Dong-Sun stood in the middle of the pitch, with the ball in front of his feet. He then passed the ball to Nuguchi. Nuguchi dribbled the ball up the field as Kaede ran toward him.

"No, you don't..." Nuguchi grits his teeth, dribbling up with the ball, toward the goal. As Kaede approached him, Nuguchi chopped the ball to the left, passing it up to Dong-Sun. Dong-Sun dribbled up, He passed multiplied defenders on the field until he got up close to the box. Takumi would slide, kicking the ball away from Dong-Sun's feet.

"Nice defense!!" Saburo shouted. Saburo received the ball, kicking it up the field. The ball would then reach Tetsuya's feet. Tetsuya would take it up the field until he was met by Ichirou and Yoichi,

"This is where your road ends!" Ichirou taunted. Tetsuya smirked,

"I don't think so," Tetsuya said. He then rainbow-chipped the ball over their heads, running past them.

"MASAYOSHI, GET READY!!" Ichirou shouted. Masayoshi nodded, focusing on the ball.

"GOT IT!" Masayoshi shouted. Masayoshi watched the ball at Tetsuya's feet. Tetsuya then quickly passed the ball to Hisoka. Hisoka then winded his leg back, preparing to take the shot. He then kicked the ball, making it fly toward the net. Masayoshi leaped toward the ball, sweat dripping from his face. He then curled his fingers into a fist, punching the ball out of the way. Yuki and Masaki sat at the bench, their eyes widened in shock.

"It's barely been a minute and Sendai got a chance... That was close..." Makoto said. Yuki folded his hands together,

"A little too close... If this continues, we'll get crushed..." Yuki said. Makoto looked at Yuki, raising a brow.

"How do you know that?" Makoto asked,

"Do you see how we're playing defense, they just let him through, like it was nothing..." Yuki said. Makoto sighed,

"You're just saying that because you aren't starting," Makoto said. Yuki raised a brow,

"No, he's right, our defense in the play was not great, but we can do better..." Masaki said. The ball then rolled out of bounds, signaling a corner kick. Tetsuya went to the left corner, placing the ball in the corner. He then took a few steps back and looked at the field. He then looked back at the ball, closing his eyes. Both teams then went into the box, crowding in a line in front of the goal. Tetsuya inhaled and exhaled, opening his eyes. He then put his hand up and the ref whistled. Tetsuya then took a step, kicking the ball up toward the goal. The ball flew in the air toward the box until Yoichi jumped up, clearing the ball out of the box with his head. Yuki smiled,

"That's what I'm talking about," Yuki said. Masaki nodded. The ball landed in front of Araki's feet. Araki dribbled the ball, passing it up to Dong-Sun. Dong-Sun dribbled the ball up the field, as he met the opposing defense once more. Dong-Sun focused on the defense before him. He looked around at his teammates, noticing that Nuguchi was open. Dong-Sun passed the ball to Nuguchi. Nuguchi dribbled the ball up toward the goal, seeing he had an open shot, he winded his leg back, kicking the ball. The ball flew toward the goal. As it was about to go in, the goalkeeper caught the ball, diving onto the ground.

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"NICE SAVE!!" Tetsuya shouted. Nuguchi's eyes widened in shock. His teeth grit, looking back at Yuki.

"This isn't how I lose... I won't lose to this brat!!" Nuguchi internalized. The goalie kicked the ball up the field. It flew up past the half-field circle. Nuguchi ran up the field, following the ball as it flew. Nuguchi sprinted toward the ball as it landed at Kaede's feet. Nuguchi ran toward Kaede. It was as if Nuguchi was the hunter and Kaede was the prey. Nuguchi then stole the ball from Kaede's feet, dribbling it up the field toward the goal. Yuki focused on Nuguchi's playing.

"He's going to injure himself..." Yuki said. Everyone on the bench, surprised by what Yuki said, looked back at Nuguchi. Nuguchi struggled up the field, avoiding Tetsuya and Kichiro.

"GET OUT OF MY WAY!!" Nuguchi internalized, his face full of anger and rage. He would dodge more defenders that came his way. He would chip the ball over Nobu and Saburo. He would then reach the center backs, Takumi and Toshiro. He would be standing just outside the box. Suddenly, Takumi ran up toward him. As Nuguchi was about to shoot, Takumi reached his leg out to block the ball. Nuguchi then pushed Takumi away, kicking the ball toward the goal. As the ball flew, the ref blew his whistle, loudly. A tall boy wearing the team's tracksuit walked over to the coach.

"Hey, coach, put me in..." The boy said. Coach Ryuma looked over at the boy. He had straight brown middle-length hair in the middle part. He had brown eyes. He had his hands in his pocket.

"I thought you were injured?" Coach Ryuma said. He shook his head,

"Nah, I was just sore from working out..." The boy said. Ryuma sighed,

"Fine, Sada... Go stretch, I'll put you in after this kid gets taken off..." Ryuma said. Sada smiled, making an ok symbol with his hand. He took off his tracksuit jacket and pants. He wore the number 9. On the Asahi Gakuen bench, everyone looked over.

"Who's he?" Makoto asked. Yuki and Masaki shrugged.

"ISAO-KUN!!~" Girls shouted from the bleachers. Isao smiled, waving at the girls at the bleachers. On the field, the referee walked over to Nuguchi, pulling out a yellow card. Nuguchi glared at the ref,

"Stupid ref..." Nuguchi mumbled. The ref blew his whistle once again, pulling out a red card. Nuguchi scoffed, walking off the field. Yuki unzipped his tracksuit and pants, throwing them off. Yuki looked at Nuguchi as he walked off.

"Get rid of that ego of yours... It's what's gonna make you lose..." Yuki said. Nuguchi's eyes widened making his veins pop out of his forehead. Yuki ran onto the field, covering Tetsuya.

"I'm Tetsuya Sekiguchi, and you're?" Tetsuya asked. Yuki focused on the ball.

"Focus on the game..." Yuki said. Tetsuya raised a brow. Takumi then passed the ball to Saburo. Saburo dribbled the ball past, passing Yokota. Yuki then appeared in front of Saburo, stealing the ball. Yuki dribbled up the field, entering the box. He then kicked the ball toward the goal. The ball flew toward the goal at high speeds. It hit the crossbar, shooting into the goal. Yuki grinned, running toward the sidelines! Dong-Sun and Araki ran over celebrating with him.

"LETS GOO!!" Yuki shouted. Araki and Dong-Sun grabbed onto him, and they all celebrated together.

Asahi Gakuen 1 - 0 Sendai Daiichi.

Y. Nakamoto 44'

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