Mirai POV
Kakuma: Both teams are back in position! Raimon has changed their formation. Sangoku is moved into defense while the goalkeeper chosen to replace him is... M-Matsukaze! What's this?! Raimon has placed Matsukaze as their goalkeeper!
Wanda: "Him, the goalkeeper? We're seriously being underestimated."
Namikaze: "Don't hold yourselves back, men. Sink him!"
Kaiou: "Aye!"
Midori: "So, why are you here too?"
Everyone on the bench looked at Kirara who was standing in front of them.
Kirara: "What? Can I not be?"
Midori: "Well, it's not that you can't but more like..."
Akane: "We're on opposite sides."
Kirara: *sigh* "What did I say about not thinking I'm someone important?"
Midori: "It's not like we can just ignore that!"
Kirara: "True, true."
Aoyama-senpai whispered to me.
Aoyama: *whisper* "Is it really a good idea to let her stay here?"
*whisper* "Well Kirara-san just does whatever she wants, no matter what anyone says..."
Ichino: *whisper* "Seriously?"
I nodded.
Kakuma: The second half begins! Can Raimon catch up?!
Kurama: "Shindou!"
Namikawa: "Nagisawa!"
Kirino: "Yes, he got past!"
Namikawa: ! "Saruga!"
Shindou: "Presto Turn!"
Kakuma: Raimon's passes are connecting! The match is returning in their favor!
Touga: "Yoshimine!"
Kakuma: This time, Nishizono cuts the ball with his expert jumping!
Aoi: "Wow!"
Midori: "Go!"
Akane: "The winds are converging..."
I look towards Kirara.
She doesn't look happy...
Namikawa: "What's wrong, men? You call yourselves Seeds? Where is your pride as Seeds?!"
Kaiou: !
Wanda: "My pride as a Seed..."
Kakuma: Wanda steals the ball!
Wanda: "We are Seeds! There's no way we'd lose to you! Sonic Speed Barius!"
Kakuma: Raimon's defense crumbles!
Wanda looked in front of him.
Shindou and Shinsuke: "Tenma!"
Tenma!
Tsurugi: "Don't back down!"
Tenma: "Eh?"
Tsurugi: "Weren't you going to protect soccer?! The soccer that you love?!"
"Tsurugi...!"
Tenma: ! "...I'll definitely stop it!"
Kirara: ! "This feeling..."
"Kirara-san?"
Wanda: "Ha!"
Tenma: "We'll protect soccer!"
Everyone: !
Kirara: "... Pretty..."
Shinsuke: "That's..."
Shindou: "Tenma's Avatar..."
Tsurugi: "Hmph."
Tenma: "Gah!"
Tenma kicked the ball out then the whistle blew and everyone was silent.
Kakuma: ...H-He blocked it! Incredible! Matsukaze brings out an Avatar and stops Wanda's shoot!
*whisper* "Tenma..."
Aoi hugged me.
Aoi: "He did it! He did it, Mirai-chan!"
"Yeah... Yeah!"
Kirara: "That was..."
Aoi and I looked to Kirara who was smiling.
Kirara: "That was Tenma's Avatar, huh?"
Haruna: "Did you make Tenma-kun the goalkeeper in order to draw out his power?"
Aoi: "Is that right?"
Everyone looked to Coach Endou.
Endou: "With his specialty in dribbling, Tenma rarely had the chance to receive the ball from the front."
Ichino: "The front?"
Endou: "In order to bring out his Avatar, he needed to learn how to focus all of his concentration to the front and expand his energy."
Midori: "I see!"
Kirara: "An interesting way on how to unleash an Avatar, Mamoru-san."
Endou: "Mamoru...?"
Kirara smiled to him.
Endou: "Thank you."
Kirara: "Speak of... why Ten-Ten kick the ball instead of using his hands?" *sweatdrop*
"Ah... g-good question..."
Sangoku: "Coach! Can I go back to being goalkeeper one more time?"
Coach Endou gave Sangoku-senpai a thumbs up.
Kakuma: Now, with Sangoku as goalkeeper once more, the game resumes! The score is still 3-1 with Kaiou in the lead!
Sangoku: "Guys, let's turn this around!"
Everyone: "Okay!"
Namikawa: "Yoshimine!"
Shindou: "A long throw?!"
Yoshimine: "This goal will decide the match!"
Kakuma: But Kirino makes a cut!
Kirino: "Hayami!"
Hayami-senpai got the ball and then after a while... went the ground like he was ready to sprint.
Nagisawa: "What?"
Hayami: "Zeroyon!"
Hamano: "Awesome!"
Tsurugi: "Over here!"
Hayami-senpai passed it to Tsurugi.
Tsurugi: "Death Drop!"
Kakuma: It's in! Raimon scores!
Aoi: "All right!"
Aoyama: "Okay, just one more point!"
Kirino: "Shindou!"
Shindou: "Fortissimo!"
Kakuma: It's in again! Raimon finally catches up in a tie!
Wanda: "Sonic Speed Barius! Ha!"
Shindou: "Sangoku-san!"
Tenma: "Sangoku-senpai!"
Sangoku: "I'll protect Raimon's goal! Fence Of Gaia!"
Kakuma: He blocked it! This time, Sangoku uses his new hissatsu technique to defend the goal!
Shindou: "Tenma!"
Namikawa: "I won't let you! Sea King Poseidon!"
Tenma: "Demon God Pegasus!"
Namikawa: "I'll send your Avatar to its grave!"
Tenma: "Go!"
Namikawa: "Ugh!"
Ide: "N-Namikawa's Avatar lost? Elite Solider Pawn! U-Ugh!"
Kakuma: Matsukaze charges through two Avatars!
Kirara: !
Tenma: "Shinsuke!"
Shinsuke: "Full Throttle Jump!"
Fukami: "Hydro Anchor! Ugh!"
Kakuma: It's in! Raimon finally takes the lead! There's the end game whistle! With an eye-popping turnabout, Raimon wins the championship for Holy Road's Kanto district prelim finals! They will be moving on to the Nationals!
Kirara POV
"Hm~"
I watched as Raimon was celebrating their win and looked back at Kaiou.
Namikawa: "We... lost..."
I get a call from the earpiece in my ear and click it.
Ishido: "Do it."
"Hehe.... 'Kay~"
I turn off my earpiece and walk up to Namikawa. I could feel Raimon's eyes on me. I could tell that Shirabe was also looking towards me, mentally saying not to go overboard.
I won't go overboard. Don't worry Shirabe.
"Nami-chi~"
Namikawa flinched and slowly looked up at me.
Namikawa: "S-Shirogane-sama..."
"You lost. You all lost."
Namikawa looked down.
Namikawa: "I-I'm n-no! W-We're sorry!"
"...I don't want an apology."
Namikawa flinched at the chill of my voice.
"You know what happens to failures like you, right?"
Namikawa: "Y-Yes..."
"Good."
Kyousuke: "Shirogane!"
I turn to Kyousuke.
Mirai: "T-Tsurugi..."
Kyousuke: "What are you doing?!"
"Hm~ what am I doing? Well nothing yet! I'm so happy you call me without the -san though, Kyousuke-kun!"
Kyousuke glared at me but I just smiled back.
"Wachan."
I could tell Wanda flinched but he came up to me.
Wanda: "Y-Yes?"
I smiled to him.
"Would you take everyone out to the designated spot?"
Wanda: "Y-Yes ma'am..."
I turned back to Kyousuke.
"And~ why are you so interested what might happen to them? I mean you're the one who betrayed us."
Kyousuke: "Betraying doesn't matter right now!"
"Hm~ Hehe! You would know what happens if you had never allied yourself with Raimon, you know."
Mirai grabbed Kyousuke's arm.
"Calm down, Mirai-chan. I won't do anything to Kyousuke-kun. Plus what I'm doing is orders."
Kyousuke: "Orders?"
"Yup~ So no need to get all defensive!"
I turned to Tenma and walk up to him.
"You sure were amazing today, Ten-Ten!"
Tenma: "Eh? Ah... Thanks-"
I put my hand on right side of his chest.
Tenma: "Kirara-san? What are you- AH!"
Tenma sounded in pain and then was about to fall backwards until Aoi, Shinsuke, and Sangoku caught him.
Sangoku: "You...! What did you do?!"
Shinsuke: "Tenma, Tenma!"
Aoi: "The right side of his chest is so cold....and... there's frost?!"
Kyousuke: "Shirogane!"
Mirai held Kyousuke back.
"Aw~ it's cute how you get so protective over them. Stop giving me such glares you guys~ It's not a big deal what I did to him."
Shindou: "What did you do to him?!"
"Oh nothing~ Don't worry, he'll be fine. As long as he's got that passion of soccer inside him."
Haruna: "Passion? What you've done is very major! Don't make us-"
"Make you tattletale? Like I said, he's fine. You're worrying too much."
I look at Tenma.
"When he wakes mind telling him something for me?"
Everyone glared at me but I ignored and turned around.
"... Your Avatar is beautiful."
Everyone: !
Then I started leaving. When I got to the dark hallway someone came up to me and walked next to me.
Shirabe: "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine. Perfect even!"
Shirabe: "... Don't lie to me."
I stopped walking and stopped smiling.
"... Ten-Ten's Avatar..."
Shirabe: "..."
"It really was majestic... I'm jealous."
Shirabe: "Kiri-chan..."
"Other than that... his strength."
I remember how he passed through two Avatars easily.
"He mastered it easier than I thought. It made me think..."
Shirabe: "Think...?"
"That he's like me."
I paused and looked down.
"... A Second Stage Child."
Shirabe: "... Kiri-chan... I, I heard your voice."
"My voice?"
Shirabe: "... Telepathically."
!
I look at Shirabe.
Shirabe: "... When you said I won't go overboard."
I look down.
"... Heh. Looks like my powers are getting stronger."
I look at my hand.
"... Perhaps I should try levitation next."
My hand was shaking. But then Shirabe grabbed it with both of hers and squeezed it.
(I actually really like how I typed this chapter... for once LOL)