Hi guys! So sorry for the late upload. I've been busy with my assessments and school works. I hope you enjoy this, I think I may have exaggerated, I THINK, but I hope you like it. :)
"Come on, you expect me to believe you?"
"You said you'd help me on this and of course, I'm speaking the truth!"
"Yeah, but THIS? This doesn't make any sense-"
"Fuck you, I'm-"
"What are you two doing here?" Sora asked, appearing from behind Victor and startling him and Hiromi as they tried to come up with an excuse to fool her.
Hiromi and Victor found it almost difficult to have an actual discussion without Sora or Kuroyama unintentionally listening or finding them discussing in secret. Going home wasn't an option either. Sora would either be with them or it was too late to discuss, or their schedules wouldn't let them have their secret discussion.
Hiromi only hoped she and Victor could arrange a time for them to discuss, but for now, she was dreading the moment when Sora or Kuroyama would show up.
Hiromi finally came to a stop as she rested her hands on her knees. Panting heavily as beads of sweat dripped from her forehead. The captain had decided to make them run extra laps around the field and most of them had collapsed on the ground by their 5th lap.
"Get up and keep going." The captain surpassed her, scowling. He was shortly followed by Namayaki and later Akashi, who later tripped and met the ground face first. Hiromi glowered and forced herself to pick up enough speed to catch up to the navy haired boy that passed her.
"You alright?" Victor asked once she caught up to him, huffing.
"Just great." Hiromi groused sarcastically, "You?"
"Exhausted." He breathed as he slowly came to stop. Hiromi decided to join him, however, ended up crashing into somebody in front of her.
"Hey! What gives?"
Namayaki, who she had slammed into and fell, glanced at her, panting, before pointing behind her. Hiromi turned around puzzled to find the captain standing alongside the coach and talking.
Namayaki beckoned them to follow him once Victor had pulled the brunette back onto her feet again. He was out of breath to speak.
The duo behind the albino haired goalkeeper assumed they were going to wait and watch Tenton Academy's grand arrival, but didn't say a word.
Hiromi ignored the serious conversation between the captain and the coach as she realized something odd.
"Where's the others?" Sora inquired loudly with the same thoughts. Hiromi and Victor began searching the field before locking her eyes onto something in the distance.
"You've got to be kidding me."
There, far away from the sidelines, Hiromi could just make out an unconscious Minowari with Ichijuu holding his head. Surrounding them were the missing team members they were looking for.
"Let's go help him." Victor said to Hiromi who nodded and ran to the bench instead, "Hey! Where are you going?"
"I'm just gonna get something real quick. Go on without me!" Making sure he didn't turn around, Hiromi held to scheming smile as she reached the bluenette, "Hey Sora, can I have one of those water bottles?"
"Should I kick him?" Hayami asked Nishiki with a broad grin.
"Don't kick him." Hamano hastily defended, "Uh... look! Hiromi's here!"
Right as he was, Hiromi came striding towards the crowd gathered around the sleeping beauty.
"How's he so far?" She asked, squatting down to examine his face. It was beet red, and still sweating. Hiromi could hear soft breathing, meaning that he wasn't technically sleeping.
"Still unconscious. You got a plan on how to wake him up?" Ookami asked, adverting his gaze to the brunette. Hiromi smirked and waved the bottle.
"Definitely."
Hayami's grin came back in an instant, "I like that plan. Let 'er rip Hiromi!"
Everyone but Ichijuu backed off as Hiromi pointed the tip of the bottle at Minowari's face. Before she could squeeze the water at his red face, a hand grabbed her wrist and forced it down. Shocked, Hiromi was met face to face with the captain and fell frozen on the spot. Hiromi tensed up when she noticed how close his face was.
Before she knew it, the bottle was snatched away from her hands of the captain. Hiromi watched him kneel down beside Minowari. He leaned towards genius' ear and whispered something the others couldn't hear.
Minowari sudden sat up, grasping at his hair, "NOOOO! I COULDN'T HAVE FAILED! I STUDIED EXTREMELY HARD FOR THIS! Oh?"
Minowari stared at the faces of his teammates (excluding the captain) puzzled, all shocked and backed far away from him, "What happened?"
"Get up." The captain ordered, "They're about to arrive soon." He threw the bottle back at Hiromi who caught it, turned his heel and walked away, leaving everyone with hanging mouths. Ichijuu helped Minowari to stand as the others proceeded to follow the captain to the sidelines. Hiromi was the last to leave the spot, glaring daggers at the captain behind his back.
Once everyone had gathered next to sidelines, they turned their heads to the sounds of rumbling footsteps. Standing there, in front of the Raimon team was Tenton Academy. All sweaty but looked like they had the time of their life. It was obvious by the broad grins they had plastered on their faces. All of a sudden, Hiromi's eyes widened and her mouth hung open.
"No fucking way." She whispered in shock as the team of sweaty teammates, led by their captain, made their way over to greet the Raimon team.
"How have you been Omiwari?" Natsukata greeted with a smile as he and the Raimon captain shook hands.
"Well, if you must know." He said his expression never changing from a stoic face, "We got new members."
Natsukata beamed, "That's great news! I see you took my advice didn't you?" Natsukata gave Omiwari a hard pat on the back, making the Raimon captain arch forward, "Since we're all here, we can start the match now. I like to see how your new members play against us."
At the same time, the other Raimon teammates moved aside, revealing the trio who had been standing behind all of them the entire time. Natsukata's grin lost it's glow as his eyes widened in a mixture of both fear and shock, the Raimon captain noted.
"Is anything wrong?" Omiwari asked, without a hint of suspicion in his voice. He noticed that his had his eyes fixated on Hiromi who had done the same with hers, scowling as she did.
Natsukata immediately stammered, "N-No! N-Nothing's wrong. Let's start the game shall we?" He suggested loudly with a fake grin as the coach nodded in agreement and the two teams cheered.
Among the cheering, Omiwari decided not to question the Tenton captain as he commanded his teammates into their respective positions.
"IT IS I! GETAKU LARINO AND I WILL BE THE COMMENTATOR FOR THIS MATCH!" He announced proudly, statling the managers as he appeared out of nowhere.
"Where did you come from?" Miwana quickly inquired.
"A COMMENTATOR NEVER REVEALS HIS SECRETS! NOW IF WE WILL! LET THE MATCH BEGIN!"
The whistle blew and the match began with Raimon's kickoff.
"AND THE MATCH BEGINS WITH RAIMON'S KICKOFF! MATSUKAZE-"
"Call me Victor!"
"OF COURSE! VICTOR IS COMING IN STRONG- BUT WAIT! ROCOMOTO STEALS THE BALL!"
Rocomoto slid in and stole it from Victor's grasp, catching him by surprise.
"Natsukata-san!" Rocomoto passed the ball to the Tenton captain who gave him a thumbs up and advanced forward with Hinata and Getsuka by his side.
"Alright, let's score this point!" The Tenton captain yelled to his teammates who nodded and ran into their positions for their hissatsu technique, White Eagle. Before they could even connect their white lines, someone interjected, sliding pass the Tenton captain as they stole the ball away.
"AND MINOWARI INTERJECTS IN BEFORE WHITE EAGLE CAN HAPPEN!"
"Hamano!" Minowari shouted, instantly kicking the stole ball to the dark haired boy.
Hamano caught the ball. Once he turned around, he was blocked by the defenders Nabeshima and Amateru Jiru, an orange haired defender.
"Hiromi!" Hamano shouted, passing the ball to Hiromi who dashed passed them.
"Block her!" The goalkeeper, Kurou, shouted to the other two defenders who nodded in affirmation. They bolted straight at Hiromi, who halted just in time before she could crash into them. Just as she was about to turn around, Nabeshima and Amateru were already there blocking her with similar sly grins. Then the four defenders began to run around her in a circle, gradually getting faster and faster until they became a blur.
"Hiromi!" Victor yelled. He watched as the blur began forming a large tornado around the brunette, enclosing her in it.
Hiromi squinted her eyes as she held her arms over them. The winds became stronger as Hiromi dug her shoes in ground to avoid being blown away. In a blink of an eye, Hiromi caught sight of the ball flying at lightning speed around her, she almost missed it because it blended in with the tornado as a blur. Without warning, Hiromi lost her balance and began spinning along with the ball.
"Whirlwind Tornado!" The tornado immediately spat Hiromi out of the opening and the winds died down. Hiromi struck the ground with a hard fall and winced in pain as the ball fell perfectly on the spot she had just been standing on. Amateru gave a wicked grin as he watched the brunette try to push herself up. Amatetu passed the ball to Nabeshima, who looked at him confused.
"You kick. I was getting tired of running in circles." He said as he rested him head with his hands behind it. Nabeshima "hmpf" and cast his fellow defender a smirk.
"You're just a lazy ass..." His eyes fell onto Hiromi who struggled to get up. The Raimon captain and Victor rushed to her aid, "And a perv."
"Just kick the damn ball already." Amatetu scowled, walking back to his position. Nabeshima cast a sidelong glance at the defender before yelling out to one of the midfielders, Hinata.
"AND NABESHIMA PASSES THE BALL TO HINATA WITH A LONG KICK! HINATA ADVANCES THROUGH THE FIELD WITH NATSUKATA AND GETSUKA!"
The Raimon captain caught sight of the trio dashing past them from a distance. They were going to try to perform White Eagle again, he concluded.
"Can you stand?" The captain asked Hiromi in a demanding voice which caused her to look at her feet unsure. He watched the brunette tapped her foot twice or thrice.
"I'm fine," Hiromi concluded, slipping out of the captain and Victor's arms that steadied her.
"Then get ready to fight back. I have a plan. Inform the others." Victor and Hiromi nodded as they sped off in different directions to pass the message.
"Hiromi? What's up?" Nishiki asked once he noticed her running towards him. Before Hiromi could speak, she stumbled on her feet. Luckily, Nishiki caught her before she could fall face first to the ground, "Woah there. Are you alright? You had it pretty rough with Whirlwind Tornado."
"I'm fine." Hiromi gritted her teeth, "The captain has a plan. I bet he'll give out the commands once the ball comes to us." She looked behind her back, indirectly indicating that the captain was already way ahead of the plan.
Nishiki gave Hiromi a broad smile, "Sounds like a plan."
"Ookami!" The captain shouted to his fellow teammate and team strategist. Fortunately, the Raimon captain had gotten to the defenders before their opponents could perform their hissastu technique. Ookami heard his shout and swiftly tricked his blocker into running the other direction and turning his heel almost immediately.
"What is it?" Ookami asked. He was quite shocked to see the captain all the way back at the penalty area.
"Let them through."
Ookami's face melted into a fit of rage and shock, "WHAT!? WHAT DO YOU MEAN LET THEM THROUGH! IT'S OUR JOB TO DEFEND THE-"
"Trust me." The captain interjected severely. Ookami shut up, intending to hear out what the captain had to say, "I have a plan. But it'll only work if you let Kuroyama have the ball."
Ookami exhaled. He seemed unsure about this idea, "You sure about that Omiwari? I'm not doubting the little guy or anything, but-"
"There's not enough time to argue about this Ookami!" The captain growled which forced the blue haired boy to take a step back. From the corner of the captain's eye, he could already see the Tenton captain and his teammates about to execute their hissatsu technique, "I know you'll find out what this plan is later, but now call off the others to make way. Do you understand!?"
Ookami stood there, staring at the captain who had the word serious written all over his face. Ookami nodded and made his way to his fellow defenders. The blue haired strategist glanced back with a worried expression as he saw the captain run back to his position.
"White Eagle!"
Ookami promptly turned his head and shouted across the field, "Guys! Let them through! Captain's orders!"
Fortunately, they heard him and glanced at one another uneasy before compiling and moving out of the way for White Eagle to pass through.
"What!?" The Tenton captain and Kuroyama shouted simultaneously. The Tenton captain watched in disbelief as the ball flew towards an equally surprised goalkeeper.
Right away, Kuroyama shakingly held out his hands for the oncoming ball. He was panic-stricken.
'Why would they leave the field open!?' Kuroyama thought almost angrily, but since had been petrified, it was impossible for him to feel any anger at that moment. All he could think was-
'What if I can't catch it?' He thought, terrified, "No. I'm the goalkeeper now! I can catch it!'
"You can do it Kuroyama!" Namayaki encouraged, rising from his seat. Akashi scoffed and turned away unimpressed.
Kuroyama thrust his hands forward with full confidence. In a blink of an eye, a golden ball of energy formed at his palms, crackling with static electricity. He pulled back his hands to his side and enclosed the ball of energy with his palms. Bright rays shot out from the little openings between his fingers as the ball got larger. Kuroyama propelled the ball of energy in front of him with one big thrust-
"Static Charge!"
And it exploded with a silent bang into large bolts of bright, yellow electricity that crackled ominously. White Eagle collided with the hissatsu technique not a second too soon. Kuroyama gritted his teeth as he felt the force of Tenton Academy's White Eagle push him back.
'I can't let them have it.' Kuroyama thought, 'I'm not going to let them have the goal!' Kuroyama fought back as he slowly stretched his bent arms forward with little strength that gradually got stronger. Suddenly, the illusion of the white eagle shattered into particles and dispersed. The ball gradually slowed down as it fell to the ground and rolled away when Static Charge died down. Kuroyama instantly threw himself towards the ball, clutching it tightly as if his life depended on it.
"AND KUROYAMA STOPS TENTON ACADEMY'S WHITE EAGLE WITH HIS HISSATSU TECHNIQUE, STATIC CHARGE!" The commentator screamed with surprise into his microphone. The managers and Naomi beamed joyously, jumping from their seats as the coach held a proud smile.
"Alright, Kuroyama!" Namayaki cheered as he did a fist pump in the air.
'So that was your plan.' Ookami realized. "Great job Kuroyama!" He praised the silver-blue haired boy who was too busy staring at the ball with a face of an achieved goal.
"BUT WITH A FEW MINUTES LEFT, WILL RAIMON MAKE THEIR GOAL?"
"Kuroyama! Pass the ball! We're going to finish this fast!" The captain ordered, snapping the said boy out of his happiness. Kuroyama shook his head. The match wasn't over yet.
"Hiromi!" Kuroyama alarmed the brunette as he saw her make a run for it, holding out a thumbs up, indicating she was ready to catch the ball. Without a second thought, Kuroyama threw the ball and gave it a hard kick over to her direction.
The Tenton captain immediately realized the situation and commanded his teammates, "Go after her! She's going to make a pass!"
Rocomoto and a forward with snow white hair, Shishiro, nodded at his command and sped off towards Hiromi at both her sides.
'I can't deal with them now!' Hiromi thought, annoyed as she made an 180-degree turn at the flying ball. She had predicted where the ball would fall.
"Nishiki-senpai!" Hiromi yelled, jumping and kicking the ball to him in mid-air, just as Rocomoto and Shishiro arrived.
"Ichijuu!" Nishiki shouted over to the mute boy far ahead of him after receiving the ball.
Ichijuu caught it and advanced forward before seeing the two defenders, Nabeshima and Amateru blocking his way. He saw the captain bounding towards Tenton's goal with a clear opening through the middle. He signed the word "captain" and kicked the ball to him.
The Raimon captain saw this, more like he knew that the pass was going to happen as he dribbled the ball. It was far too late for the defenders to run and block him. He was one on one with the goalkeeper Kurou.
"So it's you and me again, huh?" Kurou said with a smirk as he cracked his knuckles, "Let's see what you've got! TEN TON WEIGHT!"
The enormous ton weight appeared from behind Kurou who grinned proudly before it melted into confusion. The Raimon captain made no movement to stop and in a blink of an eye, the said captain made a pass to the corner of the field.
"BUT WHAT'S THIS!? OMIWARI HAS MADE A KICK TO THE CORNER!"
The Tenton goalkeeper was caught by surprise as he watched the ball swiveled towards the corner, likely to result in an out he thought as he gaped like a fish. But what really made him freeze on the spot was when he felt his eyes were deceiving him.
"AND VICTOR JUMPS IN FROM NOWHERE AT THE CORNER! AMAZING! IT WAS A PASS FROM THE CAPTAIN INSTEAD!"
In a nick of time, Victor had reached the ball before it could continue in an out and immediately jumped in to kick it away. He raised his leg behind him, his foot was blazing with bright orange flames as it came in contact with the ball, lighting it up on fire.
"Blazing Fire!"
The ball was incredibly strong as it impacted with the ton weight from its side. The fire igniting brightly enough for the goalkeeper to almost become blind since he kept staring at it with worry. To his relief, the ball stop spinning and bounced away from the goal. He didn't notice the ton weight slowly flickering like it was fading from being weakened as he suddenly realized that the ball bounced off as he immediately made an effort to duck and catch it. Sadly, he ducked in too quickly, making the distance too short to reach the ball. The ball was abruptly stopped as the goalkeeper looked up and saw the Raimon captain with a stoic expression before smirking.
"Dagger Ark!"
The Raimon captain's Dagger Ark pierced through the weakened ton weight, shattering it and scoring a goal for the team.
"AND IT'S IN! IT'S IN!" The commentator cheered as the whistle blew, signaling the end of the first half.
The Raimon captain turned away from the surprised and disappointed face of the Tenton goalkeeper before being lifted off the ground and nearly squished to death by Nishiki
"HAHA! THAT WAS AMAZING!"
"Nishiki, let go of me!" The captain choked angrily through the big and tight bear hug given Nishiki was giving him.
"Come on captain, lighten up a bit. He's just giving you a hug." Hiromi said, folding her arms once she reached the pair with the other teammates beginning to surround them.
"Shut it you!" The captain snapped, resulting the brunette's smirk to widen, "Nishiki, put me down this instant!" Nishiki ignored him and tightened his grip on the poor captain as the entire team burst out laughing. The managers and the adults from the sidelines even giggled along.
The Tenton captain eyed the Raimon team celebrating their small victory from the sidelines, across from where the Raimon team was.
"It too early for them to celebrate."
The dark-haired captain turned his attention towards Amateru, the orange haired defender who had his arms folded and brows knitted. He was obviously unhappy for their lost.
"Well, it was pretty close." Rocomoto reluctantly said, catching a glimpse of Amateru's icy glare and turned away, sweating.
"I guess it was my fault." Kurou blamed himself, "I didn't anticipate that their plan was to weaken the goal. I was too confident since our last match with them."
"Don't blame yourself Kurou." The Tenton captain reassured with his hand on the goalkeeper's shoulder, "I agree with Amateru, it's too early for them to celebrate and we have the second half to get back at them. We just have to come up with a plan, even better than theirs and we'll score back the point we lost!"
"Spoken like a true captain, Natsukata." A tall man dressed in a white suit strode towards their bench. He wore sunglasses that covered his eyes and had grey hair tied in a ponytail, "But we're going to have to do it the hard way."
"Coach!" The ones who sat down immediately stood up.
"Coach Kurosawa." The Tenton captain greeted his coach who stopped him with a hand.
"Don't bother with commenting on how late I am." He said in an expressionless voice, "The managers had some trouble and I had to force them to stay back."
He pulled his sunglasses away, revealing his electric blue eyes. He wiped his sunglasses clean from dust with a napkin as he continued to speak, "If you want a plan, then I suggest you start with her." He turned his attention towards the Raimon team on the field.
"Her?" Natsukata whispered unsure once his eyes trailed onto the brunette.
"Is there a problem?"
"N-No! But-"
"You want to score back a point don't you?" Kurosawa asked irritatedly. The Tenton captain stiffened, "You know how it works Natsukata. We can't defy his orders. Understood?"
Not a word came out of the Tenton captain as he gave a small nod and returned to his earlier position along with the coach who planned on telling them the plan they were going to use before the whistle blew.
"AND THE SECOND HALF BEGINS WITH TENTON ACADEMY'S KICKOFF!"
The forward, Mura Akiya, dribbled the ball straight for the goal before being blocked off by Hamano. "Rocomoto!" He yelled, passing the ball over to the cheerful boy who was ahead of him. Rocomoto gave a thumbs up as he dashed past the Raimon captain and Ookami who tried to block him off.
"So all we gotta do is eliminate her right? So she can't fight back right?" Haruta Konji asked as he received a confirmed nod from the coach.
"Then what about the others?" Amateru grunted impatiently as the coach simply looked at him.
"Merely block them." The coach replied nonchalantly. His attention fell on the only one that avoided looking at him; the dark-haired captain was looking down at his feet rather guiltily and unsure.
"Natsukata. You'll be the doing the job."
The said captain's eyes widened in shock. His head shot up and his mouth opened to say something, however, it was silenced by the harsh voice and hard look given by his coach.
"You will not defy my orders do you understand me Natsukata?" Everyone had their eyes locked onto the pair dumbfounded, some even with mouths hanging. They've seen the coach angry before, but they've never seen him snap at their beloved and respected captain. The Tenton captain muttered quietly and stepped back, resuming to looking back at his feet with a new wave of guilt forming inside him. The coach pulled back and adjusted his tie, "Good. Do whatever it takes to get her off the field."
That memory stung the Tenton captain's heart. Of course he wanted to win. Of course he wanted to score back a point they lost to call it even, but going so far as to using that on her? He didn't want to risk hurting her, but he couldn't defy the coach's orders either. The coach was counting on him. His entire team was.
The Tenton captain raised his head. He didn't see his target but he wasn't sure if he could do this.
"Natsukata!" The Tenton captain who was lost in his own thoughts for a while couldn't react in time as the ball flew past him. Luckily, a fellow teammate of his caught up to him from the opposite side and received the ball instead.
"What's wrong with you?" Hinata demanded as he kept dribbling forward with the ball. Hinata saw his captain's face. His face was pale as if he saw a ghost and wanted it to end. Hinata immediately knew what was up and stopped in his tracks.
"I hope this isn't about what happened with the coach," Hinata said. It caused the Tenton captain to slowly come to a stop a few feet away, "You know we can't defy his orders." Hinata added hesitantly when he got no reply from the captain.
"Pass me the ball Hinata. I want to end this quickly." Even though it was a command, the Tenton captain's voice sounded miserable. It made the midfielder's heart sink as he bit his lip before reluctantly passing the ball to the captain.
Without another word, the Tenton captain immediately sprinted off in the opposite direction of where his team's goal was.
"WHAT'S THIS!? NATSUKATA IS HEADING STRAIGHT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION!"
Everyone in the Raimon team had the same exact thought they questioned in their minds.
'WHAT!?'
'He can't be serious!' The Raimon captain thought, assuming the Tenton captain was going to shoot his own goal. No. It seemed too unlikely for him to do that, but he had to think of something quick. Even if he was going in for the shot, he wouldn't let the Tenton captain earn them the point so easily.
"Midfielders! Get out and block him!" The Raimon captain shouted at the top of his lungs. He was miles away where the defenders held off his fellow teammates.
Hiromi heard his order and immediately side-stepped to fool her defender. He mimicked her and left the opposite side open for Hiromi to jump out of his grasp and make a run for it. Making use of the short distance from the incoming Tenton captain, Hiromi headed into a slide. She was going to steal the ball away.
The last thing she knew was the least thing she expected from him.
Out of the corner of her eye, Hiromi could see the hard look he gave her and it struck her worried. The Tenton captain stopped short and raised a fist into the air. Strong winds began swirling around his arm and a second later, little pieces of metal began forming out of nowhere and glued to his arm by the strong winds. It was like a metal attracting wind magnet was injected in his arm. The metal began piling up on each other until up from his elbow was covered with metal in the form of an iron gauntlet.
The Tenton captain pulled back his fist, attempting to smash it to the ground beneath him.
"Iron Gauntlet!"
Bringing it down to meet the grassy ground and the massive impact caused jagged rocks to shoot up in a line towards his brown haired victim. Hiromi didn't have the time to stop her slide as the rocks shot up from beneath her. It jabbed her back forcefully and sent her flying towards the goal and smashed into the goalpost.
Hiromi's vision turned blurry the instant she fell forward. She could hear the cries of her name being called by her teammates and the commentator shouting over the microphone.
"IRON GAUNTLET WAS AIMED AT HIROMI! A FOUL MADE BY NATSUKATA RENJI OF TENTON ACADEMY!"
"Natsukata..." Hiromi muttered softly as consciousness took over her completely.
"A foul! A filthy, devious, and unsportsmanlike foul!" The Raimon coach screamed at Kurosawa whose face stayed stoic through the entire outburst. The match had been called off so that the managers could tend to Hiromi's injuries. Naomi and Omiwari stood behind Shingestu for support and out of anger. They both sent equal severe glares at the Tenton coach in hopes of breaking him.
"But to call off the match when just one of your players is injured. How disgraceful." Kurosawa shook his head disappointingly and mockingly. It drove Shingestu's anger to maximum rage, "You could have been smart and sportsmanly by calling one of your benched players to take the girl's place."
"Don't you lecture me about being unsportsmanlike when you ordered your captain to purposely aim and injure my player!" Shingestu whipped his head angrily at the Tenton captain, who looked down at his feet in shame, "And to think you had let go of your harsh and unpractical ways of winning. I thought wrong!"
The Tenton coach said nothing as he pushed his sunglasses up his nose before speaking nonchalantly again, "Then you have yourself to blame Shingestu. For all the times you used to believe that I had some good in me." The said coach strode forward until his back was faced towards Shingestu's.
"After all, that's what Tenton Academy is so great for. Surprises."
He left the crowd silently with a wicked grin. Tension filled the silent atmosphere. It was almost too much for the Tenton Academy team to handle with all the mixed feelings they were experiencing at the moment.
"Get out of my sight and never come back." The Raimon coach spoke darkly to their opposing team. He pointed his finger at the school's entrance as he sent them a dark and hard look, "You are never welcome here again."
Natsukata stared at him and hesitantly bowed in respect, not a word left his mouth until he announced to his team.
"Team! Forward march!" Instead of marching like they always never did, one by one, the team slowly dispersed into a jog with the Tenton captain stepping aside for his team to pass, counting the number of teammates that were present.
After the last person he counted passed him, Natsukata began to trail after the rest of the team ahead of him. As he jogged past the Raimon captain, he couldn't help but lock his guilty eyes with his severe ones that glared back.
Natsukata whipped his head away as caught up with his team, slowly disappearing from the trio's sight.
"I can't believe them!" Naomi cried outraged. She threw her clipboard on the floor furiously, "The nerve of that coach of theirs. Ordering their captain to go in for the kill! What kind of 'sportsmanly' coach does that!?" Naomi emphasized sportsmanly with two fingers as her complaints turned into infuriated nagging to no one in particular.
Omiwari agreed with her and understood that she had every right to be angry. But there was something that was bugging his mind at the moment. Did the coach and Naomi-san have a relationship with Kurosawa? The coach mentioned about believing that Kurosawa had some good in him. Were they good friends back when they were younger? Did Naomi-san know Kurosawa and the coach since their young age?
Omiwari became irritated, at the same time, confused with his questions and excused himself to go back to the meeting room. Hopefully, he would be able to see Hiromi if she was already treated.
"Woah Omiwari! Watch where you're going." Omiwari snapped back to reality as soon as he felt himself being pushed back. He raised his head from looking at the ground and was met face to face with the pink haired defender, "You could have knocked me over." Yamada added jokingly. Omiwari stared at him unamused.
"Okay. At least, I tried to be Hayami."
At the mention of Hayami, surprisingly, Hamano was standing beside Yamada looking at him. The Raimon captain found it puzzling. Hamano, most of the time, was with Hayami. Either by his side or just tagging along in group activities which involved Hayami around. So why was he here without the redhead boy?
Hamano seemed to read his thoughts as he quickly and calmly explained, "Hayami and Nishiki-san's are devising another plan for the next person who's going to walk through the doors." He warned as Omiwari nodded back, silently thanking the boy for his generosity to avoid his (Hamano) best friend's foul plan, "I was just waiting outside for his plan to come to an end until Yamada-san joined me."
"I'm waiting for Nishiki. Yamada explained once Omiwari whipped his head at him.
"Where are the others then?"
"Stuck in the room," Yamada replied, shifting his eyes to the inconspicuous door.
Then that would mean the trick could happen on both sides of the door, Omiwari thought.
'Clever trick Nishiki.' Omiwari thought. For a bunch of his teammates being trapped indoors, it was suspiciously quiet considering how loud both Hayami and Nishiki were combined. Omiwari would have expected some argument to break loose among his teammates but it was as silent as a grave.
"We're the only two people that got out while they were setting up their devil plan, as they call it." He added hastily, not wanting to confuse his teammates that the name was made up by the dynamic duo (yes they call themselves that) and not him.
Omiwari believed him as he made his way to the doors where they would automatically open for him, revealing whatever trick those cunning foxes had in mind.
"C-Captain, are you sure that's a good idea?" Hamano asked, starting to panic a little. The captain and the dynamic duo's tricks weren't on such great terms.
Omiwari didn't reply as he faced in front of the doors a few feet away from it. Omiwari lifted his foot and stretched it towards the door, a few centimeters away from touching the surface. The automatic doors slid open and his eyes followed a falling bucket of water hitting the floor not a second too soon.
"Smart move captain." Omiwari's eyes drew away from the fallen bucket and spilled water to everyone in the room and then to Hayami. He was obviously not happy. He probably realized that their sensors detected motion.
Omiwari felt a sudden urge to rub it in his face with a taunting smile, however, hid it behind his stoic face and arched frown.
"I thought we really had you for a second there Omiwari." Nishiki said with a sheepish smile as he grabbed his duffel bag and slung it over his shoulder. The duffel bag was given to every member of the soccer club, "I'll see you next Monday." He stepped out of the door with a begrudging Hayami who followed after him. They were followed by the trapped teammates who each bid the captain goodbye or see you later.
"Where are they?" Omiwari asked, stopping the last person to from exiting. Ichijuu instantly understood what he meant and pointed to a the medical room.
Omiwari thanked the mute boy and walked towards the door. Before he could even knock on the surface, the doors were forced open and revealed an infuriated redhead with bared teeth.
"What!?" Miwana snarled at the purple haired boy threateningly. Omiwari could tell she was in a bad mood but proceeded to approach calmly and cautiously. He's dealt with a furious redhead before.
"I came to see Hiromi," Omiwari answered nonchalantly.
"Well, she's better now." Miwana snapped and her head disappeared into the room. She came back, only to shove a puzzled Victor and Kuroyama out of the door, "And since she is, you guys can leave, now SCRAM!"
The door slammed shut behind Victor and Kuroyama who, along with Omiwari, cringed at the sound. The trio looked awkwardly at each other, not knowing what to say. Victor and Kuroyama shrugged simultaneously at Omiwari as the trio glanced at the door that separated Hiromi and the managers from them. They could hear the loud and furious rantings explode. Miwana was definitely enraged about the accident.
Guess he was going to have to wait.