Episode 24: Letting It Out

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"Sakuma-san, it could be a trap!" Kino warned.

"Trap or not, no one messes with my friends!" I shouted.

"But, Sakuma!" Otonashi persuaded.

All of us were running to Teikoku. Nina had taken this too far. No one, and I mean no one, messes with the people close to me, no matter how annoying they are. 

Once we arrived, I already ran inside, but Endou had stopped me from going into the soccer field. "Sakuma, we know that Kuroi's been threatened, but keep calm about this." He said. I slapped his hand off my shoulder. "No one, messes with my friends, Endou! I lost enough!" I shouted, running into the field. There, I saw Nina, holding a tied up Kuroi.

"Looks like you actually showed up, Sakuma Rena." Nina smirked and tossed Kuroi to the ground.

"You've gone too far, Hernandez!" I shouted furiously. 

"No, you have! I've been transferred because of you!" Nina retorted.

"That's your own fault! You attacked me!" I shot back.

"You kicked me back in first grade, and slapped me three times this year!"

"You worked with Kageyama and used steel panes to kill us, and strangled me!"

"I can always do it again!"

"Bring it on, Nina!"

Nina charged at me, but I grabbed her arm and twisted it and tossed her to the ground. By the time she was about to stand up, Handa and Matsuno had already held her back while Endou was untying Kuroi from his ropes and helping him stand up.

"No struggling for you, blondie!" Someoka shouted.

Nina had stopped struggling, but she was giving me a long, cold, glare at me. Then started chuckling.

"What's so funny?" Kidou asked.

"Oh nothing. It's just," She started laughing. "I can't believe you don't know what she's up against."

"I'm up against an idiot who made me into a person with replacement problems." I said.

"Oh, I'm not alone." Nina chuckled darkly. "Another person has it out for you, and once his plan works, he'll force you to work for him."

"Fat chance that I'm letting my friend go back into the dark side of her life!" Kuroi shouted.

Nina laughed again. "You guys are so going to quit soccer after this." 

"We're not quitting!" Endou said, clenching his fist.

"Yeah! What makes you think we would?!" Ichinose asked furiously.

"With Rena, you'll be in danger. Copying techniques in an instant is something that every soccer player wants. Someone will try to kidnap you, torture you, or even threaten you, just so they can get Rena." Nina explained, already getting out of Handa and Matsuno's hold.

"What are you bringing up, Nina?" I asked, glaring at her.

"Easy! Besides... remember that incident where a mysterious dark shoot was made?" She gave a sinister look at me. "The one that was supposed to hit you, but because someone was concerned for you, that someone got the blow and was sent to the hospital for 3 weeks."

Then it hit me. That shot.... one of the other reasons why I changed, is because of that shot; Darkrai's Possession... that shot hurt my friend, and thanks to me, everyone in my elementary's school soccer team banned me from playing ever again.... 

"I-It wasn't my fault!" I defended.

"Don't deny it, Rena." She smirked. "Every accident that belongs to you, someone else will be the one to take the blow. Besides, because you decided to transfer to Raimon, everyone almost got killed by the steel panes." 

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