission to use your time for whatever you please." Kuroiwa continued, "That's all. You'll meet your teammates tomorrow. Mizukawa lead them to their rooms."

Alsius and Narukami exchanged glances. There was little over a week until the next game against Mach Tiger… what was there new Coach thinking. Even though the two were still unsure of the Coach's instruction they obediently listened.

Episode 17 preview

Last day of training at Melfelse. Matatagi finally awoke but doesn't remember transforming into his Beast Form. The team is forced to leave for their next opponents without anyone mastering their 'soul.' But before leaving, Minaho, Konoha and Ibuki find themselves on the other side of the wall, territory of the monsters known as Tenebrae! Will they make it out alive from the land where the man-eating beasts dwell? Episode 17: Melfelse: Land of the Shadows.