Mukashi Kara no Tomo Da

It was a frigid Friday afternoon as Sho ran down the street. He watched as a cloud of hot air escaped his mouth. Sho put his hands on his knees, as he regained his composure.

Sho gently knocked on a door, and patiently waited until the door crept open, and out of the door Bachira's face popped out.

Sho: "It's been a few months since we last saw each other so I wondered if you wanted to go to the arcade.

With a mischievous grin, Bachira nodded and said

Bachira: "Can you give me like 5 minutes, I'm gonna go grab my scarf and coat.

After 5 minutes, Bachira fully opened the door and showed off his crutches. He had multiple bandages around his right ankle and used crutches to get around. Sho eyes widened at the sight but decided not to talk about it.

Down the street, both Bachira and Sho talked about what's been going on these past few month, but Sho slowed down so Bachira could catch up and said

Sho: "I've been getting homeschooled for the rest of the second school year, and I'm supposed to stay homeschooled until I start Kotogakko (High School or Secondary School).

Sho didn't expect to see Bachira grinning from ear to ear, he expected Bachira to get somewhat upset, but instead he excitedly said

Bachira: "So it looks like we're both in pretty bad spots. Here I'll show you my cool badge of honor."

Bachira rolled up his pants and showed Sho a big scar that wrapped around Bachira's right ankle. Bachira grimly smiled at Sho as he explained how he got it.

Bachira: "You see I was practicing by myself and had the bright idea to try to dribble the ball blindfolded down my street, so I wrapped my shirt around my eyes and tried to dribble the ball, but ended up kicking a light pole."

Sho gazed at the once bandaged ankle and optimistically responded with

Sho: "But that should heal in a few months right?"

Bachira: "The doctor said it'll heal in 3 months but I wanna be sure, so I plan on not using it for at least 5 months, but that's not gonna stop us from being awesome football players!"

Sho: "You're absolutely right!"

Time passed so quickly as they talked all the way to the arcade, they spent most of the morning there and finished the afternoon at the one spot they both loved more than anything, the football pitch.

Bachira sat on the nearby bleachers as he warmed up his hands. Sho excitingly set a random football down on the penalty line and took a few steps away from it.

He faced Bachira and pointed towards his feet.

Bachira watched Sho's feet as he approached the ball. Sho tiptoed all the way to the ball and kicked it with his left foot. The ball flew towards the goal, but didn't spin at all. You could clearly see the logo on the ball as it moved closer and closer to the goal. As soon as it reached the goal it unpredictable broke downwards, hitting the corner of the goalpost.

Bachira: "What the hell was that!?! How come the ball didn't spin at all?"

Sho grabbed the ball and walked over to Bachira and excitingly replied

Sho: "I call it my Knuckleball or my Spinless Shot, I need to run up to the ball and precisely hit it at the right spot, so I can only ever use it during penalty kicks or free kicks, or whenever I'm super open. I could teach you, but it takes pinpoint accuracy."

Bachira lost Sho at Spinless Shot, he was so mesmerized by the kick he asked to see it once more, to which Sho happily obliged.

Sho repeated the same process, and kicked it towards the top left of the goal, but it unforeseeably broke to the right into the center of the goal. Sho turned to Bachira and boldly said

Sho: "Pretty cool, right?"

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Both Bachira and Sho got home relatively late, it was cold all day but that didn't stop them from hanging out.

Sho discarded his coat and put it onto the coat rack as he entered the Shihoin Ryokan. After he helped new customers find the public hot springs, Sho went over to his personal onsen room and settled on taking a dip too.

He brought his phone into the onsen as he sunk chest deep into the warm water.

Water vapors fogged up his vision as he began scrolling through his Instagram feed. For nearly 10 minutes of scrolling he found his name on a post titled

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STAR PLAYER FOR SHIZUOKA GAKUEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN EXPELLED!

SHIHOIN SHO THREW HIS CHAIR AT AN INNOCENT TEACHER!

HAS SHO THROWN HIS FOOTBALL CAREER AWAY?

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Sho immediately got up from his sitting position in the water and mooned the world, luckily no one was in the room.

Sho tried to click onto the profile but his pruney fingers stopped him from doing so. Sho got out of the onsen and IMMEDIATELY dried his fingers and put his pajamas on.

Lying in bed, Sho raised his phone over his head and read through the post thrice over.

Tiredness hit him like a truck as his phone slipped through his fingers, hitting his head.

Sho tiredly put his phone on the charger and went to bed with a lot on his mind.

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In a single bedroom apartment a tall unknown man with square glasses began going through the Top 500 middle school football players in the country, crossing out names he didn't find compelling or gifted.

Out of the 500 middle school football players, the obscure man only found around 100 players with any sort of talent.

A well endowed woman with chocolate-brown eyes, opened the door to the apartment and approached the unrevealed man while he ate his last cup of ramen.

Anri: "Have you selected 300 players yet?"

???: "What does it look like, this shithole country has subpar players at best."

Anri: "Well you better get 300 players by the end of 2018, because that's when I'm gonna implement our plan. I have a meeting with the JFA (Japan Football Association) in 10 minutes so, since I was in the area I came by to drop off some more cup noodles for you. I'll come back after I'm done with the meeting, and I'll tell you about my Blue Lock Plan"

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I want peoples opinions on what fanfic they want to see next, it can be one piece, diamond no ace, bleach etc. anything anime related.

I'm feeling a little burnt out so I'm not gonna release another chapter for 2 to 3 days probably. sorry, hopefully you guys understand. See ya soon!

(3 days went by fast so sorry for the week without not uploading) -nervously laughs

Next Chapter: Preparation For The Gifted