𝙋𝙄𝙉𝙀𝘼𝙋𝙋𝙇𝙀𝙎 | Inazuma Eleven

09 | PERSISTENT ENEMY

𝗜𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗔 𝗥𝗨𝗞𝗜𝗔

I was peacefully examining the contents of a recent anime Megane had told me about. Something about heroes and superpowers and stuff. Endo and the others were scouting the team we were going up against in the next match while I wasn't really up to visiting a maid cafe.

Just as I was in the middle of episode 1, my phone started to ring. I paused the episode and glanced at my phone screen, seeing that it was an unknown caller.

"Must be a wrong number..."

I mumbled as I pressed the bright red button to silence its ringing. But as I was going to place it down, it had started to ring again.

"That's odd... Must be a friend of mine with a new number."

This time instead of hanging up, I put the phone against my ear as I answered.

[ 進行中の通話 ]

Hello? You've reached Itōna Rukia. Who is this?

Itōna. A pleasure to finally hear your voice. Such a shame you missed your chance at Nationals last year.

I furrowed my brows in confusion. Who was this? A fanboy? By the sounds of it, he had some ulterior motive as per the call.

I'm sorry but do I know you?

Probably. Kido Yuuto. Captain of Teikoku Gakuen. What do you say you ditch your teammates and come join us?

My eyes widened at the offer. Kido, the captain of the same team Hitotsudake had lost against. The game that I failed to attend.

I'm flattered but I'm not interested.

You'll change your mind soon enough.

[ 通話が終了しました ]

And with that, Kido hung up. Just for future use, I saved his contact under the name "Goggles 🐧".

I placed my phone back down on the nightstand, completely forgetting about the paused episode as I stared up at the ceiling of my room.

"I won't leave Raimon for those jerks. No way that's happening."

Contemplating whether I should tell Endo and the others, I shrugged it off. We had a game and we should probably focus on that. My head was made up and I reached for my laptop, finally watching the episode that I had paused. Just before I could play pause though, I received an email from my father.

"Oh come on!"

I groaned as I knew how impatient my father was when it came to urgent matters. He rarely emails me.. usually a text was what I received from him but it was an email so it was probably important.

Clicking on the email he had sent, my eyes widened at the contents.

Email received (!)

To: rurirukia@iemail.com
From: itona-tadaomi@iemail.com

[Subject] :: Engagement

"Rukia, the Kidos have offered their son, Kido Yuuto, to be your future husband. It seems Shuuya has a bit of a competition. Think this over wisely as the Kidos are a very powerful family line."

Opened ✓

I didn't know what to feel. Kido was a name far more important and known than Gouenji. Of course Gouenji and I were friends as we didn't talk much about that arranged marriage. I would naturally prefer Gouenji over my rival and opponent, Kido. But I knew my father would much prefer if I chose Kido. Is this what he meant when he said I would eventually change my mind..?

"Bloody hell..."

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