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"Good luck."

That's all you muttered to Ai, your look held finality. You knew what was coming to their team and maybe your were being a little cocky but who were you kidding. Those three would be playing against Itoshi Aya, sister of Itoshi Sae and the number one ranked in Blue Lock.

'It's like she's begging for a beatdown...' You looked at Fukushima. Alongside from you, her ego was also lifted, 'Just because she won against me last time dosen't mean she gets that chance this time.'

Arguebly, you had a better time this team, a significantly better team. You sighed, "Are you worried about her?" Aikawa asked you, she continued to look forward.

"...Yes, but what's done is done and i cant do anything now." You rolled your head back and stretched your legs, this wasn't the time to cry about it. Aikawa only glanced at you before walking towards Aya.

You didn't bother going with her, knowing if you talked to Aya he would only get on your nerves. Earlier in the locker room, you decided to help in passing. Of course, Aya and Aikawa-san had no problem with it since they both to score but in a way, you also benefited from this. Since you were not playing as the main striker, the other team wouldn't be able to keep an eye on you all the time unless they were specifically marking you.

You were taking this opportunity to study your teammates and try to form chemical reactions, 'Im staying away from her for now.' Fukushima was the worst to tackle right now, she had a  similar weapon as you and could catch up any moment.

But then again, laying low also won't do you any good, 'I should atleast score one goal so my ranking wont drop.'

A ball fell from the ceiling, Aya caught it and placed her right foot over it. she looked at the three in front with a unbothered look, "?" Fukushima stared at theblack haired female in confusion before the object flew past her at great speed.  

"What the fuck-" Fukushima couldn't even complete her scentence, watching as Aya past the three in mere seconds and scored a goal. Even you were left dumbfounded, 'I got goosebumps from just watching that.'

The black-haired female looked at the three, it almost seemed like she was disappointed in them. You could see her eyes peek out of her long bangs that sheithed them in a elegent way. Those three just stood there in silence.

The more you studied Aya's behaviour, the more you realized that she was becoming bored. You looked at Team White. It looked like they couldn't process what happened just now. If you were in that time, it would be the same,  'Thank god im not playing against her.'

Another ball came rolling toward your team. Aya stopped, ' She's starting again?' The score was 1-0, you guys were in the lead so there was nothing really to rush but Aya would probably ignore your opinion.

You exhaled and inhaled, preparing yourself to talk to Aya, 'I can't belive im this nervous for talking to someone...'

"Um, hey aya," you spoke out, earning the said female's attention. She glanced at you from the corner of her eyes, waiting for you to speak out. "I wanna start the is time." It took everything in your body to say that because of how Aya kept looking at you.

 Ahe spparred you a look and looked at team white. She looked at you once more, you sweared you heard her mutter something under her breath before she passed the ball.

"I'm giving you the ball because you're number 3, don't disappoint me with your passes," She warned youand walked away, taking the position of right wing, 'I guess she dosen't quite trust me...It's okay, this is my time to show her what im capable off.'

A whistle blew and you started running towards the goal at high speed. Aya looked at you with slightly widened eyes before she gritted her teeth in frustation and ran towards you aswell, 'Sorry Aya, you thought i was going to pass didn't you?'

You weren't afraid of Aya but you held respect for her which then sprouted into this awkward fear plus admiration for her. You wondered just how much pressure she had to deal with growing up with a prodigy for a brother. Maybe you pitied her a little too.

 kagawa came to stop you but you pulled off a trick and ran past her. "Shit! Ai, Fukushima double on her!" you kept running despite hearing Kagawa. it was going all exactly how you had planned in your head.

You kept taking glimpses of Aya, who had given up on chasing after you and was waiting for an opportunity to strike. As Kagawa had said earlier, Ai and Fukushima came after you, one from the back and one from front.

"Sorry for this [name] , but we're kinda desperate for a goal." Ai looked at you apologetically. kagawa caught up with you three, making you cornered you from all three sides. It looked like there was no way for you to score or pass now. 

or was it?

"You run fast." you complimented someone. Fukushima went silent in confusion before she suddenly widened her eyes in realization and whipped her head behind.You smiled but it was not just a normal smile, something about it was devious and wicked.

"You left some space for me to get past you, Fukushima" You side tackled with your shoulder and ran past her. "Thanks for cooperating with me, Aikawa"

You lifted the ball with your heel and kicked on the ground with you toe making it bounce high  in the air, but at the perfect height for  you to pass to Aikawa, using her height as an advantage and score a header, "Perfect."

Aikawa, butted the ball with the right side of her temple making it head straight for the Blue lock man. He jumped to stop it, but to no avail, it was another goal for team red.

"That was a very sty' pass [Name]" Aikawa posed in front of you, you couldn't help but sweatdrop at her words but still swallowed the embarrassment and thanked her for the compliments.

The scoreboard now showed 2-0. The goal made you proud even though you didn't score it. You planned and made it perfect for Aikawa to use her weapon thoroughly. She had mentioned it earlier, so you made a plan secretly with her to put it to use so that you could create a chemical reaction with her.

You grinned, remembering the conversation that took place between you and her. You looked at Aya who has an unreadable expression but you figured she was mad at the two of you for conspiring with eachother and not including her.

--- FLASHBACK----

"My weapon?" Aikawa asked as she filled her water bottle. "Yes, I would like to know since we are on the same team, and I would like to create a chemical reaction with you." You answered. Aikawa gave you a funny look before thinking for a second.

"Then it's my long reach." the brown-haired female answered, taking a seat on one of the benches. "Long reach? Could you explain more?" you had never seen someone utilise their height like this but it also made sense.

"Uh, it's the reach of my limbs. I can reach a ball at a distance a normal person can't." Aikawa started twirling her hair, "I see...Aikawa, I have a proposal to make," you said, turning towards the said female. Aikawa let go of her hair and looked at you in confusion.

"how would you like, if we both teamed up for goals without telling Aya?"

----PRESENT-----

Both you and Aikawa walked back to your side. You have decided that this match is a test run to see how many goals you could produce with the chemical reaction between you and Aikawa.

The whistle blew, you expected Aya to start bolting but she didn't. she just stood there, staring at team white in either annoyance or in observance.

"Is she going to move or not?" Ai whispered to Kagawa who shrugged in response. Fukushima stood still, it looked like she was determined to either score or stop the next goal, " You three never learn do you?" Aya had the ball beneath her foot, she looked at them for a second or so before looking down at the ball again.

'Don't tell me she's going to do what i think she is?!' Your eyes widened, "Ah." Kagawa muttered, everyone watched the female kick the ball, it was a sight to see how the ball went past them at an incomprehensible momentum.

"I'm staking my life on each moment in here." the black-haired female said, as the ball was headed for the goal, the goalkeeper jumped his best to stop it but at this point you just felt sorry for a hologram, "And another goal by her." Aikawa said in a bitter-sweet way.

But it seemed like the female had gotten too much confidence in her goal, because instead of the ball going into the goal, Fukushima had jumped and stopped it with her head. the impact of the ball made her wince in pain, 'What?!'

Aya looked at Fukushima in shock and slight frustration, "Fukushima?!" Kagawa called out in surprise.

what I can do is sense the danger!

Fukushima fell as the ball ended up being out of bounds because of how powerful the shot was, "Hanea!" Ai exclaimed and helped the blue-haired female get up, "Nice save! though you surprised me quite a bit." Kagawa exclaimed and checked Fukushima's head for any bruise or injury.

"You thought I wouldn't be able to see the same scenery.." Fukushima said, getting up, "Someone your level can Aya..?" the black-haired female eyes seemed as if they were glowing, peeking out  through her hair, "That was Lukewarm."

I'll control the field with these eyes!

'lukewarm? Big talk coming from someone who's goal got stopped.' you rolled your eyes at the interaction.

I Have smashed the specialties of these 3 into my brain! From here on out, I will be the one controlling the field!

"Team Red has Ball possession! Restart with a Corner Kick!"

Aya swiftly took the ball and started with the corner kick, ' I guess we get no say in this..' You and Aikawa stood at the goal. Even though you knew Aya could not miss this shot since it would damage her immense ego, you still choose to guard Ai just in case Fukushima tries something.

"The whole time you haven't talk to me and now you guarding me? I am kinda sad."Ai made a snarky remark and started nudging you to get some space.

"Oh please." You saw Aikawa choose to guard Kagawa so that even if Fukushima trapped the ball she wouldn't have anyone to pass to.

'Ai is against [Name] who's good at dribbling and is heavily aware of her surroundings, Kagawa's against Aikawa who's good at aerial battles with her tall height..' Fukushima thought noted.

The position I should be taking is this space where I can react to both of them! By filling this spot, I can decrease the range of passes in an ideal way! I'll cut through this pinch and connect it to a counter!

Fukushima fixed her attention on the black-haired female. She lightly narrowed her eyes before getting in the position to kick the ball.

I'll change this pinch into a chance-

You looked at Aya's foot, 'She's opting for that technique? For a corner kick?!' She brought her left foot to the side and then crossed it with the right, kicking the object.

Low! It's a pass aimed at [Name]!

The light blue-haired got in a position so she could recover the ball, but her eyes widened, "Huh?!" she exclaimed, seeing how it curved at the last second and went higher than Aikawa.

Wrong?! Even higher than us? wait don't tell me..

In a matter of seconds, the ball flew past the Blue lock man.

A Rabona kick?! She... scored straight from the corner kick!

Everyone was left in awe by the sheer strength of Aya in comparison to the others. Even though you saw what was coming, it was still baffling to see she pulled it off with little to no effort.

Team Red                    Team White

                                                3              --             0                                                  

"Woah! That was very sty'." Aikawa ran towards the black-haired female to hug her but was avoided in response.

"I agree with her, it was very impressive." you looked at the tall female. She acknowledged your compliment but didn't bother to comment on it. You brought a hand out to give her a clap, she contemplated for a minute but decided to do it either way.

You grinned, happy that you two were interacting, even if little. Aya looked at you for a second before turning her head to look somewhere else.

"either way, let's get ready for the next play." You went back to your position, not before comforting a sulking Aikawa.

Aikawa kicked the ball forward, passing to Aya who brought it forward. This time you could see her playstyle change a bit, accomodating to the playstyle of two of you, 'I guess she's still ready to trust us even after we played behind her back...Wierd.'

Out of nowhere, Aya decided to pass to you. Fukushima was absolotuely determined to get a goal, she was practically foaming from her mouth at this point.

You wouldn't lie when you say you felt excited. Your heart was thumping loudly. Playing with and against people you weren't familiar was so amusing to you that you let yourself flow. Your brain shut down and your legs were now in control, moving however way they wanted. You were practically flying across the field.

Right on the clock, Kagawa, Ai and Fukushima came again but you didn't give it much thought. You kicked the ball between Ai's legs and turned, your back to now Kagawa and swiped it from behind her.

The only obstacle that was left was now Fukushima but you weren't stopping or passing now. You have had enough of bullshitting around. You were tired of just being looking for something continuosly but when you had finally gotten it, you weren't going to throw it off like last time. This time you were going to cherish it.

You eyes flickered, a new found rage which fueled your body to the ends connected to your brain like a software update. You felt so much in so little that it was making you feel drunk in some sort of way yet you were enjoying it.

Fukushima wasn't backing down either, it was heated battle of who makes which move first. Your options were clear as day for passing but you weren't passing up the opurtunity to make Fukushima eat dirt.

Your eyes went in every direction you dribbled the ball. Something about making someone feel trash and at the bottom felt so good for the first time in a while. You almost let your legs coil with the ball in some sort of way, becoming one.

Fukushima stuck her leg out and that was it, she moved first but she failed. You immediately faked and the blue haired female stumbled, falling to the ground. 

You didn't even look back at her and just shot the ball. The buzzer went off for the score and your adrenaline came down. You relaxed and then looked back at Fukushima holding her head.

"Are you okay?" You offered her help and extended your hand but she slapped it away, 'She looks like she's going to kill me.' You looked her up and down, making sure she was okay and went back.

---Time Skip---

The score was now 4-2. Your team only needed one more goal to end it all and team white was cornering and pushing back.

you were running down the field, you made slight eye contact with Aikawa who instantly passed to you. Swiftly, you caught the ball. Sensing danger behind you, you saw Ai who slid down on the ground.

you flicked the ball, jumped, and continued running with it. You looked around the field. your eyes widened, seeing Aya silently standing in a corner.

 She was observing everyone, from their playstyle down to their ball control and the slight movements the players were making, 'she's waiting for an opening to strike, if that's the case Itoshi Aya, I'll give it to you.'

You saw Aikawa who was being marked by Fukushima and purposely passed to her. Fukushima stole the ball, from the corner of your eyes you could see Ai and Kagawa running towards the blue haired female to assist her.

'Alright! Now that I have the ball, we three can pass to each other and form a triangle. we can control the field and push forward using the middle field! Right now, I only have to worry about the final moments... No, An idea for a clean finish! My last pass was read by [Name], though it only went because of the chemical reaction between me, Kagawa, and Ai. But that kind of goal won't work against the top three...I need to think of something better!" Fukushima noted.

She looked at Kagawa, who nodded in return, the blue-haired female kicked the ball toward the other, but the ball never reached her. '?!' Fukushima met eye with none other than you.

"And how long were you three planning to play around in circles?" your voice cut in Fukushima's brain, her scent for the goal was gone, "With this type of play, how can you call yourself a striker?"

She turned to look at you. "Come, Let's end this." You returned her peircig glare with an equal menacing one.

Don't Look down on me, [name].

Fukushima stomped her foot on the ground and ran in an attempt to block you making you stop right in front of her.

Yes, her right foot is in my reach to steal the ball!

She looked straight at you and swiped her foot, but instead of feeling the ball, she felt nothing. Her eyes widened when she saw the ball was not with you anymore. She then felt a presence beside her. 

"Found a good space or something?"Aya slid in, shocking Fukushima at her sudden appearance. Moreover, now she had the ball.

"Didn't you learn how the human eyes work? You trash" She commented before turning and charging towards team white's goal. Fukushima looked at you, but you were not in sight of her anymore instead you were running with Aya passing to each other.

They both...They predicted my vision...?!

Ai's eyes widened, not because you had just passed to Aya but because you were so indulged in the moment of the game right now, "Kagawa! " she called out, "I Know" The girl nodded.

Even if [name] predicated my goal and passed it to Aya...their reaction was too fast...it was as if they had planned