Chapter 7 || Dream Match
A letter was sent directly to the school.
"Huh? A friendly match against Orpheus?" I was reading a letter, an invitation that was send by Fideo and his team, Orpheus.
"What do you think coach, should we accept?" Aki and Haruna both looked at the said letter in my hands.
"You can accept it if you want to," Coach Hibiki nodded. I looked at the team, they nodded with a smile. My lips turned slowly to a bright smile.
"I guess we should write the letter back?" Haruna asked, then she took out a paper and a pen.
"We should probably given out the letter to Coach Fudou and the others as well so they could arrive earlier!"
"Great idea!"
The destined time came and it felt like I was on stage to perform again.
"We're here in the Raimon Junior High's soccer field with Inazuma Japan, The Goddess of the Soccer Field and Orpheus!" the announcer yelled, making all the fans cheered to their max. It was an overwhelming sight. It has been too long ever since my last appearance on the field in front of a huge crowd.
"Thanks for having me!" I yelled to the audience with a grin. The crowd went roared loader and my heart melt in the proccess.
'They still loved me...?' I thought.
"Let's go guys!"
"Yeah!" we run in the field and saw team Orpheus. We walked toward each other, facing our bravest looks. He looked at me, up and down.
"At last, we can face each other in the field," I smirked at my team opponent's captain.
"Of course, The White Meteor of Italy," he smirked.
"Goddess of the Soccer Field," we did our handshake that made the crowd go crazier.
"Wh-what's this!? The Goddess of the Soccer Field and the White Meteor are closer than we ever thought! This should be a great match against great allies!" the audiences' shouts continues as the MC exclaimed.
"Alright, These are the players who would be playing for the first match" said Coach Kudou.
"Kidou, Watanabe, Endou, Gouenji, Tsunami, Kazemaru, Kabeyama, Toramaru, Someoka, Fudou, Sakuma that's all," we all gathered around in a circle, arms flung to each other shoulder.
"We got tied Orpheus once, but with our improvement, along with a big help from Kawaguchi, we can do it!" We all agreed loudly and we scattered to do our individual warm ups.
"I'll show you that we can win this match without your so called big help," I gave a blank look, Someoka went away with a bitter look.
'I wonder what's up with him.' I thought to myself, but I shrugged it off, my attention diverted to the field. I cannot wait to play once more.
We were given our positions on the field.
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| Goal |
1
2 3 4 6
8 13
14 22
10 ° 17
1. Endou Mamoru (GK/Captain)
2. Kazemaru Ichirouta (DF)
3. Kabeyama Heigorou (DF)
4. Tsunami Jousuke (DF)
6. Kogure Yuuya (DF)
8. Fudou Akio (MF)
10. Gouenji Shuuya (FW)
13. Midorikawa Ryuuji (MF)
14. Kidou Yuuto (MF)
17. Someoka Ryuugo (FW)
22. Watanabe Chieko (MF)
"I noticed that you and Kidou are pretty close," I heard Fideo teased with a mischevious smile when I passed by his position. We might look close, but he did not probably know about our history that was deeper than most people would think.
"Let's just talked through soccer," I huffed while rolling my eyes playfully.
"I like how you talk Chieko. That's how we sort things," I smirked at his reply. The sounds of the whistle was loud and clear, it was our kick-off.
Someoka kicked the ball to Gouenji, who was already advancing in the right pace.
Gouenji run up to pass Orpheus's territory. He dodged a few certain tricky techniques that were somehow new to me, but I tried to concentrate on the game once again. Orpheus has improved drastically.
Gouenji passed the ball to Someoka when we passed by its first layer of Midfielders.
He was suddenly blocked by Guiseppe. He looked around but Gouenji, Kidou, and Fudou were blocked by the moment. I ran up, dodging certain players that were attempting to block me off.
"Someoka!" I shouted while running closer to him, catching his attention. He looked at me with furious eyes and sneered. But after his full attention was on me, Fideo stole the ball, making him gasped in surprise.
"Someoka! Why didn't you passed it to Chieko? She was unoccupied," Someoka's expression was unfazed by Gouenji's remarks. Ke continued to ran up to Fireo, who stole it from him.
Gouenji shot a worried looked in my direction, then at Someoka. The defenders, and some midfielders were there to protect the goal from Orpheus, mainly their ace striker, Fideo.
They were in sync when it comes to passing. It made some of our players, stunned by their improvement.
"You guys thought you were the only ones who improved, but guess what," Fideo took the ball from Raffaele, who successful passed it to him.
Ardena takes a run up to the ball and lifts his heel high up in the air. The ball then shines with ancient runes. I awed in amazement. But wasting no time, I dashed quickly to the front lane of our defense.
"True Odin Sword!" He kicked the ball with a golden energy sword surrounding the ball. I was just in time when he kicked the ball.
"Breeze of War!" the air suddenly went to the opposite direction drastically from where the shoot was directing, pushing me closer to the shoot as it still continued to come closer. With my right leg, I tried to counter it. Unfortunately, it broke through my hissatsu, I fell on the ground as it still continues. What was good is that I was able to lessen its power even if it went through me
"God Hand!"
"Thank you, Kawaguchi!" I stood up and dusted my shorts from the dust. I was relieved to see he was able to stop the shoot at ease.
"A great combo of saving the ball from the True Odin sword!"
I gave a thumbs-up to Endou, and he grinned back. I ran back to my position.
"Are you alright, Chieko-chan?" I inhaled then exhaled. I nodded with a reassuring smile. He nodded unsurely. The game continued with Gouenji, and Someoka dashing up. Me, Kidou, Fudou, and Kazemaru followed behind.
"Kidou!" Gouenji passed it to him and the three of us dominated. Kazemaru was following behind along with Gouenji and Someoka.
"Chieko!"I got the ball from Kidou, who was blocked by Dante Diavolo. I nodded and run up, behind me were blocked Kidou, Fudou, Gouenji, Kazemaru, and a fuming Someoka.
I jumped high and I whistled, six colorful penguins with playful looks emerged from the ground and followed me.
"Penguin Command Number One!" I turned myself upside down and kicked the ball with my left foot heel. The ball went full speed ahead with 6 penguins followed to the goal. I landed with my arms crossed while looking up, front view.
"Whoa, it's a long shoot!" The announcer yelled. I smirked, I expected them to be surprise when the hissatsu technique wouls not weaken.
The six colorful penguins changed its looks from playful to dangerous, then it's speed quicken each distance it acquired. Dangerous aura with their respectful colors surround the penguins with the ball, each distanced it acquired, its aura strengthen.
The goalkeeper was stunned by its speed that I was able to shoot in the goal. I do not usually use the technique against just any opponents. My past rivals knew that very well. It was a one swift hissatsu that I use against steonger teams. Orpheus was one of them.
"GOAAAL! Raimon scored the first goal!"
"Nice shoot!" I smiled and went back to my position.
"Not bad, Chieko," I smirked with pride. Fideo just laughed and smiled brightly.
"So Penguin Command Number One is a long-shoot wherein the longer the distance of the shoot was performed, the stronger it gets,"
"It's like Edgar's Excalibur," I nodded in agreement.
"It is like Excalibur, I can agree to that, but it's power is much stronger and more faster, I already changed that," they nodded when they heard another info about my hissatsu technique.
The game continued with Orpheus' kick-off. Raffaele kicked the ball to Fideo and the match continued.
Ardena gasped when Kazemaru manage to steal the ball from him.
"Kidou!"he connected his pass with Kidou and we moved up together.
"Chieko!" I got the ball with my chest and dribbled the ball to the Orpheus' Territory.
"Catenaccio Counter!"I gasped when I saw Angelo, Diavolo, Anton, Marco, Enrico, and finally Ardena had surrounded me, locking me inside in the circle.
"Catenaccio Counter..." I mumbled quietly to myself.
"Kidou! Tell Kawaguchi what to do!" I heard Someoka grumbled out loud. I saw with the corner of my eyes that Kidou smiled up at me, trusting me with this task to get out. I nodded with a serious look. I began to concentrate deeply.
"Catenaccio Counter, if I remembered right, Catenaccio means bolt...deprived from the fact it locks the person inside, then there must be somebody who is regarded as the key," I whispered to myself.
I can see through Ardena's movements. His moves were different from the rest who were making similar actions.
'I get it, Fideo's the key! If I can copy him like a mirror I can get through,' I thought. Seeing Ardena twisting and his right foot ready to steal the ball, I copied off his moves, like a mirror with the ball in my grasp.
"And the Goddess of the Soccer Field was able to break through the tactics like the game strategist, Kidou Yuuto did in the FFI preliminaries!" yelled out the announcer making the crowd go wild once more.
I continue to dodge certain defenders and midfielders, I gasped quietly when I felt the ball nowhere in my possession.
"The White meteor dashes through, breaking through the defense line of Inazuma Japan!" I just smiled.
"Game on!"
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