Raimon Junior High

It was now the next day and Ryuga could now be seen standing in front of the gates leading into his new school. He wasn't unfamiliar with the place though, after all, he had seen this very entrance plenty of times in the past.

"Raimon Junior High, to think I'd actually stand in front of the genuine article..." Ryuga muttered quietly to himself as some other students quietly passed by him. Shaking his head, Ryuga proceeded to walk through. 'It's still quite a bit before school starts, so maybe I should look around for a bit.'

There were definitely quite a number of other students around, all of which were probably here early to do some club activities. Since he had some time, it wouldn't hurt to get a good look around. Plus, if he could find the soccer club, he might be able to get an idea of what point in the story he's actually in.

Considering the fact that he had seen absolutely no information whatsoever in regard to 'alien' attacks, the second season's events probably have yet to transpire. That, or this world already covered up the alien incident thoroughly.

"Alright, time to look for a shed..."

Unless the clubroom of the soccer club here went through some vast reconstruction, then he should be able to locate the club rather easily. Wasting no time, Ryuga made his way around the school, more specifically, toward the soccer pitch.

Once he arrived, he noticed how it was rather barren, there weren't many students, if any, present here. However, after looking around a bit more, he noticed a few students who were currently gathered on the opposite end of the field near the goalpost.

It didn't take a genius to tell that the people gathered together were the soccer club members, all of which were currently practicing. This became more evident when the group scattered across the other half of the field.

Curiously, Ryuga walked closer while observing as the group began to practice against each other. Ryuga stopped along the edge of the field, quietly watching as to not disturb their session. While also focusing on their practice session, Ryuga took note of the members.

'Hmm, I don't see Ichinose here. Nor do I see Kidou, so I guess they might not have joined yet.' Ryuga thought to himself with his hand holding his chin. 'Either they haven't arrived yet, or they really have yet to join.'

"Bring it on, Gouenji!"

"Here it comes, Endou!" A male with relatively spiky light-blonde hair responded to the headband-wearing individual currently acting as goalkeeper. For Ryuga, these two were very recognizable individuals. "Here we go!"

Ryuga watched as the male known as Gouenji kicked the ball up into the air before jumping up after it, and as he approached the ball, his body was spinning quickly as literal fire seemed to form around him. Which in response to his spinning, also began to form a twister as he spun.

Upon reaching his peak height, Gouenji stopped spinning as all of the fire from before gathered into his left leg. Using said leg, Gouenji aimed a powerful kick toward the ball that was now present next to him in the air.

"Fire Tornado!"

Once his foot made an impact with the ball, all of the flames were transferred over immediately as the ball began to rocket down toward where Endou was. As the ball flew through the air, it left behind a bright trail of fire behind it.

『ファイアトルネード (Fire Tornado)』

Seeing the incoming shoot, Endou didn't just stand there, he immediately raised his right arm high into the air. Ryuga felt a smile form on his face when he saw the iconic move being performed, it was Endou Mamoru's first-ever hissatsu, after all.

While Ryuga wasn't confident enough to say that he remembered everything about Inazuma Eleven through and through, he did remember some of the most memorable moments and things. This move... was definitely one of those.

After Endou raised his hand, yellow lightning seemed to gather above him before forming a dense and bright blocky open hand. The light being emitted off of it was bright, but not bright enough that it'd cause anyone to have to look away.

"God Hand!"

Pulling his arm back, Endou's eyes hardened before he thrusted his open right hand forward. By doing so, the giant hand that was formed followed his actions as the flaming ball collided with the open palm of the God Hand.

Endou seemed to struggle quite a bit, but with some determination and will power, he seemed to tame the shoot as the ball lost its flaming aura. Soon enough, the ball came to a complete stop as it was now tightly gripped in Endou's glove, although smoking very much.

"Nice one, Gouenji!" Endou grinned a bit as he relaxed his body. "Hm? Can we help you?!"

'Oh, he noticed me.'

Ryuga was a bit surprised when Endou suddenly took notice of his appearance, having called out to him soon after. Obviously, Endou's words seemed to gather the attention of the others as they all turned to look at Ryuga.

Seeing no reason not to, Ryuga then calmly walked onto the field toward Endou. The others all watched curiously as Endou just blinked as Ryuga soon came to a stop in front of him. Ryuga had to admit, it was crazy being able to see the actual Endou Mamoru in front of him.

"Sorry if I disturbed your practice."

"Oh, no worries at all." Endou gave a small shrug before forming a smile on his face. "Did you need something from us?"

"Well, I'm a transfer student who just started attending today. I was actually looking to join the soccer club, of course, as long as that isn't any trouble at all."

"Not at all!" Endou's smile widened immediately into a grin. His response was pretty much instantaneous, not surprising considering Endou's nature towards soccer. "We're more than happy for more people to join! What's your name?"

"Tetsuko Ryuga, a pleasure to meet you."

"Nice to meet you as well, Ryuga." Endou gave a firm nod after hearing the introduction. During their conversation, the other members seemed to gather around once again as they quietly listened. "I'm Endou Mamoru, captain of the Raimon Soccer Club!"

"Then I'll be in your care."

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Since Ryuga didn't have his uniform yet, he decided against practicing with the members of the club until after school. He honestly did not want to dirty his school uniform and have to give some explanation to the teachers in regard to it.

In any case, his day at school went by quite normally, nothing special happened at all throughout the day. What did you expect? Considering he had also already finished junior high school in his old life, the material was very familiar to him.

Before he knew it, school for the day was over and it was time to head to the club.

"Here I am in junior high all over again, guess I'll be graduating for a second time." Ryuga snorted a bit amusedly to himself as he now calmly walked through the halls of the school towards the front entrance. "Hopefully, I won't die like right after graduating again..."

Seriously, he hadn't even been able to enter high school properly before dying in his old life. Now, he could only pray to whatever gods were out there and hope that this coming year was not some countdown to another death.

"Ryuga!"

"Endou?"

"Good thing I managed to find you!" Ryuga watched as he saw Endou running over towards him, and from what he could tell, Endou was carrying something in his right arm. Looked like some kind of sealed plastic bag. "Here's your uniform! Glad they managed to get it for you so early!"

"Really?" Ryuga politely accepted the uniform after Endou held it toward him. Although still in the sealed bag, Ryuga could clearly see its design due to the bag's transparency. 'I definitely prefer the newer uniforms in the GO series, but this isn't too bad I guess.'

"Make sure to get changed as quickly as you can, I'll see you on the field!"

"Mm, got it."

With that, Ryuga watched as Endou quickly rushed away without stopping. He continued staring for a moment before glancing down at his new uniform, and soon after, Ryuga gave a small laugh before continuing to walk.

"Well, time to get changed."

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"Quick, pass it here!"

"Here you go!"

"Got it! Ryuga, here!"

After getting changed, Ryuga immediately made his way to the field to see that the others were already having a small game against each other. Since there weren't many members at all in the club, one team had six while the other had seven.

Obviously, since they had only one goalkeeper, each team was aiming for the same goal. Thus, Endou was a neutral party, simply needing to guard the goal from any and all shoots. As for what members were chosen to be on each team, it was as follows:

➣ Team 1 - Gouenji, Handa, Shourinji, Kageno, Domon, Megane

➣ Team 2 - Someoka, Matsuno, Ryuga, Shishido, Kabeyama, Kazemaru, Kurimatsu

Anyway, Kazemaru had just passed the ball over to Ryuga, whom which the sprinter saw running up along the side of the field. After Kazemaru passed the ball to him with some good speed, Ryuga easily grabbed it after stopping its advance with his foot.

"Nice pass!"

Ryuga didn't stop running while doing so though, he picked up the pass before immediately dribbling it up toward the direction of the goal. Glancing to the side, Ryuga saw Handa rushing over before dropping to the ground to a slide.

"I've got him!"

"Not quite." Ryuga chuckled as he performed a small jump with the ball balancing on his right foot. Due to this, Handa slid right underneath Ryuga as the latter landed before continuing his advance. "Back to you, Kazemaru!"

"Thanks, over to you again!"

'Should I use Death Spear?' Ryuga seemed to think to himself as he glanced ahead at the goal where Endou was more than ready to try and block the ball. 'No, it's way too soon. This is just a practice match, after all.'

Someoka's voice then sounded. "Ryuga, over here!"

"Not so fast!" Ryuga was stopped when Gouenji suddenly dashed up in front of him. However, Ryuga still kept his still and small smile on his face. "You're pretty good, Ryuga. You seem to have incredible control over the ball, and on top of that speed that's comparable to Kazemaru."

"Thanks for the compliment."

Ryuga didn't say anything else before he seemed to flick the ball up from behind himself, Gouenji obviously noticed this as he was ready to jump. However, his eyes widened when Ryuga's foot stopped the ball from going any higher than his waist as it brought it back down.

"Crap...!" Gouenji quickly stopped the jump he was about to do and readjusted his stance. "I got it now!"

"Nope." Ryuga chuckled once more as when he brought the ball back down, he increased the speed suddenly as the ball smacked against the ground before bouncing up and over Gouenji's as well as Ryuga's head. "Should've gone through with that jump!"

Ryuga's maneuvered past Gouenji before picking the ball up once more, though he held it for only a second or two before he quickly passed it to the front with a powerful kick.

"Someoka, go for it!"

"Leave it to me!" After retrieving the ball, Someoka turned to face the goal as he swung his leg back high into the air. As he did so, the ball seemed to turn into a ball of blue energy. "Dragon... Crash!"

After being kicked, the ball shot toward the goal while leaving a large trail of blue dense energy behind. Not only that, Ryuga could see the image of a blue serpentine dragon flying alongside the ball with its jaw wide open while releasing a fierce roar.

『ドラゴンクラッシュ (Dragon Crash)』

Before Endou could fully react, the ball crashed straight through and past him before driving into the back of the net. Due to the force behind Someoka's shoot, the power behind it caused Endou to fall to the ground through a push of pure power.

"Alright!" Someoka grinned as he pumped his fist in front of his chest. "That's how it's done!"

Just like Someoka, the others who were on the team also gave their own cheers. The only exception was Ryuga, who merely stood silently with a small smile on his face. Though, he soon felt someone lightly hit the back of his right shoulder.

"Nice passing, Ryuga!" The person who hit him was revealed to be Kazemaru. "Getting the ball up the field never felt so easy. It was as if you were always in the perfect position to pass, and that speed of yours is impressive!"

"Meh, I still need a lot of work." Ryuga chuckled as he gave his modest response. "I gotta say, I'm impressed with everyone here in Raimon so far. Of course, there are still a lot of places where everyone can improve."

"We are all training our hardest, especially since we're currently aiming to win the districts."

"Of course."

Ryuga had just figured out not too long ago at what point in the timeline he was at, and that was before their match against Teikoku Academy in the District Finals. Meaning, the first match of his soccer career here at the school could very well be against Teikoku in a few days.

"Kazemaru, Ryuga!"

"Oh, thanks, Aki!"

"Thanks."

While the both of them were speaking, one of their managers named Kino Aki had rushed on over to hand them each a bottle of water. She had done the same for the others as everyone could now be seen taking a small break on the field.

As everyone was taking a break, Ryuga looked around at each of the members with a bit of a critical look in his eyes. During this match, he had been using the others as a form of benchmark to determine where his current abilities stood.

From what he has determined, his speed was equivalent to that of Kazemaru and had a kicking power a bit stronger than that of Gouenji. In other words, Ryuga was the best of both worlds, as in speed and strength.

"Alright, let's get back to it, everyone!"

"Right!"