you stood in front of the goal, multiple balls surrounding you

you were in a simple black bra and tight shorts

the heat had gotten to you causing you to take off your top

your body gave up on you and you soon started approaching the ground at a fast pace

you laid on your back, star position, staring up at the ceiling of the training field

"Reo, do I really have to do this" you heard a familiar voice whine

the sound of the automatic door opening was heard and you turned your head to come face to a mop of purple and white hair come in

they stopped at the entrance noticing that they were by themselves

looking around, they finally came across your blank face staring back at them

"hey (y/n)! Been a while since we last seen each other" the friendly voice of reo greeted

"Oh hi Reo, Nagi" you responded

you stood back up to face them properly and that's when they noticed that you weren't wearing much atop

Reo awkwardly turned to the side while scratching his cheek, a tint covering it

it was his first time seeing a girl shirtless despite her still being covered by something

Nagi on the other hand, stood there expressionless

you stretched your body and decided to get back to training " if you guys want to practice, I'll be done in a few so you can have the full field"

"actually" started Reo "you wanna practice with us?"

usually Reo could care less about the other participants in blue lock

they were all mere bugs for him and Nagi to squish while they made their way up to the higher class all the way into winning the World Cup

yet why was he so interested in a single female

in general, he wasn't planing on watching replays from other matches since he thought their team would just beat all others

but could someone explain to him, why was he rewatching the match between team Z and X late at night

he hadn't thought much of you at first when you had met in the cafeteria

that was when you had parted ways and he made his way back to their dorm with Nagi half asleep on his back

"Reo" he hummed in responses "did you feel it?"

"what do you mean" Reo was confused at what Nagi meant

"remember when you first met me and said 'you are a natural at soccer'" he said "yeah"

"well I think she's the same as me" he said lazily "naturally born for soccer or whatever you said back then" he leaned back on his friend

that's what caused Reo's curiosity

while watching the replay, he was bored at first since the match was one-sided but then came the second half

you had finally decided to join the match and when you started playing, you absolutely dominated the entire field

2 goals in a spawn of less than 10 minutes

after your 2 goals you had subbed off

why?

if you had stayed on, your team might've won or tied the match

in the end your team had lost, but Reo's perspective on you had changed entirely

he was excited

he wanted to play you

actually he wanted to play with you, see how it was to support you in a game

maybe if you, him and Nagi all played together, your chances of winning the World Cup was most likely

It wasn't planned, but now that he had you on the field, he wanted to test you by having Nagi play you

he knew he was a natural born soccer player so he decided to let you and nagi have a go at each other

"hey (y/n)" Reo called out to you "wanna have a friendly match with Nagi, I'll count the points"

"why do I have to, your the one who suggested so you play her instead" Nagi whined

"you've been slacking off on training so this is a little catch up for you" Reo shrugged

"sure I guess" you agreed

Reo decided to be a 'gentleman' and have you start with the ball

you held the ball under your right foot waiting for Reo's signal to start

you were on the left side of the field while Nagi had the right side

no goalies of course

Reo finally signalled for you to start and you began dribbling your way over to Nagi's side

you wouldn't rush too much since this was an unknown and top player of your building after all so you had to stay cautious

Nagi ran up to you from the front and attempted to kick the ball out of your hold when you moved over to your right avoiding him

he somehow managed to sidestep and get back in front of you, he proceeded to kick the ball out of your hold a bit further to the left

you both rushed full speed towards the ball fighting for its possession

you both went back and fourth for about 30 minutes both playing great offense and defence

in the end you both were too tired to keep going and collapsed on the floor beside each other

Reo ran up to the both of you holding bottles of water "I guess it's a draw, no points were scored from both sides"

you were both sweating your lives out panting none stop

when you were given the water, you drank it down in one go

"man you guys are out of it" reo laughed at the both of you "well played on both sides"

Reo's suspicions had been clarified now, you were indeed pure talent

being able to keep up with Nagi wasn't something anyone had done since the 6 months they had been playing

a match against him was always one sided with him of course being the one winning

he helped you both up still letting out a few laughs before he smiled down at you

you looked up at him in confusion as to why he was looking at you like that "what is it"

"no, no. it's nothing" he laughed "I just think your pretty talented for a person that was put in the lowest ranking team"

"you guys don't disappoint either, that Nagi guy's a tough one" you laughed

Nagi was hanging onto Reo's shoulder looking down at your smaller figure

he felt, happy?

he'd been tired of playing soccer for a while

mostly cause it was repetitive

it was always him beating everyone, never any actual challenge

yet now that he had played you, he noticed during your match how much fun he was actually having

it wasn't the usual him dominating another team into despair

you guys were equally talented and playing you had been the most fun he'd had in a while

and he liked the feeling

he liked playing with you

"we should play again" the words came out of his mouth by themselves

Reo looked up a Nagi in shock

the laziest guy he's ever known was initiating a match with someone else himself?

never would he have thought of something like this ever happening

'I guess blue lock was the way to go' he smiled to himself

"yeah, I'd like that" you smiled genuinely "I'm gonna go now though, I've been here too long and the smell of sweat is starting to get to me"

"alright then, see you next time" Reo and Nagi waved

you picked up your shirt and walked out of the field

making your way over to the shower room, you couldn't stand the smell of sweat

after a long bath, you headed out to your dorm room where most of your teammates had already been asleep

you noticed there was one empty bed, which was chigiri's

you brushed that off and headed to your futon

bachira was already taking up more than half the space on your futon with his right thumb in his mouth

the man looked adorable in his sleep

you carefully pushed him over to his side so you wouldn't wake him up and laid over on your futon

staring up at the ceiling you thought about earlier's match

the feeling of adrenaline while you played Nagi

you loved it

yeah, you weren't going full force, but still, it was fun

blue lock was definitely the way to go

you closed your eyes and thought to yourself

you were glad you hadn't wasted your chance to come here

in the morning, you woke up to arms holding your lower body

you looked down to see bachira holding onto your waist resting his cheek on your stomach

putting your hand on top of his head patting it lightly in hopes of waking him up

you knew he was a heavy sleeper but still, you'd be mad if someone had woken you up harshly

surprisingly, he slowly started opening his eyes and looked up at you with tired eyes

"morning.." he mumbled before he started rubbing his entire face on your stomach

"hey bachira, get off we need to go get breakfast" you scolded

"but your comfortable" he said with his cheek squished on your stomach

you got up forcing him to let go of you and get up tiredly

after breakfast, your team had to prepare for the upcoming match against team Y

we were gonna use the strategy Kuon came up with but lamely named: 'Next Up, it's me Eleven'

this time, igaguri was the one on bench since you had been feeling better

it started off with bachira playing as focal point for the team with you and kunigami as the wingers

as he dribbled through the other teams defences, two defender came at him from the front that normally wouldn't be a problem, but then another one came from the back trying to steal the ball from bachira

"There are three of us, I've done my homework on your dribbling" the guy with bangs said

bachira said something before passing the ball over to his right where you were coming up from

you kept possession of the ball until bachira was free again "bachira, again"

time was up and it was time for you to switch position

kunigami played focal point with kuon and bachira as his wingers

they kept playing until kunigami was finally in his shooting range

he shot the ball but was blocked by a couple of team Y

their defence was tight but there was one thing bothering you more

'Ohkawa...'

he had just been standing there, not making any movements to go help his team defend

he then began sprinting away but no other team Z members had noticed

'whatever you're doing, I'm not letting you' you thought to yourself

You began sprinting after him, ignoring the commotion behind you

by the time, you had reached Ohkawa who didn't seem to notice you

or maybe he had, and was simply unfazed by your presence

'he's underestimating me' an irk came to you

Iemon had tried blocking his shot, but Ohkawa simply shot it over him

the ball headed towards the goal, until it came in contact with a chest

"Okay Ohkawa, I didn't appreciate the treatment from earlier" you began "you better watch who you're underestimating"

he looked taken aback and so did the rest of team Y

someone had countered their play first game

you could hear a few of your teammates shout praises to you form further away on the field

you made a long pass across the field up to kunigami "nice pass.." he muttered before shooting the ball into the goal

"Nice, (y/n)!" Bachira jumped on you arms around your neck " you guys need to watch yourselves, you were too focused on scoring, you didn't bother looking out for the players outside their defence"

"Mkay" he smiled childishly

the game resumed, team Z more confident than ever

over the course of time, team Y finally managed to score a goal making it 1-1

"Alright people, it's raichi time!" the male shout "just keep passing the ball over to me, I'll take care of the rest!"

half time

"are you shitting me, they had possession of the ball my whole 10 minutes!"

then raichi and naruhaya began fighting for who knows what

you sat in your corner head covered with a towel while the rest of the team had been discussing strategy

the second half began, team Y still using the same strategy, running the timer down

you didn't understand why though, it was a tie and even if they tried to make a goal last minute to completely annihilate any hopes for us to win, it was too risky

imamura pressed the ball handler but when he reach for a slide tackle, the player brushed him off

it didn't go to waste though since gagamaru was able to get the ball in our possession by kicking it over to isagi

it was gagamaru's turn up front

He ran towards the goal while isagi stalled the ball, enough until he was able to pass it back to gagamaru who was right in front of the goal

the pass was a bit further than intended but gagamaru launched himself towards the ball and head butted it towards the goal, but it was blocked by the goalie

it was now a corner kick for your team set by bachira

he kicked the ball over, but something seemed to come over isagi as he ran away from the troop of people in front of the goal

'whatever he's doing is up to him' you said to yourself, after all, he was the one with a better vision of the game than anyone else here

the ball was head butt away from the goal by the opponent isagi left open

it then came to you

you had sent too many people toward and nobody was left back

you looked the balls directions as it head over to..

Niko.

the ball was about to reach him before isagi came in

'so that's what he saw' you smiled in relief

he ran over to the goal as team Z cleared the way for a goal to be made

Isagi made the shot but it was blocked off by Niko's leg and was being sent out

that's when gagamaru hopped in and used his leg to kick the ball into the goal before coming in contact with the post

whistle

2-1 for team Z

everyone smiled in relief, you guys were ahead once again

the game kept going with team Z less tense than earlier

team Y decided to take advantage of their more relaxed state

They made their way through our defences and tied the game back to 2-2

stare

you could only deadpan at the situation you were in 'after all the efforts to get rid of the tie, they tied back up so fast'

you're team kept pressing team Y

Isagi as focal point

the ball was stolen out of our possession and passed over to Niko, but with isagi on him, we had less to worry about

35 minutes in with you finally up front and naruhaya and bachira as your wingers

last 10 minutes

"don't let her get the ball, keep passing" team Y members shout

'they're playing keep-ball again' you stared annoyed at the other team

seemed they didn't want you to have any time with the ball

team Z had everyone upfront, they seemed to have confidence in isagi guarding niko

you felt uncomfortable and slowed down

"(y/n)! what the hell are you doing, keep moving up, we've got them" shout raichi

the ball was passed to Ohkawa.

you turned back and ran to your side

the whole team Y had began running towards your goal and dropped all their defence

'our defence is exposed' you continued running 'at this rate if they score..

..we lose'

seemed you weren't the only one who had seen this coming, isagi was also rushing back a bit further than you

they kept passing through everything till it came to Iemon and niko

a one-on-one

but niko did the unexpected,

he passed..

you looked over to see it was Ohkawa

'idiot' you smiled 'he should've just scored that himself'

"It was here niko"

Isagi had blocked the pass and had now turned over "it was here that smelled the most like a goal"

isagi then made a long pass over to kunigami who was quickly being pressed over by team Y

he passed it to bachira but defenders had already been on him

he tried to dribble through but was eventually blocked off and passed it over to you

you ran full speed to the the other side, but then your eyes blanked and you saw it

you passed the ball over in front of the goal and gagamaru aimed to head butt it in but it was further from him than intended

"he missed" naruhaya held his head

"no he didn't, because the aim wasn't him" you said wiping the sweat off your nose with a blank expression

"score it. you egoist" bachira said with a smile "isagi yoichi"

isagi then shot the ball top left corner

beep. beep. beep

as the final whistle rang, everyone stood in silence

3-2, team Z's win.

everyone jumped on isagi and you stood back next to kunigami

you flexed your arms and held onto each other's hands

"nice game" you said in unison with a smile

praises we're going back and fourth to isagi, but he brushed them all off and walked over to team Y's number 7

Niko Ikki

he stared down at him while the male looked up at him in tears

"the feeling of crushing another teams hope" you stared over at the scene

"Toast on teams Z's victory on our second match. Cheers!"

"Cheers!" Everyone but you shout

everyone dug in on the three stakes

they were in tears of happiness out of missing the taste of meat

Kuon then came over with more food and put it on the table for everyone to eat

everyone began eating like it had been weeks since they were last fed

"Isagi, how'd you know to get into that position" kunigami asked while eating his rice

"yeah, how'd you know the ball was gonna end up there" gagamaru looked over

"it's not that I knew" he looked down at his foot "I just wanted to score and took a guess that it might end up there"

you weren't paying much attention to the conversation till the childish voice of bachira came over to you "hey (y/n), say ah" he said with a piece of steak on his fork

looking at him in hesitation, you opened your mouth to decline him, but he shoved his piece of meat in your mouth

pause.

after the dinner, everyone passed out in their bed, but you weren't tired and decided to head out for a late night practice

arriving at the place, you took notice of the shirtless barou who was taking shots at a goal

he looked over at the sound of the door opening and your eyes came in contact

he fully turned himself over to your figure as you marched over to a ball on your side

as if no words had to be said, he rushed towards your figure in aim to take the ball away from you

you kept control of your dribbling while invading his attempts to take the ball

when you finally got through him, you ran full speed

you were nearing goal, he caught up to you and was now positioned ahead of you

he ran at you full intent to take the ball away

you waited for him to be right in front of you before you dribbled around his figure

in shock, he tipped over and fell to the floor

you took your shot and the ball made it into the goal

turning around, you looked down at barou's figure who had been looking up at you

he recovered from his shock and stood back up and now it was his turn to look down at you out of being the taller one out of you both

"you're a pesky one" he growled turning to walk back

"and you're at a mediocre level" you barked back

his veins popped and an irk mark was visible on his forehead

"I'm not gonna waste my time on peasants like you, a king like me has better things to do" you said with a snarl

"big talk for the king who just lost to the so called 'peasant'"

he continued walking away, but could just feel the smile on your face

man, could you get on peoples nerves when you felt like it

when he left, you stayed on the field practicing for a bit, taking a couple shots, practicing your stamina, till you deemed yourself tired and head back to your room

2 days later

the last few days had been quiet and chill, nothing interesting happening

you walked back to your teams room with a towel on your head

"man, a hot shower never fails to put me in a good mood" you sigh drying your hair with the towel

as you were about to walk away from the cafeteria, you heard the familiar voice of one of your teammates and some unfamiliar ones

it was kuon

you hid behind the wall and decided to eavesdrop on the conversation

"let's make a deal" kuon started "if I leak team Z's strategies and abilities, you let me score 3 goals so I can pass"

'that damn bastard' you scoffed 'something about that constant smile of his was just too suspicious and fake'

'glad I didn't tell him about all my abilities'

as the two players of team W agreed, you listened to kuon leak everything he knew about our team

when they were done, you decided to walk past the cafeteria and make your way to the room so you kuon wouldn't catch you eavesdropping on their conversation and it would like you were just walking by

"ah. (y/n)" kuon looked at you anxious "did you just get here"

"yeah, I was heading back to the team" you said "I just came back from the showers"

"oh, alright" he looked relieved "I'll be over in a few, I'm gonna head to the showers"

"alright, see ya" you walked away

walking into the room, you saw them strategizing for the upcoming game against team W

you weren't planing on telling the team about kuon's betrayal

matter fact, you kinda wanted to see their reaction to it

'so until kuon gets his 3 goals, they won't be serious' you chuckled to yourself

"eh, (y/n), whatcha laughing at" bachira came over to your figure, putting you on a headlock

"nothing" you looked away

he continued bothering you but simply brushed him off and walked away from him towards a wall so you could lean on it

he still followed you.

you closed your eyes and thought about what you'd do for the upcoming game of betrayal

'tomorrow's gonna be interesting' you smiled

"you're smiling a lot at whatever you're thinking about, tell me, tell me!" bachira begged

"it's nothing bachira"