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"Seriously?"

There were 20 minutes left until your team played against Team X and Ejiri here is picking a fight with Misa again, "Get out of my way." Misa glared down at the red-haired female.

"What was that?" Ejiri brought her hand up to her ear, "I said get out of my way." It was like an instant as Misa pushed Ejiri towards the locker, "Or you still can't hear me now?" 

You eyed the two, you would have asked Ai for help but it was just you three in the lockers, 'Their position reminds me of a GL drama...' You raised a brow seeing Misa pinning Ejiri on the lockers, "Let her go Misa, you can't be getting into a fight with her every time."

Misa looked at you with a small glint in her arms and dropped Ejiri on the ground with no hesitation, "Tch." She walked towards you and cupped your hands, "I can't stand it when she gets even remotely close to you."

Before you could reply the rest of the team walked in, "We have about 15 minutes left till we play, let's go over the formation and plays!" The brown-haired girl announced.

You could still sense the tense air between Ejiri and Misa but decided not to do anything about it, "While we don't know anything about the players of Team X, we still have to lay in proper formations!"

After some more discussion, everyone went to their own little corners to cool off, '5 minutes left...' You got a little nervous and started counting down the seconds.

"Scared?" Misa sat down beside you, "No, nervous is the correct term." You said and earned a chuckle from the raven-haired girl, "Probably my first time seeing you nervous then." You weren't exactly the person who was expressive after all.

"I don't care about the outcome of the match, it's just that Ego's little games are forcing me out of my comfort zone." You admitted, "Then that's great isn't it?" Your eyes widened.

"You're breaking out of your cycle while exploring something new and maybe becoming a part of history! Isn't that even a little nerve-wracking?" Misa said, twiddling with her thumbs, "To admit it, I didn't want to come here to begin with...But then I realized that all this modeling and stuff was taking a toll on me..."

"Maybe I just needed to be free but also not free...I can't really explain it but that's how I truly feel and if you feel even remotely close to that then I'm glad!" You looked down on your hands, maybe she was right.

'Maybe I need to break free from my shackles...' But this wasn't exactly the situation to think about it. Right now you have an important match to play and you don't exactly plan on fucking it up.

Everyone gathered and walked out on the field, you were immediately blinded by the huge glaring lights stationed on the roof. There was also a speaker attached to the pols around the corner and the field was quite large.

You looked at Team X, who apparently had already entered the room and were currently stretching, 'I did some exercises before so I'll just study them a bit.' Your eyes immediately darted towards a black-haired female with a tall stature and a huge build.

'Shit...She's going to be a brawler I guess so.' You gulped, handling her wasn't going to be nice at all but your team had Ai, 'They both have around the same structure...I think so.'

Suddenly a speaker went off, telling us to get ready for the kick-off, "Let's do this [Name]~" You nodded, "Yeah."

You walked over to your designated position, never taking your eyes off the girl you had noticed, 'I need to keep my attention on her the most...All her other teammates seem like good for nothing.'

A whistle blew off, Ai passed to Fujioka who immediately pressed on, not even giving a chance for Team X to think, "Nice timing." You whispered and ran towards Fujioka in hopes of assisting the light blue-haired female.

To your surprise, Fujioka was quite the runner, and with her flexibility, she was passing the other players with grace, 'Did she take ballet classes?' Your eyes widened as she moved with agility.

You ran a little toward your right, maintaining distance and covering space for any unwanting attacks, 'We just have to keep this speed and score goals.'

From the corner, you saw Misa catching up to Fujioka, "A triangle formation?" You questioned but went with it anyway. Fujioka passed to the ravenette who made a long pass to you, 'Here it is-'

"Suck it loser!" Your eyes widened as Ejiri, your own fucking teammate stole your pass, "I'm not going to depend on you guys, I'm going to score my own goals and become the highest scorer on the team!"

Your expression turned from calm to calm but ticked off, 'Is she stupid?' You stopped and huffed out air, you weren't going to lie but Ejiri was holding the ball pretty well too.

'If Ejrir hadn't taken my pass then I would have had more higher chances of scoring...But she can have it for all I care.' You started to walk back, seeing Misa and Ejiri arguing but working nicely with each other.

"Pathetic."

Within a second, the girl you had been eyeing from the start of the match stole the ball from Misa, catching her off guard, "How can mere weaklings like you rank higher than me?"

'Shit.' You ran back towards the goalpost, having small hope that Ai and Fujioka could maybe stop her but oh how wrong could you be, "Huh?!"

There it was, that was the moment you were starting to realize that Blue Lock holds much more than you had anticipated at first, "Stay out of my way." You tried to stop the black-haired girl but she tricked you into a nutmeg and ran forward.

Within the next minute, the black-haired female had scored a goal for her team, 'Oh?' You chuckled a little, 'Looks like I found her playstyle~'

"The fuck was the defending team doing?!" Ejiri held Airi by her shirt but Ai separated them, "More like what the actual fuck was up with you? Taking [Name]'s pass when she could have scored. It looks like you cost us this goal!" Misa snickered.

"You-" You looked at Ejiri which strangely shut her up, "Guys, I know a way we can stop her." You grinned a little, "She seems crazy." Ejiri whispered to Ai who reluctantly agreed.

"And what's this plan of yours?" Fujioka spoke out of nowhere, scaring others, "That girl...If we give her time to play around us with tricks she can easily score." You looked at the female standing on the other side.

"And what are you exactly getting at?" The red-haired female questioned, "What I'm saying is that we have to pull off unexpected things and trick her instead, that means cooperating with the team."

"And who's going to do that?" Ai asked, "We have the perfect person for this." You looked at the light blue-haired girl, "Me?"

"Yes. I have noticed that you can blend pretty nicely into your environment and with your amazing flexibility and agility we can pull this off." You looked at Fujioka who contemplated for a second.

"Sure, we have to win either way so I don't have a choice." You nodded and walked back to your positions. The kick-off started and rather than passing to Fujioka, Ai passed the ball to you.

Before you could even press on the black-haired female was already on your side, "Didn't think you would appear so suddenly." You calmly stated as she raised a brow.

"Sorry...But I don't have time to play around with you." The girl's eyes widened, "I don't even have the ball anymore." You looked at her, 'Chiaki...I'll keep that in mind.'

Chiaki, the black-haired female ran off towards the center but couldn't seem to find who you had passed to, "Of course, you can't seem to find the person having the ball."

Chiaki looked at you angrily, "They're passing at such speed that your eyes can't even comprehend it." Your expression never changed yet your eyes were dancing in their way.

"Well then, I wouldn't wanna waste all my precious time on you instead of helping others." Before Chiaki could block you, you turned your body and barely slipped past her, running towards the center.

"Pass it to me!" Ejiri ran up to Fujioka who completely ignored her and kept running forward, 'At this point, she'll score without needing my assistance...' You slowed down, catching some breath.

'I'll rest I guess-' Your thoughts were cut off, 'What?!' Your eyes widened in panic as Chiaki ran past you a another level of speed, "Don't think I'll let peasants like you score a girl." She stopped the ball with her head as a small grin rested on her lips.

"Shit, fall back!" You shouted, 'She caught up like it was nothing?!' You mentally cursed yourself for being careless and took a few steps back.

The black-haired female ran forward, dribbling the ball at an insane rate, "Nice dribbling...But not better than me!" Your eyes landed on Misa who stole the ball from Chiaki.

"Using my own plays on me won't work." She winked at her, "We're not the best team in here for nothing after all!" She grinned, dodging the other, and practically flew towards the goal like a missile.

"Boom!" She shot the ball but this time no one could stop it. You looked at Chiaki who glared at the ravanette, "Stay out of my way." The black-haired female threatened Misa, "And what if I don't?"

'How does she manage to make enemies everywhere she goes?' You sighed, looking at the two bickering, "Cut it out Misa, we still have 15 minutes till halftime." 

You smiled gratefully at Ai, who was dragging Misa out of trouble as always. From the corner of your eyes you saw Ejiri, standing rather strangely in the corner, 'Knowing her, she would have been on Misa's ass for scoring a goal by herself...'

You shrugged it off yet an uncomfortable feeling was still in the back of your head, 'I just hope she doesn't pull the same shit she did earlier.'

In the next 15 minutes or so, you pretty much helped Fujioka score a goal for the team and ran around blocking Chiaki's movement, taking advantage of her weakness and surprisingly every time.

"Let's go! We have two goals already, this game looks like a piece of cake from here!" Airi cheered with some other girls.

'She didn't even do anything, why is she celebrating?' You side-eyed them but continued to mind your own business, "Ah, Fujioka. Nice goal." The light blue-haired girl nodded, "I wouldn't have been able to if it wasn't for your assistance."

"[Name], what about me? How was my super goal?!" Misa whined and in the process managed to blast your ears off, "It was nice." You replied and went back to zoning out.

"Just nice?! I'll score another super goal next time then." Misa nodded with determination, 'I just want to take a bath...I'm sweaty.'

A few more plays were discussed and as always you kept silent the whole time, 'Somethings very wrong with Ejiri...She hasn't managed to blow her heads off with her loud voice.' You looked at the red-haired female with slight concern.

"Remember guys, our target right now is Chiaki, we cannot afford to let her play loose," Ai mentioned as the others nodded.

The match restarted and you found yourself running around again, 'Chiaki's right there...But Fujioka's a little too far for my liking.' A bead of sweat fell from your cheek.

"I won't let a dirty little rag bag block me anymore." You were offended at the black-haired female's words but didn't let it get to you, "Try me all you want, queen." You teased back, your intention wasn't exactly to get under Chiaki's skin but whatever distractes her the best works.

"Oh? Then take this." The little blocking game had now become a strength game, as Chiaki aggressively shoved your shoulder, "Woah, that's heavy...But won't work on me."

You planted your left leg on the grass firmly as if you were becoming one of them, 'I have to fool her and get to Fujioka fast enough to get another goal.' You sighed.

You grunted, twisting your foot in a rather painful way, and broke free from the strain Chiaki was putting on your side, "Fujioka, pass." You called out, the said female immediately cooperated and passed.

'Ah...It's a little too high for my liking.' You locked your eyes onto the ball, '..But I can get it.' You jumped up, still feeling a little pain in your ankle from the twisting you did earlier.

You spin your leg around and trapped the ball, not wasting a second you ran forward, "Don't think you can get away from me!" Chiaki was practically running towards you with the intention to kill.

"Tch." You glided on the ground, stabilizing yourself you dodged Chaiki's swipe and spun the ball, continuing to run forward to the goal box yet you were...Blocked with a familiar leg, almost falling in the process.

"Huh?! Again?" You looked at the certain female shock who was grinning like a madman, "While you two were busy fighting like damn cats, I took my opportunity to strike!" That's right, Ejiri stole the ball from you the second time.

'I give up.' You didn't bother chasing after the ball since Ejiri shot the ball into the goal and scored, not to mention it was from quite a long distance, "You guys see that?! Now that's a super goal!" The last words were clearly meant for Misa.

"You fucking bitch, you sticking your leg in could have hurt [Name]!" Misa held Ejiri up by her collar, "Why don't you mind your own business fuckface?!"

"[Name]'s safety is my business." It wasn't going to be a lie when you said that you were getting more and more embarrassed those two talked, "What are you? Her girlfriend?"

"Okay shut the actual fuck up, guys." You pulled Misa apart from Ejiri, "At this rate, you'll both kill each other." You sighed, 'Who the fuck enjoys this drama?'

Well hate to break it to you [Name], but there is actually a freak of a man who enjoys this type of drama and is spectating this match in his musty room.

"Ego-San, what do you think about how the first match is going?" Anri, the woman you all know, asked her boss, "I will say, while the girls are more coordinated and better at mapping out and actually becoming a team..."

His meaningless words caused a certain expression on Anri's face which we call happiness, "But the guys gave me more than what I personally looked for," Was suddenly changed into an expression we all call depression.

"But then again...The girls have more chance on how to solve the 0 to 1." Ego calculated some stats on his crusty iPad, "While I expect the guys to grow more as individuals rather than a team."

"A-ah...I see, then who caught your eye in the first match?" Anri asked, "Hmm...I would prefer the answer no one but I'm certainly a little surprised by these four in the whole game."

1. Chaiki Hanabusa

2. Misa Loenhart

3. Ejiri Aki

4. [Name] [Lastname]

Those four names were displayed on the screen, alongside the beholders of them, "Chiaki Hanabusa's pride and ego are incomparable to many I have seen up till now...I do think she can survive the first selection."

"Misa Loenhart, a promising female striker who also works as a model...But I feel like something's holding that poor girl behind from reaching her potential." Anri voiced out.

"That's right, the culprit is [Name] [Lastname]. Misa Loenhart doesn't want to outshine her friend." The black-haired male scrolled through her stats.

"Ejiri Aki is rather on the brash side, she's always thinking with her heart rather than brain but those thoughts can sometimes be beneficial." Anri nodded, both of the two adults' eyes then landed on your picture.

"[Name] [Lastname]...She's full of mysteries. I don't have a single clue what's going behind that genius of a brain." Ego concluded, "But you expect a lot from her as a midfielder right?" Anri asked.

"You could say so. She could make a great striker but for now, the mid-field position suits her better." Ego closed his tablet and focused back on the match, letting his thoughts run like how you did on the screen.

I expect great things from you...

Diamond in the rough.

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★ One thing I would like to clarify is that yes, there is a narrator in this story who is narrator your story and that's me! I just thought it would be a little cute detail to add in there so don't mind me as I ramble off on how much annoying Ego is!