LOVE OF THE GAME

CHAPTER 104

Kenji arrived at the training ground being meet by his team.

Kenji: I-

Rafael: You nothing, you're going to shut up and listen.

Tobi: What the hell were you thinking, there is no way to know if we're going to beat DC.

Rafael: And you go and make a bold statement like that, that's not even the worst of it.

Tobi: We know you've been contacting the old manager.

Rafael: That guys worked us like slaves, you had the roughest and you're call him is that how bad you want to win.

Kenji: You guys don't get it.

Tobi: We don't get it, we think you don't get it.

Kenji: You guys don't get it, it wasn't your family he was talking about.

Nanami: So what I don't get it too?

Kenji: It's not like that.

Nanami: Then how is it like, he was my dad too.

Rafael: We just don't want to see you burn out like the others.

Tobi: Let's go guys, training's off for the day.

The all began to walk away with Nanami being the only one to stop looking back before walking away.

Kenji sat on the ground putting his hands on his face.

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News reporter: Hundreds if not thousands of fans storm outside the Japanese embassy in hopes of getting their Visas as fan wish to get a live point of view for the match that is being called the youth match of the decade as DC take on Warriors United on the second leg of the Japanese invitational cup semi finals.

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Kenji was still on the ground before someone tapped him, he looked up to see Aoi handing him a water bottle.

Aoi: You missed breakfast and lunch...come to think of it you're missing dinner right now.

Kenji: ........

Aoi: They aren't mad at you.

Kenji: ........ They are.

Aoi: You've been here all day, you don't know what they're thinking.

Kenji: Then?

Aoi: They're worried about you, they don't want to see you burn out like the players the previous manager did burn out.

Kenji: ....

Aoi: Sorry about asking but what was he likes.

Kenji: He was okay.

Aoi: With the way everyone else put's it, an okay seem like you suger coated a lot.

Kenji: Really he was, he just had a serious way most of our dominating strick started because of him.

Aoi: What happened?

Kenji: He always wanted us to do better that he started pushing us with out thinking, me I just went with it with without thinking, he said he saw something in me, something that could best the like of the world class player, he told me if I keep going I wouldn't match the likes of world's biggest to greatest, I would probably be one before I turned 18/20.

Aoi: I know you're a good player but what happened next.

Kenji: I barely kept up.

Aoi: But you did?

Kenji: The others couldn't keep up, most of their parents withdraw them from academy, some suffered training injury that ended their dreams before it became reality, everyone was worried about me thinking is was going to be a matter of time before I burn out.

Aoi: I'm sorry about that, but you said it yourself their worried about you.

Kenji: I-

He was interrupted by his stomach.

Aoi: Need to eat something, here I got to head back.

Kenji: Thanks.