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"I hate my life."

And that was true, currently, you were running beside Fujioka with Airi tagging behind you two. The thing was...You hate running in general. If soccer was a standing game then you would have enjoyed it a lot more.

You sluggishly ran as Fujioka passed you and soon you were beside Airi who looked like she was going to drop dead any second now, "I need to puke..." She whispered, suddenly you had the motivation and sped up.

After that you took a small break with Ejiri, "How's training going?" You asked nicely but only got a scowl in return.

'Rude.' Without saying a word you took a seat beside her, "What do you want?" The red-haired female sighed, putting the bottle down, "Nothing. I just wanted to make a simple conversation with you but it seems like you are incapable of doing so."

That line came from your heart to the point you didn't realize it was rude and ended up getting chased by Ejiri.

After more training, you couldn't even stand up without help, "Why the hell did I come here?" You murmured, leaning on the walls for some support.

'I still have to take a bath, dinner, and then sleep...' You cringed at the thought of doing so many activities before hitting the bed, 'I could skip dinner though.' Well, that thought was discarded as your stomach rumbled in resistance.

Dragging yourself to the showers you didn't waste any time and got done with it rather quickly, 'Only one more objective than its time to call it a day.'

You sped to the cafeteria and noticed Misa already eating, "Hey." You waved and so did the girl with excitement, 'How does she still have energy?' You got your food and sat down beside her.

"Tough day right?" Misa asked, "Yeah. I want to sleep so bad." Your toe was still stinging from the pain, "Same here." The raven-haired female groaned, stretching her muscles.

You tossed and turned on your bed, 'Is it just me or is the material getting rather uncomfortable the more I sleep on it?' You felt the soft mattress.

You didn't realize that when you were agitated you started picking every problem you had, 'I'm done.' You soon found yourself at the soccer field again.

The field you didn't want to be on yet it was calling out to you, 'Just by standing I'm getting nauseous...' You rubbed your head. Maybe training in your pajamas was a bad call as you got sweaty, the thin fabric sticking to your body.

"Ugh." There it was again, the cycle. You were doing the same thing over and over again and you had no problem with it. Train, eat, sleep, train, eat, sleep, train-

"[Name]?" You looked back to see the sudden distraction, "What are you doing up so late?" Ah, it was Misa. Who else? The one who somehow always found a way to break you out of your perfect cycle.

"I couldn't sleep." You dryly replied, sometimes you felt a slight guilt, were you treating Misa like any other person out there? Were you a bad person? Did you even deserve the affection and compassion she showered you with?

"Fat lie, you sneaked out yesterday too, what's wrong?" She took your hand, "You know you can always tell me?" Misa batted her long lashes.

"Im fine." You quickly withdrew your hand, "I told you, I couldn't sleep." There it was again, you were acting like an asshole. But no matter how hard you tried, you always failed to return the same love.

"Oh." You failed to notice the sadness wash over the girl who loved you, "That's...Fine, I'll go then." Misa turned on her heels and left you alone, standing on the big patch of grass, wondering what happened.

Four days went by quite fast unexpectedly, you found yourself back at the same field you had been visiting daily, you weren't exactly practicing. Just some kicking and then call it a day.

 This was getting repetitive, for everyone. Ai and Misa noticed you sneaking out every day and while Misa knew what you were up to she didn't tell Ai, you just thought of it her wanting to maintain your privacy.

"I should head back." You were quite a sweaty mess, "Never mind, I'll take a shower first..." You muttered, scratching your head in laziness.

"Attention all players, please proceed to your designated rooms as your new ranking is going to be assigned in a minute or so." Well looks like you weren't going to able to take a bath or sleep.

You picked up a towel and walked back to the room, "Well look who came, are you training secretly so you can surpass us?!" Ejiri stomped towards you, "No." A small reply slipped past your mouth, ignoring the redhead.

"Hey! Back off." Misa came in between you two, towering over Ejiri, "Watch what you're saying to her or I'll snap your jaw off."

It seems you forgot to mention the part in which Misa is very protective over you, "Oh? I'd like to see you try, Miss Lover Girl."

'This looks like a big lesbian drama...' Not wanting to be a part of their quarreling you slipped past the two girls and made your way toward Fujioka, 'I'm glad she's more on the calm side.'

Before Misa and Ejiri could choke each other to death Ego came on the screen, "Hello, diamonds in the rough."

Everyone turned to look at the black-haired male, who was slurping his noodles, 'Those look delicious.' You licked your tongue unintentionally.

"If you would care to look at your forearm instead of killing each other, then you would see your new rankings." You stifled a laugh as Ego glared at Misa and Ejiri, '140...Looks like the ranking is based on the training we did earlier and how much progress we made.'

You were pleased with your new ranking, 'Misa's is 143, Ejiri's is 144, Ai's is 142 and Fujioka's is 139...The highest ranked in the team.' You looked at the silent light blue-haired female playing with her hair.

Ego then explained how we were going to play against other teams and tomorrow we had a match, 'I knew it, this guy likes to take things up a notch rather than playing a boring game.'

"I'm going to be the central forward!" Ejiri declared but no one actually cared about her and went back to sleep, after all, everyone planned on taking the same role...Well except you.

You have something different in mind.

"Let's plan our formations and plays for today's match." A brown-haired girl took charge since everyone would just wing it or something.

'It's too early in the morning for me to be awake.' You contemplated going back to sleep but decided against it because Misa would wake you up either way.

"You guys can pick whatever you want but I want [Name] as the center forward!" Misa jumped up, 'Hell no.'

You slowly looked at Misa who was ushering you to speak up, "Huh?! We're not going to give her the center forward just like that, who do you think you are?!" There Ejiri the mouth breather was again running with assumptions.

"I know she's better than you losers." And there was Misa the enticer, picking fights with Ejiri for the hundredth time.

"Who are you calling a loser lesbian bitch!" This was ticking you off, " You, dumbfuck." This was really ticking you off, "Let's calm down guys-"

"Stay out of this!" Both the girls shut the brown-haired girl in a second, 'I swear to god.' You looked at AI for help, who sighed and got up, "You two better cut it out before I smash your face on the ground."

There it was, Ai's classic threatening methods which worked on everyone, even Ejiri, "Whatever." The raven-haired female muttered and sat back down, shooting a nasty look towards Ejiri.

After some deliberation, the positions were decided on rankings rather than a dumb luck game, "So Fujioka-San will be playing CF." Finally, some progress was made.

"I would like to play central MF." You said, "You sure?" The girl asked you as you nodded, "Alright then." After some more discussion, Misa took the right wing, "I'll try my best to help you [Name]."

"If that's the case then I'll go on the left wing." You sighed, Ejiri was clearly picking a fight with Misa but you also couldn't care...It was just a hassle to handle them both.

Abiko and another girl went with Attacking, a tall girl was made the Goalkeeper and the Defending positions were filled with Airi and three more girls, Ego then appeared on the screen.

"If you are done with your plans and formations, then I'll explain to you the rules and more about the first selection."

"The first selection will be a round-robin involving all five teams in your stratum." Ego started, "Only the top two highest positioned teams with the most number of goals at the end will qualify."

win = 3pt

draw = 1pt

lose = 0pt

"The remaining three teams will be disqualified from Blue Lock, meaning losing their rights to pay on the national women's teams of Japan." You made a face, 'Stripping a player's right to play...?'

"However, for the three disqualified teams, there is a way to avoid complete elimination!" You raised a brow as Ego fixed his glasses, "That is, to become the player that scores the most goals on their respective teams." You smirked, 'Meaning betraying your teams for your sake to progress.'

 "Now you see, this method requires you girls to abandon your friends and march on the path of egoism, learn how to drive yourself to become the best and accomplish your deepest desires!" Ego looked a little crazed at this moment.

"Remember, you are here to prove your worth in the soccer industry and not to make friends. Players within a team will be ranked according to their number of goals but 'fair play' will be accounted for in the system as well." Ego finished as few rules were displayed on the screen.

Penalty system after the tournament:-

Yellow card --

-1pt

Two yellow cards during a game --

-3pt

Red card --

-4pt

Red card after a yellow card --

-5pt

"Those with fewer penalties will have a greater chance of winning whether by pursuing 'their own goals' or 'their team's victory'" Ego pointed out. 

"Keep in mind diamonds in the rough, the fate of every striker will be decided by the first selection! This fight will force you to play soccer from scratch and teach you about your foundations." This was starting to get your blood pumped, 'Why am I feeling excited?'

Get ready diamonds in the rough.

Ego's crazy smile widened, his eyes screaming, 'I need sleep.' He vanished from the screen, replaced by a timer.

The first game in six hours will be:-

Team V vs. Team X 

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