Mirai POV
Announcer: Now an opening statement from the tournament committee chairman, Mr. Ishido Shuuji.
Ishido: "Players who have won their way to fight the Nationals... I officially proclaim the opening of the Holy Road competition. The Holy Road is the epitome of soccer. The real fight begins now! I look forward to seeing how you fare the challenges!"
The crowd started cheering loudly.
Kakuma: Now, at last, the fierce fight begins! This year features a Russian roulette stadium, divided into five separate areas. Each team will hold their games on a ground chosen at random! And the two schools who remain standing at the end will fight the finals here at Amano Mikado Stadium!
Gassan Kunimitsu... my final match.
I shifted uncomfortably where I was standing.
*Next Day*
"This... looks too fancy."
Haruna: "This Holy Liner will take us to the grounds where we'll be playing."
Tenma and Shinsuke: "Wow!"
Kurumada: "We take this to get to the grounds, huh?"
Hayami: "But we don't know where it'll take us."
Amagi: "Oh, yeah."
Hamano: "Anyone besides me nervous?"
"Me..."
The doors opened to the Holy Liner and we all started going in.
Shirabe: "Are you okay?"
"Hm?"
I turned to Shirabe who was behind me.
"Oh... I'm fine."
Tenma: "Oh!"
We all turned to see that Gassan Kunimitsu's players were heading inside too.
Shindou: "Gassan Kunimitsu..."
When everyone looked closely at their players...
Everyone: !
Sangoku: "Minamisawa!"
Tenma: "Eh?!"
Shindou: "Minamisawa-san!"
Sangoku: "Why are you with Gassan Kunimitsu?"
As though he heard us, he smirked. We all sat down and stared at Gassan Kunimitsu but mostly at Minamisawa-senpai.
Tenma: "Why is Minamisawa-senpai with them?"
Then when we got to our destination and the Holy Liner left...
Kondou: "Art thou Raimon?"
Coach Endou bowed to the Coach of Gassan Kunimitsu. While he just smirked.
Shindou: "Minamisawa-san... Did you join Gassan Kunimitsu while knowing Raimon would be fighting with them?"
Minamisawa: "I thought I'd teach you guys a lesson in reality."
Sangoku: "You..."
Kurumada: "What are you thinking?"
Amagi: "I don't get you!"
Minamisawa: "You flow against a large current only to get swept under. I pity you, Raimon."
Kurumada: "You bastard!"
Amagi: "You won't get away with this!"
???: "Cease!"
Everyone: !
Kurumada: "Who are you?"
Hyoudou: "Hyoudou Tsukasa. I serve as the captain of Gassan Kunimitsu. Minamisawa possesses magnificent soccer senses. His talents will bring further rewards to soccer for Gassan Kunimitsu, as well as Fifth Sector."
Shindou: "And you're saying our soccer won't?"
Minamisawa: "It's pretty clear to me which side is in the right."
Hyoudou: "Let's go, Minamisawa."
Gassan Kunimitsu started leaving.
Minamisawa: "Let's each do our best."
Kurumada-senpai and Amagi-senpai glared in frustation.
Tenma: "Are Sangoku-senpai and the others okay?"
Shindou: "They've been together with Minamisawa-san all this time..."
Kurama: "Hmph. I know Minamisawa-san's style. It's gonna be so easy this way."
Tenma: "But...!"
Shirabe: "Don't jinx it, Kurama-san."
Endou: "Let's do our best!"
Everyone turned to Coach Endou.
Tenma: "Coach Endou!"
Endou: "That way, we'll have Minamisawa understand our soccer!"
Everyone: "... Okay!"
Coach Endou grinned at us.
Endou: "Okay then, let's go!"
When we entered the stadium it was quite a surprise.
Shindou and Tenma: "This is..."
Kakuma: The stage for Raimon versus Gassan Kunimitsu is in... Cyclone Stadium!
"Are those fans...?"
Kurama: "They're way too massive for air conditioning..."
Kakuma: The game will begins momentarily!
I have bad feeling about this stadium...
Kakuma: Both teams are in position! The match will begin with Raimon's kickoff!
Then when the game started...
Hyoudou: "Primary formation!"
Gassan Kunimitsu: "Roger!"
Then all the players moved out of the way and made a clear path.
"What is..."
Aoi: "Their center is wide open..."
Akane: "Why?"
Midori: "They're full of holes."
Aoyama: "Did they have a formation in their repertoire that leaves the center open?"
Ichino: "I just hope it isn't a trap."
Hyoudou: "Get in position!"
Then all the members of Gassan Kunimitsu crouch down.
Kidou: "What's happening?"
Then when Kurama-senpai started heading in...
!
The fans started blowing, making a cyclone appear behind Kurama-senpai.
Kurama: "What the...?! Ugh!"
Tenma: "Kurama-senpai!"
Kurama-senpai got stuck in the cyclone and started flying upwards.
Aoi: "A cyclone?!"
Midori: "Are you serious?"
Endou: "Kurama!"
Kakuma: The cyclone swallows up Kurama! How terrifying is the Cyclone Stadium!
"K-Kurama-senpai..."
I felt myself shaking.
No... calm down...
The fans stopped and the cyclone started disappearing. Kurama-senpai fell down to the ground.
Kurama: "Ugh!"
Shindou: "Kurama!"
Tenma: "Are you okay?"
Kurama: "Yeah..."
Kakuma: The ball goes to Gassan Kunimitsu!
Hyoudou: "Secondary formation!"
Gassan Kunimitsu: "Roger!"
Kakuma: Gassan Kunimitsu changes formation!
The fans started turning on again. Three cyclones appeared in front of the defense line.
Hyoudou: "Advance!"
Kakuma: Gassan Kunimitsu is attacking!
Shibata: "Gassan Kunimitsu's Flame Encampment!"
Tsukishima: "No one can stop this attack!"
Shindou: "Don't let them through!"
Hamano: "You got it!"
Hayami: "Okay!"
Hamano and Hayami: "Ugh!"
Hayami: "The wind is holding us back!"
Kakuma: Gassan Kunimitsu uses the giant cyclones as a shield as they approach!
The fans turned off.
Kai: "Attack!"
Tsukishima: "Shibata!"
Shibata: "Minamisawa!"
Minamisawa: "Ichimonji!"
Ichimonji: "I'll make the first blow!"
Kariya: "You're not getting through me!"
Ichimonji: "Don't try and intervene!"
Kakuma: Ichimonji is getting ready to shoot!
Kariya: "Hunter's Net!"
Ichimonji: "Ugh!"
"A hissatsu?"
Kakuma: Kariya blocks the shoot with his hissatsu technique!
Shinsuke: "All right!"
Shirabe: "Now that I think about, you haven't seen Kariya-san's hissatsu yet have you?"
"No... it's pretty cool."
Shirabe: "Mhm."
Kakuma: Kariya keeps the ball he's cut in his possession!
Kirino: "Kariya, pass to me!"
But Kariya didn't listen and kept going forward.
Kirino: "Kariya!"
Kariya-san and Kirino-senpai?
Kariya: "Ugh!"
Ichimonji: "It's mine!"
Kakuma: Gassan Kunimitsu makes skillful passes!
Shibata: "Minamisawa! You make the first blow!"
Kakuma: Minamisawa charges to the front of the goal, unmarked!
Minamisawa: "Here it comes, Sangoku! Think you can stop this?! Sonic Shot!"
Kakuma: Minamisawa shoots!
Sangoku: "Fence of Gaia!"
Minamisawa: "What?!"
Kakuma: Sangoku defends the goal with his hissatsu technique!
Minamisawa: "Sangoku..."
Kakuma: Raimon dodges the danger!
Midori: "All right, he stopped it!"
Shindou: "The winds are dying! Let's pick the fight while we've got a chance!"
Everyone: "Okay!"
Hyoudou: "Tertiary formation!"
Gassan Kunimitsu: "Roger!"
"Right this time?"
Shindou: "Tenma!"
Kakuma: The ball goes from Shindou to Matsukaze!
Hyoudou: "Get in position!"
Then the fans turned on again and a cyclone appeared in front of Tenma.
Kidou: "I thought so... The enemy knows the wind patterns. They know at what timing the cyclones will form and what course they'll take."
Haruna: "No way... then that puts Raimon at a big disadvantage!"
Shirabe: *whisper* "I don't think so."
"Eh?"
Endou: "I wouldn't say that."
Tenma: "I won't lose!"
Kakuma: Matsukaze charges straight for the cyclone!
"Tenma..."
Tenma: "Soyokaze Step!"
When Tenma used his hissatsu he dodged the cyclone and continued forward.
Endou: "Okay."
Shinsuke: "You did it, Tenma!"
Ichino: "He realized that he can use the cyclone as long as he can predict how it moves."
Aoyama: "I guess only Tenma would be able to do that. His hissatsu techniques are all wind."
Aoi: "Who could have imagined that Soyokaze Step could be used this way too?"
Shirabe: "A disadvantage can always be turned into an advantage."
Kakuma: Matsukaze breaks through the defensive line!
Tenma: "Kurama-senpai!"
Kakuma: The ball goes from Matsukaze to Kurama!
Kurama: "Sidewinder!"
Kakuma: Kurama shoots!
Aoi: "Go in!"
Hyoudou: "Behold my power! Giant God Gigantes! Gigantic Bomb! Heh."
Kakuma: Gassan Kunimitsu's captain Hyoudou Tsukasa stops the shoot with his Avatar!
Everyone: !
Aoyama: "Gassan Kunimitsu's goalkeeper is an Avatar user!"
Aoi: "No way..."
Midori: "So close!"
Akane: "There's trouble on top of more trouble."
Midori: "Don't worry about him, just go!"
The fans started turning on again.
Hyoudou: "Tis a fine wind."
Hyoudou kicked the ball.
Shindou: "He kicked the ball into the cyclone?!"
Hyoudou: "Secondary formation!"
Gassan Kunimitsu: "Roger!"
Amagi: "It's no good! I can't read it's course!"
Tenma: "Which way is it headed?!"
Shindou: "Guys! Watch the other team carefully! The ball will be coming... from over there!"
Tenma: "God's Baton!"
Amagi: "Damn it, I can't move!"
Kirino: "I'll go! ! Kariya, let me handle this!"
But when Kirino-senpai and Kariya got to the spot, and headbutted the ball. But he ran into Kirino-senpai and it seemed to mess up his hit. The ball instead went to Tsukishima!
Tsukishima: "Minamisawa!"
Minamisawa: "Sonic Shot!"
Kakuma: Minamisawa goes for his second shot!
Sangoku: "What?"
The ball was going straight but then it turned it's course and headed for the left.
Kakuma: Goal! Gassan Kunimitsu makes the first point!