Chapter 1: Overshadowed.

"Pass me the ball," I said to my teammate, noticing that he was currently being double-teamed and was about to lose the ball. My teammate responded by making a short pass aimed at my feet. As soon as the ball touched my feet I began to sprint towards the goal.

My mind was extremely clear, I relied on my instincts and focused on scoring a goal. I continued to run toward the goal as a midfielder began running toward me. Thinking quickly, I hooked the ball away from the midfielder when he raised his foot and, then moved slightly sideways to avoid his counter grab, then I feigned a move towards the left and right changing to a different direction when the midfielder's center of gravity moved, and moved past him continuing my sprint towards the goal. 

Seeing three people converging towards me my face remained as calm as ever. I nutmegged the first defender and, performed a Marseille turn to get past the second one in the corner of my eye I saw my teammate free on the right lane so I quickly sent a pass towards him. 

he reached the ball, he continued to sprint down the right side of the field until he reached the corner kick area. He waited for a second before sending a long pass into the penalty box. There was only a defender from the opposing team inside of the box, just when they thought that the chance was lost and the ball was falling towards the defender, I appeared and jumped up to trap the ball before volleying it into the right corner of the goal.

The goalkeeper stood there seemingly frozen as the ball flew past him into the back of the net. My face was still as calm as ever as I saw the score of the game change: Seidō High School 2, Kaiyou High 1. My teammates rushed towards me, as they attempted to jump on my back, but I dodged, ignored their celebration, and began to slowly walk back towards my position on the field, as I got ready for kick-off.

"Zen you could have celebrated with the team, you don't always have to have a cold expression." The teammate who assisted me said with a complicated look on his face.

"Why would I celebrate for scoring against such mediocre people?" I said with a hint of disdain in my eyes.

The game restarted as the opposing team started to pass the ball between themselves, and they began to make their way down the field. Looking at their movements I could easily predict their movements as they kept on advancing down the field as they passed the ball. I sprinted to where the ball would be and I intercepted the ball leaving behind a bewildered midfielder. I then turned around and rushed toward the opponent's goal, When I was about 30 meters away I unleashed a curved shot with my right foot.

As the ball left my foot, I watched it go wide toward the top right corner of the goal at a fast speed. It seemed like it was going too wide, but the curve made the ball shoot into the back of the net.

"Goaaaaal from Itoshi Sae's younger brother" Yelled the commentator as the ball flew into the back of the net. The Score was now Seidō High School 3, Kaiyou High 1."At 15 years old Itoshi Zen, Intoshi Sae's younger brother scored a hat trick in the national tournament. If Kaiyou High doesn't step Their game up, it looks like the game is over." The commentator said.

After hearing what the commentator said Zen frowned for a second before returning to his usual calm look as he thought 'Why do people always have to call me Itoshi Sae's younger brother will I be in his shadow forever?' As I quickly dismissed those thoughts, the match continued with me dominating the field.

When the final whistle sounded the scoreline was: Seidō High School 6, Kaiyou High 1. I managed to score a double hat trick. When the match ended I left the field before my teammates could try and celebrate with me and headed home.