To: Gouenji Shuuya
From: Sakuma Rena

Hey, how come you decided to leave like that? If you wanna tell me, just give a text or call.

After I sent the message I kept my phone in my pocket. We were on our way to Hokkaido, Hakuren Jr. High to recruit their ace striker, Fubuki Shirou. I could tell Someoka was upset about this, considering his mood was really angry, but I think everyone was.

When we arrived at Hakuren, we were greeted by Hakuren's soccer club. When Kira asked where Shirou was, one of the players said he might be out skiing. Another player said he was ice skating, while the third one said he was going bob sleding. So aside from soccer, he has other sports as well? That involves snow?

"That's a really cool guy." Kenjirou complemented.

"You said it." Gina giggled.

We heard someone remove their snow gear (well because of my uncle who lives in America I know what snow gear sounds like) from outside the door. A shocking thing was (to them), that it was Fubuki Shirou himself.

"Oh? It's you guys." He said. 

"You're from earlier..." Endou said. From earlier?

"YOU'RE FUBUKI SHIROU?!" Kenjirou asked in a shock tone.

"You're the bear killer?!" Someoka asked in a shock tone as well. OK, am I the only one who fell asleep during all that?

"Oh, are you disappointed after seeing the real thing?" Shirou asked while putting a hand behind his head. "Everyone who hears about those rumors assumes I'm a big guy or something."

Now that he mentioned it. When Otonashi had researched him, it sounded like he was a big guy. And also from his teammates since he's athletic. I guess looks can be deceiving.

"This is the real Fubuki Shirou. Nice to meet you." He smiled and held his hand out. I have to admit... his smile is, kinda cute.

And Someoka just went out of the room. Talk about killing the mood. Aki went out to follow him, since who knows where he could go in a school this big.

"Huh? Did I upset him?" Shirou asked.

"Sorry." Endou bowed to him. "Someoka's a nice guy, really."

"Don't worry about it."

"Fubuki-kun."

Shirou turned to Kira. "Could you give us some of your time?" She asked.

"Sure, um..." He trailed off.

"I'm Kira Hitomiko, Raimon Jr. High soccer club's coach." She said.

"Raimon Jr. High soccer club...?" Shirou raised his eyebrow a little.

"Yeah, that's us!" Endou exclaimed.

"Etto... then how come the other four are...?" Shirou glanced at me, Kuroi, Gina, and Kenjirou.

"We didn't have the uniform." Kuroi, Gina, and Kenjirou said at the same time.

"Forgot mine in the wash." I said, shrugging. Well, that was a lie. I didn't like wearing it, except the soccer uniform.

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Now all of us were walking down to the snow fields, and it was freezing cold. I already had a jacket on, but because it was a snow place, I had to hug myself for warmth.

"Kou... I'm cold..."

"Hmm? I know how to fix that!"

"E-Eh?! K-Kou?!"

"Penguins hug when they're cold, right? Then imagine me as a penguin!"

"It's cold..." Megane shivered.

"This is normal." One of them said. (A defender, I think). "You'll warm up if you move around."

"C-Cold..." I muttered, rubbing my arms.

"That's what you get for just wearing a plain shirt." Asuka said, smirking.

I was about to retaliate when we heard some snow falling. While everyone else was looking at the source, I was looking at Shirou. Otonashi, Natsumi, and a midfielder of his team were there, looking at him. Wait... so he's scared of avalanches?

"Didn't know he was scared of avalanches..." Gina whispered.

"Leave it, Gina." Kenjirou whispered back.

Once all of us were down, Kuroi immediately made a snowball, and threw it.

Directly to my face.

"Kuroi, you're so dead." Gina said.

"Eh?" Endou looked at us.

I wiped the snow off my face, and gave an angry look at him.

"Eeek! Rena, if you're gonna kill me, please don't---!"

"Eat snow, Kuroi!"

I threw a snowball back at him. Everyone looked at the both of us now. Kuroi wiped the snow off his face, and smirked. "Bring it on, Copy Cat!" 

"Oh it's on alright!" I smiled and threw another snowball at him.

Everyone else joined in the snowball fight after a few minutes. It was a long time since I've had a snowball fight. Man, getting snow in the face was pretty good. 

"Twin Snow Beasts!" Kenjirou and Kuroi threw multiple snowballs at us.

"Oi! Cheating!" Gina said, giggling afterwards. 

"Rena, throw one more and we're winners!" Touko exclaimed.

"Penguin Ball!" I threw a snowball at them, but they dodged.

"Guys, we're going too----"

The snowball hit Shirou's face. 

"Eh?! Rena?!" Endou looked at me with a shocked expression.

"G-Gomenasai! Hontoni wa gomenasai!" I bowed down.

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"Coach, what's the plan?" 

I was out on the open field, in my position. Kira let me take Touko's position for the training for a while. I was glad that Touko had agreed to let me play in her place, but I was hoping I'd play in a match against the dang aliens. 

Also, I feel bad for throwing the snowball in his face. I blame Kenjirou and Kuroi for this...

Soon everyone else was in their positions too. (I was on defense). And most of us saw Shirou in the defense line. Wait, if he's an ace, how come's in the defense? 

The whistle blew with our kickoff. Kidou had kicked the ball to Someoka and he charged into the opponent's line. He forced his way through Hakuren's defense. 

"Ice Ground!"

Shirou managed to steal the ball from him (Magnificently, I might add) then passed it to a midfielder but Kazemaru stole the ball in an instant, then passes the ball to Someoka again. Shirou had stood in front of the goalkeeper, as if he was going to block Someoka from shooting.

"Dragon Crash!"

He stopped it with just one kick. So I'm guessing that Fubuki Shirou is a player with both offense and defense abilities. I saw Someoka grit his teeth. Due to that, he charged at him, attempting to steal the ball.

I ran a little closer. I saw Shirou gripping his scarf and saying to himself, "It's my turn." then his grin turned into a smirk.

Someoka was sent flying. When the snow disappeared, his appearance changed. His eyes weren't teal blue anymore, and his hair was standing up instead of drooping down. OK, first, he's a timid striker, second, he's scared of avalanches, and third, he has a different personality if he's on the offense?

"Is that all you got? What bunch of small fries." He said, cockily, if I'm adding. Yep. I have to do my research at him soon... Or maybe not.

He was charging up with the ball, alone. Ichinose was charging at him but he was blown off afterwards. Kidou and Kazemaru tried stealing the ball but the both were sent flying. Asuka did Killer Slide but he managed to dodge it. 

"Blow 'em over! Eternal Blizzard!"

"God Hand!"

I saw it froze, and shatter into pieces before it shot into the goal. 

"I guess that's the end of a match... and I didn't even do anything." I muttered, sighing.

"Like hell it's over!"

I saw Someoka kick the ball to Shirou, luckily he had fast reflexes so he just kicked the ball in the air. 

He used Eternal Blizzard again... although was I the only one who noticed that it was a little strange?

"The Tower!"

"The Wall!"

Me and Kabeyama were blown off, but I'm hoping it weakened a little. Endou used Majin the Hand, but the ball went of course. Man I'm glad that worked. 

I glanced at Shirou and I saw his eyes go back to teal blue, and his hair was back in it's normal state. He took a sigh of relief.

"You're amazing, Fubuki!" Endou exclaimed. "That freezing shoot really impressed me!"

"Me too." Shirou flashed a smile again. "You're the first guys to be able to do anything about my shoots."

Well, this the birth of a new ice striker, Fubuki Shirou.