Blue Lock - I'll Make Her Mine (Bachira x OC)

Chapter 13

They key to clearing the second selection is one-on-one strength, so if i can't get strong enough to beat barou then i'll never make it out of here or be able to reach bachira again, but how am i suppose to bear abour?. Barou suddenly walked past me & growled.

"Move it loser, don't get in my way"

Nagi suddenly got his attention & stopped him.

"I'm surprised you ended up losing & coming up here, weren't you suppose to be the strongest? wanna play us? i feel like we can beat you now"

"Huh? who can beat who now?"

Barou walked over to nagi & got right in his face growling loudly at him.

"Yuki & i..... will beat you"

"You're a total amateur who can't do anything but trap & you wanna take on me? the king?"

"Big talk for a king who just lost, i'm gonna beat you & make you my lakey"

I walked over to nagi & grabbed his arm softly trying to pull him back & away from barou, he stumbled slightly when i did but stayed next to me when i pulled him.

"Yuki....."

"Wait nagi don't work him up, i'm still not sure if we can actually beat barou"

Suddenly someone else walked in the room getting our attention.

"At least 24 hours must be elapsed until the next game begins"

He pointed to a sign on the wall with the rules on it.

"At least that's what it says here, hey you 2!!"

"Asashi!!"

"Yo! Yuki!"

Nagi suddenly leaned over towards me getting close.

"Hm? Who'se he?"

"Oh uh... his my former teammate"

"Mm..."

"So were you with barou asashi?"

"Yep, we're a team!"

Asashi walked over to barou & stood next to him.

"Our other teammate was Nishioka the messi of aomor, when the 3 on 3 match started barou was super awesome & scored 4 goals all by himself. But they ended up scoring 5 goals on us & we lost, barou was to self centered so he threw off our team harmony. That nishioka guy got stolen & now it's just the 2 of us!"

"We lost because you 2 couldn't do anything useful & why are you so cheerful?"

"Now, now let's just take it easy, we don't need to rush in deciding to play them. Let's wait & decided after some guys lose & end up here, because if we lose again it's all over. Right? Yuki?"

"Oh uh.... yea..."

"Hmph, i won't run or hide i'll crush you so bring it on anytime, you cowards"

Barou glared at us & then left with asashi to the break room, we have to wait 24 hours so we can't do anything for right now. Me & nagi went in there as well & headed to the break rooms, there was a bumker bed for 2 people, we had switched from our uniform to just our regular cloths nagi was on the top bed while i was checking out the navigator that was on the wall.

"Look yuki it's just like prison"

Nagi could touch the ceiling from his top bed, i just shuckled & looked back at the navigator.

"There's still a dinning hall & a bath like normal, it's basically the same as the facilities we've  been using with some minor changes. The biggest difference is that the training rooms let us play agaisnt blue lock man"

"Uh huh...."

Nagi went quiet for a moment before speaking again, he then looked at me.

"Hey yuki, why didn't you want to fight barou? i thought he'd be a good one to get in our team"

"That's true but.... the way we are now we can't just rush in without a plan"

"So then what is it.... the 2 of us lack?"

"Well..... the match agaisnt rin made me realize that you're weapon & mine can only be used after we receive a pass"

"Ah gotcha, mine is trapping & yours is direct shots right?"

"Right, someone like bachira or reo if we have someone who understands our weapons we can win. But without somebody good at passing you & i can't shine"

Nagi laid himself down backwards on the bed crossing his arms, i just leaned & sat down agaisnt the wall behind me.

"Yea..... then how are we suppose to use our weapons without those passes? Dribbling ability, crazy long limbs or strength, if we go up agaisnt any of that stuff one-on-one we don't stand a chance."

"Yea that's what we lack, how to win one-one-one without passes?"

"Hm... this is like hard mode... sorry this is to much of a hassle... let's think about it tomorrow..."

Nagi just drifted off to sleep while in that position.

"Yea, sure..."

He sleeps like a mummy & it's kinda funny a bit, at any rate. How can we win this, what is one-on-one strength? no point on thinking about it now, i just hopped on the bed & went to sleep. The next day me & nagi went to the dinning room to get food, everyone else was here but they looked so stressed out.

"Looks like there are few other pairs who lost & came  back"

"More importantly yuki.... this sucks the only side dishes on this dinning hall are nato & picked radish..."

"Nagi...."

"Mmm......."

"I'm already used to that, me & bachira used to eat it alot before we started getting proper foods"

We went to sit at the table together & started to eat our foods as we continued to talk.

"So what should we do yuki? which team should we play?"

"Well to be honest..... while i think we could look for a team that looks weak & grab an easy victory, if we end up taking someone weak for our team. We'll lose in a later stage & end up coming back here & if we lose you'll be the one to get stolen next"

"...... Or you"

"I'm not as good as you but yea i guess so"

"...... Don't start again you're good too, it won't happen though so don't start stressing"

I just shuckled & continued to eat my food.

"But i think beating someone who seems strong & making them our teammate would be best, but it also drastically increases our odds of losing, so we need to choose carefully"

"Seems like everyone has the same idea & are just keeping an eye on things"

"Yea...."

Winning isn't the only thing that matters here, we need to think about who we team up with so we can advance. After we ate i went to the training room, nagi headed back to the dorm to i guess sleep more. I just started training agaisnt blue lock man, i was trying to improve my direct shots more & it was honestly working. I was getting better at it little by little, bachira & the top 3 could compete on one-on-one & were able to create chances using they're own abilities. I need to be able to overcome monsters like them, holding my own one-on-one & the ability to create opportunities. I think the only way to get a hint on how to do that is by experiencing it again, i exhaled softly & grabbed the soccer ball with my hands but someone walking in the room with me got my attention.

"Ah! there you are! you're going all out yuki!"

It was asashi, he walked over towards me & got closer.

"Oh asashi.... ah... no not yet"

"I figured it's all over if we lose again right? pretty freaky"

"I guess so, though i don't want somebody weak on my team"

"Totally, i wracked my brain over it but you & i gotta take a risk."

"What'd you mean?"

"I mean if you & i.... lose here... we're guys who won't get picked right?"

"....."

"We're the same you & me, scary huh? my teammate is barou & yours is nagi right? there's no way we'd get picked in these circumstances"

"No... i don't think i would but you're still-"

"Forget it, i don't need you to gloss over it. The one i want is nagi yuki... i wouldn't choose you"

"......What....."

"You get it to right? unless we team up with really strong guys.... it'll be impossible to win going forward, which means.... that if i really want to represent japan & win the world cup. Then i can't pull back now it's all over if i run away, let us crush each other Yuki & wager our dreams. Don't lose you're nerve this is blue lock"

His trying to provoke & tempt me but his right, how can i pull back after all of that. On top of that i don't want to lose Nagi too, i already lost bachira so i don't want nagi to leave me too.

"Works for me! i wanted to battle you guys anyways"

"That settles it then"

Asashi gripped & shook my hand as we declared a match agaisnt each other, 23 hours on the clock. I'm done training here i have to go back to nagi & tell him what just happened.

[To Be Continued]