Accidental Reverse

Chapter 23

Hey guys, I'm back! Just had test week, now I have holidays~ yassss~

Anyway, my friend A finally finished watching the entire series (two to three weeks, not bad, but it won't beat my two-and-a-half days) so I'll allow her to read my stories now, because she won't spoil anything for herself! XD

Anyway, enjoy!

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Accidental Reverse Arc 2

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Hikaru joins Raimon and, with extension, the soccer team.

His joining is as dramatic as the first time, with being family of Kageyama Reiji and all, but after the initial shock he's fully accepted by both players and coaches.

Well, practice is certainly interesting with him around.

Still, after a few problems at the start, Hikaru's natural talent starts to kick in and after a few practices he can already keep up with the rest of the team. Between getting some extra tips from his teammates and training on his own, it shouldn't take too long for the future forward to find his place.

Tenma takes a few trips to the ice rink, catching up on his training, and pretends his team's behavior doesn't hurt him. He spends his time befriending Hikaru and teaching him about the school itself. It's nice to see his friend, albeit a younger version of him, after almost two months of having no way to contact him.

More than anything, Tenma is happy to have a friendly face around.

After the big reveal where the team found out that their resident time traveler is hiding more than they first thought, tensions between them have been running high. They're polite enough to each other and at least his teammates are finally passing to him again, but that's where their camaraderie ends.

Tenma doesn't search them out during breaks anymore, and his first-year classmates allow him to go off on his own every day. He doesn't walk home with the second-years or bother the third-years during their free periods.

Neither party knows how to act, despite their willingness to change their current situation.

Raimon wants Tenma to open up to them.

Tenma wants Raimon to trust him.

Nothing changes, until it does – with the announcement of their next opponents, Hakuren Jr. High, and a new face making his appearance.

Fubuki Shirou.

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When Fubuki arrives at Raimon, he drops a bomb on them. Hakuren has been taken over by Fifth Sector.

He tells them the story of how his team was secretly infiltrated and how he was removed from his position as coach. How there are still free players in the team.

He asks for help and it stirs something in Raimon.

''I need your help,'' says Fubuki and the pain in his voice is evident. ''Help from the power of those stirring up the winds of revolution! You!''

They don't need to think about their answer and Hakuren's ex-coach offers his knowledge. They head to the clubroom to talk it over – 'it' being Hakuren's perfect defense, Absolute Barrier – and Tenma balls his fists.

He makes a decision.

Fubuki explains the basics of Absolute Barrier and when Hayami asks how they're supposed to go against that, the man boldly exclaims, ''you'll need an even stronger hissatsu tactics to break past it.''