So this is basically a backstory of [Name]-chan, like how her life was before she left Kyoto and met Reo and Nagi. Hiori, Karasu met at middle school here, but I hope you guys will enjoy!

Author pov:

"Mama!" A 7 year old version of [Name] called out and hugged her mother, who let out a light chuckle.
"Hello [Name]-chan, did you have fun in school?" She asked, making the little girl look up at her and smiled brightly. "Yep! Me and papa bought some strawberries for ya!" The little girl responded as her father entered the room. "Hey -----! How are ya feeling?" Kei, her husband and the father of [Name] greeted and placed the bag of strawberries on the table. "I'm feeling a lot better than usual! Maybe it's because of the love and care you guys kept giving me!" ----- happily said, making the male chuckle as [Name] tried to reach out for some strawberries.

"[Name] got perfect scores on her exams today, the teacher also said that [Name] was such a hardworkin' student." Kei explained to his wife, while [Name] watched one of her dad's soccer match. "Papa, why do you even play soccer? It looks and sounds borin'." [Name] bluntly said, making Kei flinch and ----- laugh.

"For someone who got my looks, ya sure don't look intrested in soccer." Kei sweatdropped, but [Name] only gave him a pout. "'Cause papa only kicks a ball. What's so fun about kickin' a ball anyways?" [Name] pouted, making her mom chuckle and pat her head. "Don't worry [Name]-chan... one day, someone will keep their eyes on you... and will love you as much as I do." ----- exclaimed, making [Name] look up at her in awe before giving her mother a smile.

After talking with her mom, they both got out of the hospital and her and dad started driving their way home. "Papa... when will mama get out of the hospital?" [Name] asked while looking at Kei, who kept his eyes on the road. "Soon [Name]... soon." Kei responded and patted the girls head.

[3 months later]
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[Name], Kei, and a lot of people they know, sat down with tears streaming down their eyes. [Name] looked at the sight in front of her in confusion. A coffin with her mother's picture just beside of it. "Papa... why is mama's picture there?" She asked in confusion and turned to looked at her father, only to see him crying with his head down. The look on her father's face already told her everything she wanted to know... [Lastname] -----, was no longer with them.

Once they got in the car and started driving their way home, Kei spoke up. "[Name]... from now on... yer goin' start pretendin' to be a boy, and will play soccer." He suddenly said, making [Name] look at her father in shock. "But why?" She asked, but Kei just kept his eyes on the road.
"It's for yer own good." Is the only thing he said. The next day, they cut her hair into a shorter length and Kei taught her the basics in soccer. For the past few years, she taught soccer was fun, but when she became 10, that's where things changed.

"You're scores aren't goin' up." Kei said as he watched one of [Name]'s play but the sudden coldness in her father's tone caught her off guard. Kei then stood uo and glared down at her figure. "I thought I taught ya better... you better start scoring more goals on your next match. Otherwise I'll give you a consequence. Don't disapoint me." He said, sending shivers down the girls spine.
"But papa! I've already did my best at everythin'! I did as ya told me, I practiced for hours and scored as many goals as I can!" I exclaimed and placed a hand on my chest. He then walked over to me and slapped me hard in the face.
"Did yer best at everythin'? Do you really think ya did yer best?! Ya can't even score goals above 2, and ya say ya did yer best?! Don't talk shit! If ya don't improve next match, I'll show no mercy on ya." He said and walked off, days passed by and it was always the same... always getting told what to do, always getting hit when she made a mistake, always getting cursed at... it was like the loving father you once knew was no longer there also.

[Name] sat down on her bed, witha soccer ball in her hand. The light in her eyes was gone, the love she had for soccer was gone, she's just an emty shell trying her best to survive, but in her eyes... she's nothing... but a dead star that is no longer shining. She hated it... she hated the fact that she's playing, she hated the fact that she's just a puppet for her father, she hated the fact that she couldn't remember what her own mother looks like, she hated the fact that her father had high expectations for her, she hated the fact that she had her father's eyes.
"...Soccer... is borin'..." She mumbled and let's go of the soccer ball she was holding, and yet, she still continued to play, even if she didn't want to, just to satisfy her fathers expectations.

{3 years later}
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[Name] pov:

"Hey is that a new kid?"

"I think so."

"I've never seen him around before."

"I think I know him... he's [Lastname][Name]!"

"Oh you mean the soccer player, isn't he the one who aced the test on the entrance exam?"

"Really?! He must be a genius then!"

"His eyes are pretty!"

They whispered to eachother as I walked by them, it was my first year in middle school and I was already having a lot of fan girls. Not that I care, I'm just here because father forced me to transfer here, telling me that they had a great soccer team. I took out my glasses and weared it before I noticed a group of girls staring at me, making me look at them and sended them my usual fake smile and waved hello, making them squeal and blush. I entered the school and started looking for the principles office, once I found it I knocked three times before hearing a muffled "come in" and opened the door.

"Pardon me, I'm here for my class scheduel." I politely said as the principle stood up with a smile on her face. "Ah, you must be [Lastname][Name]! It's a pleasure to finally meet you!" She said before handing me my class scheduel and called someone over. She told me to sit down while we wait for the student who will show me around to come. After a while, I knock was heard asking for permission to come in. The principle allows the person and when the door opened, a cyan-haired male entered the office. "You called for me?" He asked, making the principle nod and motion towards. "Yes, thank you for coming Hiori-kun, this is [Lastname][Name], a first year transfer student and a amazing soccer player just like you. I would like you to show him around the school if you don't mind."

The cyan-haired male nodded, before looking at me with a obvious fake smile on his face(well, obvious for me). "It's nice to meet ya [Lastname]-kun. I'm Hiori Yo, a second year student, I hope we could get along well!" He happily said as I smiled back at him and we both shook hands. We went out of the principles office and he started showing me around the school like my classes, the volleyball gym, the cafeteria, the science lab, and last but not the least, the soccer field.

"Hey [Lastname]-kun, ya play soccer, yeah?"

"Yes, I do."

"Could ya tell me yer taughts about soccer?" Hiori asked with the fake smile on his face, I stared at him for a while and looked at the soccer field, before looking at him again and gave him a (fake)close-eyed smile. "Soccer... is boring." I responded, making him look at me in shock. "Eh?" Was all that left his mouth, making me chuckle and look at the soccer field, still keeping the fake smile on my face. "It's pretty surprising, huh? For a person who's great at a sport like me, dislike soccer. The truth is... I'm just bein' forced to play. At first I enjoyed it, but my father told me to do better, even though I'm already doin' my very best, he has a high expectations from me, that's where I started to dislike soccer. And that's also the time where I started hating these eyes of mine... my father's eyes. I hated it when people compliments them, so I bought some glasses with me to hide them." I explained as he listened attentively. Before he could even respond, I cut him off. "Well, let's get goin' Hiori-senpai, class is 'bout to start!" I "happily said and walked passed him, he walked beside me soon after. "Do ya want me to walk ya to yer class?" He ask as I shook my head in respons.

"Ya don't need to, I'm sure ya also have class, so I don't wanna waste yer time. Besides, I'll be joinin' the same club as you, so we can spend some time together while practicin'!" I said before I waved good bye at him. But before I could even walk further.

"Yer lookin' for somethin', aren't ya? Do ya mind telling me what it is?" He suddenly asked stopping me in my tracks. I stood still for a while before looking at him with a fake smile on my face. "I'm lookin' for a reason, on why I play soccer, even if I can just run away from it and my father."

{♡Lunch Time♡}

"That was amazin' [Lastname]-kun! You manage to answer it in seconds!"

"It's like you already knew what the answer is from the very beggining!"

"[Lastname]-kun, do you wanna eat lunch with us?"

"We'll share our lunch with you if you'd like!"

They offered as I stood up from my seat and sended them my usual fake smile while holding onto my lunch box. "Sorry ladies, but I would like to spend some time with a new friend of mine." I said, making them whiine in disapointment, but didn't push me further. I went up the second floor, where the second years were. "Excuse me, is there a boy named Hiori Yo here?" I asked the second-year student in front of me, he shook his head before pointing at my right. "He's not in our class, but I think he's in class 2-4." I looked at the said classroom before thanking him and started walking towards the classroom. I peaked at the door, only to see a group of males standing beside the door. One of them noticed me and gave me a confuse look. "Uhm, are ya prehaps lookin' for someone?" He asked, turning his friends attention on me.

"I'm looking for Hiori Yo, is he here?"  I asked and fully stood outside their classroom door. "Oh? Yeah he's here, Hiori! Someone's lookin' for ya!" He called out, making the said male look towards him, and his eyes eventually landed on my figure, making me smile slightly.

"Hiori-senpai~! Wanna eat lunch with me?"

"Eh?"

{♡At the soccer field bench♡}

"I'm surprise that ya asked me to eat lunch with ya, instead of yer fellow classmates. Did ya have a hard time makin' new friends?" He asked and unwraping his lunch box, while I took a bite of my food. "It's not like I had a hard time makin' new friends at my class, it's just that all they care 'bout is my looks and what I'm good at. Plus, yer the only one I can talk to normaly on my first day." I explained as he opened his lunch box.
"That so? I was wonderin' why ya were so comfortable tellin' me yer complicated life."

"That's because... I always have to put up an act for everyone, but for some odd reason, felt real' comfortable and safe around ya. Maybe it's because ya don't see me in the same way thay do." I explained and looked away with pink cheeks as he stared at me in shock, before softly smiling at me. "I'm glad then..." He responded and took a bite of his food. "Ya know... I also don't really like soccer that much." Hiori suddenly said, making me look at him in shock. "I'm also bein' forced to play, if I don't do better, my parents would argue and threaten eachother for a divorce. So I decided, to keep playin', just to keep my family together." Hiori admitted, making me look down on my food. For the very first time... someone finaly understood me, a person... who also feels the same pain as me. I glanced down at his box of bento before looking back at him. "Strict diet?" I asked, making him laugh nervously and nod.

"Yeah, what about ya?"

"Same here!"

We both stared at eachother for a while, before bursting out laughing. "I guess both of us are just copies of eachother!" I joked with a grin on my face, making Hiori chuckle. "I guess we are!" We both talked about what we like and what we both disliked, I felt really relaxed whenever his presence is around me. "Hey, let's go eat together tomorrow again!" Hiori offered with a smile, I smiled back at him, a real smile this time. "Yeah, I would love to!"

Days went by, I joined the soccer team, became the teams forward, aced all my subjects and continued my never ending friendship with Hiori. But one day...

"All right, Team! This is Karasu Tabito, a third-year student, he just transfered here, so be nice to him and make him comfortable. Karasu, would ya like to say somethin' to the team?" Our coach asked as I looked up and down at the new student. "The name's Karasu Tabito, I'm real' good at observing people's behaviors, but just make sure all of ya don't let me down. I don't wanna carry everybody on my back the whole time." He suddenly said as we all felt an imaginary arrow stab us, making me irk and frown at the new player.

"What a loud crow..." I mumbled, but Hiori manage to hear me and chuckled before patting my head while placing a finger on his lips, telling me to be quiet. After our practice, we started to prepare for class, since I was a girl I wouldn't want to take a bath with a bunch of guys, I always asked the coach to practice a little longer, luckily he always allows me to.
"Hey [Lastname]! Hurry up and take a bath before we leave you behind!" One of our teammates yelled, making me look at him before placing the ball down and started running towards them. "Comin'!"

Once I entered the locker room, I was greeted by some half naked guys, luckily Hiori already had a shirt on. "Took ya long enough, why don't ya just take a bath with us instead of waitin' out covered in sweat, we're all guys ya know?" Hiori suddenly said while buttoning up his shirt, making me nervously laugh. "Ahaha, I want some extra time practicin'!" I said while taking my uniforn and towel from my locker, before running in the showers, little did I know a certain crow head was eyeing me from afar, with a hint of suspicion in his eyes.

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"[Lastname]-kun, Hiori-san's lookin' for ya!" My male classmate said, making me look up and saw Hiori waving at me in front of our classroom door, making me smile and took out my lunch bag before running towards him. "Hiori-senpai! Are we eatin' lunch at one of the bench in the soccer field again?" I asked while walking beside him with a smile on my face, making him chuckle and nod. "Yeah, there are a lot of people eatin' at the schoolroof this time, I don't want someone to disturb our time together~." Hiori cooed making me laugh and punch him on the shoulder.

"Yer such a dork, senpai~!"

"And yer such a prettyboy, kouhai-chan~!"

We both made our way to the usual spot where we ate lunch together for the fist time and started talking about random stuff. "Hey! Hiori-kun! [Lastname]-kun!" Someone called out, making us look at who it is, and saw one of our teammates waving at us. "We've got an up coming match after school, so you guys better get ready!" They said, making Hiori sigh in disapointment, while I nodded with a slight smile on my face. "Okay! Thanks for lettin' us know!"

"Another match... can't we just have some rest for a while?" Hiori complained, making me lightly chuckle. "It's not like we can do anythin' 'about it." I said while taking a bite of my bento. "But I do wonder what it's like to play freely again..." I softly said, making him look at me with his eyes widen, before his gaze soften and looked at the soccer field.  "Yeah... me too."

{♡After the match♡}
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"Hiori Yo and [Lastname][Name]. Both of ya are remarkble."

Me and Hiori looked at who it was and saw a familiar crowhead standing beside us. "Hmm... oh thanks..." Hiori thanked as I nodded in agreement. "Yeah, thank ya... uhm... Karasu Tabito-senpai, right?" I asked as I recalled his name, making him laugh and nod. "Yep, that's me! I'm pretty sure I'm older than both of ya, but I play for the Osaka Bambi Youth. Nice to meet ya." Karasu greeted before he continued speaking. "Both of ya are geniuses, let me start with Hiori first. Born with increadible physical ability and superb ball control, combined with a high football IQ. Not to mention yer left leg is erotic as hell." Karasu explained while me and Hiori looked at him in confusion.

"Ero..."

"Tic?"

"As for ya, [Lastname]. Yer born with amazin' dribblin' skills, combined with yer amazin' speed and reaction time, also havin' a high football IQ. Ya just take glance at someone and ya immediately know what their next move is goin' to be, it's kinda creepy." Karasu explained, while I looked at him with an impressed look. 'He manage to see all that by watchin' us play just once? Amazin' I thought and placed a hand on my chin. "But at the final third, both of yer passions towards the goal is just avarage. It's like yer bodies and minds aren't in sync... both of ya don't truly don't love football do ya?" He suddenly said catching me and Hiori off guard.

"Yer right... yer amazin' Karasu-kun."

"I guess it's pretty obvious to some people, huh?"

"Well, I'm an analyst nut to begin with. But in yer current states, both of ya don't stand against me." Karasu casualy responded, making me give him a look. "Ya sure are a loud crow..." I mumbled and pushed some strands of my hair behind my ear, as Karasu raised a brow. "Oh? How could I have not noticed earlier? Those are some beautiful eyes ya got there [Lastname]." Karasu suddenly said, making me flinch and go quiet. Hiori sended me a worried glance and was about to say something to Karasu, but I beat him to it.
"Sorry... I have to go." I said and started walking away.

{♡The next day♡}
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I let out a sigh, while taking out the keys and opened the door before walking inside the locker room. I always wake up extra early to get to school and be the first one to change inside the locker room early in the morning, so I asked coach to be the one to open the locker room. Once I changed into my soccer jersey went outside to start training, only to see Karasu about to open the door.
"Oh? Yer up early." He said, making me chuckle and scratch the back of my head. "I just wanted to train a little longer."

"Funny comin' from someone who dislikes soccer." Karasu joked but it wasn't really funny, so we just stared at eachother, before he lets out a sigh. "Uhm... sorry for yesterday, ya know... about yer eyes... Hiori told me about yer daddy issues. I should've thought about it before talkin'." He apologized, making me look at him in shock before waving a hand at him. "Don't worry 'about it. People would often say it to me, so I'm quite used to it now." I said and moved away in front of the door so Karasu could get in. "Is that why ya sometimes wear glasses to hide 'em?" Karasu asked and went inside the locker room.

"Somethin' like that."

"I see... Hiori also told me that ya like kimchi, there's a Korean restaurant near by, wanna eat with me there after late practice? My treat, and consider it as an apology for last time." Karasu offered as I shook my head. "Ya don't need to, plus have ya even tried kimchi before?" I asked and raised a brow at him. "Of course I have, it's my favorite thing to eat paired with rice.(A/N: This is actually true, it says it in his egoist bible!) So stop resistin' and accept the offer! Yer embarassin' me...!" Karasu mumbled the last part with his face all red, I almost wanted to laugh at him, but that would be quite rude since he's already embarrassed.

"Ya sure are a loud crow."

"Shut up!"

"A loud but nice crow to be exact. I'll go if Hiori-senpai will!"

"Yeah, yeah, do what ya want!"
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{Now, back to the game against the World 5}
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0-4

"These guys are a bunch of damn monsters..." I mumbled with a soccerball under my foot and whipped off sweat on my chin. "Talk about it, I can't even score a single goal because of that Silva guy." Shidou said as he stood beside me with a frown on his face, while I raised a brow at him in confusion. 'Eh? I've never seen him this irratated before... if they keep blockin' his shot, what should I do then...?' I asked myself and placed a hand on my chin. "[Name]-chan... I know that he isn't the nicest, but..." Kaede started explaining what I should do, making me sigh and look at Shidou.
"Hey Shitdou, make sure to pass the ball to me later." I said, making him look at me with a frown on his face. "Hah? Why should I?" I grabbed him by his collar and pulled him down to my height, and looked into his eyes. "Ya want to score, right? Then pass me the fuckin' ball. I'll make sure to create and guide you to a path where ya can score... I'll send ya the craziest pass ya could ever catch in yer whole life. All ya gotta do is listen to me... ya got that?"

Shidou stared at me in shock, but after a while he gave me the most terrifying grin I have ever seen(Second to Ego's evil grin). "Fiiine~! But only because I can tell that yer cells are about to explode!"

[RESTART!!]

I passed the ball to Shidou and he passed it back before sprinting towardd the goal. I ran to the right with the ball in my hands(feet), paying no mind to the confuse looks the team was giving me and Shidou. I stopped running and looked at where Shidou was and saw that Silva was marking him. "Your feet stopped moving." Leonardo Luna himself said while running towards me with the usual smile on his face. "If you stop moving like that, people will easily take the ball from you."

"Shut up. I'm just waitin for the right moment..." I mumbled before kicking the ball with all my might to where Shidou is, shocking everyone. "Do ya feel it Shidou...? If ya want to score, follow the path I created for ya... that way, no one can stop those crazy hat tricks of yers... this path... is a path to success." I mumbled and looked straight into Shidou's figure, sending shivers down his spine.
Shidou shook off Silva and started following the pass I sent. "A path to success..." Shidou mumbled before jumping up and kicked the ball towards the goal, performing a bicycle shot and scoring our first point. Everyone on the field looked at us in shock, before I could even react, Shidou started running towards my and jumped on my back, wrapping his arms around my neck, while his legs are wrapped around my waist.

"That was a crazy ass pass! It felt amazing! I love you [Name]-chan, marry me!" Shidou happily yelled, while I only gave him an annoyed look and grabbed onto his arm before throwing him over my shoulder and slammed him into the ground. "Disgustin', get yer hands off of me, horny cockroach!" I yelled back before standing up straight.
"As if I'd marry someone like you. Just because I helpped ya score, doesn't mean my hatred towards ya is gone, Shitdou." I said and walked away from him.

"Aww~ a new nickname? Do you love me that much?"

"Shut yer trap! As if I'd love someone with a horrible personality like ya!"

"So cold~!"

{♡Meanwhile♡}
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Author pov:

'I'm sorry Reo, [Name]... I was so stupid... I need to see both of you... I need to tell both of you... but... first I need... to win here... otherwise... I have no right to see both of you!!!' Nagi thought as he stared at the ball with desire, while three certain people on the opposing team only had one thought.

'I need to win... I need to catch up to [Name]/[Lastname]... I was an idiot... back then she/he carried all of us on her/his back and guided us to a path where we could win...' Was what they thought and remembered the time where [Name] fell on her knees because of their lost to Shidou.
"I have to win!!" Karasu mumbled to himself.
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Hello, hello! Author-san here! I just wanted to tell you guys that maybe I'll end this story to the ending of Manshine City vs Bastard Munchen, since I'm not sure if I should wait for more updates on the Episode Nagi until the Neo Egoist League, which will take a very long time, or just make up my own soccer game and then wait for the Manshine City vs FC Barcha match. But what are your thoughts?

Should I stop at the Manshine City vs Bastard Munchen match?

Or I should just come up with my own soccer game?

Also, there are a lot of things I find funny in Karasu's Egoist bible! Like his answer on what makes him happy and a few more!

What makes you happy?: Being left alone.

What makes you sad?: Surprise present

Favorite subject: World History, Chemistry and Modern literature
(This mf is so smart that I feel so stupid."

Dislike subject: Swimming "I'm scaref of water"
(Lmao! I can see [Name]-chan making fun of him when she found out!!)

Fetish: Voice/way of speaking
(Okay... I see where your going Karasu. Who do you guys think he likes? Is it [Name]-chan? Or someone else?)

Anyways~! That's all for today! If you guys didn't see, I actually changed the book cover yesterday to the Christmas one, but now that Christmas is over, I put back the original cover, since I like them very much! Thank you for reading!