Stirring the Flames

Tengawara

  Everyone could not believe their eyes as they stared at the scoreboard. Raimon scored the first goal, a goal that they were not supposed to make. The Raimon players stared at their captain in trepidation.

"Shindou-kun, what are you doing?" Kita finally asked after getting over the shock. "The score order was Tengawara wins at 2-0. Are you disobeying the Fifth Sector?"

"Yes." Shindou said with a nod, to Kita's disbelief. Turning to face his team with a resolute glint in his eyes, he made his declaration. "As Raimon's captain, I will say this clearly so that all of you will know. In this match, we...Raimon will win!"

"What on Earth is he thinking?" Kurama said through gritted teeth.

"Who knows?" Hamano shrugged.

"We're doomed!" Hayami wailed as he clutched his head.

Tenma sweatdropped at Hayami's actions. But he could not worry about it for long, he had other concerns in his mind. Namely the fact that none of the other seniors shared Shindou's feelings and the Fifth Sector somehow finding out he was from Wytrhas. It should not be possible with the precautions taken to ensure the insurgents do not find out where he is. To protect him while he was in Japan, his father created false paper trails to solidify his cover as Matsukaze Tenma and restricted his real personal information available to the public. The only people with access to his restricted personal information was the Prime Minister of Japan, the Wythrian Ambassador and Dahlia.

"Tenma, get back into position."

Tenma snapped out his thoughts and quickly adhered to Shindou's command just in time for Tengawara's kick off. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw someone waving at them and immediately recognized Sangoku's mother. He inwardly smiled drily, wondering how Sangoku is going to react now that his mother came to watch his game.

A glance at Tengawara's side however made him cautious. Unlike before, they were starting to grow serious. And if the blond guy tripping him was any indication, their dirty plays will make more appearances. And Tenma is worried. He nearly blacked out again and barely managed to retain consciousness. If Tengawara did their rough plays on him or his friends again, he was not confident that he could stay conscious and accidentally hurt someone.

And the other Raimon players were unwilling to cooperate with Shindou when the whistle blew. They were reluctant to play at all and the situation was not helped when Tengawara indeed started using rough play and dirty tricks to get past Shindou, Hayami and Shinsuke.

Tenma gripped his head as the feeling came back and he struggled to remain in control. He cannot afford to black out again in an important match as this. He saw Kita get the ball and shoveled back against the entity invading his mind in favor of standing in Kita's path.

"Move." Kita warned him.

Tenma cocked at eyebrow at him. "To get the ball from you or away from you?"

"Tch." Kita gritted his teeth and kicked the ball towards Andou who was standing just behind Tenma. But Tenma suddenly smirked, to Kita's shock. The ball should have gone past him to the Tengawara player. But Tenma unexpectedly spun as he extended his leg in an arch upwards and caught the ball with his foot. To the amazement of his teammates, he managed to balance the ball on his foot while balancing himself on one foot.

"You should be more specific next time." Tenma flashed an innocent smile at a frustrated Kita and dribbled away towards Shindou. "Captain!" He kicked the ball towards the captain but Hayabusa was quick to intercept it.

Once again, Tenma bit his lip to stop himself from cursing out. He had more dignity than that!

"Out of the way!"