11th April 2025
Ren wakes up at 7 o'clock, it's a home game, and it starts at 8.
Ren quickly runs to get breakfast.
Takahashi Akari, his sister, walks in. "What's the rush?"
"I got a match."
"Don't lose 10-1 again!" She says as she walks into the kitchen"
"...thanks..."
He quickly bikes to the pitch.
He gets there at 7:40.
'Phew! I'm on time!'
He walks into the locker room, and everyone lets out a relieved sigh, especially coach Suganuma.
"I thought you wasn't gonna show up kid! I need you for this new formation."
Ren quickly gets his gear on, and the coach explains the new formation.
"The Right Back will stay as Tanigawa, same with the two centre backs, Nobu Kawahara and Shunpei Aizawa.
The Left Back will switch, Onishi, you're there-"
'Endo got out of the defence!' Ren shoots Endo a glance, who's beaming with happiness.
"-The Central Defensive Midfielder will be you Kazuki Endo.
The Central Midfielder will stay Fujisawa.
The Central Attacking midfielder will change, due to Morita's clear attacking talent, Takahashi Ren, you go her-"
Ren doesn't even waste time thinking, "WHAT THE FUCK COACH!?"
"Hey, hey I won't ha-"
Morita shouts, "Yeah what the fuck!? I prefer being a midfielder! I get to demolish people more!"
"I'm hearing none of it! How about this, since you want to be striker so bad, if you score more goals than Morita in the first half then you can have your stupid fucking position back!"
'S-score more? That's impossible...
No...
It might be possible with that shot Endo helped me discover...
It's going to be a challenge...'
"Back to it...
Left wing is Itoshi.
Right Wing Hayashi.
Striker Morita and that's final!"
He then mutters something around "I should quit this job".
But just as his talk finishes the team has to go out on to the pitch.
Ren gets up and starts thinking about his position.
"You'll win it back, I know you can." Itoshi says.
Ren looks at Itoshi, "Thanks..." He spots a big bruise on Itoshi's neck. "...Where'd that come from?"
He looks at the ground with a scowl, "Oh I dunno..."
Ren thinks something's off but doesn't say anything more.
The team get out onto the pitch...
...And Kyoto International Academy's team stare at them.
The teams members are:
GK:Ryohei Matsumoto
LB:Takeshi Kubo
RB:Kaito Endo
CB:Tatsuya Saito
CB:Olivier Nganga
CM:Carlos Silva
CM:Keisuke Shirota
CAM:Haruto Fujimura
RW:Yuuto Takanashi
LW:Ahmed Al-Farouq
ST:Yuto Tanaka
Ren clocks Fujimura and is shocked.
'That guys a teenager?
He's kind of like Fujisawa...
...How do so many highschoolers have tatoos?'
Fujimura has stubble on his face, with long, flowing hair down his back, he has someone's name tattooed on his neck, Ren can't make it out though.
Morita talks to Tanaka on kickoff, Ren doesn't know what he says but it pisses Tanaka off.
'Great, already annoying the other team.
I need to sort this out before the whistle blows...
I think that this team has been split in half, with a "Ren camp" and a "Morita camp".
Morita would definitely have Onishi, Hayashi, Aizawa, Tanigawa.
I probably have Itoshi, Nobu, Endo, Fujisawa.
A team split in two!'
But just then, the whistle blows.
Morita runs with the ball, outdribbling the striker, but is instantly taken out by Fujimura, moving with fluidity, almost like it took no effort.
'What the fuck? He trapped Morita down just like that!?'
He runs up the pitch, Hayashi challenges him.
"Slow" His voice is deep and monotone.
He does two stepovers, then kicks it in the air, he controls it, then does a double élastico getting past him.
Itoshi can't catch up to the demon of a player.
'It's me? Already? Alright.'
He sees Fujisawa running up for a pincer attack.
Ren charges in, he goes for a tackle, simple sticking his foot out to get the ball.
Fujimura roulette's around it.
'I'm not done!'
Ren jumps off of the ground, then gets down low for a sliding tackle.
At the same Fujisawa closes in infront of him, so he can't jump.
"Idiots."
He rolls the ball back and kicks it into the air, he then heel kicks it high and fast to Tanaka.
'What the fuck!? That pass was insane!
This guy is already Universi- no Pro Player level!'
Tanaka runs with the ball.
"I'm gonna need that ball." Morita appears infront of Tanaka.
"Oh yeah?" Tanaka mocks, "Take it then!"
Tanaka power shots the ball, it curves around Morita, who can't react, and is too high for Nobu to reach. It then angles down, aiming for the top right corner.
'This is looking like the Tokyo game... I will keep it atleast 0-0! I won't let anything in!
I've been practicing so go body!' Nomura thinks.
He leaps off the ground, and somehow claws it to the post.
'Nice Nomura!'
"Pathetic." Fujimura says as he sprints off.
'He's even faster than Morita!'
Fujimura catches the ball before it lands on the ground.
He kicks it up and slams it, It heads for the top left corner.
It slams off of the bar, it flies and slams off the the right bar, it flies out, and it's backspin propels it forward into the goal.
"Calculated."
As the match reached it's 2nd minute, Fujimura scores.
1-0