~ SHOWDOWN AT THE RIVERBANK~

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SKYLA'S P.O.V
Since I was a new member of the raimon club and we were at the riverbank as normal only this time I played with my raimon uniform.
I trained with Axel and Kevin…we kept trying to steal the ball from one another.
“Nice….Practice some shoots” Axel said as Kevin got the ball.
“Try one as powerful as this skyla” Kevin said kicking the ball to the goal post.
Mark used Fireball knuckles to block it.
I smiled before looking up at the bridge to see some people watching us.
“It’s good for publicity” I said bouncing the ball on my knee. “But it’s very bad”
Axel nodded agreeing with me as we turned to mark who had stars in his eyes and Jim talking about proving his existence.
“They don’t get it, do they?” I sighed sweat dropping.
“No back to practice, we need to practice our new killer moves guys” Mark said as they cheered up suddenly we saw Nelly’s car on the pitch blocking the goalpost.
“Did it crash?” I asked.
“Whoa” Mark said moving out of the way before it could crash into him and out of the car came Nelly.
“As of now, Practicing killer moves is prohibited” Nelly said.
“What kind of crazy talk is that? We won’t be able to keep winning our games without any new killer moves, Nelly” Mark said annoyed as Nelly pointed towards the bridge.
“Haven’t you noticed that up there?” Nelly asked.
“Those guys? Oh, you mean our new fans” Mark said with stars in his eyes.
“Those aren’t fans I’m afraid…Those are spies from rival schools and the reason they’re here is to take notes of us” Axel said as everyone went anime shocked.
“I wonder how useful that’ll be….Maybe a lot” I shrugged.
“Those guys are spies?” They asked.
“Well the unknown team that took out the big royal academy, something like this was bound to happen…If you keep practicing here” Nelly explained.
“This was probably part of the plan” I muttered to myself spacing out for a bit until I turned back to reality.
“There’s no way our opponents should see us practicing those moves” Axel said.
“Okay but if we don’t practice those moves…how are we gonna..?” Mark asked.
“C’mon mark, Big showing moves aren’t everything” Axel said taking the ball from him.
“Yeah…They’re just a minor part of the soccer we love to play” I agreed.
“Passing, all side traps, solid shots, there are all kinds of other things to play” Axel said.
“Okay then…we’ll just practice in a place where nobody can see us…that’ll work right?” Mark said excited.
“Where are we going to find a place like that?” Axel asked.
“I don’t know but we better move fast” Mark said
“You know we’re not in royal academy with the big buildings and top state of the art stadium….and training facilities” I sighed.
“Right, why don’t we have that?” Mark asked Nelly.
“Well…The fact that the club is new and just being allowed some of the budget is very rare….As It grows with popularity I’m sure it will gain more budget for that” I nervously smiled.
“The club isn’t new” Mark argued.
“It wasn’t exactly officially recognized by the school” I shrugged as Nelly sighed.
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I was with Nelly in the chairman’s office wondering what would be perfect to train the team with.
“So…where are we going to find somewhere like that in this town?” Nelly asked.
“There should have been somewhere….Raimon’s an old school there must be something the Inazuma Eleven used too….if the noodle guy knew about the secret training manual…I’ll bet the Inazuma eleven totally had somewhere” I sighed leaning back into my chair.
“But what?” Nelly asked.
“Ah, Nelly this is where you’ve been hiding? I’m guessing Skyla found you” Uncle Raimon’s voice came from behind me.
“Uncle….” I smiled.
“Hi papa” Nelly said.
“Call me chairman here alright….I mean we’re not at home, are we Nelly and Skyla?” The chairman asked.
“Sorry, chairman” I apologized as he dropped a box full with a stack of papers on the table plumping down on the couch.
“What are you doing here? You never usually come to school…You’re usually with Skyla’s father” Nelly said closing the door.
“They’re talking about doing some renovations for some of the buildings and I have to sort through a few old blue prints” The chairman answered picking one up.
“Huh?” Nelly said looking back at me as I smirked.
“And since I’m the only one who knows where they are, so here I am” Chairman said.
“Chairman…If you don’t mind we can give you a hand there” Nelly said as i joined her.
“Yes…easy for you better for us” I chirped in. “Whaddya say?”
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We already gathered all the info into the computer database of the school scanning and checking the buildings was Nelly’s job while producing the architectural problems and slacks in the buildings from the blueprints were mine.
“Thanks for your help girls…That went much quicker than I thought” The chairman said.
“Always ready to help chairman” I piped up from my comfortable position on the sofa.
“Let’s take a little break shall we?” The chairman asked.
“Sounds good” Nelly said as I gave a thumb up putting the computer aside.
“I’ll make some tea when I’m done with these blueprints” Nelly said.
“I’ll make that thank you” I gagged at the thought…Nelly was not a good cook.
“Huh? Hey take a look at these” Nelly called for us as the chairman and I came over to see what she was talking about.
“What on earth are those big boxes?” Nelly asked showing us or more precisely her dad.
“It doesn’t show any mechanical materials in there or classes for that matter….If it’s a storage room, why underground?” I asked.
“Huh? I’d forgotten about that” The chairman said.
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“According to teams that have played brainwashing Jr before they all seem totally calm and play with incredible precision and accuracy” Celia explained to us…we were in the club room trying to gain data on our next opponents who happen to be the guys mark said beat them at soccer the other day.
“ has anyone ever scored against them before?” Mark asked.
“Nuh-uh ever since oak took over as goalkeeper, nobody’s ever scored a single goal against them.” Celia confirmed.
“Fine then…we’ll just have to be the first ones then, won’t we? I know we can do this” Mark said.
“Now’s not the time to get all fired up mark” Nathan said.
“Not only can they copy fire tornado…but they can stop it easily as well” Kevin said.
“All that boasting about knowing everything about us…I guess it was true” Axel said
“Wait…we have Skyla” Mark said.
“Brain washing Jr is just another school under Ray dark…they have royal’s information as much as they have the others…They sort of do know me too” I said.
“Isn’t this the first time you’re playing in this team?” Mark asked.
“I used to school in Royal….I transferred here before last year’s frontier” I frowned.
“I guess they know all about dragon tornado as well” Kevin huffed.
“Probably about the Inazuma Drop too” Nathan said.
“We need to come up with a plan to beat them” Axel said.
“If so…Then I think Nelly and I found something to help” I said.
“How about we come up with a new killer move?” Mark said.
“Do you remember how long it took us to do that before?” Nathan asked.
“No reminders” I sweat dropped.
“Not only that we’d have to practice it at the riverbank, they’d find out about it, no time at all” Kevin said.
Mark crossed his arms inhaling sharply when Silvia opened the door.
“Hey guys, Nelly wants to see us outside right now” Silvia said.
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“What’s going on?” Mark asked as the entire team stood outside the Lightening training center. “She called us out here and she’s not even here”
I excused myself to call Nelly to ask where she was but she didn’t pick up and by the time I got back…the team looked like they had seen a ghost as the doors opened slowly causing everyone to panic well everyone except Axel and I revealing Nelly.
“No reception there sorry” Nelly sent me an apologetic smile.
“Well, hello there everybody” Nelly said as we entered the training centre walking down to the real training centre.
“So come on in” Nelly said as we walked inside adoring the infrastructure.
“And this is?” Mark asked
“The secret training ground of the Inazuma Eleven….This is the lightening training centre.” Nelly said.
“What?” The team said in unison.
“Are you serious...The Inazuma eleven really trained here?” Mark asked.
“Yes they did” Nelly said as I grinned at the data info in my hands.
“I am really surprised about the quality too…It would have been a waste when the club was disbanded then” I said.
“But…How did you know about this place?” Mark asked.
“I happened to find it” Nelly said. “And now this is yours, practice to your heart’s content with privacy”
“So we can use it?” Mark asked.
“It’s here so you may as well make use of it” Nelly said.
“We have our ways y’know mark….Ways you shouldn’t worry about” I said.
“That is scary” Steve said gulping.
“Okay time for practice….c’Mon you guys” I said putting the blueprints of the machines into my bag.
“Are you serious? Awesome thanks a lot” Mark said excited as Nelly’s widened her eyes quickly closing her eyes with a faint dust of pink on her cheeks.
“Don’t get all emotional mark…I just don’t want you to tarnish the school’s reputation, that’s all” Nelly said.
“You got it Nelly” Mark said as I smirked….Geez he is so dense….
“Yeah this is awesome” Mark said as Nelly and the managers left locking us in there for some time until we’re done with training.
Everyone complained about their part of training wait till you see mine…I put on the lights of a separate training room I found earlier exploring this place with Nelly…It’s unfinished but useful for a killer move I was thinking of actually putting into place.
I sighed turning the treadmill on first.
“First….gotta loses some weight” I said running as fast as I could to keep up with the pace.
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I was all tired from the training that I stepped out to find the team splat on the floor exhausted….Silvia and Celia peeping in through the door.
“I suppose the training’s over for today” I smirked as Celia hugged me.
“You’re okay” Celia said as I patted her back.
“Course I am…I’m not on the team for being weak y’know” I smiled trying not to squirm from the tight impact on my hidden injuries from the training under my shirt… “Would you let go?” I asked as she let go of me and I straightened my shirt stepping over their bodies.
“Conclusion is?” I asked.
“We’re doing this every day for a week” Mark said.
“Ah….That seems beneficial” I smiled helping them up one by one. “Let’s do it”
And so for the next week that’s what we’ve been doing training then noodle shop training and noodle shop….The noodle shop was for us to have lunch if you ask me I actually ate my noodles and asked for seconds’ way after Mark was done with his fifth.
~~GAME DAY WOOHOO!!!!~~
We stood outside Brainwashing Jr high’s soccer stadium.
“Is this brainwashing Jr high’s soccer stadium?” Steve asked.
“Who cares if it is surrounded by antenna’s soccer is soccer right? Let’s go” Mark said.
“Yeah” We replied walking in to the stadium to the locker room.
I changed in a separate locker room because there was no way I’d change in the presence of adolescent boys….Dream on I think.

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