BLUE LOCK - a place where soccer is more than just a sport and a future of worldwide glory is within grasp. Desperate to prove her worth and break barriers, Keiko Iteya fights to hold her own in a rigorous competition against 299 young men in Japan...
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When we returned to field and it was time for kickoff, Naruhaya passed to Raichi. Raichi was trying to carry the ball up field but Mute Wanima was quickly on him. Raichi was able to duck away while keeping the ball but Kuon called for a down-fielding pass and said something about taking our time with ball since we had a big lead, or something.... it was hard for me to hear from back here. Kuon was dribbling the ball and Raichi called for the ball back. Before anything could be done, Mouthy Wanima stole the ball right from between Kuon's legs.
"You gave the ball away!" Raichi now shouted angrily as Team W turned and began to come my way. The Wanima brothers were in the zone, passing that ball easily.
Isagi was posted in midfield, trying to sweep the ball away mid pass with a slide. He fell too short, the ball being passed from Mute to Mouthy. Isagi lifted his head, shouting out, "Chigiri!"
Chigiri was standing slightly ahead of me and he moved to press Mouthy Wanima, but the ball was simply passed to the quiet brother. Okay.... I guess it fell to me now. And then Iemon if I failed..... but I wasn't going to fail. I moved forward after knowing Chigiri was not going to get the ball, basically seeing where the ball was going to move in front of the Mute Wanima brother. I tried to get there first. We both got there at the same time, feet clashing at the ball with a thumping noise.
I let out a small growl, trying to fight as the ball was literally trapped between our feet. Mute Wanima growled back, his stare boring into me. As I tightened my core to hold my position, my cramping began to intensely hurt. I shoved the pain aside to focus on the the ball that was beginning to squeeze out of our cramped play space. It moved out of our boxed space and slightly up. I bounced it off my knee and slightly ahead, and I stepped forward, ready to punt it out of the defensive zone. But the Mute Wanima's foot got to it first, kicking it at the goal as hard as he could.
However - my body was in the way. The ball slammed into my core and I let out a loud pained grunt before falling to my knees in agony and then onto my back. My mid body was burning with an invisible internal inferno caused by my uterus but I briefly saw the ball hovering over where I had fallen. I kicked up, trying to just get it away from the front of the goal where I had been downed. My kicked ball just hit the Mouthy Wanima's chest, which he easily collected and scored into the net.
My body fell limp into the grass now that the play was over and I wheezed, holding my lower belly with my hands. "Oh God....." I'm not sure what I did to deserve this. A full powered kick at point blank right to my abdomen that was already experiencing period cramps? Had I angered the universe? Was this karma for something? I didn't even know..... All I knew is that I didn't want to move.
"You okay?" Iemon, having come to my side as soon as he retrieved the ball. Chigiri also made his way over, looking down at me with a expressionless facade.
"Yeah I'm just in a lot of pain....." I dared to move and lifted my head. It strained my body.... ugh. I forced myself to sit up with my right arm, still holding my core with my left.
