Yosano Pov.

We walked back to our bench, exhausted.I reached for my tumbler, breathing heavily.I felt the pain on my ankle return again

Don't worry there's only the second half and it's over..I assured myself

"Guys keep your guards up for the second half"Asuto said, we all nodded

"Yosano san are you alright?"Hiura asked.

"I'm alright Hiura kun, it's just unlike of Teikoku it's almost like they're taking it easy on us.."I said

"I see what you mean..I believe there's a hidden agenda under their sleeves too"He replied

"Whatever it is, we'll figure it out soon"Mansaku said

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"The second half has started!"The commentator said

I noticed our team were slowing down while Teikoku returned to normal.Our stamina was depleting

Of course..we were too fixated on scoring that we didn't realize they were doing exactly what happened with Minodouzan Jr.High

The cyan haired boy and his teammates shoot the goal using emperor penguin no.2, Norika didn't have time to react.Teikoku finally scored.They didn't waste time and another one of their teammate used their hissatsu technique to score.Norika tried using her hissatsu technique but failed.

Now our scores were tied

I held a sharp exhale, the pain in my ankle was worse than before.I tried tapping my foot, finding comfort in my pain.

It didn't help much but it was worth a shot

"Yosano are you sure you're alright?"Asuto asked

"I'm fine Asuto, we need to act fast.Teikoku is advancing quicker than we thought"I said

"Let's regroup with the others and go at this again"He said but Teikoku used a hissatsu tactic and stole the ball from him

"Initiate Imperial Cycle"They shouted

Kazemaru was successful from stealing the ball from Asuto and passed it towards the cyan haired boy.He kicked the ball and earning them another score.Norika failed yet again

The score was now 2-3

"Only a few minutes remain in this fateful match with Raimon playing against Teikoku Academy.Teikoku is dominating the field!"The commentator said

"Five minutes left.."I muttered

"We've come so far.."Asuto said

"Is this where it ends in all places?!"Goujin asked

Coach stands up from his seat and went near the field.Urging our attention

"Everyone!It's time to play pretend foosball!"He said

"I thought it's just some recreational game we played during break"Hiyori said

"It's one of his convoluted strategies I suppose"I joked

"He wants to do an actual game?"Hiura asked

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Flashback

"Amari chan remember this?"Coach said lifting a cloth, revealing a..

"Foosball table?..How did you get it?"I asked

"I have my ways of course"He grinned

Of course he does..I laughed a little

"Remember that one time you almost poked my eye out with a foosball ball"I glared at him

"He did what?!"Mansaku asked

"I can't seem to remember"He whistled

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"So what are these lines for?"I asked, after an hour of playing foosball we were back on practice

"These lines are not for crossing.Like when a married woman wraps around your neck and delightfully seduces you, you must not cross these lines no matter what"Coach said

"Coach we're children"I scolded him, twaking him lightly behind the head

"Teenagers to be precise.One day you might do this with your special someone"He grinned

"Special someone?"Hiura asked

"Don't take it too much"I told him

"We can't make a proper play like this"Hanta said

"If the ball goes out of your assigned area then there's no need for you to chase it"Coach said

"Huh?"All of us were confused

"Use your energy in your assigned area"He said

"Lakee kun and I will run past you guys, so stick to rules and try to steal the ball from us"

They both started dribbling

"This is the first time I've seen the coach play soccer!"Asuto said

"Guess old age still didn't catch up to him yet"I said

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"Do it the way Coach says!"Asuto said

"But there are no lines here!"I said

"No you'll see the lines.Keep calm and take a look at the field"

Captain passes the ball to me, I used my uninjured leg to kick the ball to Kozoumaru who manages to catch the ball and he starts dribbling but the ball went outside the field

The ball landed on the cyan haired boy and he started to dribble but another player was able to steal the ball.He started dribbling but Hanta did a side tackle and successfully stole the ball that then landed on my foot

I tried hiding the pain and at least made it bearable.Since we're playing foosball, dribbling won't work so I'll send it up through passing instead.I passed the ball to captain who then passed it to Goujin

"What tactics are you playing Amari?"Kazemaru asks

"Their movements has gotten faster"The cyan haired boy said

"For some reason, Raimon players are only moving within a fixed area.Could this be called a foosball tactics?!"The commentator said

Captain passes the ball to me, I passed it to Asuto, he then passed it to Kozoumaru and successfully shoots it using fire tornado

We were finally tied

Teikoku began running faster, faster than before.One of Teikoku's player used a hissatsu to Hiura called judge through

Teikoku passed the ball until it reached the cyan haired boy, he already was in front of the goal, before he could kick the goal I was able to steal it from him using my hissatsu technique

"Snow Angel!"A white gust of wind enveloped my feet managing to steal the ball away from him.I held another sharp exhale, my ankle began to hurt again

"Yosano san are you okay you're exhausted"Hanta said

"Aren't we all?"I lightly joked."Don't worry I'm fine"

"But you came all the way here even if you're a midfielder"

"We've gotta stand firm if we're gonna win this match"I told him

We noticed Kozoumaru talking with the other Teikoku players

"You're wearing some sort of spike aren't you?Hmph, you've stooped a new low just to win?What a bunch of cowards"Kozoumaru said to them

It seemed his words really stucked to them, their movements
suddenly appeared to be awkward

"Teikoku's making more and more mistakes"Asuto said

"They aren't concentrating with their plays.Their probably starting to feel guilt over their own underhanded ways"I said

Suddenly no.19 exits the field and removes the spikes

"Wait is that the guy Kazemaru was talking about?"I thought

Kazemaru and Sakuma went to the mohawk haired boy

"I knew Kageyama was a dishonest guy but I thought he'd at least be above this"He said

"Wait ! The youth soccer association doesn't have a rule against modification of players spikes, as long as they don't inflict harm on the opponent.It doesn't go against the rules"Kazemaru said

"Screw your rules I'm doing this my own way.I'm not relying on a machine to win!!No way I'm using those spikes"

"This are commanders orders"Kazemaru said

"Just because he ordered it doesn't mean we have to obey him no matter what, we're the one fighting in the field here!I want to have serious match with those creeps whose eyes lit up like fire"

They really had the nerve to argue in the middle of the match with 3 minutes remaining before the match ends.If they take long then our scores will still be tied..

"Kazemaru I beg of you as well"

"Sakuma.."

"Very well you'll get your other spikes ready then"Kazemaru said

"Thank you Kazemaru!"

"Now that's more like it, thanks a lot captain"

"Stop that you're grossing me out.."

Kazemaru was true on his words, the spikes were gone.They also took Shimerigawa out from the match and replaced him with Genda.Genda took the captain armband from Shimerigawa and gave it to Sakuma

The match started again, Kozoumaru tried to use fire tornado but his shot was blocked by Genda's hissatsu technique called High Beast Fang, he did a long pass to Sakuma.He started to dribble then passed it to Fudou, they shot the ball using a hissatsu technique called Twin boost, Norika used her Uzumaki the hand, Hanta assisted Norika and they both managed to secure the goal

"This isn't over yet, we still have a trump card!"Asuto said

Suddenly our eleven band began to beep with a note."Give the opponent a chance to make a hissatsu shoot!"

"Let's show them the result of our training"Asuto said

"That memory was something I want to forget"I shuddered

"That was absolute torture"Goujin said

"I suddenly feel ill just from remembering it"Asuto said

"You got that right"Kozoumaru said

"Alright, let's go with the birdcage formation"Captain said

Sakuma and Fudou were dribbling the ball again they tried to shoot using emperor penguin no.2.They manage to shoot but fails, Hanta used his hissatsu technique called Gravity cage

The ball landed in front of the goal.Asuto and Kozoumaru went to where Norika stood.They used their hissatsu technique "Arctic polar bear no.2"

"What's this Asuto, Norika,Kozoumaru are doing long shoot?!"The commentator asked

"Wait Yosano chases the ball"

"Yosano san do it!"They yelled

I can't do it yet.. it's not perfect

I jumped up from the air kicking the ball further and further.I use my uninjured foot and backflip kicked it

"What we thought was a long shoot is a long pass for Yosano!"

"Skyfall!"I shouted.The ball went straight to the goal

Genda uses his high beast fang to stop my shoot but fails

"There you have it!Yosano's famous hissatsu technique Skyfall"The commentator said

The whistle blew

"Goal!Raimon takes the lead and the match is over!Raimon wins with a score of 4-3!"The commentator said

"We did it"I smiled looking at the scoreboard, unaware the team was about to hug me

"Guys can't..breath.."I choked out

"You were amazing Yosano san!"Asuto said

"Thank you Asuto"I smiled."We all did great back there"

"Indeed, you're more formidable than I thought"A voice said, it was the cyan haired boy

"I believe I didn't introduced myself yet, I'm Sakuma Jirou"

"Yosano Amari, nice to meet you"

"And the names Fudou Akio remember that"The mohawk boy appeared

"Where the heck did you come from?!"Sakuma asked

"Who cares..you got spunk.I hope one day we get to team up together"He said

"I have a question I've been meaning to ask"I said

"What is it spit it out"He said

"Does it ever get cold up there?"I said pointing at his bald spot, Sakuma snickered

"Why you little-"His voice was cut off when Kazemaru arrived laughing

"You were amazing back there Amari"He smiled

"Thank you, you were great too."I smiled

"Do you want to go later to the ramen shop again?"He asked

"Sure, I'm beat after today"I smiled, walking away

"What's this Kazemaru going on dates?"Sakuma whispered

"Who knew he had it in him"Fudou teased

"It's not like that we were just hanging out"He said

"Sure~"

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Later that night

I removed my shoes,inspecting my ankle, it looked worse than before.It was more darker and swollen

What am I gonna do?..I thought