Accidental Reverse

Chapter 12

Hello darkness my old friend~!

Welcome to the last chapter of Arc 1. I hope you like it and  continue to enjoy the story!

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Accidental Reverse Arc 1

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In the end, Tenma manages to drag everyone along for ramen. Including Tsurugi.

Honestly, he's kind of the only one who protested because the rest has already resigned to their fate after the Mannouzaka match. Tenma's bribery methods are devious.

And that's the reason the whole Raimon team (well, not in Tenma's eyes, because they're still missing Nishiki, Kariya and Hikaru, but, well, details) is now gathered in Rairaiken, chatting away about the match.

''2-1 was actually better than expected,'' says Amagi, the mood serious yet relaxed. ''I mean, Teikoku was our opponent. I thought they'd get at least two points in.''

Shindou nods, a thoughtful frown on his face. ''Yes, they definitely have the skill to score goals. Two Keshin and that Penguin technique, not to mention, I'm sure they have more hissatsu in store. Still, they only scored once...''

''It's obvious, isn't it?'' asks Tenma quietly as he stares at his ramen, lost in thought. At the silence and the feeling of eyes on him, he lifts his gaze and answers Shindou's gaze that asks him to explain. ''They definitely could have scored more points. The thing is, they didn't start playing offensive for real until somewhere in the middle of the first half. Not to mention, once Tsurugi showed up they were surprised and lost their momentum.''

Shindou nods in agreement. ''That sounds right, but why?'' he muses.

The time traveler sighs, already used to Teikoku's playing style after having played many matches against them in the future. ''Simple. They underestimated us.'' He shrugs at the questioning gazes. ''Look, when we play against another team, especially in this tournament, we need to take our opponent serious. Even more so, we need to be wary of their Seeds. However much I hate to admit it, Fifth Sector trains them well and they're all very skilled. More importantly, they're not scared of foul play.

''Just think about Mannouzaka. They all hurt us, but when I kept standing up there were three players who really kept shooting. Isozaki, Busujima, and another guy whose name I forgot. Anyway, Isozaki was a Seed and both Busujima and the other guy are – or rather, were – training to be Seeds as well.

''My point is, while we have to take all the players of our opponents seriously, we really need to be wary of the Seeds. Looking back on the match against Teikoku, the Seeds were talking badly about us the whole time. In other words, their offense wasn't as skilled as it could've been because one, they looked down on us and didn't take us seriously, and two, their coach only ordered them later to really attack. If they had attacked seriously from the beginning, the point difference would've been different – especially because they have enough stamina to keep up that offensive play for most of the match.

''Furthermore, they were taken off guard when Tsu-chan showed up and betrayed Fifth Sector. Then, we managed to complete Ultimate Thunder and they were too shocked by that so they lost their momentum. Had they recovered immediately, the threat would've been a lot greater. But, since they believe they're kings and amazing and unbeatable and have huge egos in general, they didn't, so they lost their chance to fight back.'' Tenma's greyish blue eyes pin his teammates down, no trace of humor in them. ''Simply said, they were cocky.''