A family thing

Chapter 35 Hello challenger

The game restarted. Yoichi's team has repositioned themselves according to the formation they've agreed on beforehand. Luna immediately passed the ball to Loki who has already sprinted past the middle line. Yoichi quickly put himself in front of him. Five meters were between them. 
'Come at me, Mr. same age France national team player.', he thought and observed every single movement of the opposing player in front of him. 'Come at me.' 
"Um... is that it?", Loki ripped him out of his train of thoughts. "Because all I see are openings."
In the same moment, as those words have been said, Loki tipped the ball into the direction of the goal. 
'Got it.', Yoichi thought as he found out, where the ball would land and moved towards it. However, he was too slow. Even though he was much nearer to it than all the other players on the pitch. Right as he set his first step to fetch the ball, Loki dashed past him, with the ball in his possession. 
'What the fuck...', Yoichi was shocked at the scene unfolding itself in front of him. 'How the hell is he so fast...?!?!?!'
Same could be said for his teammates who attempted to defend the player. First him, then Bachira as the second, Nagi as the third and lastly, Niko. 
"What a drag.", the white haired cursed as the French youngstar got past him. 
"Holy shit. That was fast.", Niko added. The only remaining defender on Yoichi's team was Rin. He ran to cover up the mistakes of his teammates. 
"It's obvious where you're headed.", he said and went to body his opponent.
"Good call.", Loki complimented. "But I'm fast, you know?"
With that Loki simply dashed past Rin straight away and faced the lonely goalie. No one else was there anymore to disturb him from finishing the work, his teammates have trusted him with. One last tip to gain some distance for an optimal aproach. A powerful strike followed that none of the best goal keepers in the world could have saved in any kind of way. 1-1. The world five have equalized and they didn't want to stop just now. In normal situations, they would goof around with their teammates and celebrate the accomplishment. Not this time though. This wasn't a championsleague game, or a international game. This was a game they were scripted to win from the second they arrived here in Japan. 
"Aw, Loki scored on his own. That's not fair.", Pablo complained jealously. He wanted the ten grands bonus of his contract as well. 
"Ya bastard.", Dada spoke. "Pass next time!!" 
"Yessir.", Loki stopped. "That's enough for me. Let's end this and hit the showers already."
"Fucking hell.", Nagi muttered and wiped off some sweat drops on his forehead. "That was fucking fast." 
"What mind-boggling speed...", Bachira agreed. 
"I'll get it next time.", Niko spoke. 
"Quit your whimpering. Just pass to me.", Rin ordered. The feeling he got from the last match in the second selection came back to him. The longing for another goal, another victory came with it and right now he would do anything to satisfy it. 
'So these are the world's select...', Yoichi spoke to himself and chose to stay silent. 'Amazing.'
Bachira set the ball down at the center of the field. A quick pass to Rin restarted the game again. The green haired immediately pushed into the world five's territory of the pitch. Just as he crossed the middle line, Loki ran up to him and positioned himself in front of him. Rin stopped. 
'What would be the best way to get past this guy...?', he thought and quickly looked over the possibilities. Sadly for him, this moment was short lived. 
"Is Loki's speed really all that scary?", a voice behind him asked as Rin tried to dribble to the side as a reaction of Loki charging at him. Luna came from the side and stole the ball from him. 
"Shit.", Rin cursed. 
"Your lack of experience is limiting your perspective.", Luna told him before crossing a magnificent pass to Cavasoz. "It's all yours, baby~"
"Got it.", Pablo replied and trapped the ball easily. Yoichi and Bachira rushed to intercept. Cavasoz looked over the situation in one millisecond and sent the ball flying above the legs of his opponents, who were trying to block his passing routes. 
"Pew, pew.", he mimiced the sounds of a pistol. 
'How did he aim between us?', Yoichi thought in shock as he watched the backspin pass go to the box. 'What a precise kick.' 
Niko quickly reacted to that and ran to the position, where the ball would land. 
"I'll stop it.", he whispered.
Dada Sliva on the other hand had other plans, "I'll shoot you down." 
The bully jumped up and bodied Niko midair. He headed it down for Adam who was already rushing inside with Nagi right in front of him.
"Got it.", the white haired muttered just to be bodied by the Brit. 
"Move it.", Blake whispered. "I'm not interested in men."
Yoichi immediately rushed back to fill the holes of the defense. It was clear to him that he didn't set the defense right but what choices did he have? All of their best abilities were being overshadowed by everyone of their opponents. He went for the slide tackle to hopefully land a clear it away, so that the scoring probabillity would be shrinked to a minimum. To no use. Because Adam just skillfully dodged his attack and shot it anyway while Yoichi landed on his butt. 2-1. The lead now belonged to the world five.