Episode 5 : Dark Vortex

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-----------------------------------Let's continue~

(Previously on: The Tainted Soccer)

After what seemed like half an hour, Kidou and the others visibly relaxed. Until now they thought Endou could only be the kind and crazy soccer freak he always was. But now they realize that there is a whole different side to them. They calmed themselves and sat back down, which shocked Endou. Weren't they mad? He had basically lied about his past this entire time. It wasn't the right thing to do!

"Well get on with it!" Kazemaru says falling back onto the bed, his hands behind his head.

"Yea, I wanna see how this is exactly linked with that Takeru kid," Kidou says sitting back down on his chair.

"Either way we're gonna fight him, we're not gonna let them take you," Gouenji adds, crossing his arms and leaning against the wall.

For the first time since the event on the Field, Endou beamed. He was lucky to have these people as his friends.

And he didn't plan on leaving them to this darkness inside himself.

Never.

---------------------- Onto the Chapter~

Endou now sat on the ground with his legs crossed, his fingers were fiddling in front of him.

"Well, back then, I saw nothing wrong with the new power I had gotten. It made our team better and stronger. I thought there was nothing bad about it. Now that I look back...I think that power was messing with my head...If I was thinking rationally there would be no way I would actually consider that.."

"Why?" Gouenji would simply ask. Endou looked up with determined eyes.

"Because it's cheating. When you play soccer you grow as a person and as a player. By accepting that power I was skipping all that and disrespecting soccer." Endou looked back down. "Besides...my personality changed as well...I didn't realize it but I became...quieter. More independent. Colder. I never spoke to anyone and just did what I could to make sure the team would get better and better...I lost all of my friends outside the club and..now that I think about it...I wasn't close with anyone in the club either. Only...Takeru."

"Takeru..him again? Wasn't he affected too?" Kazemaru asks sitting up, intrigued. 

"That's what I thought too....at first. I had slowly begun to realize what exactly was happening, as we beat each team with ease at matches. One team after another would fall. I never even needed to block a single shot until the last match of the season. We were at the Junior League finals. There was a particular team that came out of nowhere and grew through the ranks through pure hard work and strength.....A lot like we did....no...exactly how we did." He said referring to the Raimon Eleven.

The tension in the room would thicken.

----------Flashback-----------(A/N: Surprise! Let's travel back into the past, shall we?)

Endou stood at the back of the field, right in front of his team's goal post. His red captain's band sat tightly around his arm, as his arms were crossed tightly in front of his chest. His appearance was quite different. His uniform was all black with a red number 1 on the back and a small red lightning bolt logo and horse on the front, while his signature headband was now all black as well, with a red lightning bolt going through one side of it. The most interesting part was his face. It was completely blank and emotionless as he stared at the field. However, even though his face was being indifferent, his blood red eyes were betraying him. They held some form of worry?

He watches as Takeru, who was in a similar uniform, took the ball and with one easy kick, blasted the ball at three of the opposing team's players. They fell to the ground joining the rest of their fallen comrades. 

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