Yuki tossed the ball to Hiroki. Hiroki controlled it with a foot touch, making it fall on the ground in front of him. He dribbled toward the cones, weaving through them. He then passed the ball to Nuguchi. Nuguchi passed the back to him. Hiroki kicked the ball. The ball flew looking ass if it were going to fly past the net. It then suddenly curved into the top right corner of the goal. It flew into the back of the net. Yuki looked shocked,

“What the hell, that was sick!” Yuki said. Hiroki chuckled,

“That’s how to fool the goalkeeper.” Hiroki said. Takeshi glared at him,

“You and your dirty ass deadball…” Takeshi said with an annoyed look. Hiroki smiled,

“A deadball?” Yuki asked. Hiroki nodded,

“It’s my favorite way to fool a goalkeeper.” Hiroki said.

“How do I do it?” Yuki asked.

“Well, it’s basically just a knuckleball, but I like to add more curve to it.” Hiroki said. Yuki nodded. The rest of the team then arrived,

“Well, you guys are early.” Masaki said.

“Hey, Nakamoto.” Nuguchi said. As Yuki was about to walk over to Masaki, he looked back at Nuguchi.

“Whats up?” Yuki asked.

“When I go pro… I’m going to destroy you, got that?” Nuguchi said. Yuki smiled,

“Not if I destroy you first.” Yuki said. Nuguchi scoffed. Yuki then ran over to Masaki. 5 hours later, the Kakeru soccer team would be practicing on the pitch. The Asahi Gakuen team would then walk onto the pitch from between the bleachers.

“Well… They finally made it…” said a boy with black hair and bangs. Another boy looked at him, raising a brow.

“Why’re you pretending to act cool, all of a sudden, Hidē?” The boy next to him with messy brown hair and turquoise eyes.

“Act?? This is how I always am, Minoru.” Hidē said. Minoru chuckled,

“Yeah, whatever… Hey, Dai, you ready?” Minoru said. Minori looked over at a short boy who looked about 5’7 sitting on a ball. He had messy dark blue hair. He looked like he just left a trance.

“Oh, yeah, I’m pumped up!” Dai said. Minoru chuckled. A girl with long orange hair in a ponytail walked over to Hidē. She wore a white t-shirt and tracksuit pants.

“Hey, Hidē, you left your water bottle in the locker room…” She said. Hidē smiled awkwardly,

“Sorry Hanako, it was an accident…” Hidē said. She pouted he face, putting her fists at her hips.

“It’d better have been, imagine what would happen if you were without water during halftime.” Hanako said. Hidē sighed,

“Alright, Alright, I’m sorry.” Hidē said. Meanwhile, Yuki would be looking at the two blankly from a distance.

“Yo, Yuki, you good?” Masaki asked. Yuki snapped out of it, looking at Masaki.

“Huh, yeah I’m good.” The referee blew his whistle, summoning the players to the middle. Both teams lined up across from eachother.

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STARTING XI

(4-5-1)

9. Hidē Fukunaga (C)

7. Dai Itoh 6. Manasori Hamada 10. Bunko Fujino 8. Arata Okane 11. Minoru Sumida

3. Madoka Yamaguchi 4. Osamu Oki 5. Tsuyoshi Gima 2. Mari Ichikawa

1. Tomio Hattori

Kakeru Masahiro

ASAHI GAKUEN

STARTING XI

(4-3-3)

7. Yoshiyuki Nakamoto 9. Ho Dong-Sun 11. Hiroki Yokota

6. Masaki Sano 10. Araki Nakajima (C) 8. Eiji Watanabe

3. Kenji Tomoya 4. Yoichi Kamada 5. Minoru Kubo 2. Ichirou Ban

1. Takeshi Oe

Minoru Sawa

“Nice to see you Hidē, prepare to lose.” Araki said, adjusting his arm band. Hidē chuckled,

“It’s nice to see that your off your injury this time.” Hidē said, smiling. Araki had a slightly annoyed look, walking to his position.

“You two know eachother?” Eiji asked. Araki nodded,

“Yeah, we’re old teammates…” Araki said. Once every player got into position, the ref prepared to blow the whistle. The ref then blew his name, signalling the start of the match. Hidẽ passed the ball to Fujino. Fujino looked around, figuring out who to pass to. Fujino the spotted Okane.

“Okane!” Fujino shouted. Fujino passed the ball to his left, toward Okane.

“Thanks!” Okane said. Okane looked around as Araki ran toward him. Okane dribbled up the field a little bit. Araki reached to steal the ball but Okane passed the ball up to Hidē. Hide dribbled up the pitch before being approached by Yoichi and Kubo.

“Hidē Fukunaga? You’re playing in the U-21 team next year?” Kubo asked. Hidē smirked,

“Yeah that’s me.” Hidē said. Hidē would be controlling the ball as Kubo and Yoichi ran toward him.

“I don’t care what your relationship with our captain is, we’re gonna destroy you!” Yoichi said. Hidē chuckled,

“I don’t know about that!” Hidē said. He then kicked the ball to his left. Yoichi and Kubo’s eyes widened,

“What the!?” Kubo internalized. The ball flew from Hidē’s left, landing at Dai’s feet.

“Nice pass!” Dai shouted. He then dashed past Ichirou. He kicked the ball towards the goal. It rolled in front of Hidē,

“SHIT!!” Yuki internalized. Both teams then crowded in the box. Hidē kicked the ball toward the goal. The ball flew toward the bottom right corner off the goal. Tetsuya leaped, reaching his arm out to block the ball.

“I’M TOO FAR…!!” Tetsuya internalized. Everyone on Asahi Gakuen looked nervous.

“NOT YET!!” Araki shouted. As the ball touched the line, Araki kicked it out of the goal, clearing it from the box.

“CAPTAIN!!” Asahi Gakuen shouted in unison. Hidē scoffed with a smirk,

“Bastard…” Hidē said with an annoyed grin. The two gave eachother remarking smirks. The ball landed at Yuki’s feet. Yuki passed to Masaki. Masaki dribbled up the pitch.

“If I can get Dong-Sun and Yuki set pieces, that’ll be the easiest ways to score… But… That’ll be difficult… These guys are safe with fouling…” Masaki internalized. A pink haired boy then chased Masaki right next to him. Masaki’s eyes widened. The boy slided on his feet, kicking the ball from under Masaki’s legs.

“Shit!-” Masaki internalized. The ball rolled away from Masaki, as Araki and Fujino raced for it. Araki then slid, passing the ball to Eiji.

“Thanks!” Eiji said. Eiji looked around. He smirked, booting the ball up to Dong-Sun. Dong-Sun then dribbled the ball up the field. He noticed that Oki and Gim approached him quickly. He then passed the ball to Hiroki. Hiroki dribbled up the right lane. He looked around for someone to pass to. Ichikawa stood in front of him, preparing to stop his run toward the goal, anticipating a cross into the box. Hiroki scoffed, passing back to Masaki. Masaki passed it to Araki, who then passed it to Eiji. Eiji passed it back to Araki who dribbled up a little bit before Passing to Yuki. Yuki looked as the box became slightly crowded. He noticed Dong-Sun making a run toward the goal. Yuki smirked, kicking the ball toward the box. The ball flew toward the goal. Dong-sun jumped up to attempt a header. All of a sudden, the goal keepr punched the ball out of the box. The ball flew in the air. Yuki and Hiroki ran toward the ball.

“NO!! I’VE GOT THIS!!” Araki shouted. The ball flew toward his feet. Yuki’s eyes widened,

“A full power volley!!??” Yuki internalized.