Author's note: There is something I failed to clarify when I first published this fic and I sincerely apologize for this oversight. I was partially inspired by Accidental Reverse to write this, mainly because of chaos!Tenma. But this is not a time travel fic or having Tenma intentionally cause chaos. Tenma is only a little smarter and will have some problems with his Keshin, but in a very different way from Accidental Reverse. The Thai drama I mentioned in the summary is still the main source of the concept of the fic and Tenma's Keshin problems were a last minute addition.

Also, massive cannon divergence from here.

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The next day was the day the practice match with Eito will be held. But Aoi was unable to think of that as she stared at her childhood friend who just walked into the soccer club room. Tenma had scrapes and band aids on his face, nothing like how he looked when they parted ways the day before. Thankfully, no one was around so no one is freaking out yet.

"It's not as bad as it looks." Tenma said weakly.

"You were practicing at the riverbank, weren't you?" She asked in slight exasperation as she grabbed Tenma's chin and tilted it to better examine his face. "Really, you need to be more carefully."

"I know. Aki-nee lectured me already. But I just couldn't shake the feeling that something's up with the practice match."

Aoi bit her lip as she let Tenma go. "I hope that nothing happens during the match."

"I'm more worried of what won't happen." Tenma frowned. "There is something that the coach isn't telling us."

Their conversation tapered off when the seniors came into the room, one by one. Shinsuke, Midori and Akane joined them and gasped at Tenma's face.

"I'm fine." He waved absentmindedly as he searched for the captain or the coach amongst the sea of players. Unfortunately, the both of them were at the other side of the room whispering in hushed tones. Tenma debated going up to them to confront them but decided against it. He didn't want to accidentally annoy, or worse, anger them.

But that meant that he won't get answers before the match.

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Just as Tenma feared and suspected, there was something wrong with the match. The seniors were deliberately allowing Eito's players through their defense and scoring goals they could easily block. And no one was putting any real effort in scoring either. Whenever he or Shinsuke tried to make an effort to help the team win a point, Shindou would strategically direct them to the opponent's players who easily stole the ball from them.

"What is going on?" Tenma hissed when Sangoku failed to stop the second ball into the goal. The problem was that he had seen the goalkeeper in action for the past few days and he was not up to his usual standard. He glared at Shindou but it fell when he saw the hurt and anger in the captain's eyes. He turned to observe every other member of the team and saw just how much they wanted to play. But something was holding them back, something was preventing them from going all out. They were scared of something and it was making them angry because they couldn't play real soccer.

Narrowing his eyes, he stormed up to the captain, never mind that they had to get back in position for the kickoff. When he got close to the captain, the older boy frowned warily when he noticed the first year approaching him angrily.

"Captain, what is going on?" Something on Tenma's face told the captain that he was not going to leave him alone until he got answers. But Shindou had no energy to deal with the first year nor did he want to be the one to tell him the truth.

"Matsukaze, get back into position. We have to resume the match." He told the junior coolly.

Tenma however refused to budge. "I know that this match is nothing but a farce and something is stopping all of you from playing a match you can win."

"Just get back into position! I don't have time to deal with this!" Shindou snapped at him, shocking Tenma and Kirino.

Tenma gaped at his captain before schooling his face to become blank. "As you wish." He got back to his position without another word, ignoring Shinsuke's troubled glances.

Some of the Raimon players, especially the two forwards, were glaring at him. Kirino was giving Shindou worried looks while Sangoku shifted concerned gazes between the two fuming players.

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Guilt.

That's what Shindou felt when Matsukaze moved away with a blank look. He didn't mean to snap at the first year. But he really didn't have the emotional capacity to deal with Matsukaze while playing a farce of a match. Nevertheless, he knew that he will have to make it up to him eventually or Sangoku will make him.

Kurama passed the ball back to him when the whistle blew. He glanced back at Matsukaze who remained motionless...wait, was that Keshin aura coming out of him?!

"Tenma!?" Nishizono cried out in alarm when Matsukaze lifted his head, revealing grey eyes that were rimmed red as the aura swirled violently.

Before Shindou could blink, Matsukaze had ran past him and stole the ball. His eyes widened as Tenma drew back his leg, a silent scream of terror on his lips. He had to stop him before he scored and disrupted the score order!

"Matsukaze! Stop!" Sangoku also yelled at the midfielder as he realized what was happening. But it was too late. To the horror of the original players of the Raimon soccer team, Matsukaze kicked the ball straight towards the goal with immense power that Shindou associated with Keshins. In fact, it was so powerful, it sent the players of Eito flying as they tried to stop the ball.

Thankfully, luck was either on their side or on Eito's. The ball swerved off course at the last minute, hitting the goalpost and out of bounds. For a second, no one dared to breath until the whistle for half time sounded.

Shindou slowly turned to Matsukaze...only to see him run off the field and back into the stadium despite Otonashi and Sorano's calls.

"Leave him." Kudou told them. Turning back to his players, he motioned for them to gather at the bench. All of them hesitantly returned to their side of the bench. When Kudou glanced sideways at the SEED that was dispatched to their team, he was not too surprise to see the gaping, shocked look on the teen.

Sangoku finally found his voice to ask, "Kantoku, what in the world was that?"

Kudou shifted his gaze to Sorano who shrank back under his glare. "Sorano, you know Matsukaze the longest. Do you know what happened to him?"

Sorano gulped as all eyes turned to her. She rubbed her hands together nervously. "I've only seen this happen once, a long time ago."

Shindou folded his arms. "What exactly happened just now?"

"I don't know the full details of what it is but it happens when Tenma gets angry, like really angry." Aoi said hesitantly. "The last time it happened, Tenma got so angry he sent a mugger flying several meters away after he knocked Tenma's mother down when he tried to snatch her purse. And he had red rimmed eyes and that aura like just now." She paused before continuing, "He couldn't remember what happened during that incident. And his brother confided to me that it has happened before and he never has any recollection of what happens when he goes berserk."

"That was Keshin aura." Shindou said softly, garnering surprised from everyone. But Kudou nodded in agreement with the game maker's deduction. "How do we snap him out of it?"

"I don't know." Aoi shook her head. "Tenma's mother took him away immediately after it happened but I can try to call his brother now."

"Do it." Kudou nodded at her. She nodded and stepped aside to make the call. Kudou turned back to Shindou. "In the meantime, go find Matsukaze."

Shindou was not pleased with the order. But he was the captain of the team and he had a responsibility to look out for his teammates. So he nodded and went to look for the missing player. Sangoku got up and quickly joined him.

"We can find him faster with more people." Sangoku explained when Shindou raised an eyebrow at him.

"The sooner the better." Shindou muttered before they disappeared back into the stadium.

"That kid is so troublesome." Kurama muttered grouchily as he took a swing of his bottle.

"It's only thanks to his aim being off that the ball didn't enter the goal." Hamano chuckled nervously but there was an underlying tension in his body that the forward recognized which is the only reason why he didn't snap at him. "At least he didn't disrupt the score order."

"What?!"

Kurama and Hamano spun around and to their horror, it was Midori who yelled. She rounded at them with fury in her eyes and posture.

"What do you mean by score order?" She seethed. Behind her, Kirino facepalmed while Otonashi buried her face in her hands and Kudou's face was unreadable. Nishizono was looking confused while everyone else exchanged horrified looks.

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"You take the locker room while I'll look there." Shindou nodded at one path of the fork.

Sangoku nodded and went to the other path. "Call if you find him. But we need to hurry, there's not much time before the second half."

"Got it." Shindou nodded and they went their separate ways. Shindou frowned as he walked down the corridor, keeping his eyes and ears peeled. For a second back there, he really thought that the ball would have entered the goal and they will have the wrath of the Fifth Sector descending on them for the second time in a week. He sighed as he thought about how crazy his first week has been. Not even one week and he was considering stepping down because of everything that has happened. He really was not cut out for this.

*Boom*

Shindou jumped at the loud sound and ran towards it. When he rounded the corner, his eyes widened at the sight of someone crumpled in a heap and unconscious a few meters away from Matsukaze who was curled into a ball, his Keshin aura still swirling erratically. Belatedly he remembered Sorano's story of how Matsukaze sent a mugger flying with his Keshin aura alone and shuddered. He had to be very careful or he'll be next. But upon closer inspection of the unconscious man, dread filled Shindou when he recognized him as Kuroki, the Black Knight's coach. That meant the Fifth Sector knew about Matsukaze's potential to summon a Keshin and wanted to take him away.

He had to get Matsukaze out of here before more people from the Fifth Sector came. Squaring his shoulders, Shindou sent Sangoku a message to find them and slowly approached the younger teen. But as though Matsukaze sensed him, he felt the Keshin aura lashing out at him. In a panic, he too accidentally summoned out his Keshin aura, and it was also lashing out in response to being threatened by Matsukaze's aura.

Shindou's eyes widened in fright at his Keshin aura. "No. no. no. no-!" He tried to get his aura under control. But as someone who only found out he could summon a Keshin not even a week before, he had no idea how to dismiss his Keshin properly and the aura was instead fighting against him.

"Shindou!"

"Don't come any closer!" Shindou managed to warn Sangoku before he gasped when a third party's Keshin aura approached them. "Don't-!"

"It's ok. I'm not going to hurt you." A warm voice told him, and his Keshin aura's calm presence slowly reached out to his out of control one. The nonthreatening nature of the stranger's aura managed to sooth Shindou's aura until it slowly vanished.

Shindou blinked at the stranger that helped him. However, words failed him when he recognized the person as Endou Mamoru, the legendary goalkeeper and captain of Inazuma Japan.

"Shindou?" Sangoku tentatively placed a hand on his shoulder to check on him, but at the same time gaping at the presence of his idol.

"I'm fine." Shindou managed to say. He looked at Endou and then at Matsukaze who was still lashing out with his aura. "How...?"

"I'll explain everything later when Kudou-kantoku will let me." Endou said as he slowly approached Matsukaze. Like with Shindou, his nonthreatening Keshin aura was slowly putting Matsukaze's at easy. "But for now, I need to calm down his aura and get him away from the Fifth Sector. And you two need to get back to your match."

"He's right." Sangoku frowned when he realized that there was barely any time before the second half started. But neither of them was comfortable with leaving a stranger alone with Matsukaze, even if he is a famous soccer player. However, Endou was the only person who can help Matsukaze now. Matsukaze's Keshin aura will only lash out again if they tried to take him back.

"He'll be fine. Tell Kudou-kantoku that I'm taking him back to Aki's place. He'll understand it." Endou reassured them, seeing their reluctance. Already, Matsukaze's aura had dissipated until it was nearly gone.

"...Fine." Shindou finally nodded. He and Sangoku quickly made their way back to the field to report this to Kudou, hoping that they didn't make a mistake in leaving Mastukaze alone.

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When they got back, Shindou caught Kudou's eye and the coach frowned when he saw that Tenma was not with them. Shindou beckoned for the coach to step away from the team for a moment and the coach did so.

"Where is Matsukaze?" The coach said without any preamble.

Shindou and Sangoku exchanged glances and proceeded to tell Kudou about what happened in the corridor. The coach's stern look became more severe at the mention that the Fifth Sector tried to take Matsukaze away but it relaxed minuscully when Endou came into the picture.

"I trust Endou explicitly. He will help Matsukaze and ensure that he doesn't fall into the Fifth Sector's hands." At that, Shindou and Sangoku sighed in relief. "In the meantime, don't tell anyone about this. We cannot tip off the SEED yet."

"We understand." Shindou hesitated before asking, "What about the match?"

"We will continue playing. But Tsurugi will sub in for Matsukaze."

Shindou winced at that. For a split second, he really regretted attempting to drive the first years away as having them around meant that it was unlikely that the SEED will actually play. And Sangoku also realized the same thing, judging from his grimace.

"And Kurama and Hamano accidentally revealed the score order to the newcomers."

Shindou strongly resisted the urge to groan and bang his head on the wall. This day couldn't get any worse.