Hikaru raised her head to meet the blue eyes, "are you alright, kid?" He asked politely. She was scared so she decided not to say anything. He noticed that and gave her a warm smile "no need to be afraid, we're not gonna hurt you" she swallowed her saliva as she ponder on what to say next. The grey haired man gave her a hand to stand up but she didn't take it "we are here to help you, so don't be afraid. You won't have to face the cruelties of fifth sector anymore" he tried to calm her. As she felt calmed she decided to speak " do you.... do you know where seitei sama is?" She managed to ask. Their face expressions were changed on the name. "You should better forget that man!" The brown haired man said sarcastically which left a worried expression on her face. "Fudou!" The grey haired man give a glare to him as fudou shrugged and turned his face away. "Why are you looking for seitei? " he asked, as she tighten the grip on her own shirt "seitei sama said that he'll take me off after the match". "Fubuki, hurry up already! We don't have whole day!" Fudou said with a total annoyance on his face. "Look kid, seitei has probably left already... but we're going there too. You can come with us" fubuki said with an assuring smile  "ok" hikaru manged to say as fudou sighed in relief as fubuki helped her get up.

Hikaru's POV 

The man named fubuki took me outside, it's been a while since I came outdoor. I noticed some familiar faces, namely Hakuryuu and some others. As he noticed me, his eyes widen but he look away. As I took my steps towards the awaiting ship I heard someone calling my name. I turned around to see "shuu kun? " there were tears and happiness in my eyes. He gave me that usual smile of his and I smiled back, wiping off my tears. "I'm sorry we couldn't help you much" he said as I keep wiping my tears off "it's okay" I said in a low tone. " shuu who's she?" I heard some voice when I raised my head up, I saw a boy with brown hair with a weird hair style. "She's a fellow members and a good friend of mine" shuu kun said smiling "hikaru chan, this is tenma... you asked me why I played soccer for, didn't you?" I gave tenma a glance and he smiled but I return my gaze back to Shuu kun as he continued speaking "today, I came to know that soccer is played for sharing fun and excitement with your friends" I smiled as I remembered "remember this always hikaru, the more you love soccer the more stronger you'll be"

The ship was about to leave when I heard tenma's voice "shuu you aren't coming?" "No, this is my place. I won't come but do me a favour" I turned around to see his face smiling "please take care of my friend hikaru". My heart feel like drowning as I realised I won't have any friend with me and that I'm alone again.

Normal POV

Hikaru was sitting in a corner, she heard footsteps. Tenma came to her along with shinsuke and aoi's. "Sorry, I didn't introduce myself properly. I'm Matsukaze Tenma, I'm a first year at raimon Jr. High" she nodded, shinsuke emerged in front of her "I'm shinsuke nishizono" as he was about to continue aoi pushed him aside "hi, I'm sorano aoi. Nice to meet you" she smiled and the boys grinned. "If anyone bothers you tell me!" She added as shinsuke and tenma's jaw dropped. Hikaru smiled a little " I'm kageno hikaru, it's nice meeting you all" hearing her voice cheered the trio so much that they gave high five. Hikaru was amazed, as she hadn't seen someone this much happy just by  knowing her name, she smiles but it faded in some seconds after seeing him.

Hikaru's POV 

I smiled looking at the trio jumping in excitement when I saw hakuryuu coming here with a blue haired boy. "Tsurugi!" Tenma shouted after seeing his friend tsurugi?  I thought as I remembered 

"another weakling like you, ran away" I thought Hakuryuu would be happy but when I looked into his eyes there was a kind of sadness. Hakuryuu and sad? I thought. "Who was he?" I asked in a low voice. He answered in the same tone " tsurugi" 

"Tsurugi?!" I spoke my mind out tenma turned around to face me "hikaru you know tsurugi?" His voice was filled with never ending excitement. I was amazed but then I decided to reply him " I just heard of him.... from him" I said throwing stares at hakuryuu. He then turned to see hakuryuu smirking at me "so, in the end you did manage to survive" I could feel sarcasm in his voice but I didn't reply him. I heard tenma asking tsurugi and hakuryuu if they knew me. " of course! She tried really hard to be my competitor, but ....." he gave a pause before continuing "in the end she was a worthy rival" I looked up to him in surprise. He thought of me as a rival?  I asked myself. "Huh?!" Tenma and shinsuke exclaimed with the same excitement "does that mean she's so strong?" Shinsuke asked with stars in his eyes. God! Check the level of their excitement! I've never ever seen anyone like this before, I thought before coming back to reality. 

It was quite a time now, we were still in ship. "You're not feeling sea sickness, right?" Aoi chan asked me "sea sickness? " I wondered, she giggled " seems like you're not familiar with it, but I'm glad you're not feeling sick" I smiled. " say, hikaru san you wanna play soccer with us?" Shinsuke asked, leaving me wonder "how we're supposed to play on ship?" Just when Tenma shouted "shinsuke! I found the right place to play" Shinsuke jumped in excitement "really? Let's play!" Aoi chan grabbed him by his back collar "I think kidou kantoku will not like this" she said dropping shinsuke on floor. Tenma came to inspect the situation "what's the matter shinsuke? " Shinsuke got up rubbish his thighs "aoi chan isn't letting us play" Tenma then turn to face aoi, who gave him an intense glare "you dare to play here and I'll...." Tenma cut her off "aoi, you're being so bossy!" "Bossy?!" Aoi exclaimed in wonder as she started argument with both boys. I felt tired and my eyes shut down

My eyes flutter open as I felt someone sitting beside me. I turn my face to see hakuryuu? "What you're doing here? " I asked in a low tone but he managed to get it as he smirked at me " sitting apparently" I sighed as I wasn't in a mood of arguments but he started it "so what you're going to do after we reach there? " I was paused as I didn't know what he meant by this but he continued "you're going to your parents? "  I took my floral pendant in my palm as harsh memories strikes me "I don't have anyone" I managed to say, he smiled a little " seems like we're on same page, but I'll still practice harder and become stronger than you" I was shocked to hear this coming from him "I thought you were stronger than me" I said narrowing my eyes. He laughed a bit before continuing " I thought that too, but .... I've realised that all this time I was just playing according to fifth soccer and thinking that I'll get stronger, whereas you were playing with your heart. That's why you were always stronger" I suppressed my smile, looking at my shoes I said in a low tone "I'm going to seitei sama". I felt like he was shocked to hear this "why? Why are you going to that man? He has been making us betray our feelings for soccer, then why?!..... why are you going to him?" I looked up to meet his red eyes, looking away I muttered "I don't know"

Normal POV 

The land was now visible, everyone started talking about their experiences on the ship. "Thanks God, now I won't have to feel this nausea.... anymore" kariya managed to speak after a long time "ha, kariya you're a man or what?! I'll make you feel better!" As midori said she smacked his back so hard that he fell down from his seat "Ouch!!" He exclaimed as nishiki appeared and help him get up "I've been seein' you're not actin' like a very reliable manager midori!" At listening this she grabbed him by his collar "What was that?!" Shindou came shoving them aside "don't start a fight here" as akane was happy capturing the scenario 🌼 "shin sama is so sugoi" 🌼

Hikaru put her step on the ground, she felt different aura from here. "What await for me here?" She started walking as she heard something, she look around to notice someone glaring her.

Flashback 

The same eyes, that person ....." hey little girl, I know your right place" he grabbed her hand and took her to a big van. "She's a new test subject" he said throwing her in front of a giant man, she looked up and recognised Kibayama who was grinning evilly " well done!  Haa hahahahahhah! " 

End of Flashback 

As the laughter echoes in her mind she loses her balance and tripped, she move her gaze there again those eyes were gone and so were her consciousness. The last thing she heard before falling onto the pair of arms was "hikaru! You alright? " "hikaru chan!" "Hikaru, what's wrong...?"

Kageno Hikaru