INAZUMA ELEVEN : Beyond Science

Recession

“Eternal Blizzard”

“Fubuki? Help me.” Endou said as he faced the ball that he had caught.

“Shut up.” Worm!Endou said as he hit his head as hard as possible. “Now, where were we?”

“Shuuya-sama, Shirou-sama, did you see that? I think whatever is taking over Endou-san is now slipping his grip.” Kazuhiko said to them, essentially talking only to himself.

“SHUT UP!” he yelled as he bullheadedly charged at Kazuhiko.

“Oh! I’m really dead.” Kazuhiko said as he got petrified in fear.

“Don’t you dare lay a finger on my brother.” Atsuya yelled as he sets a flames of great height dividing the field, obscuring Worm!Endou from his way.

Tatsuya, then, gets in the field but this time, his fire was back to its original luminosity, heat, firepower and the spirit he’s showing in his eyes. Seemingly, his will has been reborn to fight.

“Onii-chan! Find a way to get through Endou. I’ll distract him.” Atsuya!Tatsuya said as his face showed no ordinary anger.

“Hai!”

Meanwhile, outside of Oshima En, Tsunami and Fideo tried to pull both Aki and Ichinose back to consciousness before they really slip to their deaths since Aki received a wounded head as blood dripped on her face while Ichinose had it much worse because of his third-degree burns on his back and a metal pipe that went through his back and out of his stomach.

“How about you create a portal to the nearest hospital?”

“I can’t. The last teleportation drained everything out of me.”

“Well, we need to do something. We can’t just let them slip to death.”

“Let’s just wait for Natsumi-san, it’s the only option that we have right now.”

“Aki…” Ichinose moaning when he wakes up, coughs up blood and interrupts their stressful conversation.

“Ichinose, are you okay?” Tsunami asked.

“I think so.” he said, trying to catch his breath.

“Don’t stand up nor move. I don’t even want to look at any part of my body, if I were you.” Fideo told Ichinose.

“How about Aki?” he asked as tears trickled down his check, knowing that’s something wrong with him as he coughed more blood.

“Only, a wounded forehead. You managed to cover her when the wreckage trapped the both of you.” Tsunami told.

He turns his head to his side and sees Aki unconscious which prompted him to cry more even though, those tears painfully soaked into the wounds of his face.

“Maybe, this is the last time, I can see her beautiful face.” Ichinose said to no one in particular and breathed more deeply.

“Don’t say that. There is still hope, Ichinose. You did change your premonition of Aki’s death.” Tsunami said.

“For now. You need to hang on for Aki. Okay, Ichinose?” Fideo asked him in an eye-to-eye look.

As Ichinose was about to answer, he quickly runs to his final breath. Quickly, Tsunami performs a soft CPR on him, hoping to revive him as his heart begun to pace for the worse.

While, Atsuya!Tatsuya kept on barricading Worm!Endou with walls of fire as Kazuhiko stayed under the burning teen’s protection. But, the barricading process, didn’t really work as Worm!Endou only inch closer and closer as they took a step back, every time, the metaphorical devil that was in front of them was still unscathed from the burning. Then, they get cornered and could no longer back down. Out of whim, Kazuhiko takes the front and takes a ball that incidentally rolls toward them.

“Do you think that trick can do you good anymore?” Worm!Endou mockingly asked as he continued to step forward.

“Crossfire.” Kazuhiko performed the move singlehandedly and pushes Atsuya!Tatsuya out of the vicinity. Not any second longer, the ball reaches Worm!Endou’s hands and instantly, he freezes at the moment as he looked at the soccer ball. Without, a second thought at the created opportunity, Kazuhiko runs to the back and holds unto Worm!Endou’s back. “Atsuya, barricade and kill me.”

“I can’t.” Atsuya said as Worm!Endou raged blindly, at the fact, that Kazuhiko has lurched unto his back.

“Trust me.”

“If you say so.” Atsuya said as he created a fire circle on the two, thick enough for Worm!Endou to not get out easily. Then, he burns Kazuhiko into a crisp and effectively, taking Worm!Endou with him. Later, the fire kills Kazuhiko and another black hole-like collapse was about to begin as Worm!Endou struggled to take off the guy but his burnt skin had stuck on his shirt with too much force. Then, the burst resonates as it explodes on Worm!Endou’s head launching both Fubuki and Gouenji into safety from the fire and towards opposite directions.

“I can’t believe that worked.” Fubuki exclaimed as Worm!Endou was now down for the count.

“I don’t think so.” Worm!Endou rises up and strangles Fubuki who was near him.

“Onii-chan!”

“Fubuki!”

When, the explosion happened, this was heard even at the outer perimeter of the orphanage which prompted Aki to wake up due to shock and to her greater shock, the CPR still didn’t end with Ichinose.

“What happened?” Aki said in complete distress.

“You didn’t reach him in time.” Fideo said as Tsunami had given up, knowing Ichinose’s heart had long stopped.

“But…” Aki said as she approached Ichinose even though blood was dripping on herself and even, on Ichinose’s lifeless body. “You can’t give up, you said, I was going to die but here I am, you saved me. Now, return the DAMN favor. DON’T… YOU… DIE… ON ME!” Aki continued as she pumped Ichinose’s heart and immediately, lock lips with him as a means of CPR.

In a surprising instant, Ichinose revives and takes a deep breath which was a great achievement for Aki. While, both boys looked at each other, wondering if Ichinose did that to get a kiss.

“Huh! May be he just needed an incentive?” Tsunami said to Fideo. Fideo just shrugged.

“Where are the others?” Ichinose asked still breathing heavily.

“Still inside.” Fideo answered.

“So, that was the explosion about.” Aki deducted.

“I just got a new premonition. Tsunami, go ahead and destroy the entire orphanage.”

“But, the others?”

“They’ll manage to live. Now, get to it, quickly.”

As immediate as possible, Tsunami touches the miraculously unburned walls of Oshima En and the entire building collapses in front of their very eyes which gave Worm!Endou, Gouenji, Fubuki and Atsuya!Tatsuya, a little moment to get shock. While, Worm!Endou gets distracted Gouenji decides to kick another soccer ball.

“Fire Tornado.”

Instantly, Worm!Endou lets go of Fubuki and he catches the soccer ball in his hands. This creates a very silent moment for the four of them as Endou looks at the ball. He lets go of the ball and rushes to hug Gouenji.

“Thank you for stopping him.” Endou said as he tightly hugged Gouenji.

Without any thought, Fubuki and Atsuya!Tatsuya join in the hug but it doesn’t long enough to break it up when Endou scratches Gouenji’s skin.

“You are mine!” Worm!Endou said.

“Let it go. I will not let you terrorize my friends, any longer” Endou answered back as he slaps both of his cheeks repeatedly.

“I will not lose!” Worm!Endou said as he was now forcing Endou’s orifices bleed.

“Give it up! I’ll show you why I’m not giving up over my body.” Endou said as he continued to slap himself repeatedly.

Afterwards, only incoherent speech gets out of Endou’s body as he goes to seizure attack as these incoherent words changed from Worm!Endou’s deep voice to Endou’s normal voice as turned back and forth.

“We need to get him out of here.” Gouenji said.

Immediately, they get Endou out of the soccer field, just in time when Natsumi’s limousine arrived and loaded the other four.

“Don’t give yourself up, Endou.” Natsumi said to Endou as he touched Endou’s cheek.

---ZACK---

I hoped you enjoyed reading this chapter. If you did, vote and share my story. If you didn't, feel free to comment, I would really appreciate constructive criticism.