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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22. after the tears dry (rainbow flowers will bloom)
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Raimon vs Ancient Dark begins with horribly skewed odds--- they don't have their Ace Strikers, they don't have their game maker, and they're one member short of a proper team.
Even then, they have to fight.
(No one's ever taught them how to ask for help, because no one's ever given it.)
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For a terrifying moment, Megane considers cutting out the transmission. The comments are all taking the broadcast with mixed feelings, and while it's good to keep people talking, he can't help but feel as if he's been played.
; Soccer isn't supposed to be violent. Fifth sucks.
; But the amount of people that get severely injured during football games are always high. I'm pretty sure it went down after Fifth took over.
; People get permanent injuries from football, ankle and wrist injuries the most.
; They do in other sports too, idiots.
; I'm pretty sure basketball is the sport with the highest injury rates. You don't see anyone trying to control basketball.
; Well basketball isn't the most popular sport in the world, is it? No one cares what rank your school is in for district basketball prefectures.
; Shit these are KIDS they get injured get over it
; Pretty fucking sure if any of these get disabled for life you're all gonna go oh no who could have predicted this
; Football's stupid, anyways
; I'd say the score orders are smart. Football's never meant to be so damn important, who's idea was it to make it a competition where your entire reputation's on the line if you lose, anyways?
; Didn't you hear the other day some Raimon kids got fucking HOSPITALIZED? Over SOCCER? This world's insane
; Yeah because they were ASSAULTED you nutcase
; over a SOCCER GAME
; We're truly in the darkest timeline
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"Kirino."
Kirino tries to calm down on the bench as warmups begin. He doesn't have time to falter about it all, but right now, all he wants to do is curl up. His hands are intertwined and he wonders if this is how Jeanne felt on the battlefield— cornered, fearful, guilty, cowardly—
