Accidental Reverse

Chapter 13

Hello everyone! Here it is: Accidental Reverse Arc 2! This chapter is not very eventful but it explains some very important things.

Now... onto the story!

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Accidental Reverse Arc 2

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Training becomes more intense after their visit to Teikoku and the Resistance. Raimon practices early, before classes start, and until the sky starts to turn orange. Instead of going about it relaxed, like before, training has now become a serious affair that sometimes holds the same amount of skill as during their matches.

It's what Tenma is used to. Raimon's practices from his time are taken as serious as a real match and most of the time, they even use their Keshin, Mixi Max and Souls. There is a reason they've hold the champion title for three years in a row, going on four.

The brunet cannot put into words how relieved he is he's decided to practice on his own before. Without his personal practice, he'd definitely be like Shinsuke – meaning, barely keeping up with the senpai.

Luckily his stamina training paid off immensely, just like his speed and shoot practice. Having experience as a soccer player for quite a few years already, the time traveler decided early on not to focus on Keshin and hissatsu immediately. Instead he's been training his basic skills.

Because, while hissatsu and Keshin might be great, they don't make an amazing player. An amazing player is just a bit faster, has just a bit more strength, a bit more stamina, a bit more skill than his opponents. Someone might have a strong Keshin, but if it comes to it, the better player is more likely to win.

So that's what he's been doing ever since coming to the past and, seeing how it's finally paid off, the brunet decides to start on his hissatsu and, more importantly, Keshin training after the Teikoku-Raimon match.

Starting with Mach Wind. The first time 'round, he'd been practicing his shoots intensively the week before the match against Teikoku – probably the only reason he'd managed to create an offensive hissatsu technique. Since he's been practicing on all fields, he's skipped the intensive shoot training.

That's why, for the first two days after their trip to Teikoku, he practices shooting on his own at the riverbank field. While perfecting Mach Wind the first time 'round took a week, with his better training this time, it only takes a day before the beginnings of a super shot start to show. At the end of the second day, he finally manages to complete it.

''Mach Wind!'' the ball, surrounded by a blueish white aura, hits the net of the goal forcefully. Tenma lands gracefully on the ground, a smile playing on his lips.

''Guess that's enough for now, huh...'' he mutters to himself as he grabs the ball and makes his way to the bench on the side of the field. He sits down and grabs a water bottle, taking a few sips as he watches the darkening sky.

The sounds he hears are familiar and relaxing – cars in the distance, the rushing of the river water, the gentle breeze rustling the trees – and remind him of his own time. He closes his eyes, letting the peace of his surroundings wash over him.

After a while he opens his eyes again and sighs. ''I think I finished shooting...'' he mutters to himself, mentally making a checklist of everything he needs to do for practice. ''Dribbling doesn't really need a lot of work, I guess. I can't do much about teamwork without actual teammates, and my speed is good enough for now,'' he muses aloud.