8: A Monster of his leash

After a glorious goal from Zach the shocked faces on his opponents and teammates where very visible. Unfortunately Zach was letting his real self show out more to his teammates, and that real self included this monster. He originally found out about this side of him during the u-13 FA Cup final in which Zach scored a hat trick in 10 minutes to give his team a 3-2 victory.

Despite them winning his teammates where visibly annoyed, during their comeback Zach completely ignored his teammates becoming a total ball hog.

So of course it left a sour taste in their mouth. If Ego was their he would've seen it as the big bang of his ego.

{TEAM V VS TEAM W}

"Holy shit!!" Reo had run over and jumped on my back, "That was an amazing run!"

Zantetsu then walked over annoyed I didn't pass once. But we didn't have long till we had to resume, the twins looked pissed so we hurried into our positions ready to take them on so once the speaker said kick off the game started.

The twins came charging straight back now ignoring the rest of the team and just focusing on themselves. But me and Reo decided to man mark the two ourselves, and since Reo wasn't a slouch on defense he managed to pressure one of the twins to make a foolish pass to which I intercepted.

And this was a mistake no team should make, Zach's speed on the ball was similar to that of Zantetsu, then together with ball control and dribbling like Reo he was the worst counter attacking player to play against.

But before he could get in his stride a bad tackle came in from one of team W's players, he was hit right in the ankle and went tumbling down.

"REF!!THAT'S A RED!!" Reo had erupted with the rest of the team following. Though Zach was still rolling in great pain clutching his ankle.

Suddenly 3 medics came threw the doors with a stretcher and medical equipment and started operating. Though Zach looked in great pain holding his ankle, the medics claimed him unhealthy to continue playing, then they took him out of the field.

The originator of the tackle was gifted a red, so team W where 1-0 down with 10 men.

Though Zach's teammates could only be left in a sour mood since they lost their best player.

{END OF THE GAME}

I was currently getting treated in the medical room, I was laying on my back while the doctor was feeling my right ankle.

"Does it hurt when I do this?" He rubs the start of my ankle to which I immediately tense up and put in even more pain. "I must say whoever trained you deserves massive praise, your body is a machine. Your muscles are some of the most developed for your age group that I've seen in my life."

"But how long will it take to heal." "You have a minor ankle fracture, you can walk on it with some minor pain but running is a no go. I'd say you have to miss the next game, but depending on the healing speed you should be good for the next game."

I was put in to a wormhole of despair, I'm missing the next game, and although I have faith in my team there's still the chance that we lose, and since I was so overconfident I didn't even score enough goals. Sidelined for a competition I'm supposed to be winning was an awful feeling, it's not like this is the first time I've been injured but the I was still incredibly upset that I would miss some games. I clenched my fist hard with anger.

"When an injury like this occurs the player has two choices, go home and never come back to blue lock, or watch as your rating drops lower and lower in the eyes of ego."

"You think I'd even consider that, I've already started and there's no going back."

I then got up and took my crutches then walked out of the room.

Left in the room by himself the doctor took off his glasses and hair cap to reveal pearly blue eyes and blonde hair. "It's always the Manchester boys with the most fire."

{TEAM V ROOM}

The room was bubbling after their win against Team W, it was a 5-1 victory, with Reo, Nagi and Zantetsu combining for the goals. The 3 had managed to form a win win relationship between them and now they look unstoppable.

But the doors had finally opened to welcome back a familiar face.

"Zach!" Reo was the first to greet him then the rest followed, he was met with smiles and laughs which made the mood better.

"But damn your using crutches now, how bad is it." "They say I'm out for the next game and maybe more, but that's not happening. My goal is to do more physical training to speed up the recovery and get used to the ankle."

Nagi then spoke up, "But is that really okay, wouldn't that make the injury worse."

"I know best how my body works, I know nothing bad will happen."

But we where then interrupted by Ego, "Hello you unpolished gems, this will be a very brief interaction, but this is specifically for Zachary Ibrahim, due to your injury you have fallen to the 300 rank of blue lock. But do not lose hope, all can be changed."

Then just like that he left the call and silence aired the room, but it was eventually broken by the yell of Zach, in his rage he tripped over his crutches falling to his face. Unable to hold back their laughter the whole room exploded, left with nothing but self loathing he picked himself up and charged towards the gym.

"Wait Zach!" But unable to catch him the door shut, but instead of going after him Reo instead stayed back getting used to his new bed.

{EGO POV}

"Ego, why drop him to last, his ability is some of the best in the whole building."

"Quite simple, anybody would rather a healthy and ready to go player than an injured and unusable player. The rankings are based on current form, so he's dead last."

"Don't you think that will lower his confidence." Ego then paused and stared at her, "Do you understand the type of quality you have to be to be able to survive in a top English academy. They are always ruthless and looking to cut off the weak links, there will always be constant backlash, but to be able to become great you must pick yourself up and be better. I believe he will come back better than ever."

Elsewhere a certain monk is happy to have gone up by one.