"merda"

That was the first thing Akira thought when he stepped onto the pitch for his match against Team X, where he was greeted with a seething yet familiar face. The teen he bumped into on the first day at Blue Lock, who he later was told was Barou Shouei the main man of Team X.

The whistle blew for the game to begin and Team V jumped into action, seamlessly advancing through the lacklustre opposition. "Akira!" Reo yelled as he slid the ball across to the curly-haired teen who was ready and waiting to take the shot. Striking the ball with deadly accuracy it was to no one's surprise that it found its way into the net.

Team V 1 - 0 Team X

'This was the team Kunigami said was a pain no?' Akira thought as they reset, looking across from them he could confidently say that none were competition. Even the angry-looking one, as for someone with such a large ego, hadn't done much to stop Team V from scoring.

The game was once again underway, and the bronzed teen decided to have a bit of fun. With the ball at his feet, he didn't move an inch off the halfway line, much to the confusion of his teammates.

"Akira what are you doing?"

"Run with the ball!"

"Is he hurt or something?"

Ignoring their complaints and concerns the golden-eyed teen merely looked at the ball then at the goal, before striking it. The strike could only be described as a bullet, dangerous and unstoppable so fast no one get in the way to intercept and stop it and the goalkeeper barely got a finger to it.

Team V 2 - 0 Team X

"Great job Akira," Reo said bounding over to the teen to celebrate, along with the rest. While Akira did try to enjoy the brief celebrations, he couldn't help but feel eyes burning into the back of his head. Turning to see where it was coming from, he was met with the same orangy red he remembered staring into when they clashed in the hall. The spiky-haired teen scoffed before turning away, anger evident on his face, veins popping out of his forehead and all.

The whistle blew again but this time Akira found himself being marked by three opposing players, which was rather dumb on their end as it opened up space for Zantetsu to run forward, passing to him the glasses teen quickly found himself cut off but with the opposition distracted with covering off the newest threat it gave the curly haired teen a chance to make a break for it.

"Zan!" He shouted as he ran forward to create some distance between him and the defenders hot on his tail, successfully doing so. "Akira!" The glasses teen yelled back as he punted the ball towards him, not so much with accuracy but enough so that the bronze teen could receive the ball. And in the blink of an eye, Ito Akira had scored again.

Team V 3 - 0 Team X

"An easy win. Team X isn't a threat at all, go score Akira" Reo laughed as he passed the ball toward the curly-haired teen, "Yes, yes. Oh-"The ball was snatched from him before it could even touch the ground, by none other than Barou. "Sorry, Akira! I got complacent!" Reo apologised as he watched Akira track back to retake the ball.

"Tudo bem, por favor give it back....King Barou"

"I think you mean, 'Please give it back' You two are like slaves waiting for an order" the red-eyed teen said looking to both Akira and Nagi as he barged past them, "A slave? isso é um pouco racista, você não acha?" with that the game was afoot as Team V's countermeasures kicked into play.

"Zantetsu, let's surround him!" Reo yelled as the two attempted to cover him off, "Okay, we'll seal him in." but ultimately failed as the Team X player found away through and at the first chance took the shot and scored.

Team V 3 - 1 Team X

"Is it still an easy win, you donkeys?" Barou asked looking towards the quartet, eyes burning with unspoken fury. ""We're not slaves, were Reo's partners," Nagi said almost offended but wasn't as that would have been a hassle.

Quickly jumping back into the game Team V quickly regained their buffer, with a simple yet well-placed shot from Nagi, which seemed to have left Barou far from impressed.

Team V 4 - 1 Team X

"Are you satisfied with such a dull goal? and you, you can do better than them and yet you settle" The spiked-haired teen asked looking from Nagi to Akira, "Whatever, a goal is a goal. I don't care if it's dull or not, and would you rather have Akira play with you? So you can boss him around, I think he's better off with us don't ya think?" Nagi argued nonchalantly not giving the teen much thought, but he couldn't lie the parts about Akira were grinding on his nerves, how dare he even mention Akira's name.

"As expected of the lower classes, you piece of trash dragging a fine jewel down with you" Barou scoffed far from amused before looking to Akira, he couldn't help but wonder how such a priceless gem, a king like him found himself lumped in with these idiots. "What's that even mean?" Nagi asked confused, while Akira silently seethed at the conversation as the spiky-haired teen focused solely on Nagi.

"Your goals are the goals of a slave, controlled by that purple-haired master. You're a parasite who can't survive alone." Now Akira's blood was boiling, he saw red as there was one thing you didn't do. It was a mess with the people he cared for, and Barou Shouei had done just that.

Team V 4 - 2 Team X

Barou had scored again, and while he was busy berating Nagi. The bronzed teen decided to exact his revenge on his friend's behalf. "Never mind him, even if one person's out of lien, tyrannical set-ups crumble. Now let's score one more goal and end this game." Reo said as he tried to calm both Akira and Nagi, more so Akira who looked like he was seconds away from strangling the red-eyed teen to death. But what the Mikage boy didn't understand was that the curly-haired boy was out for blood and with twenty minutes left on the clock he planned on getting a lot more than just one more goal.

The whistle blew and Akira ran directly at the opposition, eyes fixated and ears closed to the yells of Reo. Brushing past Barou their eyes meet for a split second and at that moment they both understand, that this means war.

Team V 5 - 2 Team X

The bronzed teen was running on instinct and rage as he rained down what could only be described as hellfire on the opposition, becoming a one-man army with one purpose. He didn't just want to beat them, no, he wanted to destroy them and he went on to do just that scoring another four goals scoring seven overall in the game and leaving the score.

Team V 9 - 2 Team X

The opposition was exhausted panting and gasping unprepared for the final play of the game which was in Team V's hands, all except Barou who seemed to be fine enough and was staring at Akira, his eyes swirled with some unrecognisable emotion.

As the whistle blew again, Akira did nothing to move instead he looked Nagi dead in the eye and said "Prove him wrong, for me" and with that, he was off. Much to the spike-haired teen's dismay, conceding a goal to Akira was one thing. But to concede to a lethargic sloth, with no talent whatsoever, could not happen. "What do you want?"

"This slave is ready" the white-haired teen mumbled as he went to go head to head with the Team X player, "Go on Nagi" And with that, he fired the ball long to the white-haired boy who backheeled and controlled it with ease.

"Is this...still dull?" Nagi asked looking the teen dead in the eyes, "I'll kill you" Barou said as he went to push the Team V player, to the screaming protest of Reo "Hey, that's a foul! Penalty!" while Akira watched, silently hoping Nagi would do something about it without outside help.

Thankfully he pushed back, harder. "Oh, dear. Toppled by a slave? Your reign as the king is over, and Akira will never be yours" With that the white-haired teen struck the ball finding the top left corner, and with that, the game was done.

Team V 10 - 2 Team X

"Hey Nagi, that was one fierce goal for someone who can't be bothered. was that for me?" Reo asked as the quartet found themselves in a pile of joy on the floor while Barou seethed with anger at the loss, "No it was for you Akira" Nagi said leaning in to connect his forehead with the curly-haired teen who only smiled "I'm proud of you Nagi" the bronzed teen smiled "Good job" Zantetsu praised giving the white-haired boy a thumbs up.

As the team slowly began to file off the pitch, Akira went to join them but stopped when an arm grabbed him. "Your too good to be playing with those donkeys, play with me and I'll make you my king and we can rule together"

His cloud of anger had passed, and Akira was now thinking with a lot clearer head, but that didn't mean the urge to smack the shit out of Barou went away. "I'm good, cadela" and with that, the curly-haired teen left to join his team, exiting the pitch. Walking in stride between Reo and Nagi who each snaked an arm around him as they both turned their head back to look at the Team X player's face painted in a twisted look of satisfaction.

'Akira is ours, and you are not going to change that' With that quartet disappeared into the tunnel leaving a stunned and angry Barou. 'I'll show them, I'll show Akira I'm better than those donkeys he should be playing with me as my king so we can rule together. But all in due time' the spiked-haired teen thought as he too began to vacate the field, for a well-needed shower.

Meanwhile, elsewhere in the Blue Lock facility, the match between Team Z and Team W had finally come to an end.

Team W 4 - 4 Team Z

While the Team Z players watched Kuon hunted down by the furious Team W players, their attention shifted towards the voice over the loudspeaker. "Your attention please, matches seven and eight for building five are now complete here are the results"

Looking at the board Isagi and Kunigami's eyes widened at the score of the other game Team V 10 - 2 Team X, against Barou now that was an impressive feat. 'only one more left to go, and it's against Akira' Isagi thought as he hadn't spoken to the bronzed teen since the night in the monitoring room with Chigiri, 'I'm happy I get to see Akira again, even if it's on the other side of the pitch'