The Copy Cat (old version)

Episode 96: Own Power

I remembered Zeus getting the upper hand.

I remembered Gemini Storm getting the upper hand.

You wanna know what the difference was?

We usually found a way through them.

They stole from us with ease. They managed to get past our defenses. They know countermoves to the techniques we put out. Even though Kidou and Fudou were the main strategists on the field, somehow I had to find a gap.

"...try focusing on---"

That voice again, but this time I didn't hear the rest of what it said. Try focusing on what? On the players? On the team? On their techniques? There's too many assumptions. A wrong assumption could lead into a bad end.

When the midfielder passed the ball to the defender, Toramaru was the one running to get it.

The defender just kicked the ball to the captain. 

"I'm not gonna let you have your way!"

Akio intercepts the pass.

"Now! Dual Typhoon!"

Kazemaru, Shirou, Kabeyama, Jousuke, and Tobitaka run up and went to their positions. On Akio's side was me, Shuuya, Tobitaka, and Kabeyama. On Kidou's side was Shirou, Toramaru, Kazemaru, and Jousuke. Our side runs up first, followed by Kidou. As we were about to be blocked, Akio does a back pass to Kabeyama and passes it to Kazemaru. Another set of the opposing team tries to block them as well, but Kazemaru passes it to Kidou who passes it to me. I pass it to Akio, and already the captain was going to stop us. Toramaru runs up just as the captain was going to block us. Quickly, Akio kicks the ball to Toramaru and does "Gladius Arch". 

The ball was surrounded by six swords that were spinning alongside the ball.

"All right, it's ours!" I hear Jirou shout.

"Big Spider!"

Eight arms come out of the goalkeeper's back (I hid behind Shuuya: I am deathly scared of spiders no matter how tough I am) and he stops it. He kicks it to the forward, and already he runs up.

I run back. I hear protests from Kidou but I still run back, blocking him.

He scoffs at me. "You think you can stop me?"

"I don't think, I know." The forward does his best to get past me, but I was persistent. I wasn't going to let him and his team to get away with this. "Move it, girl!" He shouts at me. I still block him. I already feel the frustration coming from him. 

'Left, left, then right. Right, middle, around, left, then right. Middle, right, right, left...' I was already having a hard time keeping up. By blocking him, the momentum of his shoot getting in the goal would be a three percent chance: A technique is mastered by one's body, mainly stamina. If your stamina is low, the less powerful the technique becomes. I'm glad that Kageyama's advice worked for once... I thank him for that.

"Careful!" The voice shouts at me. The forward growls and quickly gets past me, already heading for the goal. 

"GAN, SHAN, DWAN!" We hear Endou Daisuke shout. 

"Gunshot!"

"Gan! Shan! Dwan!" Endou makes an attempt, but it fails.

0-2. 

"It's not Gan, Shan, Dwan! It's Gan... Shan... Dwan!"

Now I know where Endou's weirdness comes from. But then again, his weirdness manages to make miracles happen, believe it or not. And this coming from me.