Secrets Of A SEED

Shindou's Keshin

''Nobody is going to give up.'' A voice said. It was a boy, you could see that from his posture. But the shadows blocked his face and body.

Shindou sighed. A small smile appeared on his face. Everyone was relieved and shocked at the same time. ''You sure took your time...'' Shindou muttered.

''I'm sorry I'm late!'' Tenma said and gave them all a big and reassuring smile. Endou saw himself in Tenma and couldn't help but grin.

''You're able to play?'' The coach asked the boy, just to be sure.

''Yeah!'' Tenma answered excitedly.

He looked at the scoreboard. For one second, a frown appeared on his face. ''It's only two points. We can manage, I'm sure of it! And... Another thing...'' The boy turned towards Kirino, Sangoku, Shinsuke, and Kariya. ''Why are they all bruised?'' He asked dumbfounded.

'''They got beaten up by Mannouzaka,'' Ichino explained.

''Hm. Okay. Are you guys okay now?'' Tenma asked.

''We're okay!'' They all said in perfect sync.

''Glad to hear. Coach, can I play?'' Tenma asked.

''Yeah. Hayami, you're on the bench for the second half.'' He stated.

''Okay...'' He answered and frowned.

Midori studied every face of Raimon. ''Aoi. Akane. With me?'' She said and pulled them with her.

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From backstage, you could hear the whistle. Midori sighed.

''I'll get straight to the point. The ones that rebel against Fifth Sector in our team won't make it all alone. We'll need to do something to get the whole team to rebel.'' She said.

''Shin-kun will find something out'' Akane said and took a picture of the facepalming Midori and the sighing Aoi.

''It will be fine. Just give them a pep talk when the time is right. You'll know when that is.'' Aoi said.

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It wasn't really going well. They managed to score 1 goal thanks to Tenma, who took all the beatings but continued to fight anyway.

But now, he was tired. He just wanted to lay in bed and fall asleep. Tsurugi and Shindou ran towards him. ''Tenma! Are you still able to play?'' Shindou asked.

Then the match continued.

''I'm... Fine...'' He said.

Mitsuyoshi growled and kicked the ball to Tenma, who caught it with his face. He fell on the ground. Then they saw he blacked out.

Shindou was surrounded by black and purple aura. Everyone was staring at him in shock. ''You're just released from the hospital. And...Now... You're lying on the ground once again. As captain, I failed. I couldn't protect my team... This makes me so angry...'' Shindou hissed.

''RAAA!'' He yelled. A keshin appeared.

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''SOUSHA MAESTRO!'' He yelled. The captain faced the other captain.

''You will regret hurting my teammates... You will regret working under Fifth Sector's command... You'll regret using soccer to hurt others...'' Shindou said in a deadly low voice. He walked towards the ball who lied next to Tenma's back.

Shindou ran to the other's half with his Keshin. When Raimon was about to switch Tenma, Tsurugi offered a hand and helped the other first-year up.

Tenma turned to them and gave them a grin, signaling he was fine.

''Good acting. Shindou-san believed you were really unconscious.'' Tsurugi complimented.

''Thanks. But this wasn't as planned. I promised to help them score, but the only thing I did was helping them hurting me. So, that's when I thought I could use this to my advantage to help Shindou awaken his keshin, just to say sorry.'' Tenma explained.

''Heh well, look at the faces of Raimon,'' Tsurugi said and pointed at the others.

They were looking at Shindou in awe. From what they've been told, only SEED's could awaken keshins. And now, their captain had one.

But at the same time, they liked it very much.

Shindou was now in front of the goal, facing Shinoyama. ''HARMONICS!'' He yelled.

He and his keshin scored their second goal, bringing the stand up to a tie.

''GOAL! SHINDOU TAKUTO SCORES THE SECOND GOAL! IT'S A TIE! JUST A FEW MINUTES LEFT BEFORE THE END, WHICH TEAM WILL WIN?'' The commentator said.

Shindou's keshin vanished. He smiled. Then he remembered Tenma was unconscious and turned around. He was shocked by the fact that Tenma was standing. He was supported by Tsurugi.

Then he saw his friends' shocked faces. He smiled sheepishly at them. ''That was.... AWESOME!'' Kirino yelled, fanboying over his friend's keshin.

''Thanks...'' Shindou said.

Midori stood up from the bench. ''It's almost time. They aren't going to let Shindou, Tenma or Tsurugi through. In fact, they are going to hurt them. That's when I'm going to give them the pep talk.'' She said.

''How can you tell?'' Aoi asked.

''Look at Mannouzaka's faces. You see the faces they make? It tells me that.'' She answered.