no words could describe the amount of frustration you were feeling at the moment

you were infuriated with how the game had played out after Shidou's goal but you couldn't help the excitement running in your veins

First came Loki

He received the ball from Leonardo before turning to face you who had been matched up with him

he started off slow in his approach toward you as you began moving forward to reach him

since he was a national player, it was better not to let him get too close to the goal

there was also the fact that you had no clue what their abilities were so it was better not to risk it

he came to a stop and so did you, carefully observing his movements

when you thought the situation was clear, you ran forward to try and obtain control of the ball

that's when a smirk made its way into his features and he suddenly disappeared from your view

a harsh current of wind came from your right, almost causing you to tumble backwards

you turned your head back to see Loki dashing in an inhuman speed, comparable to or even better than Chigiri's

"my bad! someone, cover!" you shout

the more you watched him get further from your chasing figure, the more you couldn't grasp his ability

you are stuck between, speed and acceleration

every time he crossed one of your teammates, he seemed to accelerate

but the further you looked into it, you realized that he was running at a constant pace

compared to chigiri's speed, you could say his was more like Godspeed

even with the newfound information, there was nothing you could do as he had already reached your net

whistle

1-1

you stopped running and whipped sweat off your chin staring directly at Loki's back as he turned to face you with a smile on his face

ugh

man you wanted to hit him and tear down, piece by piece, the smile on his face but you knew better than to provoke a nationally known player

sigh

you scratched the top of your head with one hand while the other rested on your hip

that speed was going to be troublesome if you wanted to win, you'd have to figure out how to counter it quickly or you stood no chance

you stopped thinking when a shadow began covering your figure

instinctively, you moved out of the way to reveal shidou, unsurprisingly, crouched on the floor as he turned to face you

"we're in the middle of a game, could you not?" you spoke in an irritated voice

"how could you let that loser pass you? here I was starting to think you were at my level" shidou indirectly insulted, standing up and invading your personal space

"oh shut up, none of us could stop him" you stepped back to bring distance between the two of you "you're acting as if you were able to do anything either"

being the mature person you were (for the moment) you walked away to avoid the soon-to-be unnecessary argument that was about to break out

"It's just one point" you muttered to yourself, there was still time for a comeback

Second came Adam Blake

shidou passed you the ball and in a matter of seconds, Loki was already right behind you

'guess I was right' you looked back, pushing against his chest to block out any attempts to take the ball 'clean and rapid movement'

his face was expressionless as he simply hovered over you without initiating a physical battle despite the odds being in his favour

you pressed onto his chest, keeping the ball in between your feet but still keeping your feet close to each other to prevent him from kicking the ball away

"nice positioning but still, you should be more aware of your surroundings" he smiled down at you with that same annoying smile from earlier

that's when Leonardo Luna came flashing from your left while Loki shifted to your right side completely surrounding you

"as if I'll let you have your way this easily" you kicked the ball over Luna's head as it headed straight for shidou who jumped to reach it

"nice one girly!"

"as if!" the big man of the team Dada Silva came crashing on top of shidou, stealing your pass and redirecting it towards his multicoloured-haired teammate "here y'a go, baby!"

the male caught the ball in between his feet, muttering a small 'got it' before absolutely blasting the ball in your nets direction "pew pew"

you could see Adam Blake running to catch the pass right in front of the net and immediately rushed to catch up to him

even if there were kurona and igaguri at the back, the chances of them getting the ball back were low

actually, you even doubted the chances of you somehow gaining possession as well without having someone supporting you

"screw waiting for somebody to help me, I'm clearly the only one who sees what's going on" you muttered to yourself

it was either your teammates were too slow to react or they were clearly clueless about the situation

when you first received the ball from shidou, you expected reo to be able to keep track of Luna somehow since shidou had immediately rushed for the opponents net instead of staying back and helping moving the ball forward

but he was completely unable to accomplish that, not that you really blamed him

and when you made that high pass to shidou, Silva had clearly been preying on him due to him being the biggest and seemingly the strongest in your team. so you would've thought instead of just standing there and jumping for the ball, he would've ran towards it to catch it so that Silva wouldn't be able to take over so easily

shidou clearly had spatial awareness yet how come he wasn't able to detect such a big man like Silva

you got to Adam and pushed onto his body to attempt to put him off balance so he wouldn't receive the pass, but the moment your shoulder made contact with his, an immense pain made its way onto your entire left arm

the male looked down at you coldly before saying "I'm not interested in younger women"

you deadpanned at his words, the situation was serious and all before he said that

as you can see, the results were obvious

whistle

1-2 for the selected five

'there is absolutely no way that that is a normal human body' you rubbed your arm, wincing at the pain as you looked up at the dirty blonde 'this man is made out of metal'

you were going to stay quiet and not jinx yourself again with another it's just a point bullshit you told yourself earlier

The third one was Silva

this round went even faster than the last two

instead of you, this time shidou passed the ball to reo who was faced with the cute multicoloured-haired Pablo Cavasoz

reo's speed boosted slightly as he tried to rush past Pablo

"your movements are awfully predictable" the male turned back before kicking the ball from in between his feet and passing it to Adam "you're just an average player"

after receiving the ball, adam immediately passed it to Loki

by the time you reached the darkskinned male, he was already in a shooting position

all you could do was extend your leg in hopes of it being able to somewhat lessen the precision of the shot

to your surprise, you were able to make small contact with the ball which threw it higher than intended

it went towards your net in a fast pace but too high to go in

but you knew better than to relax at this

Silva was heading towards the direction of the ball and with his speed, he was most likely going to make it

you were about to run to try and cover the male but a flash of blonde ran past you and towards the darksinned male

Shidou was able to catch up to the male as they jumped simultaneously to get the ball

despite shidou having the highest jump, Silva was able to bring him down with size and tower over him to get hold of the ball

he immediately head-butted it in the net, giving their team another point

whistle

1-3

"sha ha!" the male smirked wildly as he landed on the floor and headed towards his teammates who congratulated him with highfives and thumbs ups

for the first time, even you didn't have any sarcastic comments to say

you knew they were going to be good, but c'mon, this was unreal

you at least expected yourself to score a goal or two but no, you hadn't scored any at all

you simply got back to your position and waited for the rest of the players to get ready once more

Fourth one was Pablo

just like Silva's game, this one was also pretty fast

shidou once again passed the ball to reo who came face to face with the multicoloured-haired male once more

this time he tried another tactic

he attempted to scissor his way threw in hopes of confusing the professional

"it's plainly obvious that these are borrowed skills, you're movements are too off" the male spoke in boredom

once, reo got the ball taken away from his feet by the cotton-candy man who this time instead of passing off to one of his teammates ran in direction of the net

kurona and igaguri motioned to block his path but before they could actually place themselves in front of him, he shot the ball

from his distance they didn't think he'd make it with the distance he was standing at but they were proved wrong at the sound of the whistle

whistle

1-4

'his shot and previous passes have been awfully accurate so i guess accuracy is his skill' you frowned at the thought

this entire game you have been trying to cover for your teammates lack of... you'll stay nice and keep your thoughts to yourself but you know what i mean

when entered the field, you came in with all intentions to be the victor, and even with being down by 3, you still had the same objective

if you were able to beat world class players, just that would prove that you were ready for the real world and to finally show your skills to not only japan but the entire world

you weren't going to let your teammates be the ones to ruin it for you

if they were useless, then they could stay that way, you'd just have to do this by yourself

after all, you were all brought here to think like egoists

all that mattered were your goals, not assists or any of the crappy bullshit

you were here to make it by yourself

a swirl of madness made it's way into your eyes as a crazed smiled graced your lips

shidou's gaze found its way to your face as a smirk of his own made appearance

he was going to go along with whatever you were planning without question since out of everybody in your team, you were the only one able to keep up with their movements

he too could see what was going on but he wasn't able to react the same way you did

it was either his eyes weren't developed enough which he highly doubted or your just saw more than his could ever

your eyes and his clearly had a large difference in the way you viewed stuff but he wasn't going to press more into since the thinking was starting to get to him

Now that you've been updated on what had occurred, let's get back to the present

the starting whistle rang as shidou immediately passed the ball to you

you ran forward, Loki once again coming to stall you so that Luna could make his way over

but this time instead of stopping in your movements, you clashed together as you brought your forearm to keep distance between the two of you despite the physical contact

you dragged the ball with your right leg, going around Loki before kicking the ball and running after it

the male looked back with the same apathetic look except this time, it held a hint of interest

Luna came in next as he was the closest due to the fact he was already heading for your figure

you showed no signs of slowing down and he could see you two were about to clash like you had just done with Loki

he came in fast as he slid down in attempt to kick the ball from your hold

it was a pretty fast attack and no doubt your regular players would've reacted too slow to this but with the simplest movement you could pull, you simply lifted the ball over his legs and jumped so that you wouldn't fall

now it was just 3 left

your eyes swirled in excitement as your smile couldn't get bigger

Adam came rushing towards your figure with the same cold look as before

you had previously been initiating physical contact with the last two but with Adam, you had to avoid all possible

just as you were about to clash, you kicked the ball to your right with the outside part of your right foot before barely bringing it back which caused the taller male to slightly stumble but still get back up

but as he was getting up and motioning for you right side, your stance shifted entirely as you switched the ball to your left foot and kicked it behind the male

you ran to get it back as now you had both Silva and Pablo making a wall in front of the net, blocking it from your sight

you ran towards the two, your expression seemingly getting even crazier

possibly comparable to bachira's crazed expressions

for these last two, you need to make a quick and clean movement or you wouldn't be able to make it to the goal

they ran towards you as Pablo initiated the first movement

he dashed from his slightly crouched position as you kicked the ball to your left

he joined back with Silva as they both once again stood in front of you only this time instead of stopping, you immediately kicked the ball to your right and in between them

as usual, nothing was ever that easy

they joined back next to you as Silva had his arm out to pull you back a bit and Pablo was aiming for the ball in between your feet

as the shorter male pulled his left leg in front of you, you had already reached the net

BAM

whistle

2-4

you finally stopped in your movements, staring into the goal with wide eyes

you looked back to face your teammates who wore amazed expression and one who blushed and was holding his cheeks with stars in his eyes

you looked back to the pros who were all looking at you but not with surprise

no, the look they held was more like interest? or maybe calculating

despite your accomplishment, sure you were excited but still disappointed with one thing

none of them had actually been trying

either way, you weren't going to let that bother you as you were still able to beat them even if not at their best

it only meant that you needed to grow stronger in order to play them equally

you got back to your side of the field as your teammates swarmed you with compliments on your performance but you payed no mind to it since there was an even bigger problem at hand at the moment

the other team were going to start with the ball

your goal was only achieved since you didn't let them gain possession of the ball but this time they were starting with it and you weren't sure how you were going to overcome them by yourself

as you were all called to get back to your positions, the starting whistle rang, stating the start of the match

this time it was Luna who had the ball and he was faced directly with shidou

you fell back so that you could help strengthen you defence

he wore a casual smile on his face as he made his way towards your teammate

he suddenly went bolting towards the blonde and went into an intensive scissorring mode which caused your teammate to slightly fall back

the more he came closer the more you could see shidou's leg's widening, so much to the point it was wide enough for Luna to simply nutmeg him and go past

you stood right behind the two as when Luna had finally made it past shidou, he was faced with you

he came to a stop as he put a foot over the ball and an amused expression made it's way into his features

"contrary the rest of your teammates, you're the only who's actually dead set on winning" he grinned "matter fact you're also the only one aware of the situation"

"unlike them you actually see our movements and the way we plays work" he slightly chuckled "but all you lack is the physical capability to react and keep up with us"

"either way" his chuckle faded as an intense aura surrounded the male, pressuring you slightly "I'll be destroying this 'hope' of yours"

once more, he charge towards you at an inhuman speed as his dribbles got even more intense then they were back then with shidou

he was going back and fourth between his left and right foot, confusing you on which way he was going to pick

the more you focused on guessing where he'd go, the more you didn't realize how he had completely closed off the gap in between the two of you

he was all up in your face slightly throwing you off as you stumbled backwards and fell onto the floor

it was over

now that he had gotten past you there was nothing that could stop him

whistle

2-5

you laid on your back in a star position and simply looked up at the ceiling panting as the tiredness finally made it's appearance

your sweat was dripping off your side, a bit going into your ear as you brought the both of your arms up to wipe it off

as you removed your arms from your face, instead of being faced with the light of the ceiling, you were met with the face of the France prodigy Julian Loki

he looked down at you with a smile, man you were sick and tired of that smile

"don't take the lost to heart" he finally spoke "you guys stood no chance against us as the previous teams also failed to beat us"

he extended his hand and motioned for you to grab on so he could pull you up "we were just here to assess you guys"

"the real objective of this match was to pick members for japan U-20 world cup team"

huh?

U-20 world cup team already? wasn't there a third selection before it came to that?

Loki saw your confused expression and simply smiled as he turned back to walk away with the rest of his tea, he put his hand out in a waving motion and he said: "you're an interesting one though, i hope we'll be able to see each other sooner"

as they were finally out, you collapsed onto the floor once more, your body was too sore to stand on it's own at the moment

all you wanted right now was to get out of these sticky and sweaty clothes and take a nice long showe- "hey hey, diamonds in the rough, so how was your game"

Ego received silence in response as nobody had the energy to respond

"no lazing around after your match, if you stop moving after all this intensity you put into your muscles, they'll feel even worst later than they are now" the bobcut kept yapping as he slurped up some noodles "either way you have to make your way to the third selection to meet up with the rest of the players"

what

so you had to stay in the nasty clothes longer

just great

you attempted to get back up but failed due to the soreness in your body

i mean you had been the most intense out of everybody so of course you were bound to meet this result

"hey reo" you turned to the male who had finally stood up from his crouching position "can you carry me on your back like you usually do with nagi, i can't get up right now"

the mention of Nagi's name caused the regal to stiffen slightly but he responded with an 'okay' before making his way towards you

before he could actually pick you up, someone threw your body up with only the pull of your left arm as you landed  on a rough back

"I'll carry her thank you" shidou smirked at the regal who despite the obvious want to argue gave up due to being too tired

just great, you just had to be stuck with this one weren't you

as your team walked down a hallway, shidou was surprisingly quiet the entire time

you slightly pushed yourself up to you could see his face and you were met with the male having a wide grin plastered on his face

you went back to but your chin on his shoulder as you were so tired you felt as if you were about to fall asleep on spot

that was when the sound of a door opening made it's way into your ears as you opened your right eye and kept the other one shut

"amen" igaguri attempted a cool entrance with his arms out

you could hear a few shocked familiar voices who were clearly surprised at the males appearance

the next who came into view was reo who was fixing up his bun as he finally looked up to face the two

you could just feel the tense aura on the other side of the door without even being face to face with it

it was finally yours and shidou's turn to make an entrance as the male slowly stepped out of the corridor and into the room

he stopped right in front of the door that immediately closed itself and revealed your faces as a dark aura surrounded the two of you who stared into the soul of the other tense players

"that's all"

keeping all y'all bae's hostage for another week or two ✌