AN: hello everyone how y'all doing?

Hana2: yeah, i took a little time off to work on other stuff (ie the wakabayashixoc one) and plan this through for the most. when i got the basic outline in my head done, i immediately wrote WOS. i got the idea of a mix gendered tournament because i find it hilarious that the Japanese Women's team won the world cup before the men did, but women still lacked recognition and still today people would rather watch the men's league than theirs so i thought, i'll make the tournament mix gendered instead so that boys will recognize how awesome the girls are. besides the pressure would be on them instead cause you know, the girls have proven themselves and there they are still needing to prove to the world that they can do it (at least here anyway). also Sanae's not really a captain to Tsubasa directly, but she will be come kind of captain for the whole team.

and also, i don't know if you read my edited response to you on the last chapter of FOLW but i gave my answer there and if you have anymore question just go to my tumblr (its in my profile) and drop an ask, or pm me. either works

yeah i dont own captain tsubasa

Chapter 3: Missing You

It's been three days since Natsukawa-san visited them and told them about the mix gendered tournament they were planning. Although it still wasn't official, apparently countries all over the world have started recruiting the female players they want to be on the team. FIFA was going to make it official by the end of August, so that way the countries could still have at least time for them to practice together.

She didn't know whether training for just a month and half would help them. And if you consider school, maybe even less than that. But, they'll take what they can get. Hopefully, her boys could show the others that it was alright to play with them girls, or that they could tell the girls that boys will be nice to them.

But then, there's also the possibility of resentment from both sides since the coaches can only pick 14 players of each gender. This would make everyone tense and do whatever they could to be chosen as one of the 28 players to represent Japan. That's one huge brawl waiting to happen.

She guessed she just has to wait until they announce this new tournament. Natsukawa-san did say not to tell anyone yet. They wanted it to be a surprise or whatever. Something about seeing their faces. Although, it would be quite funny to see the boys reaction that their tournament suddenly became a mix gendered one.

It was just a bummer she couldn't tell Tsubasa, though. She was excited to tell it to him, since you know, they'll be playing together. Sure, they would occasionally team up together against their friends, but for an official match? That sounds so awesome. Maybe even more awesome than playing against him.

She covered her eyes with her arm from as she sunk into her bed. Man, thinking about him made her miss him even more. When were they supposed to come back anyway? It's almost the end of summer vacation and she wanted to see her boys soon. It's too quiet without them.

But most of all, she wanted to spend some time with him. She had high hopes that they could spend at least a few moments together, but after the festival, they had to come back to training. Even their video calls and texts didn't seem to be that satisfying, no matter how often they do it. It's different when she was talking to him face to face.

It's not that she was mad at the Association. She wasn't. A little. Okay, maybe she was a little annoyed with them. But she could understand why they would want to immediately start training. As Natsukawa-san said, they are the best generation of soccer players Japan has seen, and this time they might actually have a shot at winning it. So of course they would be training their asses off.

Ugh, she hated it when she gets like this. Hopefully, this mix gendered thing helps to make this feeling go away. She couldn't always be feeling jealous of a sport. It's a freaking sport, she wasn't even supposed to be jealous of something that wasn't even human! She even plays it god damn it.

You know what she's just going to shut up now before she makes herself more of a fool than she's already sounding.

She lighted up her phone to see the picture of them as her lock screen, and stared at for a few moments before finally sighing. Looks like she wasn't getting anything today. He's probably beat from their training. Hopefully, he could get a good night's rest so he won't get injured.

Pushing the lock button of her phone to darken her phone, she finally put it on her nightstand and go to sleep.

She just couldn't wait until he comes home.

They had no idea why Coach Gamo gathered them here in the rec room at this hour. To be quite honest, he was exhausted from their work out this day and he just wanted to lay in bed and sleep. Of course, he'll talk to Sanae for a few minutes, but he knew it wouldn't be that long since he's just so damn tired that all wanted to do was to sleep for eighteen hours. But he couldn't do that because he has to wake up at eight tomorrow since training starts at nine.

As much as he wanted to spend some time with his girlfriend, he couldn't and it's frustrating him to no end because he could see that she wanted to talk some more but he was just too tired and she's such a caring person that she would always think about his health before what she wanted. Every time he saw her disappointed look just kills him.

When he comes home, he'll definitely make it up to her.

But first, let's get this over with.

Coach Gamo's figure stood at the center of the room, right in front of the television. He wasn't even starting because a lot of his teammates were still just coming in. They were all in a state between asleep, or close to falling asleep. He could see people who were about to sleep versus those who were already sleeping by their actions. Apparently, Hyuuga-kun gets grumpier than usual when woken up, so nobodies touching or getting close to him.

He turned to look at Coach Gamo as he waited for everyone to get settled.

He wasn't even really supposed to be their coach at first. It was supposed to be Coach Mikami coaching them, but then his appendix decided it was a good time to get appendicitis so there was that. Coach Mikami entrusted them to Coach Gamo so here they were, being trained by hot blooded guy, tiring them every day.

Not that he was complaining about it. He knew that Coach Gamo was just preparing them for the tournament and he was grateful for it. Although, sometimes he could work to calm himself sometimes.

"You know what's going on?" Wakabayashi-kun asked as he took a seat beside him on the couch.

"Don't know," he yawned. Man, he was really beat. "Ishizaki-kun knocked on our door and immediately told us Coach wanted us here as soon as possible."

"Tsubasa-kun was about to call Anego too," Misaki-kun added as he too yawned on his other side. "You could probably guessed how pissed he was."

Wakabayashi-kun only smirked at him as he crossed his arms.

He gave a glare to his friend. "Shut up," he replied with a little bit of irritation. He's been spending too much time with Ayame-chan he's becoming as cheeky as her.

"And I'm not pissed. A little annoyed, sure," he admitted, "but it's not because I won't be able to talk to Sanae." Well, yes, he was actually irritated that he won't be able to talk to her. "I just wanted to go to bed."

"Sure, whatever makes you happy," Wakabayashi-kun replied, to which he gave a glare to. Honestly, sometimes his friends are too exasperating.

He was about to reply, but Coach Gamo cleared his throat and got their attentions.

"It seems like everyone is here," he said as he looked around the room. He was probably met by a huge group of drowsy teenage boys who could barely open their eyes. Tsubasa knew that's how he felt.

See, there was another yawn coming. Well, he couldn't exactly suppress it. It's hard trying to stop a yawn.

"You all are probably wondering why I called you here when you all are dead beat from today's training," their coach remarked.

Well, that's an understatement.

He heard Wakabayashi-kun snort from beside him, thinking the same thing as he did.

"But there is a reason for that," Coach Gamo told them. Okay, they figured that. Like, who calls out tired teenagers out of their beds for no reason?

He cleared his throat again and took a deep breath. Anytime now, coach. It's not like they want to sl-

"I got a call from the Association a few minutes ago. They're sending you back to your homes early. You're all going home three days from now."

Wait, what?

"Huh?" he heard one of his teammates say out loud. It sounded like Jito-kun. It seemed like that the news woke everyone up from their stupor. He certainly was.

"What do you mean we're going home early, Coach?" Matsuyama-kun asked, wide awake and alert. "I thought we were supposed to stay here until next week."

"That was the plan," Coach Gamo nodded. "But, apparently there was something going on with FIFA right now about the Tournament."

"So, what's going on with them then?" Hyuuga-kun inquired, also out of his grumpy state. For now, anyway.

"I have no idea," Coach answered honestly. "Katagiri wouldn't say anything to me. I'm going to know more when I attend a meeting they'll be having in four days."

Huh, well this changes some things.

Immediately, everyone exploded in chatters and he have never seen them as lively as they were right now ever since they got Coach Gamo. It seemed like they welcomed this early respite. Really, he could hear the twins saying they'll be soaking themselves for hours in a hot spring to relieve their muscles. His friends were even saying that they'll be sleeping through summer vacation. That sounded like a good idea.

"Shut up!" Coach Gamo roared at them since they were kind of getting loud and out of hand. Well, it worked.

"Don't get too excited," he told everyone once they quieted down. "Just because you guys are leaving early doesn't mean you guys can start taking it easy." Then he smirked. He knew that wasn't a good thing. A smirking Coach Gamo was never a good sign.

"In fact," here it comes, "I'm going to be tweaking your training to use these three days to their fullest. They're taking away more days than necessary. We're going to need all the training we can get."

As if on cue, almost everyone produced a groan of disappointment.

Did they really need that much training? They'd be starting training right away just as summer vacation ends anyway. They all have another tournament to do by November. It's not like they just suddenly going to be abandoning training altogether.

But then again, they'll be training against each other, not with each other so there's that.

Either way, he didn't really care whatever Coach Gamo wanted. If he wanted training to be harsher, okay then. If he wanted to make them work harder, sure thing. If he thought that this was for the better of the team, he'll do whatever he wants.

Because the fact is, they get to go home earlier than expected and it would mean that he could finally see her. He didn't have to watch her fake her smile on a screen, didn't have to pretend the longing in her voice didn't exist, and he didn't have to miss her so damn much because finally, he would have her in his arms.

So yes, he wouldn't complain about the harsher training Coach Gamo would make them do, because he knew that that this was for their own good. And besides, once this three days of hellish training was over, then he'd be back to where he wanted to be.

Sleeping next to her sounded like a great idea anyway.

End Chapter

AN: so we see a glimpse of how the boys are doing in training, but that didn't seem to have lasted long since they'll be going back to their homes in three days, a whole week earlier than planned. but in exchange, Coach G is making them train their asses off like no tomorrow. what's going on with FIFA? Does it involve the people last seen and talked about in the last two chapters? who knows?

Also, we find out that Tsubasa and Sanae are too in love with each other to the amusement of their friends. Honestly, i feel like i need insulin now for the amount of fluff and sweetness these two are letting me write. but i have no regrets.

anyway, that's it for now. thank you for reading and hope you review! cya soon!

PS: i would appreciate it if you take time to read Catch My Heart as well. it has Wakabayashi's dog in it!