CHAPTER 8

  Juuzou end up following Kidou as he have a discussion with Endou and Gouenji about their main priority for their next match. To give them privacy knowing that she wasn't the silent type, she goes and play with the swing. She saw Kidou informing them about the information that he gather.

 She stop swinging when a flashback from the match hunt her. She turn silent and watch as her hands trembling but snap out of it when Kidou call her.

 "You okay?" Kidou ask in concerned.

 She quickly cover herself with a smile. "Never better."

 The goggled boy decided not to push her. "Come on. Endou decided that we need a break."

 "Where are we going?"

 "Knowing Endou. It would be better not to ask." He shrug.

 "Here." Endou state when they arrive.

 "Sweets store?" Kidou read the signboard.

 "What, you've never been here?"

 "Yeah.." Both boys was quite shock at new discovery.

 They end up being in front an old sweet store. Juuzou eyes immediately sparkles at the sight of sweets. She look at Kidou giving him her best cat-like eyes making him sight knowing what coming.

 "Nee,nee Yuuto may I?" Juuzou shake Kidou asking for his permission.

 The boy sigh. "Go on but don't go over-"

 "Yeah! Yuuto is the best!" The pale girl disappear instantly into the store making the boy sigh once again.

 The girl happily pick every sweets that she found. Endou and three kids in the store along with the old lady sweat drop seeing so many sweets in her hands.

 "Are you going to be find with all that?" Endou ask in shock.

 "Why? It still isn't much compare to what Yuuto would bought for me."

 "Eh..." The captain imagine of the girl eating so much sweets especially being bought by quite the rich boy. "I'm surprise that small body could fit all that."

 But their attention was distracted by another newcomer or rather three of them.

 "Move it." Once of them state as they cut the line to pay.

 "You can't cut lines!" One of the scold them.

 "You guys, stay in line!" Endou add as he step forward protecting the children.

 Juuzou just quietly watch from the side.

 "Bad kids, bad kids!" The children chant from Endou's back.

 "Shut up!" The triplets with green Mohawk state.

 "You boys, get in the line!" The old lady scold the triplets.

 "It's three against one, so we win, like totally!" The middle triplets proudly state.

 "This isn't about numbers!" Endou argue.

 "No, it is about numbers." The last triplets add.

 "We're three who share the same soul!"

 Juuzou came sneaking behind Endou and put her chin on their shoulder. "Also the same ugly look."

 "Yeah! We also share- hey!"

 The girl chuckle. "Guess their brain also split into three since they are quite brainless too. After all it should be three against two but that would be just enough right?" She mock.

 "You little!" The last triplets exclaim in rage but was interrupt by the middle noticing his former teammate presence.

 "Gouenji! Long time no see, you loner who ran away from the finals." Green Mohawk state.

 "Who're they? Do you know them?" Endou ask looking back and forth between the triplets then Gouenji.

 "We're..." The triplets shout in sync.

 "Mukata Masaru!" The middle introduce with a pose.

 "Tomo!" Right.

 "Tsutomu!" Left.

 "The three of us make the Mukata triplets!" The end with their famous triangle pose.

 "W-who are these guys?" Endou stutter in shock seeing the triplets antique.

 "They're the ones who played in place of Gouenji last year in the finals, the 3-top of Kidokawa Seishuu." Kidou answer, not even bother by the triplet antics.

 "Then, they're Gouenji's former teammates?"

 "As expected of Kidou Yuuto." Masaru start. "Look like you've got all the information on your potential opponents."

 Kidou shrug nonchalantly. "I only remember it because it's unusual to see three forwards."

 "A rather ugly ones too." The pale skin girl add as she appear behind Kidou.

 "What?!" Tsutomu exclaim in disbelief. "Don't you know how much we've done this year? We've proved that we can win without Gouenji! And you think you so great?! We saw you get your ass kicked. How pathetic!"

 Juuzou flinch at his words which only notice by Kidou as he glance at her in worried.

 "You can said that Kidokawa Seishuu is the best in the world right now." Tomo add smugly. "It's got three strikers who are all better than Gouenji after all."

 "Well, like our opponent for semi-final is Raimon Junior High, yeah?" Masaru continue. "We wanted to casually greet you, like yeah."

 "We've come to make a proclamation." Tomo smirk.

 "We're going to take down Gouenji Shuuya!" The end their speech with another pose.

 Later they decided to continue outside the store with the triplets keep accusing Gouenji of betraying them during their final last year for abandoning them during the most important match of his previous school. It didn't end well as the triplets start picking a fight by kicking a ball toward Gouenji who reject their offer of battling them.

 Endou manage block the shoot from hitting Gouenji's head but it also resulting him offering himself to be the flame striker replacement for the match against them.

 Kidou was going to follow his friends but stop when he notice the pale skin girl wasn't on his back like usual. He turn and saw she was standing still with unreadable expression. "Aren't you coming?"

 The girl shake her head. "No I'm not. You just go ahead. I'm just not feeling well."

 "Really?" Kidou ask in worry and walk toward her. He goes to put his hand on her forehead to check if she have a fever but Juuzou back away which surprise him.

 "Don't worry about me." Juuzou flash him a fake smile. "I will get back home and sleep. Then I will be as good as new."

 "Sure." The goggled boy state unsure but he wasn't able to ask much further as the girl already take off while waving at him until she lose sight of him. "Juuzou..." He mutter solemnly.

 She stop running when she knew that he was far away from her and walk in slow paces. Juuzou raise both her hands and watch them trembling. She clench both hands to make them stop which didn't succeed.

 Tsutomu's words cause her to remember than she lost the match that she promised to Kidou that she will win for him. How much of a weakness she was for wasn't able to keep her promises and her teammates from getting hurts.

 Juuzou didn't realize that tears already streaming down her face and she grip her head as she fall on the floor.

 "If only I was strong enough." She spoke through her tears.   


A/N: Sorry that it took me such a long time to update this chapter. I was debating for quite some times on how this chapter should end and I have some idea for next Inazuma fanfic that I want to write.

Help me!!! I didn't even finish this few fanfic and I still want to write more. Silly me. >-<

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