"Shindou-kun." Kita called as Shindou-San turned around. "What are you doing? The score order said that Tengawara wins 2-0 are you disobeying Fifth Sector's offer?" Kita asked.

Haru looked at Kita and Shindou were talking about something, but she can't hear them clearly since she's so far away from them. But Haru could heard Tsurugi's mutturing since she's closed at where he is.

"Baring his claws, is he? Idiot." Tsurugi said. The game resumed with Tengawara's kickoff. It appeared that the initial shock had settled in, and now, Tengawara wasn't holding back either. That much was obvious, given by the way the blonde, who was called Nishinosora, tackled Shindou violently. He then passed to Andou.

Andou dribbled forward, Hayami being in his way. "Out of my way!" he demanded and without even waiting for a response, he threw him aside with a violent tackle.

The ball was passed in the air this time. Shinsuke went for it but was tackled to a side by another Tengawara player. The ball was passed to Kita. Tenma, who was the closest to him, went to block him. Kita looked at him for a second, eyes holding no emotion as he told him to move.

"I won't!" Tenma replied. "I know about Tengawara. Tengawara is famous for soccer, and they're an amazing team that has played intensely with Raimon in the past. Why would a team like that need to use these unfair plays?"

Haru mentally sighed. Tenma still didn't get it. The team was scared. Scared of the Fifth Sector. Scared of being thrown out of their team. Scared of what would happen to their soccer club if they didn't do this. It was a wild assumption, Haru had to admit, but it made sense, especially when partnered with Raimon's fear and suffering.

"This is our soccer," Kita replied. "When you're told to win a match, you have to win!"

With that, Kita kicked the ball and it was with Andou in what appeared to be less than a second. Tenma followed the ball as Andou continued, "It doesn't matter how you do it."

Another kick and the ball was with Hayabusa now. "Or what plays you use," he finished as Tenma ran to him.

Hayabusa then proceeded to shove Tenma aside with a rough tackle which Haru was sure was a foul. Haru gritted her teeth as Hayabusa dribbled into Raimon's territory.

"Matsukaze!" Sangoku shouted worriedly.

"Move back the defense line!" Shindou commanded, but they hesitated to move cause they afraid to get hurt just like what had happened to Tenma.

"You look pathetic captain, it's no use being Kami no Takuto if you can't get anybody to move. The only ones resisting Fifth Sector are you three. How are you going to fight against 8 people who aren't on your side and 11 enemies?" Tsurugi asked. Shindou gritted his teeth even Haru too.

Griting her teeth, Haru made a movement to stop Hayabusa, Hayabusa glared at her. He looked for someone to pass to from the corner of his eyes as Andou passed them. Hayabusa passed but he was not quick enough. Haru intercepted the pass and dribbled the ball ahead.

Eyes darting around the field quickly, she barely managed to avoid Kita's charge. Yet, she couldn't do anything as Nishinosora took the ball with a forceful tackle. However, he couldn't get very far before Shindou took the ball and started dribbling down the field.

As he was going, he was blocked by two Tengawara players and had no choice but to pass to Tenma. Tenma dribbled the ball ahead and avoided the Tengawara players with Soyokaze Step. As he reached the goal, he looked for Shindou, only to find him blocked.

It was the spur of the moment, one Haru couldn't really explain. All she knew was that she didn't care about the crowd, or the Tengawara players, or even her own teammates. All she cared about was getting the ball in the damned goal.

Running forward, Haru gave Tenma a small wave, catching his attention. Soon, the ball was kicked to her. Without putting much thought into it, Haru kicked the ball in the air and jumped after it, the ball covered with fire and it keep twisted. The fire got more big and big until Haru kicked it and shouted, "Fire Hurricane!" Caught off guard, the Tengawara goalkeeper couldn't do much as the ball went in the goal.

"Goal!"

Tenma and Shinsuke quickly jumped on Haru as they really happy that they have score one goal again.

"First year Hayashi pulls out a new hissatsu! Raimon leads 2-0!" the announcer announced.

Tsurugi gritted his teeth and glared as Endou smiled joyfully. It appeared this Hayashi would be more of a problem than he thought. Raimon was in shock as the managers cheered.

The whistle blew once more as both the teams got into position. Tengawara were now completely serious; they had even stopped trying to convince them otherwise. With accurate passes, Hayabusa was at the goal with the ball.

"Let's see how you fare against a SEED with a real Keshin," he smirked as a dark figure appeared behind him. It took the form of a blue and white falcon. "Birdman Falco." Jumping in the air with the ball, he cried out, "Falco Wing!"

Shindou tried to stop the move with his Keshin but it barely came out before it was beaten. Sangoku was thrown into the net as the whistle blew, signalling Tengawara's first goal.

Still, Haru couldn't help but respect his attempt. Despite knowing that he wouldn't be able to stop the shot, he still threw himself in front of it. Haru admired that.

The first half ended with a score of 2-1. Haru sighed as she put her money in the vending machine. A soda popped out and Haru seated herself on a nearby bench. Her mind wondered to Endou's speech in the room.

"What is your soccer?"

What was her soccer? She didn't remember when she started soccer from the first place? She thought that maybe it's because everyone seemed happy doing it and having fun of it. It had seemed alright when she watched it. Suddenly a flashback appeared

~Flashback~

Young Haru cried at the park while sitting on the swing. She's crying so hard and doesn't want to go home.

"It's all my fault. *hiks* It's all my fault." She said as she keep blaming herself. Suddenly she heard a footstep sound reached her ears and then she stopped crying and looked on the underground.

On the black shadow, she saw a guy, no… blonde guy who has long haired and dried a little bit blue on his below hair. With panicking, she quickly turned away and was about to go away from him, but that guy called her made her stopped.

"Why are you crying little girl?" That guy asked as he showed how concern he is to her.

"I-I" She stuttered to say but finally she told him, but revealed tears on her eyes.

"I made a huge mistake until people around of me got hurt cause of me." She said burst out crying again.That guy analyzed her for a while and she squirmed under his gaze.

"Don't cry do you want to play with me? How about soccer?" That guy said as he took a ball from his bag.

"Soccer?"

"Yeah, it's a lot of fun. Come on." That guy said as he took that little girl along with him to enjoy playing soccer with that, that girl having fun of it and wanted  to play soccer again with that guy.

~End of flashback~

Before she had remembered it, it turned out to be more than a sport. What was a hobby turned into passion, what was a way to make her happy became a replacement for people. What was simply a sport, had become a friend.

Haru smiled of the memorable moment that she had from the past, but suddenly her smile gone changed to gloomy. Her fingers gripped the can harder.

"That didn't answer it." She said while gritted her teeth with full of furious. She keep asking that what was her soccer? What was she supposed to do? What should she do?

The first thing that came to her was going to the field and continue playing the match the same way she had been all this time. But what about the rest? Would they be up to it? Was it really worth it to oppose nearly everyone else? Did the rest even need her to fight this? True, she had scored a goal, but Raimon had been ahead before. It hardly changed a thing.

Footsteps reached her ears and Haru jumped and scurried behind the machine. Soon, Sangoku came in view. Haru blinked in surprise.

There was a sort of a dim blue energy around him. Then, it was gone and all she was left with was a headache. Had she imagined it? That had to be it.

Haru let out a sigh. Sangoku snapped out of his thoughts and Haru mentally berated herself. Sighing again, Haru decided there was no point in hiding anymore. Slowly, she stepped outside.

"Murasaki? What were you doing behind that?" Sangoku asked. Haru bit her lips but didn't reply. She wondered if he would be mad if she said she was hiding.

"What are you doing here?"

Wordlessly, Haru lifted the long forgotten can in her hand.

"Oh."

The two shared a moment of silence or we can say awkward. Haru contemplated saying something, but couldn't think of anything to say. She was not good at this. After a moment, the silence was indeed broken.

"You know, it got to me, how you were all trying to win in these circumstances." Haru still stayed silent and listened to him.

"Makes me wish I did something." Sangoku said as he thought that he felt useless.

That got a reaction out of her. Standing up from the bench, Haru gave him a small glare. "You did! You tried to stop that shot knowing you couldn't! You were ordered to lose but you still tried!" Haru froze when she realized that right now she yelled at him. Murasaki Haru, the first year student was yelling to her senpai right now. And to what she's thinking now, she realized that she already overreacting to her own senpai and it meants it isn't good.

Haru thought that she will get a bad-mouthing from Sangoku or something. But contrary to what she expected, Sangoku gave her a small smile and only said, "Thanks." With that, he made his way to the field, left Haru alone at there.

Haru watched silently for a while. That was not what she expected. Then again, she didn't even know what she had just did. But all she knows is… People are weird, according to her.

The second half finally started with Raimon's kickoff. Haru kicked the ball to Kurama who passed it to Hamano. Confusion and uncertainty were clear in his eyes. Running ahead, Tenma asked Hamano for the ball. What was surprising was that Hamano actually gave it to him. Maybe he was with them. Just maybe.

"Hey, why did you pass it to him?" Kurama asked.

Rubbing the back of his head with a sheepish smile, Hamano replied, "Well, he asked." Or maybe he wasn't.

Nishinosora went to block Tenma but Tenma passed it to Shinsuke. The small defender dribbled ahead without a thought.

"Shinsuke!" Haru warned as a Tengawara player came to block him.

The warning, however, was not fast enough and the ball was shot up. Without putting much thought into it, Haru jumped to get the ball but was not quick enough. Kita made a centering to Hayabusa, who was in front of the goal. But before he could get it, Sangoku stopped the ball.

Throwing it to Shindou, he said, "Don't hold back. Make a full comeback with God's Baton." Shindou looked at him uncertainly. "Tenma, Haru and Shinsuke will be able to keep up this time." He grinned. "They've been working like crazy."

Shindou dribbled the ball to the goal. Kita went to stop him, but Shindou slipped past him with amazing ball control. As a golden streak appeared and went in Tenma's direction, Shindou passed the ball. He was soon face-to-face with Nishinosora but got past him with Soyokaze Step. He passed to Shindou once more. Two Tengawara players charged towards him and Shindou passed the ball to Shinsuke. However, the pass was intercepted by a foot and the ball appeared to be going out of the field. However, Shinsuke managed to trap the ball with his high jump.

Hayabusa stole the ball from him forcefully and brought out his Keshin in the midfield. Going on about the score order, he used Falco Wing once more.

Tenma got in front of the ball and made a full body block. "I will stop it!" As the words came out of his mouth, a dark aura appeared behind him.

"You can't stop my Keshin!" Hayabusa shouted.

Tenma stood his ground for a while but he was not strong enough and was thrown to a side.

"In that case, I'll stop it with mine," Shindou said, bringing out his own Keshin.

Even then, it was not enough. Shindou's Keshin lost and the ball advanced to the goal. However, Sangoku was fully determined to stop it this time. Using his Burning Catch, he managed to stop the shoot. He grinned as Hayabusa and everyone else stared in disbelief.

"If I couldn't stop it after what they did, I couldn't call myself a keeper," he said before throwing the ball to Haru while calling her name.

"Murasaki!"

Without wasting a moment, Haru caught the ball and shouted him back.

"Just call me Haru!" She said while smiling at him and dribbled ahead. Sangoku who heard her, smiled and chuckled at her. Avoided the oncoming Kita, Haru quickly passed to Tenma while Tenma passed to Shindou who on Sangoku's orders, used his Keshin. This time, due to his full determination, Instrumentalist Maestro came out for real, in his full form.

"Harmonics."

Hayabusa tried to stop the Keshin hissatsu with his own Keshin, but apparently, using his Keshin so much had a toll on him. He and Falco didn't even last a minute against the shoot and before anyone else could react, the ball was in the goal.

The scoreboard now showed 3-1 in Raimon's favor. Everything, except for the roaring crowd, was still, still digesting the events that took place right in front of them.

It wasn't long before the whistle sounded once more, signalling the end of the match.

Haru stared at the scoreboard for a while. The orders were 2-0. Raimon had won 3-1.

They had done it. They had gone against the Fifth Sector.

They had started a rebellion.

There was no turning back now.

To be continued…

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Yeay! Annyeonghaseyo (Hello) everyone! It's me your author-nim, Haru! Sorry for the late updating! Waiting so long? I'm sorry I have been a lot of activities to do in school so didn't have a time to continue these chapters. Mianhae! (Sorry) 🙏. But don't worry I will try my best to continue this story again. So… Please keep waiting and be patience everyone! Cause I'm also human. Lol. Since today I published the chapter in night so I will be closing now to sleep. Goodbye and goodnight everyone! Sweetdream! Author-nim out!