Yuki and Masaki walked down the hallway of the school.

"I wish I got minutes in that practice match..." Masaki said. Yuki shrugged,

"I only got 20-ish minutes..." Yuki said. Masaki sighed,

"20 more minutes than me..." Masaki said. Yuki nodded,

"Fair," Yuki said. Masaki sighed,

"I feel like we could have one that game," Masaki said. Yuki nodded,

"Our defense wasn't the greatest, nor did our goalkeeper do the best against Sendai," Yuki said. Masaki shrugged,

"I wonder who the actual goalkeeper is... Cause Masayoshi wears #13..." Masaki said. A tall boy then walked past the two, he looked back at them, opening his mouth slightly. He then turned back, continuing to walk. Yuki and Masaki kept walking down the hallway. Yuki then collided with someone. They dropped a ton of books on the ground. He looked forward to seeing a girl with long black hair bangs and dark red eyes. She looked at Yuki, before kneeling to grab her books. Yuki kneeled as well, helping her pick up her books.

"S-Sorry..." Yuki said. She ignored him, picking up her books. She stood up, walking past him. Yuki stood up, looking up at Masaki.

"Who's she?" Yuki asked. Masaki shrugged,

"I think she's in my class..." Masaki said.

"You know her name?" Yuki asked. Masaki looked at Yuki with a blank face.

"You think I would've told you her name if I knew it...?" Masaki said. Yuki blinked a couple of times.

"Yeah... Probably..." Yuki said. The bell then rang.

"Alright... I've got to help clean the classroom then I'll be at practice..." Masaki said. Yuki nodded, walking down the hall on his own. He walked back into his classroom, grabbing his bag. He walked out of the school, and down the hall. He walked into the bathroom. He walked into a stall with his bag. He walked out of the stall in a t-shirt and shorts. He walked out of the bathroom, and back into the hall. He walked downstairs, walking over to his locker. He grabbed his shoes, taking his indoor shoes off.

He put his indoor shoes in his locker and put his outdoor shoes on. He walked outside, walking around the school, and over to the soccer field. He sat on the bench, taking his outdoor shoes off. He unzipped his bag, taking his socks, shin guards, and boots out. He put his socks and shinguards on. He then put his cleats on, zipping his bag. He walked onto the field, running over to the ball bin. He opened the ball bin, grabbing a ball. He walked over to the penalty box.

"Time to practice penalties..." Yuki said. Yuki diagonally walked backward a few steps. He ran a few steps toward the ball, kicking it toward the goal. The ball flew, toward the goal. The ball his the top corner back of the net. Yuki grabbed the ball from the goal, walking to the corner of the box. He began to juggle the ball at his feet. Yuki looked up and saw a tall boy who looked about 6 feet 4 inches tall. He had brown flowy hair. Yuki looked at him, raising a brow. Yuki stopped juggling the ball and ran over.

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"Are you alright...?" Yuki asked. The boy looked down at him,

"Oh yeah, I'm fine..." The boy said. Masaki walked out in a t-shirt and shorts.

"Yo Yuki!-..." Masaki said. He raised a brow,

"Holy he's tall..." Masaki internalized. Masaki walked over,

"Oh!- Masaki, perfect timing," Yuki said. The tall boy turned around, looking at Masaki. Masaki raised a brow. The tall boy put his right hand up,

"Nice to meet you, I'm Takeshi Oe..." Takeshi said.

"Masaki Sano..." Masaki said.

"Are Araki, Hiroki, and Ichirou here?" Takeshi asked. Masaki looked confused,

"Which Hiroki...?" Masaki asked.

"Yokota," Takeshi said.

"Holy shit!" Yuki said. Masaki and Takeshi looked at Yuki in confusion.

"Yuki? What's wrong?" Masaki asked.

"You... You're our original goalkeeper!" Yuki said. Masaki looked shocked, looking up at Takeshi. Takeshi sighed,

"TAKESHI!!??" Ichirou shouted in the distance. Masaki turned around. His eyes widened in shock. Masaki moved out of the way as Ichirou dashed over, running into Takeshi. Araki and Hiroki walked over.

"TAKESHI, ARE YOU COMING BACK TO US!!??" Ichirou shouted. Takeshi shook his head,

"N-No... I just wanted to see how everyone was doing... Looks like I was a little early..." Takeshi said. Araki and Hiroki smiled.

"Why don't you join back, we had an amazing match against Sendai Daiichi a couple of days ago," Araki said. Takeshi shook his head,

"I-It's alright... I've got lots of studying I've gotta do..." Takeshi said. Araki sighed,

"You're a horrible liar, Takeshi..." Araki said. Hiroki chuckled,

"H-How'd you know I was lying...?" Takeshi asked. Ichirou looked at Takeshi with a blank face.

"Because you never do work in class since you're ahead..." Ichirou said. Takeshi made a pouty face,

"Hey, tall man," Yuki said. Masaki looked at Yuki in embarrassment.

"Y-Yuki!" Masaki said. Takeshi looked down at Yuki.

"What?" Takeshi asked. Yuki cleared his throat,

"I'd like to know why you quit playing football...?" Yuki asked. Takeshi looked down at the ground, gritting his teeth.

"Our last game of 2nd year... We were in the spring national qualifiers..." Takeshi said. Araki, Ichirou, and Hiroki looked at the ground in frustration.

"I was in goal and it was 2-all at the end of halftime..."

"We were playing against the number 2 school in the prefecture... Mizuki Seishin..."

'All of a sudden, their forwards who had not been all that at during the first half, so we were confident we could take the game to a penalty shoot-out..." Takeshi explained.

"All of a sudden... Something clicked for their forwards..." Takeshi opened his palms.

"Goal after goal... I couldn't save one..." Takeshi said. Yuki looked shocked,

"They even got past our defense no problem... It was in person nightmare fuel..." Takeshi said. Yuki grits his teeth, looking at the ground.

"Stupid..." Yuki said. Takeshi raised a brow,

"You better not be calling me that..." Takeshi said. Yuki shook his head,

"No... Not at all..." Yuki said. Takeshi looked confused.

"Then what the hell are you rambling on about?" Takeshi said. Yuki looked up at Takeshi, glaring at him. He pointed at the goal,

"What's stupid, is your reason not to play soccer anymore!" Yuki said. Takeshi looked shocked,

"It's not because you got scored on a bunch of times... It's because they blew out your flame!!" Yuki said. Takeshi looked confused at Yuki's words.

"They got to your head and stomped on your resolve!!" Yuki said. Yuki grabbed the ball, walking into the penalty box.

"And we're going to re-light that flame!!" Yuki shouted, placing the ball on the ground. He stood up straight, looking at Takeshi.

"Come show me what you've got..."

"GOAL KEEPER...!!"