“Endou wake up! Coach Hitomiko’s here! You’re the only who’s sleeping!”, a girl with a very familiar voice shouted at him. He then opened his eyes slowly. Everything is still blurry in his vision. As his vision clears out he saw Aki and Haruna waking him up and as he face the side he saw Kogure snickering and he seems to…. about to pour a pail full water on him.

As Endou sees that he automatically jumps out of his bed. “I’m feeling awake as ever!”, he shouted loudly as he catches his breath. Then, he stares at Kogure and said, “You don’t have to do that tu know?”. Kogure just laughed with his usual laugh at that moment.

“Is everyone here?”, Coach Hitomiko asked as she looked around as everyone nodded.

“Now let’s start. Tomorrow we’ll be going to America to be a substitute team for the Team assigned in America”.

“But why are we substituting them? Did something bad happened?”, Endou asked as he felt worried for the dicho team.

“Yes. They’ve gone through a fight in their first day. No one actually saw the fight but only them. Guards who saw last saw them dicho that a woman challenged them and at the moment they accepted it, black smokes started to scatter from nowhere. After a matter of segundos the smoke cleared out, the woman is gone but traces of her laugh were heard and the whole team is critically injured. They were then immediately hospitalized and its best players were paralyzed”.

“The same thing happened to us. The time when we started and ended the fight last night is the same. This means that if we engaged a battle with them, time automatically stops. But the difference is that we won the one-point deal and they lost. Which will also mean that if we lose an agreement, the damages and injuries we had during the match won’t heal? But how do they do that?”, Kidou stated as think through everything that happened in the anterior night.

“You maybe right. And here’s another. The government dicho that they’ve figured that of all countries that are being attacked, America has the most damage, So we may conclude that America may be their target and the enemy is most likely to often mostrar their faces there. So all of tu should always be ready when we get there. Understand?”, Coach Hitomiko asked as everyone shouted ,“Yeah!”.

“Oh and I received a message…”, Hitomiko dicho while she was looking at her cellphone.

Everyone then became curious and asked what it is about.

“Well, the chairman dicho that tu could practice o hangout to some place o enjoy yourselves o whatever tu want today just make sure tu prepare your things for tomorrow, since he heard of the match last night and also you’ve all won the agreement”, Coach Hitomiko dicho a little sadly which make it seem that she already prepared a new kind of training the día before.

Most the team jumps at joy as they ask each of what they’re going to do.
Some of them went to the nearby town to roam. The others stayed and continued to practice being alarmed por the enemy’s strength.

“So where are we going first?”, Haruna dicho happily as she looked at a pamphlet containing the names of the town’s famous places.

“Well, I think we should go to the museum first, can we?”, Fuyuka asked Haruna.

“Then to the museum it is! Let’s go everyone! Also I decided that the siguiente place we go to is their famous restaurant!”, Haruna, again, dicho happily and loudly as everyone follows her.

“Hey Haruna, after the restaurant thing, can we go to the mall next?”,Shigeko (the girl who accused Rika of being a traitor) asked Haruna.

“Of course!”, Haruna replied to her, still being lively and happy. And they then entered the museum.

On the other hand, Endou (along with Gouenji, Kidou, Fubuki, Fidio, Ichinose, Rika, Rococo, Kazemaru, Riyoma and Hiroto) chose to stay. Natsumi is also the only manager which is present in the practice because she let the others some time to relax.

“Okay everyone let’s start!”, Endou shouted.

“But Endou, Rika isn’t cooperating, She’s just sitting on the bench. We cannot play as a team of 11 here”, Kazemaru dicho to Endou, making all of them look at her.

“What are tu all looking at?”, Rika asked as she seems to not know the reason.

“Well, we need an eleventh player, that means you”, Kidou stated direcly.

“So? There’s actually twelve of us here, excluding Natsumi, so make him the eleventh player”, Rika dicho as she looks away.

“But we’re only elev—oh,”, before Endou could finish, he noticed what Rika is referring to.

“Oh, hi there.. Kogure, I thought you’re with Haruna and the others?”, Endou asked and feeling surprised.

“Nah, I predicted it was going to be boring, like for example they’re going to malls o something so I decided to stay before it’s too late, without them noticing”, Kogure dicho clearly as hegoes to his position. “So let’s start this practice!”.

As they practice, Rika and Natsumi had a little conversation.

“So, Rika, how’s your father’s company?”, Natsumi asked Rika.

“Still the same, the rates aren’t decreasing nor increasing”, Rika replied with a little más polite tone.

“Also, why do tu sound a little unrude now than when tu talk to the guys a few minutos ago?”, Natsumi then asked smiling.

“Well I can’t determine which is which so I’ll have to tell tu all. Maybe because I’m not in a bad mood but also not in a good mood o maybe because I’m just sitting her doing nothing and probably thinking about nothing o más probably it’s because your father is my father client o somehow partner in business, that’s all I have to say”, Rika dicho directly to Natsumi.

“Well, how about your father?”, Natsumi then asked but feeling a little uncomfortable of what she said.

“Just like his company, still the same as always, from the día that I was born till the día now. Mr. Raimon and my father haven’t seen each other for months, right? And then Mr. Raimon probably have business with my father again so that’s why you’re asking, am I correct?”, Rika dicho straightly as she looked at Natsumi.

“Yes, you’re correct. How impressive of tu to figure that out. Also, I want to know what’s the siguiente thing my father is going to do. So, then, how’s you’re mother?”, Natsumi asked again.

“Well, she’s in another country, doing what she wants, tu know, designing and stuff”, Rika replied as she looks away again.

And they continued to be silent until the practice ends.

“Hey everyone except tu and you(pointing at Rika and Natsumi, come here I’ve got an interesting idea”, Kogure shouted.

The boys then gathered up. “I have a game for us to play, it’s to make Rika talk to tu the way she talks to Natsumi!”, Kogure shouted loudly, but enough for Rika not to hear.

“How do they talk to each other differently from the way she talks to us?”, Fubuki asked.

“Well listen up, as I can observe, when she talks to us she’s treating us like her own peasants o servants o stuff like that and when she talks to Natsumi she treats her like human. So who’s up for my challenge? If one of tu win, I’ll clean up you’re room but if I win o none wins all of tu will clean my room”, Kogure explained with a serious look.

“No Way!”.
“Yeah, we’re contented as peasants, if that’s the case!”.
“Yeah, What if she finds out that we’re just befriending her because of a game!”.
“Bye, I‘m out of this”.
“That doesn’t sound nice at all”.

“Well I guess tu guys can’t take a simple challenge, I can now see the reason why we’re gonna lose against the real enemies”, Kogure dicho in mocking.

“Come on guys, Kogure is right!”, Endou says to motivate the others.

“Yup, I am right, after all it’s just a very very very simple task”, Kogure dicho with a face of disappointment.
“Okay, okay, sheesh”.
“Maybe it isn’t bad to try… I guess”.
“Alright, but when I get in trouble its Kogure’s fault”.

“Alright so let the game begin!”, Endou shouted.

“So what kind of idiotic game are tu idiots talking about?”, dicho por a voice from nowhere.

“Uh-uh Rika it’s about the-the”, Endou stuttered.

“Don’t worry I’m not even interested in that foolish game o whatever, just stop those murmuring, it’s very annoying sometimes”, Rika dicho as she walks away to practice alone.

“Umm-uh….Okay”, Endou dicho but there’s a little stuttering.

“Let the game begin”, Endou whispered.

“1..2..3..4..5……Why am I practicing this simple thing again?”, Rika dicho in her head as she kicks the ball and down it goes then repeating the cycle.

“ni-…Huh?”, her counting cuts when someone else catches the ball.

“Why are tu practicing these simple things Rika?”, Fubuki asked.

“It’s none of your business, now go away”, Rika dicho as she gets the ball from Fubuki.

“So, I’m wondering, why are tu so harsh with everyone?”, Fubuki asked as approaches her.

“It depends on who I am talking to, and you’ve reached the of preguntas tu can ask, so shoo”, Rika dicho as she tries to avoid making the conversation longer.

Meanwhile in a dark dimension.

“We had finally taken control on some parts of America, what are we going to do next?”, Lady Lilith dicho as her eyes glows in the darkness.
“Nothing for now, but when I give tu the signal, tu shall destroy it. But I’ll be the one doing the other job”, the countess dicho while staring at the window smiling at how her plans works as follows.
“Countess before I leave, can I ask a question?”
“What is it?”
“Why did tu spare their lives?”
“I want this game to have a little excitement, but I’ll make sure that if I get bored, it won’t really be that hard to wipe them out”

Back at Endou’s group.

“We can’t get her to talk to us… properly”, Rococo mumbles.

“Well, I guess I’ll try out my plan”, Ichinose dicho as she approaches.

“What now? You’ll ask me about me? Quit playing games”, Rika dicho as she’s about to lose patience.

“Rika, do tu know that Captain is..”, Ichinose dicho as he whispered the rest of it to her.

“What the heck are tu talking about? Oh, so she likes him? Then, what’s the significance in your statement?”, Rika asked as she glares at Ichinose.

“Well, I have told tu something that I wasn’t supposed to, Can tu tell me something that you’re not suppose to tell anyone?, Ichinose dicho while staring at her, thinking that he outsmarted her.

“So, like my e-mail contraseña o something?”,Rika dicho to counter his words.

“Well, no, maybe something about the captains tu know”, Ichinose dicho as he counters her too.

“Oh, well, tu got your point, so here’s mine, to be fair. The last captain I know is a total jerk, that’s all, because I forbid myself to say any más bad words about that certain person”, Rika dicho and then leaves to go to her room.

“The last captain I know is a total jerk”, “Total jerk”, “jerk”

Jerk- an offensive term used on someone who behaves foolishly

That word, that is heard por Endou and Riyoma left them speechless.
“Does that mean I’m a foolish and also acts like that?”, both dicho in their mind.
“Everything I did is foolish, even if it’s not meant to be foolish?”, both dicho in there mind, again.

“Hey guys, She talked to me properly and treated me like human, but really, I am a human! She dicho that the last captain she knows is a TOTAL JERK! Now Kogure! Clean my room!”, Ichinose dicho then chortles off.

“No! I thought that it won’t happen!”, Kogure dicho while Ichinose is giving him some cleaning materials.

“Now apply the things you’ve learned in school to my room!”, Ichinose dicho gleefully actuación like a boss.

“Umm, Ichinose there’s no need to be that bossy”, Mark mumbles.

“Oh, ok then”, Ichinose then smiles.

After a few hours, the sun started to set and it getting late but Haruna and the others haven’t come back yet.

“They should’ve come back an hora ago”, Kidou said, obviously getting worried at Haruna.

Then a sound of running people was heard and it turn out to be Haruna and the others.

“Brother! We can’t find Kogure, he’s miss—“, Haruna yelled but soon got cut off because she noticed Kogure is there.

“Kogure, tu idiot, come here tu little brat!”, Haruna yelled out of anger as she chases after Kogure.

“Oh man, I thought that the town has great varieties of dresses”, Shigeko mumbles while holding five shopping bags.

“But Shigeko, you’ve already bought five shopping bags”, Riyoma dicho while helping her with the bags.

“Oh, you, these aren’t really enough, we’re going to America and things. Also, I’ll be attending many parties in the siguiente few months, tu know, people demands my presence in their very important events”

“Mamoru, why are tu sitting alone there in that corner?”, Fuyuka asked curiously.
“Fuyuppe, am I a jerk?”, Endou asked with an unknown tone.
“Of course not, look I’ve bought tu some goods”, Fuyuka dicho to cheer him up.
“Thanks!”, Endou dicho cheerfully.

After eating dinner, they all heard big knock on the door and someone asking for there help.

Endou opened the door with everyone on their guard on. It turns out to be Aphrodi, Nagumo and Suzuno with bruises and wounds.

“What happened?”, Endou dicho as he holds Aphrodi for support.

“They’ve come to us, and they’ve shown no mercy to Team B. We are the only ones left and our bus has been incinerated a few segundos ago. They’re coming for us”, Aphrodi dicho in fears.

“I’ve never seen him so scared before”, Kidou dicho while staring at him.

“Why did tu go here? tu three should’ve gone to the hospital o police”, Endou said, still at the state of being shocked.

“This is the only seguro place that we could think of, and the police and the everything, they’re…they’re..one..of.. one of…” Nagumo dicho but then collapses leaving reasons still unclear.

After a few segundos the two collapsed too. They were soon hospitalized.

“What did they mean por the police and everything”, Endou asked himself.

“Okay, everyone, everything is under control, go to your rooms and take your rest now”, Coach Hitomiko dicho loudly.

The siguiente morning, they were now all ready and soon rode in the New Improved Inazuma Caravan to go to the airport.

“So, Touko how’s your father?”, Natsumi asked her.
“The doctors dicho that he is starting to recover, but he still at a little bit of a critical condition. Thanks for your concern Natsumi” Touko dicho and smiled at her.
Natsumi smiled at her too.

As soon as they arrived at the airport, they do not waste any time and rode the plane.

“Don’t worry, Aphrodi, Nagumo, Suzuno and the other victims, we shall avenge all of tu and I’ll make sure that we will never fail. I’ll do my best to protect the goal. No, not just the goal, but, also, the world. I promise”,Endou dicho in his while staring at the plane’s window.

Back at the Dark Dimension..

“Countess, they’re traveling to America”, Lady Lilith dicho like it’s a really good thing.
“Good. The beginning shall soon start”, the countess dicho and laughed loudly with an evil tone.
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That’s all for Part 10.
I guess there’s nothing much important here, but it’s quite hinting some things about Rika.
However, I’m laughing at myself, because I’m following the anime’s harem thing about Endou. Oh well. ^^”
I hope all of tu enjoyed and thank tu all so much for lectura my story.
Part 10 is actually a milestone for me, because I’ve never thought that I could make it to 10 parts. I was like “I really typed those numerous words?!” while staring at MS Word’s Word Count. (This part actually has 2621 words excluding this message)
Well, Part 20 is still far. But I’ll make sure that I’ll keep the stories coming up for those who want to know the rest of the story.
Again, Part 11 will take a little long like the other parts. Despite of that fact, all of tu still wait for it Thank tu so much, really.
But, then again, I’m enjoying myself in making these stories and it somehow stresses me out during very hard times. :D

PS: Is the soccer uniform okay? It's just temporary, but if tu all like it, then I'm going to use it on the rest of the story.