While the cat and dog still in the humanoid form, Kuro and Ayame left out the house—Ayame dragging the dog and cat with her.
"Okayu-chan! Korone-chan! Let's play soccer!" Her mood was better compared to usual, she invited—or rather, forcefully made the two play soccer with her.
'So she was excited that the soccer game can turn into 2vs2 game and thought it would be much fun. She's easy to read.' Kuro shrugged inside him, without knowing that only 50% of his reasoning was right.
Although the cat seemed somewhat drag, she still went with them. Besides, Kuro was also playing.
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Getting to the area, Ayame personally made for playing Soccer, she explained the two, rules of soccer.
'She even made an actual goal?' Kuro couldn't help but widen his eyes toward the crudely made goal. Although it's a goal, there was no net or something. Instead, it was a bunch of brunches.
In some way, this was rather interesting.
"Except for goal keeper, no using hand!"
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Silence carried the situation away as Kuro suppressed himself from laughing. Changing to her roles, Kuro slightly coughed. "No attacking player. Like: no punching, kicking opponent, etc. For those who broke this goal, a foul will be applied, and you can shoot to goal without being interrupted until you kick the ball. Well it depends but whatever let's just go with that."
From behind, Ayame sounded out. "Yep! That's the gist of it." She somewhat looked smug, and as if she said something amazing.
Which, in front of Kuro, a lazy voice sounded. "Sensei~ (teacher) how is the team decided?" Okayu, raising her eyes until above her cat ears, she adorably asked.
Ayame, who's called as teacher, seemed confused at what Okayu said. "Of course me and Kuro, Okayu-chan and Korone-chan, isn't it?"
"Ehh~, I want to team up with Kuro-kun." For some reason, at this moment, the lazy voice behind Okayu has disappeared, and she seemed more competitive than usual.
"I want to team up with Okayu~♡" From the cat's side, the dog raised her voice, not bothering to hide her love.
"Koro-chan, nope." The cat, in teasing manner, faced her face away from the dog, as if denying her. It seems like while Kuro was gone, a new nickname was made.
"Okayu… (๑′°︿°๑)" The dog's feeling was getting played by the despicable cat.
"A, ahem. How about we choose this way?" Kuro suggested his opinion, as he the group nodded their head in agreement.
The teaming will be made, either rock and paper. The four will simultaneously show their hand and the team will be decided. Until the rock and paper divided, they will keep retrying.
Without particular sign, Kuro and the three shook their hands, and the result goes as:
Ayame: Rock.
Korone: Rock.
Okayu: Paper.
Kuro: Scissors.
Ayame, who was pale, suddenly cheered up, as if she saw a bad children. "Ah! Kuro showed scissors! Let's retry again!"
Kuro smiled, a bit troubled. He wasn't intending to show scissors but he did it out of instinct. "No, it's good. Since Ayame-chan and Korone-chan is rock, I'll team up with Okayu-chan."
The Oni who was given hope, was once again fallen to despair. With a face similar to Aqua (useless goddess) unwilling to accept the harsh reality, she exaggerated. "You traitor! I hate you!"
"Are you going to steal Okayu from me, again?" If Ayame's face could be taken as joke, Korone's was a serious problem. Her upper part of face slightly darkened, her mouth was coldly smiling. Her pupils slightly minimal, her expression said she is about to kill someone.
'That's scary.' Kuro unconsciously draw himself away from Korone, his instinct trying get away from danger.
"Yatta! (Hurray)" Okayu rushed to Kuro's side—halting Korone, changing her expression into determination.
She is going to win this match and show Okayu that she is better than Kuro!
Meanwhile, looking at Okayu celebrating with Kuro, hugging him, made some part of Oni jealous, making her determined to win as well. "…hmph, even if you come to me, I won't care about you."
Kuro, unnoticed at the worsening situation, discussed with Okayu, after she finally released the celebration embrace from him. "I'll be goalkeeper, Okayu-chan. Leave the goal to me and go with all your might."
"Okay~" Okyu's voice changed to 'somewhat lazy' but behind that voice of her, there was this feeling of wanting to win.
Inside the field, a blazing flame was burning within the Oni and Dog's eyes. It seems that the goalkeeper was Korone.
Although they were goalkeeper in this 2v2 match, the goalkeeper could actually go and play 2v1 against opponent. Although, that would leave the goal open.
In the end, it doesn't change much.
The offense goes from Ayame, while the defense was Okayu.
Okayu, was standing there lazily despite their 'should-be' differences in strength.
Ayame, kicked the ball, going zig-zag, fainting her direction while moving forward. Okayu, who seemed inattentive, focused in front, as her figure suddenly transformed.
The creature she transformed into hadn't that much difference in height nor wide. It was also humanoid-black hair, black eyes, children, slightly feminine face but an male… 'it's me?'
"Ayame-chan… you see, I am sad that you've been harsh to me lately…" 'Kuro' said in rather poor expression, capable of engraving the emotion—pity inside anyone's heart.
Ayame, was unexceptional, or rather, she was damaged more than needed. The speed behind her dribble, and the complexion in her dribble has dropped far too much. Causing for the ball to be an easy target to steal.
"What's she doing." Kuro, who was smiling, sighed and uncontrollably laughed while looking at the scene unfolds.
Okayu, lowered her body posture, as her body has completely left within Ayame's sight. Whilst the mental attack worked, she didn't stop her action there as she stole the ball. "Ah!" Causing Ayame to wake up from her daze.
Okayu who stole the ball, suddenly moved at the explosive speed as she tried to left behind Ayame—the Oni sticked to Okayu despite the sudden speed changes.
With a movement barely not touching Okayu's body, she kicked the ball up to the air from between Okayu's leg. At the same time, she moved at the speed human's eyes can't possibly caught up, as she smashed the ball in the air toward the ground, violently.
Okayu, who wasn't given the time to react, only noticed what was happening barely after the balls pass by her cheeks at hair-width. The wind resistances, slightly cut her cheeks.
Which afterward, before she tried to face backward to chase for the ball which made a crack in the ground—the Oni kicked the air, as she launch at great speed toward the ball.
'Crap!' Such a thoughts ran toward Okayu after she saw the distances between the goal and Ayame. In such a short time, she got this near. It was truly a cheat, making her frustrated. However, after making eye contact with Kuro, mysterious confidence was born inside her, as she didn't bother going to defense, and leave the goal to Kuro—Okayu ran toward the opponent's goal.
Unexpected that his thoughts was transmitted, Kuro widened his eyes a bit, before looking at he current situation. The Oni kicked the ball upward—just at her thigh—she jumped while swinging her legs violently. "It's my win, Kuro." Her eyes said that she isn't holding back.
"what am I watching? Inazuma Eleven?" Kuro whispered to himself, while carefully looking at the Oni's body motion. Instead of her foot, she used her knee to shoot. From her feet, it's confirmed that the ball is going toward the right. As for the degrees, it should be bottom.
Kuro's body moved right before the ball was actually launched yet, his body still didn't caught up with the ball. But everything was within his calculations.
Kuro extended his feet but of course, he wouldn't be able to stop it. He just needed to change it's direction. Kuro's feet, while carrying the almighty ball, spiralled his motion, and just barely before the ball enter within lines, his feet moved away, while the direction of force in the ball was changed.
Now, it was flying toward Okayu—confirming the ball at the right distances, Okayu jumped as she flipped her body, her legs faced to air.
""Black Cat Meteor.""
Kuro who was still at the goal side, Okayu whose body risen up to the air. Simultaneously said, as if they made this plan just ago.
'Oh!! Synchronised Rate 100%!' Kuro was… well just overjoying at the coincidences.
Black trails was made as the ball was launched from the airs toward the goal—in Kuro's imagination to make the scene more cooler.
And… it was reflected by Korone.
"Ah…" Kuro who was looking at the goal.
"Ah…" Okayu who was falling while observing her shoot blocked,
"Ah…" Ayame who thought that it was an absolute goal judging from the 'manga' Kuro told.
"Ah…" Korone who didn't have to move there and unconsciously bock the ball as it was too easy…
This is… awkward…
I wanted to write yesterday but I thought I finish reading Reincarnation of the Strongest Sword God first.
It was a good read and made me want more from it’s rushed ending and the alternate ending.
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