At one point, all that running and pushing made Sunao not have enough energy to get up from the ground from the latest attack. He was writhing in pain on the ground as he clutched his side. Sekizan noticed his situation and helped him get back onto his feet. He gave the male a pat on the back before focusing back on the game.
"Knock-on by Jinko! Scrum, Tenjiku's ball!"
"Don't mind!" "Jinko, you'll get the ball back!" "You can do it, Jinko!" they were cheering on from the sidelines.
Tenjiku was still in possession of the ball after scrum and Sunao was running with it to the goal line. Right outside the 22 metre line, Sekizan defended the goal by tackling him. Fortunately for Sunao, his teammate Seki was there to save his back, literally and figuratively, as he was pushed against Sekizan's tackle. He fell out of the ruck(?) before holding out the ball for Sano to take.
It seemed as if suddenly everyone was in harmony as the tense atmosphere was gone and suddenly everyone's play was connecting very smoothly.
"They're 22 metres in Jinko's territory!" (Y/n) exclaimed when Hosotani entered the zone with the ball in hand. "And we were on a roll, too..." Umeno commented, "Jinko, stand strong!"
However, it seemed like Tenjiku were the ones that got motivated as their passes got even faster, if possible. What even made them change their minds anyway? It didn't take them long to score the try though even when Jinko's defence were all clumped together. Ebumi failed his tackle and was latching onto the player to stop him from scoring, but alas, it was all for naught.
"Try!"
"21-15. If they make this kick, they'll only need one more try to turn the game on its head."
"They've got just over ten minutes left, right?"
"This can't be good..."
It was silent while they were waiting for the game to continue. "Hey, " Komori called out and gained the attention of the reserved players, "do you want to play, Oharano?" the blond stayed unfazed, "...Not really." he answered but was told to put on his jersey and headgear anyways.
"Matsuo." Komori called to the fly-half after Tenjiku's failed conversion kick and they were going back to their positions. He turned to the coach and gave a big smile at the sight of Oharano beside Komori.
"We're switching fly-halves from Matsuo to Oharano." Komori told the referee about the substitution. "We might lose the lead from here. Keep us in it." Matsuo sent Oharano to the field with a pat on the back and went towards the sidelines.
"Good work, Matsu-san." Kibi greeted him. "They're already fighting." he said as he referred to Oharano supposedly fighting with Gion and Ebumi when he had been on the field for less than a minute. "Yeah, sounds like it." Matsuo chuckled.
"Matsuo, good work out there." (Y/n) was holding out a water bottle for him.
"Thanks, (Y/n)."
...
Tenjiku really stepped up their game after that debacle. It wasn't long after Oharano kicked off and they were already close to the goal. "No way! They're already 22 metres into our half." Umeno exclaimed. "Jinko, hang in there!" (Y/n) cheered and Umeno did the same.
Sunao was running for the goal line when Gion suddenly came into his path. Sunao passed the ball to the side, hoping that a teammate would catch it, but instead it got intercepted by Oharano. He turned to the other side of the field and kicked it far.
The second the ball was kicked, Ebumi sprinted off to where the ball would land. She could barely see it, but (Y/n) was pretty sure the second year was not happy about Oharano's plan.
He managed to catch the ball but immediately got tackled from the back. He got hit on the upper back/shoulder area.
"Dangerous high tackle! Penalty!" the referee called while Ebumi shouted in pain. The player that tackled him, Tenjiku's #14, was beside him and apologized profusely. Ebumi wasn't focused on the pain for long when Oharano told him something and he immediately got angry at whatever the first year had said.
The first year still was calm though and continued instructing the team about his idea.
...
A lineout was formed with the ball in Jinko's possession.. Hachioji was about to throw the ball in the middle when Gion suddenly started calling for him, "Hachi-senpai! Over here! Throw me a long whatever-it-is my way! Over here! Hachi-senpai, over here!" At the same time, it got the attention of both teams.
Except for one member.
"Push, Jinko!" Hyosu and (Y/n) exclaimed when Iwashimizu got the ball and was in the middle of a maul. "Push!"
Iwashimizu was still standing strong in the middle of the maul when more and more players joined the maul. Both teams continued pushing until they were standing only 5 metres left. Gion, who was standing at the back, suddenly dropped to the ground.
"Try!"
"Eh? Gion had the ball?" (Y/n) must have blinked when Gion was given the ball. She didn't notice when it left Iwashimizu's hand and handed to him. But despite that, the team cheered loudly for the first year.
"Gion!"
"You did it, Gion!"
"26-16... Oh, jeez. I'm going to cry." Umeno said before looking at her fellow manager, "(Y/n)-senpai, you look like you're going to cry too."
"Shut up, I'm not."
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