"Captain, do you want to get started with training?" Dmitri sneered.

"We're getting started don't worry."

The eleven players went to one of the big goals since the mini goals disappeared when Shuu left earlier. Procyon went into the goal and the other ten players split up into teams of five and were trying to score.

A: James, Dmitri, Alex, Tessa and Yurika

B: Luke, Thierry, Kaminari, Tabit and Isumi

Team A started with the ball and James passed the ball to Dmitri and Alex jumped into the air straightaway as an option but Dmitri was dribbling to the goal by himself. 

"Idiot. Pass it here!"

"No way."

Dmitri continued on his way to goal but was unaware of a sliding tackle from Isumi that got the ball off him. 

"Ha. How was that you jerk?"

Dmitri lunged in for the tackle but Isumi gave the ball to Kaminari and he crossed the ball into Thierry who headed the ball towards goal but Procyon got to the ball and punched it away.

James got to the rebound and passed to Dmitri expecting him to replay the pass as he got in behind the players of Team B but Dmitri opted to pass to Yurika instead. They played a one-two and Yurika used "Black Field" which got past Procyon's "Black Shield" to score a goal for Team A.

"Stop right there!" Alex shouted, "James made a perfectly good run and I've done so countless times but you refuse to pass to us!"

"Calm down Alex, he's probably just warming up." Tessa sweatdropped.

"No! I refuse to accept that and I refuse to play on the same team as a self-absorbed hog like him!"

"That's fine by me." Dmitri shrugged, "I don't want to play with average players like you anyway."

"Average!?"

"Alex!" Thierry said as he held him back, "calm down."

"Thierry let's swap teams, I'm not having this guy call me average!"

"You know you're not average." Thierry sighed, "but quite frankly, I don't want to train with this guy either"

"Same here." James and Isumi chorused.

"Doesn't bother me." Dmitri smirked, "you guys can go train at the other goal."

"I guess I'll join you guys then." Tessa said with Kaminari nodding.

"Luke are you coming with us?" James asked.

"I'll stay with the others to try and convince them to have a change of heart."

"Hmph."

"Do you hate your brother?" Thierry asked once they got to the other goal.

"You two were so close at Aliea Gakuen." Kaminari added.

"He's a fraud." James said.

"A fraud?"

"Yes. There's nothing more to say."

"I think you're jumping to conclusions."

"Let's train, it isn't time to talk about frauds like him."

"That boy." Dmitri started, "he's smarter than I thought, he's got you. Why is he even here anyway? He's going to turn that group of his against Mistress Irina and Miss Emma."

"I'll talk to him later but for now let's focus on training."

Next Day - Game Day

"Senguuji is definitely coming to us isn't he?" Thierry asked as he stood over the ball, "the match was meant to start ten minutes ago."

"Sorry for the delay." Senguuji said as eleven players landed in front of them with a thud.

"Never seen those players before." James mumbled.

"Well of course, they're testing the efficacy of their football facilities." Dmitri said.

A/N: I'm just going to refer to the other team by their numbers since the characters aren't making an appearance again.

Orion lineup (3-4-3): Procyon. Tessa, Tabit, Isumi. Luke (C), Dmitri, James, Kaminari. Thierry, Alex, Yurika.

Fifth Sector lineup (4-4-2): #1. #2, #4, #5, #3. #7, #8, #6, #11. #9, #10 (C).

"You guys listen up." James said, referring to the Russians on the team, "even if this is a friendly, I still want to win, so let's put the differences aside and work together. I spoke to Alex and he's willing to do the same if you guys cooperate."

"Ha, this game doesn't mean anything whether we win or lose so I'll be playing my own way James." Dmitri retorted.

James sighed and shook his head towards the French strikers, and with Kaminari, Tessa and Isumi also watching, they all got the message.

Fifth Sector had kickoff and #10 passed the ball to #9 and he ran up the pitch but Alex blocked him while Thierry was next to him, setting up a double-block.

#10 started to dribble to the left and Yurika slid in but instead took out Alex and Thierry which allowed #10 to pass to #7 on the wing and run up the pitch as Fifth Sector attacked.

"Good one Yurika." Alex spat as he got up.

"You two should have moved out of my way."

Luke got the ball off #7 and passed to Dmitri who carried the ball forwards. He gave the ball to Yurika and she was blocked off by #6 while Thierry made a run in front of her. 

"Pass it here Yurika!"

"......"

"If you're not going to pass it then give it here!" James said as he swiped the ball from Yurika and played a through ball on the other side for Kaminari who successfully touched the ball down and crossed it into the box where Theirry volleyed the ball but it went just over the bar.

"Great shot." Yurika smirked when the striker got back into position.

"Just getting warmed up."

The Fifth Sector goalkeeper took their goalkick, aiming towards #8 but James won the aerial battle and chested the ball down though his preferred passing options were all blocked, They've already figured out our disharmony.

"I'm an option." Dmitri smirked as he ran in front of James.

"No need, I'll take them on myself."

"James I'm open!" Luke said.

James ran on ahead but was quickly closed down by #8. He dribbled to the right before chopping the ball to his left where Alex was already there to receive the ball and instantly played a pass back to James who was already running up the pitch, having lost his marker and he flicked it to Kaminari and he used "Static Spark G3". The shot flew past the goalkeeper opening the score at 1-0 to Orion.

Fifth Sector didn't delay to restart the game after a quick team talk. #10 passed to #11 and they used intricate passing to hold onto the ball for the time being, completely overpowering the disconnected midfield of Orion.

#10 had the ball and was through the midfield but Tessa was able to tackle him and played a long-ball over the top for Alex who headed the ball back to James but Dmitri intercepted the pass and gave the ball to Yurika and she used "Black Field" which was stopped by the goalkeeper.

"'Nice shot'." Alex mimicked.

Fifth Sector continued to dominate the game but the joined defence of Tessa, Isumi and Tabit stopped them from scoring any goals for the time being until the half-time whistle blew.

"They're all over us." Yurika said.

"Because you idiots don't want to work with us." Alex shot.

"It's a good thing they lack the cutting edge to actually get through the defence." James said.

"Let's get back onto the pitch guys." Luke said.

"Now this is where the fun begins." Senguuji smirked.

Yurika took kickoff and suddenly, all the players of the opposite team had a purple aura behind them and summoned, "Soldier Pawn W!"[1]

#10 charged into Yurika and got the ball off her and was making its way towards the midfield.

"This is what Shuu did yesterday....." James mumbled, "but it seems nowhere near as powerful as Dark Exodus."

#10 took a shot but Isumi started to spin and a tornado formed around her before wrapping itself around the ball and it lost power, falling underneath Isumi's feet, "Windstop".

"What the hell is that thing?" Isumi asked.

"Pass it here!" James said.

Isumi passed the ball to James and he used "Dolphin Splash V3" which the goalkeeper tried to catch but the shot went through, leaving Senguuji frowning and he stepped forwards.

"Stop the match! We're forfeiting."

"The second half's just started though." Thierry said.

"Yes but it's obvious that, power-wise, we're no match for you so we're withdrawing." Senguuji explained, I must have done something wrong, for the keshins to be so weak!

.............................................................................................................................................

The Orion team bid their farewells to the Fifth Sector team and Senguuji said that a pilot would be with them shortly to drop them back to the Russian airport, but as the team gathered in the cave, Luke's watch started to buzz. He tapped on his watch and a hologram of Emma hovered above the watch.

"It's time for the final task." Emma said, "you need to infiltrate their stronghold. I'll send Luke the details over his phone."

Emma ended the call and turned to Irina who was reviewing the footage of the match and smirked.

"I need to find a way to harvest these so-called keshins."

References

[1] - Soldier Pawn W is a Keshin in this fanfic that's the version before Elite Soldier Pawn W which was in the anime.

New Hissatsus

Windstop (DF) - Isumi spins and a tornado forms around her before wrapping itself around the ball