A little into their second year of high school, the Raimon Soccer Club were on their way to the Holy Road finals. Then the car veers off the path, and they dive into the valley, where the car rolls off the cliff into the verge, and no one survives.
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"Spite is a great motivator!"
...says Hamano, before deciding that the best way to pay homage to their currently missing members is to attempt murder via reckless animal control.
He is not the only Raimon player to get mad today.
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"You're way too optimistic," Shindou looks toward Hamano, who's bright as the sun as he fixes the laces on his shoes. "I know that's your thing, but seriously, do you not have any tension at all?"
Hamano beams, "nope! I'm excited!"
"Why?"
Hamano hums as he works his way through his stretches, careful of the slightly tender, healing skin on his arm.
"I mean, I'm more of a river and lakes kinda guy, but the sea calms me, you know," he says, stretching out and taking a refreshingly deep breath. "Feels like home!"
"I totally get you!" Tenma says, sighing contentedly beside him he follows with a very visible breath of his own. He'd walked out of the locker rooms still sulking, but a while in the salty sea breeze and he's been reinvigorated by the blessing of the ocean gods, it seems. "I want to run into the grass and scream."
"I'm the opposite," Shinsuke whines, "I don't like this salty, fishy, smell. It's very heavy and makes me feel a bit sick."
"Same," Akane says, covering her mouth a little.
"Let's ignore those two, I'm so happy you understand," Hamano says, hooking an arm around Tenma's shoulder, "let's find the sea after this match. Let's dive. Let's fish."
"Yes," Tenma says.
"Stop. Stop right there, enough, nope!" Sangoku enters the conversation physically, "absolutely not!"
"The waves are dangerous," Kirino says, and they really ought to know that honestly, "you're going to get us yelled at."
"It's okay, maybe they'll want to join us!" Tenma says, and then he and Hamano spin around enthused, toward the other team's bench, "HEY, Kaiou guys, is it okay if we—"
Shindou and Sangoku hastily throw a hand over their mouths as Kurumada takes it upon himself to manhandle the brats back to their side of the field. Which leaves Aoi, Kirino, and Minamisawa bowling toward the Kaiou team, apologizing for the ruckus.
