It's finally here! The match of Teikoku versus Zeus where all of Shizumi's secrets reveal themselves and the reasons behind them.

        What?! Teikoku lost to Raimon?! It was the day after the match, also known as the day which the finalist teams were announced and presented to the public. Sakuma just told me the news, and I could barely believe it. He also told me a bunch of other stuff, something about not working under Kageyama anymore and that Raimon almost died since the ceiling fell off or something like that, but I could barely understood as he was talking so fast and Genda kept on cutting in and talking over him. I wish I had been their yesterday to see what really happened. Well, at least Teikoku still can still compete since they were the champions last year.

        I sat at school in one of the classrooms with a few others who were also interested in watching the TV broadcasting team announcements. There were 16 teams in total competing, and Raimon was there too, including Endou and Gouenji. But something strange immediately sent me on alert. The last team to be announced, a team recommended by the committee called Zeus Junior High, didn't show any of their players. The announcer told everyone that it was because Zeus could not make it today, but I knew what Zeus was actually plotting. It was the same strategy I had used for years. Don't show your moves to the opponent first, always observe from a distance before you strike.

        Later in the day when the soccer club came back, Kidou told me to stay after practice. At first I thought he was just going to make me do more of his ideas of fun to make my life worst, but then something about his tone and the way he stared at me, emitting a different aura even though I couldn't see his eyes through the goggles, told me that it was something important and serious.

Time Skip

        "Minna, rest well tonight! Tomorrow is the first round of the official Football Frontier and we have to win this time!" the brown haired captain shouted to the team after practice. When everyone had left to either the clubroom or the main building, I walked up to Kidou. "What is it?" I asked quietly so that nobody could overhear.

        "I want you to play as a sub for the official rounds," he replied in a volume that matched mine.

        I was quiet surprised that he would say this, and felt alarmed at once. He must have somehow figured out my secret. Well, I did have the suspicion that he would since he had the brain of a genius, but I didn't actually prepare for the fact that he would.

        I smirked revealing my left canine teeth in a way that was so not Shizumi. "So you figured it out. Seems you've done your research well, but you should know that I don't play soccer anymore."

        For a second, he looked a little scared at my sudden change in aura from that shy girl to this, a side I hadn't shown in such a long time since...a long time ago. "Then wear the Teikoku jersey under your manager tracksuit tomorrow. I'll give it to you tomorrow morning disguised as a box of chocolates," he told me, "Only reveal yourself if it's really necessary."

        "So you also sensed it, right?" I asked, my tone dropping even more serious and grave. He nodded. "Something evil is hiding in the Football Frontier. We have to be careful."

Time Skip to Next Morning

        As we were waiting in a random crowd for the bus driver to get here in front of the school, Kidou walked up to me as we agreed to. "Yesterday I noticed you staring at the chocolates on display in a sweet store when we went for a walk, so I bought this for you," he said, or more like announced actually, and pulled a flat box out of his bag and handed it to me.

        I felt bad for agreeing to this "fake relationship" with Kidou so that nobody would get suspicious. Right now, I saw with the corner of my eye Genda glaring at us with an expression of rage with his arms crossed. Behind me, I could almost feel the anger and jealousy radiating off of Sakuma as he drilled a hole (figuratively of course) behind my head with his piercing amber eye.

        Plastering on a fake smile, I replied, "Arigatou, Kidou-kun! I'll put it in my locker right now." Then before I could catch another glimpse of Sakuma or Genda's reaction to me calling Kidou "Kidou-kun", I dashed off into the main building, which we had left unlocked yesterday. I hope nobody noticed that it should have been locked, because we had just decided to take chances with this.

        Luckily, no one did, and once I put on the jersey in the girl's bathroom, I slipped my manager tracksuit over it, and looked in the mirror and took a breath. It was showtime. No matter what, I knew my secret would be out in this year's Football Frontier, I just had the feeling it would. Now all that mattered was how soon it will be, and what will happen to my reputation afterwards. It would be impossible to hide my identity again after all the publicity that would happen.

        Just as I dashed out the school building I saw the last of Teikoku boarding the bus, with Kidou talking to the bus driver to buy me time and stealing glances out the window to see if I had came out yet. Quickly, I slipped in the door and into the only seat which was not occupied, the seat next to Kidou's. Under the rumble of the starting of the engine, Kidou whispered to me, "Stay low key and study the teams as you watch our games." "You think I don't do that already?" I rolled my eyes, for there was no more need to pretend to be an innocent little girl with Kidou anymore. Then I looked out the window as we drove to the Football Frontier Stadium, blocking out all the chattering of the soccer club. This sure brings back memories. And I was sure that more would come back once we start playing the first match in the main stadium.

Time Skip

        I felt shivers up my spine as our players collapsed one by one in front of my eyes. Yet it was as if the starting whistle had just been blown, which it had only around twenty minutes ago. Kidou, who had injured his leg in the earlier match sat by me, serving as a reserve in this match. I could see that he was shaking. It wasn't even half time yet, and the only person who could still stand was Genda. This play was truly deadly. The other team was ahead of us by 10 points while we didn't even get a chance to shoot. Maybe the time to reveal myself came quicker than I thought. I clench my jaws and dug my nails into my palm. "Not yet," I repeated to myself in a low growl at a volume that only I could hear.

        The striker of the other team, which was "coincidently" Zeus, walked up to the penalty box. I could barely see how, but it was as if he had sent our midfielders flying with just a snap of his fingers. He was fast, but not fast enough. I knew how to stop that move now. It just required speed, which was exactly my specialty.

        "I am going to give you the chance to give up. There is nothing shameful about bowing down to a god. It is only normal that you humans would lose to us gods," the boy, whose name I learned was Aphrodi, said to Genda.

        "Like hell am I going to do that!" he shouted, despite being bruised all over and clutching an injured upper arm.

        "If that is your choice, then it must be. The gods will teach you to never try to challenge us again!" Aphrodi said, then jumped up with the ball as if he was spreading wings. I knew that if he shot one more time, especially if this was a hissatsu move which it was definitly, then Genda's soccer career would be over.

        Before I realized it, I stood up and shouted, "Wait!" Aphrodi floated back to the ground, and the crowd went silent. All eyes turned toward me. Even Kidou was shocked. I unzipped my jacket and threw it off, "I am subbing in for foward Jimon."

        There was an awkward silence as the crowd whispered among themselves. What was this manager doing? A girl in the Football Frontier? Was this even allowed in the rules of the tournament?

        Finally, Kakuma broke the silence. "This is unheard of! A girl in the Football Frontier? Let's see if the rules have anything against it." He quickly flipped through a little booklet. "Ah there!" he finally said, "Let's see....No participants shall be discriminated based on ethinicity, gender, race, or physical size. So she may play! Wait a sec....," he flipped through another booklet, "...The manager of Teikoku Gakuen, Sakurai Shizumi, will sub in for the foward Jimon!"

        The game was paused as Kidou helped Jimon back to the bench and I laced on my black and white cleats, the pair that had a special design that would put less damage onto my toes. The ones that had led me here last year. Now I was back to finish the job. The Death Bringer was back.

Sorry for not updating for so long. I barely got any chances to write for a long time (I need to at least sit here for an hour or else the chapter doesn't flow well if I write it separately) and I've just got a Google+ (the link to it is on my profile page if you're interested) so I've been tinkering on it so I'm sorry if my word flow is not as smooth. The next chapter is going to be EPIC though.