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Chapter 12 - The World Five

FYI

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

Setting

[Flashback/Recording]

(Translations)

(Notes)

Results/Goals

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Training Room

Koji was in the training area going through a workout as Rin entered the room seeing him. He started his workout and then walked up to Koj asking, "How are you so strong with that kind of workout? It's about the same as mine. No. Mine is a bt more intense."

Koji looked at him confused as he tilted his head and asked, "Workout? This is just my warm up."

Rin was dumbfounded as he asked, "Did you say this was a warm up?"

Koji nodded and said, "Yeah this is just my warm up."

Koji begins the real workout, and Rin watches in shock, thinking, 'He's a freak of nature.'

Rin saw as Koji finished it. he was sweating a lot but it looked like he could still keep going as Rin looked completely confused as he asked, "You do this daily?"

Koji looked at him and said, "No. I do this twice a day."

Rin was again shocked as he said, "You're a bloody monster."

"I don't think so. I've been slacking off a bit so this training is so I can regain my prime physical condition," replied Koji.

Rin looked shocked as he asked, "You're saying you beat us all while not in your prime?"

Koji sighed and said, "Two years of not working out really ruins a person's physique." Koji then looked at his body and said, "Hm... the effects aren't good enough. I guess it's time to up the intensity."

This left Rin dumbfounded as Rin thought 'So that's why he's so freakishly strong.'

Rin gritted his teeth as he tried replicating Koji's training. Koji stopped the weight bar from crushing him with one arm and said, "It's good you want to try to catch up to me physically, but if you rush it, you'll get yourself killed." Koji pulled the weight bar away and put it down nearby. He took a swig of water and walked out of the room.

Rin looked at Koji as he walked away and thought, 'I should have trained harder. I was so satisfied with my physique and now look what's happened!' Rin gritted his teeth in anger at his own weakness. He took off some weights and began training aiming to surpass himself.

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ANHS- With Suzune

The class was celebrating as Sudo said, "It's all thanks to Suzune that we're graduating in Class A!"

Suzune sighed and said, "I expect you all to not get cocky or lower your guard. We could still lose our position to Class B if we lose Class Points on bad behaviour."

Many cheered for Suzune as she walked outside seeing Kushida waiting outside and said, "Hey there."

Kushida looked down and said, "I wanted Ayanokoji to be expelled so badly before but during our Second Year he saved me. I know he exposed me but I honestly don't care because the only reason I hated him was because he knew my secret. And now he's gone..."

Suzune looked concerned and asked, "Are you okay?"

"I just wanted to spend whatever time I had left in this school with him. I knew asking for anymore was unrealistic. I just... I really fell in love with that gloomy bastard," says Kushida.

Suzune grimaced and said, "Actually me and Kiyotaka are dating."

Kushida looked at her, laughed a little and said, "It serves me right I guess. I was too focused on what other people thought of me and to focussed on pleasing everyone that I destroyed something that could have made me so happy."

Suzune pats her on the back and says, "People grow from their mistakes. I know that better than most."

Kushida looked at her and said, "Then I've got a lot of growing to do."

Suzune smiled and thought, 'I miss you Kiyotaka. I hope you're doing well.'

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Blue Lock- With Koji

Koji and his team walked out onto the field as he sneezed. Bachira smiled and said, "You know Koji-Kun. Rumor is that when you sneeze it means someone is talking about you."

Koji smiled and said, "I'd be glad if that's true." as he thought 'Because if it is then I'm sure it would be Suzune that's thinking about me. Hm... I wonder what she's up to right about now?'

Dada Silva laughed as he said, "Damn they're scrawnier than I thought."

Adam Blake looked at the Blue Lock Players and said, 'See the Japanese aren't known to be... hey wait. That one guy..."

Silva smirked and said, "Looks like you lost Blake. Pay up the 10 grand you owe."

Bachira looked confused and said, "They look like they're laughing."

Koji sighed and said, "They're insulting us."

Blake sighed and said, "Oh shut up."

Silva smirks and says "Don't worry. You'd just spend this is kind of money on women anyways."

Pablo not caring about their conversation said, "I wanna go to Harajuku."

Rin approached them annoyed and said, "Hey. What do you mean? Is this some kind of part-time job for you?"

Silva smirked and said, Yeah that's right. There's no other reason I'd come here between tours other than to earn some extra dough."

Rin glared at him and said, "Listen Up. I'm gonna crush you. Your little Japanese sight seeing trip is gonna turn traumatic."

Silva smirked and said, "I like your spirit you damn brat."

Leonardo Luna clapped his hands and said, "Okay that's enough. You three are acting like children." Luna turned to Rin and said, "You're Rin Itoshi right? I heard about you from Ego."

Rin looked confused simply saying, "Huh?"

Luna continued saying, "You're that guy, Sae itoshi's little brother, right? He made a name for himself in one of Re Al's youth teams. If you're his brother you must have some real talent."

Rin grits his teeth and says, "I'm Rin Itoshi. Not Sae Itoshi. I'd have my talent even without him."

Luna looks surprised but approves of his attitude thinking 'That's some Ego you have.'

Koji walks up and says, "Let's keep things civil Rin."

Luna looked to Koji and said, "So you're Ayanokoji Kiyotaka."

Many looked surprised a pro would know Koji. Koji looked at him and said, "Yes I am but I don't ever recall meeting you so how would you know me?"

Luna looked seriously at him and said, "You're the guy who rejected the invitation to Re Al."

Everyone was shocked as Reo asked, "You rejected playing for Re Al's youth team!? Are you insane?"

Koji looked at him and said, "No, it was simply too reckless. After all, I've only been playing Football for six months."

Everyone looked stunned as Reo thought, 'Only 6 months? He's like Nagi?'

Rin gritted his teeth thinking, 'I lost to a fucking noob? Still if he'd accepted he'd be playing alongside Sae. Just thinking about a duo like that is not something I'd like to imagine.'

Koji looked at Luna and asked, "Do you resent me for rejecting the offer?"

Luna laughed a little and said, "Not at all. We'll snatch you up eventually."

Koji sighed and said, "You know I have free will right?"

Luna smiled as the two teams went off to their halves. Rin started with the ball as he passed to Bachira who went up against Pablo and got past him. Tokimitsu starts fanboying as Bachira passes back to Rin who thinks 'I need to remember that feeling. That feeling when I fought against Ayanokoji.'

Silva goes shoulder to shoulder with Rin who passes to Reo expecting a pass back but Reo shoots without hesitation when Loki shows up blocking the shot as Reo thinks, 'The hell!? Where did he come from!?'

Koji however was right where the ball would land as Luna thought 'This kid... it's like his soul is connected to the ball. He can easily tell where it will land even from a clearance.'

Blake rushed in, shoulder-to-shoulder with Koji, who leaned against him and shot the ball into the goal.

Announcer: "Goal By Ayanokoji Kiyotaka." Blue Lock (1) : World Five (0)

Leonardo looks at this in shock and says, "Such talent."

Pablo looks surprised and says, "No pushovers here."

Silva and Loki smirked while Blake looked impressed. Blake walked over and said, "You've got good core strength kid. Not bad."

Tokimitsu is shocked as he begins ranting about how Koji scored against the World Five. Rin however thinks 'Not yet. I'm not using my Ego yet. I need to find it again.'

Luna smiled and said, "Let's show these young lumps of talent how it's done."

Luna rushes forward dribbling as Koji rushes towards him he makes a pass to Pablo whose eyes scan the field quickly analysing it as he then makes a pass between Bachira and Reo who are shocked as Reo thinks 'How did he?'

The pass makes it to Blake who rushes forward. Tokimitsu tries to stop him shouting, "Oh no! It's too close to the goal! But I can make it. I can clear it!"

Blake shoves him over with his shoulder as if he's a child and says, "Move! I have no interest in male bodies."

Koji arrived surprising Blake as he thought, 'For a second I thought that was Loki. This kid is fast too?'

Koji looked at him blocking his path and said, "You know studies show those so quick to deny Homosexuality are the ones who are actually Homosexual."

Blake gets annoyed as Rin steals the ball and thinks, 'No. My Ego! I can feel it! Destroy everything! Mangle it! Mangle it beyond recognition!'

Rin stuck out his tongue as he rushed forward alone with the ball as Blake thought 'This kid is bat shit crazy.'

Rin looked to Loki who was in front of him and thought, 'Your weapon is speed. I'll cause you to accelerate to the left...'

Rin tapped the ball to the left intending to nutmeg Loki but Loki used his speed to steal the ball as Rin was thinking, 'My Ego... didn't work!?'

Loki raced forward with the ball as Koji attempted to intercept him saying, "That's enough out of you!"

Loki smirked and said, "You've got good foresight and you're fast too. But I'm faster."

Loki sped up past Koji who quickly recovered but noticed he was two steps behind as Loki shot the ball into the goal.

Announcer: "Goal By Julien Loki." Blue Lock (1) : World Five (1)

Pablo complained saying, "Hey Loki! Don't do it all yourself."

Silva chimed in and said, "Yeah pass it next time you jerk."

Loki smiled and said, "Yeah okay. I'm already done anyway. So let's finish up and hit the showers."

Koji thought, 'Julien Loki. His weapon is like a mix of Chigiri's and Zantetsu's. No it leans more on Zantetsu's. I wasn't fast enough to stop him. In my prime I could have... in that case I'll just adapt and adjust.'

Koji sighed and thought, 'There are people like this out in the world of Football. I could actually lose this... I could actually lose... am I having fun?'

Koji smiled a little as his aura turned from blue to white. Excitement forms on his face as he sets the ball down to restart. Bachira sees this and says, "Koji are you finally having fun? That's the spirit."

Koji looked at Bachira and said, "Yeah I am."

Bachira smiled and said, "Okay let's do this partn..."

He looked at Rin and said, "Let's go. Be some good bait for me."

He passed the ball to Rin as they rushed up the field leaving Bachira who thought 'Wait... Koji is finally having fun but I'm not a part of it. Please wait for me. I don't want to play alone.'

Koji saw Loki appear before him. A White Aura exudes from Koji as he pulls the ball back and to the side as Loki shifts his weight. Koji then pulls the ball back toward him as he does a curved chip shot as Reo traps it and volleys it at the goal. Silva blocks it heading it for a clearance as Pablo picks it up and says, "Thanks for the pass."

Rin arrived as he pressured Pablo who said, "What a creepy guy you are sticking out your tongue like that."

Rin tried to steal the ball but Pablo moved the ball around dodging each of Rin's attempts until he kicked the ball passing to Loki who was waiting but that's when Koji intercepted it trapping the ball and saying, "Unless you get the ball you can't do anything Loki." as the ball fell and he slammed his foot into it as it hit the back of the net.

Announcer: "Goal By Ayanokoji Kiyotaka." Blue Lock (2) : World Five (1)

Loki looked annoyed and said, "Don't get cocky brat."

Silva laughed and said, "What the problem Loki? This kid got you riled up?"

Loki scoffed as he walked back to their side of the field. Luna approached Koji and said, "As I thought you really are quite the talent Ayanokoji."

Koji looked at him and said, "Drop the nice guy act. I can tell you're actually sadistic. You enjoy crushing the dreams of young talents like me. That's why you invited me to Re Al's youth team."

Luna smirked and said, "Ah well it looks like you figured me out."

Rin saw this and thought, 'Is that what happened to Sae? This bastard!'

Luna started with the ball passing to Pablo who dribbled forward with a very technical style as he got past Bachira who was still desperate to try to find his Ego thinking, 'No! I don't want to be left behind!'

Pablo made a pass as Luna took it and Rin showed up in front of him thinking, 'I'll destroy you! You ruined everything!'

Luna looked at him and said, "That's some bloodlust. You must really think you can win this. Sure you can handle me?" Luna looked at him darkly as he then said, "I'm going to discourage you a little bit." Luna started to do some super fast scissors as Rin watched his feet as Luna pressed forward Rin shifted his leg forward and Luna nutmegged him saying "That's no good. If you open your legs like that people will think you're a loose guy."

Instead of getting caught up on this Rin moved forward as Koji was there recovering the ball as he said, "Nice one Rin. Here's your reward."

Luna was shocked thinking, 'He knew he couldn't beat me so he bet it all on Ayanokoji being in the right position?'

Koji passed the ball to Rin who thought,' This pass. It feels like I'm playing with Sae again! If only I hadn't been so weak. If I had been there with him none of this would have happened!' Rin rushed forward brute-forcing his way past Pablo as he shot the ball into the goal.

Announcer: "Goal By Itoshi Rin." Blue Lock (3) : World Five (1)

Luna is a bit annoyed but thinks, 'Not bad Itoshi Rin. Your brother seems to have underestimated you but the true talent is Ayanokoji. It truly feels like his souls is connected with the ball. No matter where it is he just knows it's there. Is that his weapon?'

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Viewing Area

Anri was amazed and said, "That's amazing. They have a 2-goal lead. They could actually win against the World Five."

Ego sighed and said, "Don't get so cocky Anri-Chan. Only Ayanokoji can keep up with the World Five. The others are just riding on his coattails."

Anri looked at him and then said, "You're right. Ayanokoji is the cornerstone of that team."

Ego looked at the screen and thought, 'Your ability to find the best spots is incredible Ayanokoji. Like a mix of instinct and calm calculations. You're like the ocean. Able to be calm or stormy depending on the conditions.'

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Field

The World Five started going serious as they scored left and right.

Announcer: "Goal By Dada Silva." Blue Lock (3) : World Five (2)

Announcer: "Goal By Adam Blake." Blue Lock (3) : World Five (3)

Announcer: "Goal By Pablo Cavasoz." Blue Lock (3) : World Five (4)

Rin gritted his teeth and shouted, "Not yet! We haven't lost yet!!!"

Rin and Koji rush out the the field as Bachir thinks, 'Both of them. I want to play with them. No. I have to let go of that attachment. Go away monster. I don't need you anymore' as he rushes out onto the field surprising Koji.

Koji made a cross that looked like it was going to Rin but it curved landing at Bachira's feet as he dribbled forward as Loki rushed up Bachira flicked the ball up over his head thinking, 'Get out of my way you fucking flies!'

Bachira controlled the ball into an elastico as he tricked Pablo and shot the ball without hesitation, his eyes going black and his aura ablaze as Luna blocked the shot saying, "Ah you youth really are just little balls of talent. Wait... this kid."

Luna saw Koji ready where the ball would land as Luna thought 'This kid. Is his soul actually connected to the ball?'

Koji shot the ball in as Luna thought, 'I want to crush him so badly.'

Announcer: "Goal By Ayanokoji Kiyotaka." Blue Lock (4) : World Five (4)

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Viewing Area

Anri was jumping with excitement as she said, "This is so exciting. They could actually win! Ayanokoji-Kun just got a Hat Trick."

Ego sighed and said, "No. They're done. Just look at them."

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Field

Koji's team was exhausted. Only Koji looked like he was able to keep going. Even Tokimitsu was panting. Koji looked at Rin and asked, "Can you last for one more rush?"

Rin nodded as Koji thought, 'We need to steal the ball first.'

Luna rushed forward with the ball doing some scissors as he passed to Pablo Koji tried to get there in time but Loki got in between them delaying Koji as Pablo passed down the line as Luna readied to receive the ball but Rin stole it tongue out saying, "I'll kill you!"

Luna was shocked as Rin dribbled forward as he passed to Bachira who rushed forward egotistically and as Silva approached he passed to Koji who was impeded at every step by Loki. Koji smirked and kicked the ball with the outside of his foot causing it to Curve to Rin. Rin rushed up as Blake was on him Rin lowered his centre of gravity thinking, 'Just barely works!' slipping past him as he shot the ball into the goal leaving the world five shocked.

Announcer: "Goal By Itoshi Rin." Blue Lock (5) : World Five (4). Winner: Blue Lock.

The world five was shocked as Silva smirked and said, "Ego can keep his money. That was fun. If we'd gone serious from the start things would have turned out differently but still."

Blake smiled and said, "They were bloody damn tough I'm telling you."

Pablo smiled brightly and said, "I wanna play them again but they look too tired."

Luna approached Koji and asked, "Do you want to join Re Al now? We could settle the score there."

Koji shook his head and said, "Not yet."

The World Five left as Koji's team fell on their asses tired. Koji was sweating a lot as well as he said, "They weren't going all out. If they had we'd have lost pretty badly but still even if they weren't this win is worthy of some celebration."

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Viewing Room

Anri was dumbstruck. Even Ego was shocked at this turn as he thought, 'Ayanokoji Kiyotaka. Haha. You've surpassed even my expectations. You're perfect.'

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To Be Continued

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