=We were still reeling from the shock of Goenji leaving the team when Coach Hitomiko made another announcement. Coach Hibiki had told her about a skilled striker who would make a great addition to the team. Which is how we found ourselves making our way to a school called Hakkuren Junior High in Hokkaido.=
Hitomiko: Otonashi-san, do you have the file on the striker in question?
Haruna: Yes, Coach Hitomiko! Now, let me see… His name is Fubuki Shirou. It sounds like he's quite the striker! His specialty is a technique called "Eternal Blizzard". … Huh?! Is this a misprint? It says he scored ten goals in a single game… TEN!
Endou: Wow. Ten goals in one game…
Haruna: They call him the "Blizzard Wizard", and they say he's so huge that he makes a two-ton grizzly look like a teddy bear.
-Blizzard Wizard. I'm sorry, that's canon now.
Kabeyama: He's b-b-bigger than a b-bear?
-Real Fubuki is smaller than the rest of the team at 4'11". Teehee, what a tiny grizzly.
Haruna: So they say.
Endou: It must just all be rumors, right?
Haruna: Well, it's hard to tell what's true. Hakkuren Junior High has never entered the Football Frontier. So there's no record of their actual ability on file.
Touko: You'd think they'd have taken part in the tournament if their striker is as good as they say.
Haruna: Well, in any case, the only other thing we have on file is this photo.
-EXCITE
Natsumi: Who took this? It's so blurry you can barely make his features out.
Haruna: There's a reason for that: this photo was taken while Fubuki was performing his Eternal Blizzard hissatsu. He was probably moving so fast that the photo came out as a blur.
-In the anime, Eternal Blizzard is so slow-looking.
Kurimatsu: Or maybe the photographer was just really, really rubbish?
-'Really, really rubbish'. That is going to be a new catch phrase. YOU'RE RUBBISH!
Hitomiko: Well, we won't know until we see him with our own eyes.
Someoka: Hmph! Looks like everyone's completely forgotten about Goenji already…
Natsumi: There's been a definite change in the team's mood since Goenji-kun was kicked out. Endou-kun and Kidou-kun seem to trust in Coach Hitomiko's ability as a leader.
Aki: But… Some of the team aren't so happy with her decisions. Even if this Fubuki Shirou is as great as the rumors suggest… How can the team give their all with this mood hanging over them?
-Suck it up, kiddies. :U I don't want to have to comment on their immaturity in this.
Natsumi: …
Furukabu: ! What's with the long faces, ladies?
Aki: Oh, Furubaku-san.
Furukabu: I just heard on the radio that Gemini are still going round blowing up schools. At times like these, the team needs you to rally them round and give them courage. You need to fire them up ready to face Aliea… I know! Maybe a spot of cheerleading?
Natsumi: Ugh. If we fire them up, it won't be by making idiots of ourselves, Furukabu-san. Honestly…
-Cheerleading is a legit sport, Princess.
Aki: Ahem… Ha ha.
Furukabu: Oh well, suit yourselves. The bus is ready to go, so just let me know when you're ready to head out for Hokkaido.
[CONTROL!]
Okay, Shika Park! 'Sup, Nosei! Why do we instantly go to Nosei's pitch, I do not want to know.
Wha- MEGANE, GET OFF MY TEAM. LET'S GO, CONWELL! … He scored a goal. Okay. I like you. We win! And students from Mikage Sennou at the Norther Ridge in Hokkaido….
… DERP AW YEAH. BUT FIRST. KAME LEOOOOOON! I guess I should get that guy from occult, too….
Kame Leon, what are you doing near Endou's House? Never mind. WELCOME BACK! I think I'll leave Styx with them.
Kame: By George, it's you! I think I could blend in with th eculture of your club very nicely. Will you have me. (YES) Great! But first, I want toss ee how good you are, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, chameleon!
I'll punch you. But let's do it.
Kame: I lost? That's bad karma… Suppose I'll just have to try and blend in on the Raimon team then…
You sound so thrilled.
[ONWARDS TO HOKKAIDO!]
Furukabu: Look lively, you lot! We've arrived in Hokkaido!
Touko: Woo-hoo! Last one off is a rotten egg! *run*
Endou: Oi! Wait for me! *rusn*
[And everyone but Natsumi and Aki file off]
Natsumi: You know, for a prime minister's daughter, she's not very ladylike.
-You would know, princess.
Aki: But you've got to hand it to her-- she knows how to lighten the mood.
Touko: Hey! What are you girls doing? Get a move on!
Aki: Okay, okay!
[Fwoop, out we go~ SNOW! Chest. TREASUUUURE!]
Endou: Wow! So this is Hokkaido?
Haruna: I've never seen so much snow!
-Aren't you cold? You're wearing shorts.
Natsumi: It is rather lovely…
-And cold.
Kabeyama: D-d-does it have to be so c-c-cold? Umm… I need to go to the loo.
Furukabu: You young's have so much energy. I need a nap after all that driving.
Hitomiko: Okay, everybody! Listen up! Hakkuren Junior High lies beyond a large snowfield called the Northern Ridge. It's quite a distance, so let's take a break and rest up here for a while.
Furukabu: Rest up, you say? That's music to my ancient ears.
-At least he doesn't pretend he's not old.
[Hitomiko leaves.]
Haruna: ! Hey, Furukabu-san, do you want a back rub? I'm really good. Here…
-That's like… reverse bad touch.
Haruna: -Tap tap prod prod- …Not bad, right?
Furukabu: Ai-! Ow! Uh, thanks, young lady. That was… just what the doctor ordered…
Kabeyama: Yes! A rest! My favorite pastime!
Kurimatsu: Anyone care for a snowball fight?
[Kabe-Kuri snowball fight, lol]
Natsumi: Hey! We're not here to have fun, you know!
Kidou: Endou. It sounds like quite a trek to Hakkuren Junior High. We should probably make sure we're fully prepared before we set off.
Endou: Okay, let's start by taking a look around!
[And we do so! Walking around-]
Endou: ! Hey, isn't that the coach?
Hitomiko: *making calls* …
Touko: Is she talking to someone on her phone?
Aki: It looks like she doesn't want to be overheard.
Someoka: Huh. I don't like all this sneaking around. Do you really trust her after she went and kicked Goenji off the team?
-I just noticed, but what's with the Christmas theme? Is it Christmas?
Kabeyama: Well… Ummm… That was definitely a terrible thing to do, but… Ummm…
Someoka: Well? Do you or don't you?
-Stop pressuring people, especially when they know that you want a specific answer.
Kabeyama: Eek!
Kidou: Knock it off! No matter what we say, it won't bring Goenji back.
Someoka: And you're happy with that, are you, Jude?
-Someone's being bratty.
Kidou: …I'm not happy about it, but we just have to get on with it.
Endou: Stop it, you two! Goenji will come back! I know it! When Goenji said good-bye, it wasn't the final whistle. This isn't over.
-Oh god. Not soccer sayings, too.
Kidou: Endou…
Someoka: …
Aki: *cell phone!* Hang on! Someone's calling me. Hello? Oh, hello Detective Onigawara! What's that?! Aliea are on their way to Hokkaido?
Endou: Aliea?!
Oni: Yes. This intel comes direct from the SP Fixers, so it's reliable.
-As reliable as a team that has a man afraid of deer.
Oni: You and the team are still on your way to Hakkuren Junior High, aren't you?
Aki: Yes. Apparently, the next thing we need to do is cross a large snowfield called the Norther Ridge.
Oni: The Northern Ridge? Hmmm… That name sounds strangely familiar. Something happened there a long time ago…
Aki: Something happened?
Oni: … No, it's no good. I can't remember.
-Why would you even know that? I don't think it's a big enough accident to be on national news.
Oni: In any case, watch out for avalanches when you're out in the snow. I'll be in touch soon. Good luck!
Aki: Thanks, Detective Onigawara.
Kazemaru: So Aliea are on their way to Hokkaido… Do you think they've set their sights on Fubuki Shirou, too?
-Shawn Froste, omagawd.
Kidou: Well, we won't know till we get to Hakkuren. Endou, we need to tell the others about this. When you're ready, let's head back to the bus.
Aki: Okay, but Furukabu-san is still out and about somewhere in town. We need to find him first.
[ONWARDS!]
Note: It's like Christmas all year round, but apparently, no one appreciates it.
Oh my god. These people, do they have SCOTTISH ACCENTS. OH GOD, FUBUKI, I WANT TO HEAR YOUR VOIIIICEEEE!
Why are the people here… like… Indian. Is it Ainu?
FURUKABUUU!
Hitomiko: I see. So Aliea Academy are on their way to Hokkaido. That means there's not a moment to spare. We need to head to Hakkuren right now.
-I think I've been typing it wrong. I'ma type Hakuren now.
Furukabu: Well, normally I'd have you there in a jiffy, but it's not quite that simple… To get to Hakuren, you need to head through the snow drifts of the Northern Ridge. I don't know if the bus will be able to make it through all that deep snow.
Hitomiko: Just do your best and take us as far as you can.
[WE GO! Kinda.]
Kabeyama: I hope we don't have to face Aliea again… They've already beaten us twice. Do we even stand a chance with the team we've got now?
-Shun the non-believer.
Haruna: Come on, Kabeyama! We're off to meet the Blizzard Wizard!
-The wonderful Wizard of Blizzard! I guess Haruna is Dorothy, Kabeyama is the Cowardly Lion, Kurimatsu's the Scarecrow, and Someoka is the Woodcutter.
Haruna: Surely you're looking forward to meeting Fubuki Shirou?
-Is that a joke? Forward?
Kurimatsu: Right! With him on the team, we might be able to hold our own against Aliea.
Kabeyama: Do you think he could be as amazing a striker as Goenji-san?
[They leave.]
Someoka: …. There's only one ace striker in our team, and that's Goenji. No one can fill his shoes.
-Stop having an obsession with Goenji because you couldn't be the ace striker Raimon needed.
[Back on the Caravan!]
Endou: Wow! This is a blizzard and a half!
-Lion King, 1 1/2.
Haruna: O-Onii-chan, I'm scared! *hug*
-TROLOLOLOLOL
Kidou: Don't worry, Haruna.
Hitomiko: *watches* …
-Are you thinking about Hiroto? OH GOD. IF YOU TWO HAD A RELATIONSHIP LIKE THIS, THIS WOULD BE THE BEST REASON TO PLAY THE GAME EVER BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE THIS HAPPEN.
Kabeyama: Eek! I-I'm scared, too!
-Butt out, you're not a part of this.
Kurimatsu: Hey! Get off me, you big baby!
-… um….
Aki: It's strange… Coach Hitomiko's been gazing at Kidou-kun and Otonashi-san for ages…
-That's not creepy at all, nope.
Aki: Coach, do you have any brothers or sisters?
Hitomiko: Brothers or sisters…? Uh, I…
[SHAKING EFFECTS!]
Endou: Hey! What just happened?
Hitomiko: What's going on, Furukabu-san?
Furukabu: Darn it! There was an avalanche, and now the wheels are trapped in a snowdrift! It's no use, the bus won't budge.
-Do I need to emphasize the sheer DANGER of what he just said?
Kazemaru: What are we going to do now?
-Not panic, apparently, because an avalanche is no big deal, noooo. It's not like avalanches can potentially kill people.
Hitomiko: This snow is too much. The bus is going nowhere.
-But we can still take it back to town and the other prefectures. LOGIC.
Hitomiko: Right, you lot! We'll just have to walk!
Kurimatsu: You can't be serious, Coach! In this weather? We'll freeze to death!
-That'll be okay, it'll open up space on the active team.
Haruna: Don't worry… We'll probably all get eaten by bears before that happens.
-The Old Man of the Mountain is after you.
Kabeyama: Eek! I'm not going! I'm far too succulent and juicy! The bears will eat me alive!
Endou: Well, I'm going.
Kurimatsu: But Endou!
Endou: If we don't hurry, Aliea could destroy Hakuren Junior High. We can't just sit here and do nothing!
Natsumi: Endou-kun…
Touko: ! Hey, Endou! Come and look at this! They're faint, but you can just about make them out-- footprints in the snow. They can't be ours. Maybe there's someone out there…
-Question. If it's blizzarding a 'blizzard and a half', why haven't those footprints been covered up?
Endou: If it's a local, they'll be able to show us the best way to get through the snow. Right! I'm going to follow those footprints!
-That's right, Endou, walk out to the blizzard, freeze or get eaten by a bear, just to find this possible person.
Touko: And I'm coming with you!
-That's right, Touko, follow Endou to possible doom. You know, children don't recognize danger any more. Damn super dimensional soccer, ruining our youth.
[The two run out!]
Aki: Those two! Honestly!
Kurimatsu: Ummm… I hope the bears don't get them…
NORTHERN RIDGE!
WHOA! I GOT A PASSING ANIMATION!!!!!!!
[Treeee!]
Endou: ! There's someone there!
Fubuki: Ah… Aaaaah… Brr… Brrrr….
Endou: Hey! Hello!
Touko: He looks about our age, right?
-Does that matter?
Endou: Excuse me, do you live around here?
-Um…. judging by his first 'lines', isn't he freezing?
Fubuki: Brrrr…. Brrrr…. A….Ah….
-Srsly. We should help him before he dies or something.
Endou: I'm afraid we're a bit lost. Do you think you could help us?
-NO, THAT'S NOT SO. WE INTERROGATE HIM RIGHT HERE AND NOW AND AFTER HE GIVES US WHAT WE WANT, THEN WE HELP.
Fubuki: ….
-Oh no, he froze to death.
Touko: ! Endou, what if he's lost as well?
Endou: You're right! He looks freezing!
-At first, I was going to say, how does being lost equal freezing, but then, if you're lost, you'd probably be out longer and thus, be freezing.
Endou: We've got to get him back to the bus!
[Back in the caravaaaan~]
Haruna: Here, have some nice, hot cocoa.
Fubuki: T-T-T-Ta.
Aki: Are you starting to thaw out?
-So wait, did he really freeze? Oh my.
Fubuki: …Aye. I'm all right now.
-… 'aye'- AHAKDHASKJDHAKSHJRQKWJHRA AGAGGAGAGAGGAGAGHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHA!!!!!!!
Natsumi: What were you doing all alone out there in the snow? What on earth were you thinking?
Fubuki: That place is… special to me.
Kurimatsu: Special? It's just a field full of snow. What's special about that?
Furukabu: Where are you headed anyway, laddie?
Fubuki: Where was I headed…? Hmmm… I were just walking in a straight line. You know, like a perfectly-weighted pinpoint pass splitting the oppositions defense.
-…………………………. oh god.
Endou: Now you're talking! I eat, drink, and breathe football. I'm guessing you must do, too.
-IDK, Endou. You may be the only living person that can sustain himself on a sport. I don't think Fubuki's as soccer-crazed as you.
Fubuki: Yeah, it's all right, is football.
-…what. Your. Your Scottish-something-or-other accent has peculiar grammar.
Hitomiko: So if you're from around here, you must know the best way to get through this snowfield.
Fubuki: Course I do. I know this place like the back of me hand.
-Oh the giggle laughter. But wait, if you know this place like the back of 'me hand', how did you get lost in the first place?
Kurimatsu: (If he knows it so well, how did he end up frozen like a giant ice lolly in the middle of nowhere?)
-MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY, KURI.
Fubuki: Right, first off, we've to go back to where you found me. That's the quickest way through.
-Is it a magical tree- OH, FUBUKI JOINED US. HAPPY DAYS! OH. I found Sugimori…. WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING OUT HERE AT THE NORTHERN RIDGE?!
I said the exact same thing when I was told that by that Nosei guy… Anyways. Let's roll. MAGICALLY TRANSPORT TO MIKAGE SENNOU!
Excuse me as I Twin Boost past your Shoot Pocket.
Lol, Meiyou or whatever at the Maid Café? Of course.
Going noooorth~
Fubuki: Grand! We'll be over these snowy slopes in no time flat. Follow me!
-LOL, THE TASK. "You're doing great, keep going!"
∑∑∑∑∑ Ootani is Aurelia! She's from RAIMON. WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE!??!??!?!?!??!?!?!??! Oh, she came to ski. Um. Just join us.
[Wow, Northern Ridge is a lot bigger than I imagined….]
Endou: ! Hey! I can see a building over there! We made it!
-Did we?
Fubuki: Don't run. You'll not thank yourselves if you wake the Old Man of the Mountain.
Endou: The Old Man of the Mountain?
[ROOOAAAAAARRRR! Enter bear!]
Kabeyama: Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! It's a… a bear!
-Yes, I can see that.
Fubuki: What did I tell you? We're for it now.
-I'm sorry, Fubuki, but your voice.
Touko: ! It's getting closer!
-To Fubuki.
Endou: I know! Just close your eyes and pretend you're dead!
-I don't think that'll work now.
Endou: *closes eyes* Wooooooah!
-And because Endou closed his eyes, he missed Fubuki owning a bear.
Endou: … …What happened?
Kabeyama: Huh? I'm still alive! THe bear ran away!
Fubuki: You'll be all right now. Right, I'm off. Thanks for the cocoa. Ta-ra.
-What the hell is 'Ta-ra'? Gosh.
Someoka: …That guy couldn't have single-handedly scared off that bear, could he?
Kazemaru: Ha ha! Don't be ridiculous!
Endou: Right! He can't have done! Ha ha…
-You sound convinced.
Hitomiko: Come on, we've wasted enough time here. We should try to make it to Hakuren before we get caught in another snowstorm.
[Forward march! Wow, the kids have to go through the Northern Ridge to get to school.]
Endou: So this is Hakuren Junior High.. I wonder what Fubuki Shirou looks like…
Maddox: Aha! *appears* You must be from Raimon!
Endou: Eh? Err… Yes, but…
Araya: Wow! I can't believe you're the real Raimon! What's Japan's top team doing here?
Maddox: Can I have your autographs?
Snowfield: Can I shake your hand?! Can I?
-That's creepin'.
Kurimatsu: Yuck! Now my hand's all covered in snot!
Endou: I can't believe it! Everyone's heard of us!
-If everyone amounts to three people.
Kabeyama: It's finally beginning to feel like we really did win the Football Frontier! We're famous!.
Kidou: Endou, aren't you forgetting something>
Endou: Ah, right. We came to find Fubuki Shirou. He's the guy in this picture. Do you know him?
Araya: That's… Um…
Endou: …Well? What is it?
Araya: Oh, no. It's nowt.
-…. 'nowt'? EXPLAIN YOUR NEW-FANGLED ACCENT.
Araya: Anyway, knowing Fubuku-kun, he's probably out skiing or suchlike.
-Or almost freezing to death.
Endou: Skiing? Should he be playing football?
Araya: Fubuki-kun can turn his hand to anything.
Maddox: He's proper amazing! He said he's going to do a hundred-meter ski jump this year!
-Did he also say he'd almost freeze to death this year? He almost did it wonderfully.
Snowfield: No, that's not it! He's going to get his skates on and pull off a triple axel!
-Or almost freeze to death.
Endou: Wow! He sounds amazing! I can't wait to meet him!
Someoka: Okay, okay. We get it. He's some kind of amazing sports legend. Now tell us where he is!
Snowfield: Eek! Do you have to scowl like that? Your face is scary. -sniff- We've not seen Fubuki today yet, so we don't know where he is.
Endou: Really? Okay. Let's ask around and see if we can find out where he might be.
Maddox: ! By the by, you know that this is the back gate, don't you? Lots of student hang around the main gate. Why don't you try asking there? It's just up the steps.
Araya: Well, good luck tracking Fubuki down.
-Is it because Fubuki is about the same color as the snow if not for his yellowish sweats? He's like a snow rabbit.
Snowfield: -Sniff-
[They leave! EXPLORE TIME!]
!!! MACH, I FOUND YOU!!!! That aside, it seems all the girls love Fubuki. LOL. Must be that silly accent.
Anyways! So apparently, Fubuki was talking to some good-looking girls at the front gates…?
Endou: I wonder who these mystery girls could be? Could it be…? Well, let's have a look.
-Hakuren has a private ice skating rink. Wao.
Anyways, we find Fubuki talking with the managers.
Aki: Hey, Endou-kun!
Fubuki: Oh, it's you. Thanks for helping us out back there.
Endou: So you're a student here at Hakuren, are you?
Fubuki: Aye, that's right. Did I not mention it?
-Nope, but your sweats gave you away.
Natsumi: We're actually looking for one of your fellow students. Have you heard of Fubuki Shirou?
Fubuki: Fubuki, you say? Aye, the name rings a bell. It'd be strange if it didn't. I'm Shirou. How do?
-Nonchalant.
Endou: Fine, thanks, how are-
-ALMOST FELL FOR IT.
Endou: Hang on! YOU're Fubuki Shirou?
Haruna: But you're nothing like the rumors said!
-When are rumors ever true?
Fubuki: Ha. Sorry to disappoint you. I mean, they started calling me "Fubuki the Bear Brawler" at one point. Once word like that gets around, folks expect you to be a massive great feller.
-I just… don't know what to say. XD
Fubuki: *to Endou* Well, I'm the real Fubuki Shirou, any road. Pleasure.
Someoka: Pah! Do you really think this wimpy little pretty boy can take Goenji's place?
-Wimply little pretty boy. THAT. THAT IS GREAT, SOMEOKA. BRO POINTS.
Fubuki: That's charming, is that. Did you want something?
-… That was a good comeback. I think. I might say something like that. Um. Fubuki. You can't be sarcastic. That's my job. Not yours. Mine.
[And so we explain crap to him.]
Fubuki: The Inazuma Caravan, eh?
Endou: That's right! We're on a mission to put a stop to the aliens from Aliea Academy! We're looking for players to come with us and form the best football team out there!
Fubuki: Aliea Academy, you say? Hmm.
Maddox: Whoa! Aliea are on their way here? That doesn't sound good…
Araya: Okay, but why all the fuss about Fubuki-kun?
Endou: As soon as I heard the rumors, I just knew I had to play football with him!
-Do I need to say anything here? No.
Endou: I can't wait to see what your stellar striker has in store for us on the pitch!
Fubuki: Is that so? Looks like we'd best have a kickabout then, eh?
Someoka: Pah!
-Pah. I should use that more often. PAH.
Fubuki: I'll be on the pitch. Give us a shout when you're ready to play. It's at the bottom of them steps.
-Them icy steps.
[Hakuren leaves.]
Endou: Yes! We've got ourselves a match! I can't wait!
[Endou and others leave, leaving Someoka and Managers.]
Someoka: … *follow*
Aki: I hope Someoka-kun is all right.
-PAH to Someoka.
Okay, recruiting Mach requires a battle- THERE YOU ARE, MIYASAKA!!!!!
WAIT, DOUBLE! First we had to steal the ball, then we had to score a goal. My, my, you're demanding! TRIPLE?! HOLY CRAP, MAN, WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME!? Yeah, you BETTER join. XD
Anyways, let's try taking on Hakuren now.
[MATCH: VS. HAKUREN]
Kidou: So, what's our strategy, Coach?
Hitomiko: For now, just go without he flow. I just want to see how Fubuki-kun performs.
Kazemaru: "Go with the flow"?! That's not a strategy…
-It means, once again, figure it out yourself!
Fubuki: All right lads, we're facing the best team in the country here. We've to do our best.
Snowfield: Will do, Fubuki!
Haruna: Fubuki-kun really doesn't come across as a star striker…
Aki: You're right. He doesn't have the same presence as Goenji-kun, does he?
Someoka: Let's just see what he's made of, shall we? HUH?!
-Dude, back off. Oh, and yeah. Fubuki's a defender atm.
Endou: Huh? Fubuki is playing in defense? Isn't he supposed to be a forward?
Ropes: No, lad. It were Aiden who were the forward.
-This grammar.
Endou: Huh? Did you say something?
Someoka: This lot are taking the mickey, Endou! Let's teach them some manners!
-…. Grammar, where did you go. And what the hell does that even mean?! GOD, YOU BRITS.
:U Going on~ Twin Boost! but Aurora Curtain stopped it. As Kidou would say…
Kidou: …Not bad.
Ropes: You wont' score that easily!
Somehow, slide tackling Fubuki is just… AMAZING.
Twin Boost V.2 AND NOW HIS TP IS DOWN. LET'S CRUSH HIM!
Half time.
Endou: Hey, this is turning out to be a pretty good game!
Hitomiko: … Fubuki-kun is a decent defender. But I wonder what he's got to offer in attack…
Someoka: Pah! Not much, I bet! I could beat him with one hand tied behind my back!
Fubuki: I reckon it's about that time…
-Are you Southern, now?
Kidou: …? What is he doing?
Fubuki: You're up…
[He turned into Atsuya. I like this image.]
Hitomiko: Interesting. It's like he's a completely different person…
Endou: Wh-what's going on?
Atsuya: Ngh… Nnngaah! Hold on your hats, lads!
Derp.
Atsuya: Nnngrrrarrr! Here goes nothing! AW SHIT, ETERNAL BLIZZARD!
[CUTSCENE!]
… wait, should that custcene have appeared BEFORE THE ETERNAL BLIZZARD SHOT!? Never mind, it apparently went in.
Aki: So that was Eternal Blizzard? What a shot!
Natsumi: And his speed… He makes Kazemaru-kun look almost sluggish. He's as fast as the Aliea Academy players!
Endou: Whoa! That was amazing, Fubuki! But we're not so bad ourselves, you'll see!
Atsuya: Heh heh! I've not even started, lad! Come on, impress me!
Someoka: Hmph. Who cares how good his shooting is?
-Um, that's basically how we figure out if a striker is good. At least, part of it.
Someoka: There's only one Goenji Shuuya, and that's that.
-But that's exactly it. We're not replacing Goenji, dumb nut.
The Wall-ing Atsuya. Amazing
Spinning Shoot away~ Okay. Thank you, Ichinose.
EX-CUSE ME as I take this moment to revel in my Dragon Crash. KTHXBAI.
Someoka: Yes! Did you see that? THat's what I'm talking about!
-Right, right. 2-1. What a slight victory.
Domon: Yeeha! That's how you do it!
Gleeston: Gah! I thought that one were ours for the taking!
Fubuki: Crickey. We lost.
-Are you Australian now?!
Endou: Fubuki, your shooting skills are amazing! I've never seen such a post-rattler before! Catching all those shots you fired at me was great fun!
-I only let him shoot one, Endou, sorry.
Fubuki: Yeah, that were good. I've not had a football match that fun before.
-…… That was pretty difficult. :U Very fulfilling.
Natsumi: At least the rumors about his football skills were true.
Hitomiko: Yes, but…
Natsumi: Is something the matter?
-It bothers me that no one really bothers about Fubuki's persona changes.
Random!: F-Fubuki! This is proper bad! Look! This video were beamed into the school's computers!
[Hi, Reize. Sup?]
Endou: Reize!
Reize: Earthlings! The fact that you are watching this video means that your football team has been selected. You will play against Aliea Academy. Refusal is not an option. Destruction awaits if you lose. Your only escape is victory.
-I thoroughly enjoy how Reize says it in such a way that makes it seem like it's possible to win on normal circumstances. Actually, it probably is.
Maddox: Whoa! SO the aliens really are coming to Hakuren?
Snowfield: Waaaah! How're we meant to beat a bunch of aliens? -sniff-
-Ahem. *points*
Araya: What are we going to do, Fubuki-kun?
Fubuki: Don't fret so much. I'll play with the Raimon lot, and we'll batter them.
-Finally, yes, THE SCRIPT WILL ALLOW ME TO.
Endou: ! Eh? So does that mean…?
Fubuki: I've not much choice, have I? Aliea are on the way. If it's all right with you, I'll tag along for now.
-He makes it sound like he'll leave later on.
Haruna: Yay! This just in: Raimon has a brand new superstar striker!
-'For now'.
Kabeyama: He can play defense and attack, so he'll be really useful!
Someoka: Hmph!
Fubuki: I couldn't help noticing your team weren't up to much in the speed department.
-… um. Actually. We have a lot of fast players… it's kind of not funny.
Kazemaru: …!
Fubuki: ! I'm going to show you my secret training area back on the Northern Ridge. You'll not be as slow as you are now after a spot of training there.
Endou: Really? Wow! Thanks, Fubuki! I wonder what kind of training we're in for… I can't wait!
[Starting to go- Someoka.]
Endou: ! What's the matter, Someoka? Do you have a problem with Fubuki?
Someoka: No, not really. That's not it…
-Are you kidding? *points above* If that's not having a problem with Fubuki, then smite me dead.
Endou: I think he's really interesting. And anyone who can shoot like that can't be bad.
Someoka: Yeah, it's just that Goenji was always deadly serious about playing football, but this Fubuki guy… I mean, "impress me"?! He's got some nerve! If he joins as a striker, Goenji won't have a position to come back to!
-That's not true. You guys think so narrowly.
Someoka: You know, I didn't think much of Goenji when he first joined the team…
-You made that very obvious.
Someoka: But he really is special.
-If the rest of the series doesn't say that and his status as a main staple of the series, then I don't know what special is anymore.
Someoka: I only realized just how special he was after he left.
-It's like a man-crush now, Someoka. This isn't very funny.
Someoka: I'd love to be able to say I was Raimon's star striker… But it wouldn't be true. Goenji's the star of the show.
-Glad you noticed.
Endou: Someoka, I wish that Goenji was still on the team. But when I saw that look in his eyes, I knew I couldn't stop him. He'll be back, though. I know he will.
Someoka: And until then, you expect us to play with that floppy-haired bear-hugger?
-um….
Endou: I'll do whatever it takes.
Someoka: Endou…
Endou: WHen Goenji gets back, we'll have a busload to brilliant teammates waiting for him!
Someoka: If Goenji ever comes back… …Whatever. Look, all I'm saying is that Fubuki had better be good. He'll have to prove he's worthy of filling Goenji's shoes, or I won't have anything to do with him.
-Yeah, yeah, whatever.
[To the tree again.]
Natsumi: This is your training ground?
-How secret. It's the vast, wide open space we passed by before. So secret.
Fubuki: That it is. Not bad, eh?
Hitomiko: Exactly what kind of training do you do out here, Fubuki-kun?
Fubuki; This!
-Apparently, a snowboard appears.
Touko: But, isn't that a snowboard?
Fubuki: Aye. If you've a mind to move quickly, you'll not do much better than this. Watch and learn!
[ANIMATION! Oh. Oh. That…. that was actually really cool.]
Haruna: Wow! He's fast all right!
Kabeyama: I wish I was that cool…
Fubuki: On the snow, you can be as fast as the wind.
-FAST AS THE WIIIIIIIND.
Kazemaru: As fast as the wind…
-FAST AS THE WIIIIIIIIND
Kidou: I see. Moving at high speed sharpens the senses.
-Does it? IDK
Kidou: This training will give us greater awareness of our surroundings on and off the pitch.
Endou: Yeah! This training looks like fun! I'm going to give it a try! *he tries-* Uwaaaaaaahhhhh! *falls* Ow! Ow!
-Graceful face plant of ten.
Natsumi: Hm. Did you enjoy your trip, Endou-kun?
Kazemaru: Are you all right, Endou? Don't worry, I'm coming! *tries- spins!* Uwaaaah! Ouch! Ow! Ouch!
-Oh my.
Aki: Oh dear. Not even Kazemaru-kun could manage it…
Fubuki: *comes back* You all right, lads? Maybe it were a bit too zoo to try to outrun the wind. The trick is to not think of it as being difficult. Just enjoy yourself. Do that, and everything else will fall into place.
-Nothing wrong with enjoying training.
Kazemaru: Gah! *climbs back up*
Kidou: How long have you been training like this?
Fubuki: Training? Well, it's not really training. I've been doing this for fun since I were a lad.
Someoka: You what? This isn't playtime! We're supposed to be training!
-Former statement stands.
Someoka: The Raimon Eleven put time and effort into our training! We don't do it for fun!
-Technically, you do. Partially.
Fubuki: Time and effort? Sounds dull as dishwater…
-Nice….
Someoka: You what?! Say that again, I dare you!
-Dull as dishwater.
Endou: *runs back up* Hey! Calm down, will you! You two will have to learn to get along, you know! If you don't, you'll never make a great striking partnership.
-It's more like a….. IDK what the word is.
Fubuki: Oh. Will I not be playing up front on me own?
-…………. I guess this is forgivable since Fubuki has been playing 'alone' for a while.
Someoka: Grrr! Whaaaat?!
Haruna: Of course. Fubuki-san always played as a lone striker for Hakuren…
Natsumi: But Raimon is not Hakuren. Fubuki can't keep playing as if he's all alone. It won't work.
Fubuki: That's as may be, but it's how I've always played.
-Then it's time to try a new method of playing.
Fubuki: I've a better way to improve your team. Just watch how I play, and follow my lead.
-OKAY, NO. NOW THAT, THAT I WILL NOT FORGIVE. YOU TAKE THAT BACK, WIMPY LITTLE PRETTY BOY!
Someoka: You have got to be kidding! I can't play with this joker!
Kazemaru: I… I'll follow Fubuki's lead.
Someoka: Oh, come off it, Kazemaru!
Kazemaru: I need to be as fas as he is. I need his speed to stand a chance of winning the ball from the Aliea players. I need to train more.
Kidou: Are you okay, Kazemaru?
Hitomiko: ! Ahem. I couldn't help noticing that you have two snowboards. One looks like it hasn't been used in some time. Did you used to train with somebody?
Fubuki: Eh?
[FLASH BACK TO- MINI ATSUYA AND FUBUKI!]
[i]Atsuya: Nii-chan(san? IDK)! Look at me, Nii-chan! Not bad, eh?[/i]
[And it's over. Somehow, this part kind of works with how Chitose asked if Fubuki was close with anyone.]
Fubuki: …Aye, I did.
[Avalanche!]
Fubuki: !
Haruna: Ah! Not another avalanche! That sounded like a bad one.
-Avalanches left and right and these kids aren't worried. Um, by the by, kids have to go through an AVALANCHE zone to get to school? I don't think, just MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, this may not be very safe?
Endou: Fubuki? What's the matter?
Fubuki: A… Aaaaah…
Endou: What's up? There's no need to get worked up about a little bit of snow.
Fubuki: Ah… Ha ha ha!
Hitomiko: Hmmm… I've got a feeling there's more to Fubuki Shirou than meets the eye. *walks off*
[TRAINING! Touko goes through pretty easily.]
Touko: Endou! Did you see that? I'm pretty good, right?
Fubuki: Ha! You're a born border, Touko!
Kabeyama: *goes- spiiiin!* Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! I can't stop! My head's spinning! *he fell*
Kurimatsu: Hey! Watch where you're going, you big oaf!
Aki: Huh? What happened to Coach Hitomiko?
Haruna: She snuck off again.
Fubuki: She's quite a one, eh, your coach?
-What does that mean? Gosh, English lingo.
Natsumi: Endou, I know everyone looks as if they're having fun. But deep down, they must be worried about whether we can actually beat Aliea. Your duty as captain is to make sure that they don't lose heart.
Endou: You're right. I'm going to see how everybody's doing.
Fubuki: !! Oh yeah, I'll let you in on something useful for if you want to do more training. You see that lightning symbol behind that tree over there? Well, you can do special training wherever you see one of those symbols lit up.
Endou: Special training? We used to have something like that back home in Inazuma. I wonder if it's the same…
Fubuki: Probably. You can use Prestige to increase your players' stats. It's grand if you've a few Prestige Points going begging.
-Wow, what terminology.
Fubuki: THe snowboard training here'll up your players' Speed stats. But I'm not the one to tell you this. If you want to know more about special training, you'd best ask him…
Endou: Him who?
[ENTER- the OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN! Holy.]
Bear: Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Kabeyama: ! Aaaaaah! It's the bear again! Everybody play dead!
Fubuki: Oh, give over! He's a big softie really.
-Okay, Fubuki, there is a REASON why wild animals are WILD ANIMALS. DON'T GO TAMING THEM OR SOMETHING. GOSH.
Bear: Grrraaarrrghh! (Who're you calling a softie! I'll show you one of these days, Fubuki!)
-And that's just dangerous.
Fubuki: Yeah, yeah. Grr. Any road you'll find special training spots like this one all over the country. Like as not, there's one in your hometown.
-Did you find this out from the Bear, Fubuki, or are you a creeper-stalker, too?
Fubuki: See if you can find them all. Righto. Ta-ra for now. *leaves*
Bear: Grrr!
Kabeyama: Eek! Wh-what are you looking at? D-don't eat me! I'm really gristly!
Endou: Er… anyway, let's do as much training as we can and use up all our Prestige Points!
-Wha-
Natsumi: Don't you think you should check on your players before doing that, Endou-kun?
-Okay, let's go! Kazemaru!
Kazemaru: I'm just not fast enough! I need to be faster to beat Aliea!
Endou: *appears!* Hey, Kazemaru!
Kazemaru: Hi, Endou…
Endou: Listen, thanks for saying you'd follow Fubuki's lead back there. You made me realize that to be a better team, we need to be open to new ideas.
Kazemaru: Look, I didn't think all that deeply about it.
Endou: But that's what you meant, isn't it? If we make the most of Fubuki's strengths, we'll get better ourselves.
Kazemaru: But we can't make the most of his strengths unless we can win the ball from Aliea first.
Endou: Once you become as fast as the wind, you'll get the ball off them easily!
-Music stopped. Oh no.
Kazemaru: But what if I can't become as fast as the wind?
-You'd fail your namesake?
Endou: Don't say things like that!
Kazemaru: I need to be more powerful.
Endou: …!
Kazemaru: If only I had some Aqua of the Gods…
Endou: What?!
Kazemaru: Don't you remember the Aqua of the Gods Zeus had? A drop of that, and I'd be powerful enough in an instant. Surely it won't be so bad to use some. We're trying to save the world, aren't we?
Endou: Wh-what are you saying? You can't rely on stuff like that! Aliea give football a bad name by using it to hurt people. We have to show people how it should be played. Fair and squre…
Kazemaru: I'm sorry… I was just angry and confused. Forget about it.
Endou: It's okay! Don't worry about it.
-You let things go very easily, Endou.
Endou: Come on, it's training time! Let's make you as fast as the wind!
Kazemaru: I'm sorry Endou, but I'd like to train alone right now… *walks away*
Endou: Hey! Kazemaru!
[Switch scene!]
Endou: *walking and sees Someoka* Huh?
Someoka: Urgh! I have to do it again!
Endou: Someoka!
Someoka: Oh, hi.
Endou: I didn't expect to see you trying so hard after what you said. Why'd you change your mind?
Someoka: Fubuki said the main thing is to enjoy yourself, right? Well, I want to win. I'm not going to lose to Aliea OR Fubuki!
Endou: Someoka… Right! I'm going to train with you!
Someoka: Let's do it!
[Paaan- Hi, Fubuki.]
Fubuki: …
[FLASHBACK!]
[i]Atsuya: Ha ha ha! Over here!
Fubuki: *following* W-wait up!
Atsuya: Ha! Same old slowcoach Nii-san![/i]
[End Flashback]
Fubuki: ….
[Fwoop, let's go.]
-Speed : snow boarding
-Guts: making a huge snowman
-Guard: tire swing!
-Kick: Trees at the park Um
Maid Cafe. Um.
Note: I think Kidou is my Ace Striker….. um…. yeah… maybe if I move Someoka to the middle….
!!! WAIT.. REMATCH AGAINST TEIKOKU. LET'S DO THIS!!!! THEY'RE AT TEIKOKU!
-Okay, enough training.
Aki: I wonder when Aliea will get here.. Let's keep training hard until they do!
[Apparently, three days later? At least, it'll be 3 days when Aliea hits]
Haruna: Okay, team, it's getting late. We should think about hitting the hay.
Kurimatsu: -yawn- Now that you mention it, I am sleepy!
Kabeyama: All this training has tired me out. -Yawn-
Touko: Endou! Can I sleep in the boys' room with you lot?
-XD
Endou: Ummm… Okay?
-XDDDDDD
Kabeyama: -yawn- Eh? What did she say?!
Aki: T-Touko! You have to sleep in our room!
Touko: Really? Says who?
Haruna: Okay, boys! Off you go to bed!
[Boys leave]
Touko: Tsk. Spoilsport!
Natsumi: So… Touko, am I right in thinking that you're quite fond of Endou-kun?
Aki: N-Natsumi!
-That's pretty insensitive.
Touko: Of course! I love people like him!
Natsumi: …!
Haruna: You mean you love… boys like him?
Touko: No, silly! I mean I love people who are passionate about playing football.
-Chitose and Sho are probably one of these. XD
Haruna: Well, that's good to hear. Isn't it, Natsumi-san?
Natsumi: Wh-what do you mean? It's none of my business!
Haruna: He he!
-And Aki says nothing.
[Some day, Natsumi's out- spots Endou!]
Natsumi: ! What's Endou-kun doing over there?
Endou: Come on! One more time!
Natsumi: Isn't it a bit early in the morning to be spinning around like that?
Endou: ! Oh! Monring, Natsumi! Fubuki told me I could be as swift as the wind if I just tried a bit harder.
-Considering your speed stat? … nah.
Endou: So I thought, "Why wait after breakfast?" *away he goes!*
Natsumi: Don't you ever think of anything but training?
Endou: *comes back*
Natsumi: Anyways, Endou-kun. I wanted to ask you about Goenji-kun… It seems he hasn't been to see Yuuka in hospital lately.
Endou: Really?
Natsumi: …Before the Football Frontier, I went to visit my father in hospital. I overheard Goenji speaking to Yuuka while she was asleep.
Endou: Really?
[Flashback.]
[i]Natsumi: Good-bye, Father. I'll be back tomorrow. *leaving and is at the end of the flight of stairs*
Goenji: Endou is a really great guy.
Natsumi: ! Goenji-kun?
Goenji: True, maybe he only ever thinks about playing football.. But he made me realize that I shouldn't give up on my dream. I know you'll like him when you meet him, too. So hurry up and open your eyes…
Natsumi: …[/i]
[End flashback]
Endou: Goenji said that?
Natsumi: When Goenji left the team, he said you wouldn't see him again. I don't think that's what he really wanted, though.
Endou: ! When he left the team… Natsumi, did you overhear us talking in Shika Park?
-ENDOU, THE FEW MOMENTS OF INTELLIGENCE!
Natsumi: Eh? W-well… It's… I was just concerned about Goenji-kun, that's all. Anyways! Don't you think it's strange that Goenji hasn't even been to see his sister? There must be a reason…
-So shouldn't you think to make sure his sister is safe? Kind of vulnerable in a hospital.
Endou: Hmm… … Goenji, where on earth could you be?
-Moar earth.
Endou: Don't worry, Goenji. We're getting stronger every day, and we can't wait for you to come back!
[Day change! I see, each part is a day. Oh, no, it's three days. We're still training.]
Haruna: I can't believe it's been three days since we started training, and Aliea still haven't shown up.
Aki: Yes, but they could turn up at any moment. We just don't know. We have to get ourselves in peak condition before they arrive.
Natsumi: So what's the verdict, Fubuki-kun? Have they improved?
Fubuki: Aye, they're doing better than I thought they would.
Hitomiko: That's what the Raimon Eleven does best. I've only been coaching them a short time, but their enthusiasm is second to none.
-That's because of Endou, but this compliment is surprising.
Hitomiko: Even so, the way they are training now has surpassed all my expectations.
Aki: Coach Hitomiko! Is that what you really think?
Haruna: Wow! I'm a little taken aback! In a good way, of course…
Fubuki: Well, they're certainly… interesting. I'll give them that.
[Running back up, lol]
Someoka: Fubuki! Care for a challenge?
Fubuki: A challenge?
Someoka: I'm feeling pretty fired up and confident after doing all this training. So I thought it'd be fun to see how my skills measure up to yours.
-Which may imply Someoka actually acknowledges Fubuki's skills to be better than his.
Fubuki: So you want a kickabout to decide who gets to be star striker, eh?
-I guess Fubuki is just slightly conceited enough to assume he'll be star striker. A girl said he was modest. I don't think so, but maybe that's just for soccer.
Someoka: Yeah, if that's how you want to put it. The rules are simple: it's one-on-one, and the first to score wins.
Kidou: Are you letting them go ahead with this?
Endou: It's up to them. Let's see what happens.
Hitomiko: …
[Fwop, to the pitch.]
Endou: Are you both ready?
Fubuki: You should lighten up, lad. That marry face of your'll put the wind up people.
Someoka: Shut it! What I do with my face is my business!
Endou: Ready? Go!
Someoka: Grrr!
-Oh, it's an invisible soccer ball. THEY CHARGE AT EACH OTHER! Fubuki ends up swinging to the side, but I think he has the ball.
Fubuki: Sorry, lad. I'll be taking this.
-I can't get over how he's saying 'lad' to someone who's taller than him.
Kazemaru: Fubuki's still too fast…
-They head for the goal, but Someoka manages to cut in front.
Someoka: Don't underestimate me! I'm still Raimon's top striker!
-We've discussed this before, Someoka.
Kidou: Someoka's definitely faster. He's keeping up with Fubuki.
Someoka: Haaaa! *charge at Fubuki*
Touko: Wow! Someoka won the ball back!
Fubuki: Not bad, lad. Looks like it's about that time… *transforms into Atsuya* Ur…. Urrrrrgh!
-It sounds painful. Is it because he needs to make his hair stick up?
Hitomiko: It's happened again. Fubuki-kun has… changed…
Atsuya: Urrrggghhhrraaarrr!
-They charge to the other side of the pitch. Um. I wonder how they type out and make up these onomatopoeias.
Aki: Wow! Fubuki-kun is really fast!
Someoka: Gah! I can't lose! I can't let him beat me! Haaa!
Touko: Someoka's not giving up any ground!
Haruna: I don't believe it. Someoka-san's in top gear!
Someoka: Get a load of my new shot! Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
[WYVERN CRASH! Goal!]
Endou: And we have a winner!
Someoka: Yes! I did it! I did it!
[The others come over to congratulate Someoka]
Kazemaru: What was that special move? Where did that come from, Someoka?
Someoka: He he! Pretty good, right? Dragon Crash evolved into Wyvern Crash!
Endou: You did it, Someoka! All that training really paid off!
Someoka: Of course it did! How about that then, Fubuki?
Fubuki: What can I say? Seems the best man won. That were quite a shot. And I have to say, I quite like how… fired up you get.
-I can only bury my face in my hands at that line. Someoka and Fubuki fans, eat your heart out.
Someoka: Yeah, but do you know what? I owe it to your training techniques.
Fubuki: So this is what happens when a team trains together, eh?
Endou: Exactly! And it's not just Someoka-- all of us are going to get much faster!
Fubuki: Well, I'd best train a bit harder, then. I don't want to be the team slowcoach.
Someoka: Come on, then. Let's train together!
-lol, already, the 'relationship' is improving.
Aki: Well, look at that!
Endou: I was hoping they would work things out in the end.
Aki: Me, too!
[Zooming out- the next day… So, 4 days.]
Endou: -Yawn- I woke up early. I guess there won't be anybody at school yet.
-Except maybe Chitose and Sho.
Endou: We've improved since losing to Aliea, but do we stand a chance of winning…? …No! Come on, Endou Mamoru! We have more than a chance! We have to win this for all the people waiting for us back at home at Raimon! *runs*
Hiroto: *walking over, clapping*
-Oh god. Patronizing clapping. F you.
Endou: ! Huh?
Hiroto: You're pretty nippy on your feet! All that training has paid off, I see.
Endou: Oh… Err… Thanks. Erm…
Hiroto: Oh, sorry to barge in without introducing myself. My name is Kiyama Hiroto. Nice to meet you.
-LOL. Xavier Foster. They pronounce it like za-vee-A. Wow. And why did they have those last three lines with voice and none after?
Endou: I'm Endou Mamoru, captain of the Raimon Junior High football team!
Hiroto: I know. You won the Football Frontier. You must really love football to be up and training already/
Endou: Of course I love football! Who doesn't?
-Don't make me answer that.
Endou: Er… You do like football, right?
-XD Oh, Endou.
Hiroto: I wouldn't say 'like' exactly. For me, football is a necessity. The only reason I started playing football was because my father was obsessed with it.
-Kinda like Touko. And Chitose. Um. Yeah. Hiroto makes it sound like he doesn't like football, which makes bunches of sense.
Endou: Oh, really? My grandfather used to love football, too!
Hiroto: So, we have something in common. Hmmm… We may just get along!
Endou: ! Hey, how about doing a spot of training?
Hiroto: Really? That's okay with you?
Endou: Of course it is! Anyone who loves football is welcome to train with me any time!
Hiroto: You're a real character, Endou-kun.
[Did they just do something? Anyways, crash! You know what this means!]
Endou: *looks around* Wh-what was that noise? Another avalanche?
Kidou: Endou!
[Others rush in! Endou runs to meet them halfway so the camera pans and pretty much, I guess Hiroto ditches.]
Kidou: Endou!
Araya: Aliea Academy are on their way! What are we going to do?!
-Buck up and challenge them, duh. We decided this a few days ago.
Snowfield: They just appeared in the sky over town! The radio and TV stations are all going crazy!
Endou: So they finally made it…
Someoka: Endou, we've got to get to the pitch right now!
Snowfield: Hang about! Does anybody know where Fubuki is?
Araya: I heard he was heading out ot the snowfield first thing this morning…
-Um. To the avalanche-danger zone? Smart. Really. Ingenious.
Maddox: But that loud noise triggered a huge avalanche out that way…
-Btw, Fubuki would have freaked at that crash, I bet.
Maddox: If Fubuki was out there, he might have been caught in it!
-What did I tell you? WHAT did I tell you?
Endou: That doesn't sound good! We've got to find Fubuki! To the Northern Ridge! Hiroto, it's too dangerous to stay here. You've got to get somewhere safe! Huh?
[He's gone]
Someoka: Endou, are you talking to yourself again?
-Has Endou done this before? Well, no, a lot of people talk to themselves.
Endou: THat's odd. I could have sworn he was right here just a second ago…
Kidou: Are you feeling all right, Endou? You were alone when we arrived.
-Ninja.
Araya: We can argue about Endou-kun's invisible pals later! We've got to find Fubuki-kun!
Endou: Rght!
So we'll do that. THERE'S ONLY ONE PLACE HE CAN BE. THE TREEEE!
Endou: ! Here he is! Hey, Fubuki! Thank goodness you're okay!
Fubuki: A…. Ahhh…. Aaa….
-I'm assuming he's curled up in terror. Does this not bother Endou? Apparently not.
Kidou: Do you think he can hear us?
Someoka: Come on, Fubuki! Snap out of it!
Fubuki: A… Aaa….
Colored Person: WHat are you earthlings doing here?
Hitomiko: Well, well, well. Aliea Academy. We could ask you the same thing.
Orange: You… You are the sniveling Raimon wretches who dared to oppose Lord Reize.
-We wear our sweats with pride.
Orange: You are not worthy of Lord Reize's attention. We will dispose of you ourselves!
-This is reminiscent of when we first go to the hospital in the first game. BRING IT, PUNKS.
Someoka: Gah! Why now, of all times?
-Cause Fubuki's a curled-up mess?
Fubuki: A… A…
-An alien, you say, lad? Indeed, we can see.
Endou: Coach, take care of Fubuki! We'll have to take them on without him!
-Were we going to take them on /with/ him to begin with?
Orange: Lord Reize need not waste his time! You're done for!
Battle~ And we're done. Everything is solved with soccer.
Orange: Argh! Wretched Raimon worms…
-If we're worms and we just owned your bums, you must be lower than worms.
Bulky Brown: But your victory is of no consequence. The preparations are already complete. Our work here is done.
Endou: Wait!
-I bet they set up the appearances and escapes of Aliea.
Kidou: Endou! It's Fubuki!
-We established that already. Just kidding.
Fubuki: A… Aaa…. The avalanche… the avalanche…
-By the by, retard, if you're scared of avalanches, WHY THE HELL DO YOU GO TO SCHOOL THAT PASSES THROUGH AN AVALANCHE ZONE?!
Endou: Hey! Fubuki! Snap out of it.
Fubuki: …! What are you lot doing here? Wh-where am I?
Endou: Fubuki, you're all right!
Someoka: If we hadn't found you when we did, you might have been abducted by Aliea!
-I wonder if they caused the avalanche.
Fubuki: Sorry, lads. You needed me to help, and I were away with the fairies.
-Now I KNOW you're either Irish or Scottish.
Endou: No need to apologize. We're friends, aren't we? Friends help each other out in tough times. That's what they're for!
-I can already hear Anzu's/Teá's friendship speeches.
Fubuki: Friends, ehy?
Someoka: Yep. Friends always stick together. It's the Raimon way!
-Someoka is srs about this. FRIENDSHIP IS SERIOUS BUSINESS.
Fubuki: …Ta.
-Are you leaving? Is this a shorter version of your 'Ta-ra'?
OKAY, FUBUKI JOINED US!
Hitomiko: Listen up, you lot! We don't have time for idle chit-chat!
-But we just had some.
Hitomiko: Aliea are heading to Hakuren right now. Let's try to get there before they do.
Fubuki: Aliea? Already? They don't hang about, eh? We'd best go and save everyone then.
-Like superheroooooes.
Endou: Of course! We're with you all the way!
[They run off.]
Hitomiko: What on earth could Aliea want with a place only fit for polar bears?
-I'm not going to start a 'on earth' and the like counter. That aside, I guess Fubuki's a polar bear, too? JK
Hitomiko: And what's with Fubuki-kun's behavior? What is it about the Northern Ridge?
Oh, Fubuki. Only Level 6…. Anyways, to the pitch.
Fubuki: So these are the aliens, are they>
Araya: Fubuki-kun! They said they're going to tear the school down!
Fubuki: Don't fret. I'll not let them.
Someoka: Where did that come from? You were a gibbering wreck a minute ago!
Fubuki: Erm, let's not dwell on that, eh, lad?
-Someoka, you are gaining and losing bro points. But for now, we are bros.
Endou: Aliea! We've been waiting for you! We're here to put a stop to your plans!
Reize: Endou Mamoru… Your persistence is pitiful.
-No, our scripted losses are.
Reize: Do you really insist on taking the place of yet another doomed team?
-We'll own your asses this time.
Endou: We'll always be ready for a scrap! We'll keep fighting till Aliea Academy are defeated!
-I keep thinking it should be 'is'.
Reize: Hmph! The inability of earthlings to accept their fate is baffling. You have lost to us twice, yet you still fail to accept that we are the superior team.
-Scripting.
Touko: Hmph! You're the ones who don't get it! Did you really think we wouldn't go away and try to improve after the last match?
-I don't think that's what they don't get.
Reize: …What? Very well…
-…. that's stupid.
Reize: How do you earthlings put it? "You don't know when to quit". Well, we're about to teach you.
Kidou: Everybody, get ready! The fate of our planet rests on this match!
-Oh you poor, ignorant fools.
Reize: Do you really believe you can stand up to our superiority? You will regret your foolishness!
-And in a couple of months, you'll regret these lines. Or, you know, after this match.
Someoka: What did you say?
Kidou: Don't rise to it. They're not worth it.
-THANK YOU, KIDOU. BRO POINTS.
Kidou: We'll let our football do the talking.
Endou: Let's do it! We'll show them what we're really made of this time!
-Finally.
[MATCH: VS. GEMINI STORM - III]
Someoka: Hey, Coach! What's Fubuki doing in defense? Shouldn't we be using his pace up front?
Hitomiko: Did I ask for your opinion?
-Did we ask for your help/guidance?
Haruna: Coach Hitomiko's plans aren't easy to work out, are they?
-Defend, take the ball, counterattack. That's easy.
Aki: I know Fubuki's a great defender, too, but…
Natsumi: Why is she changing his position like this just when he and Someoka-kun were starting to work well together?
Fubuki: I'm not bothered. I'll play wherever she wants as long as it means I can help save me school.
Someoka: Gah…! Fine, I'll show them… I'll show them my new shot… Wyvern Crash!
Okay, right, so using Majin the Hand does stop Reize's Astro Break, but damn, there goes Endou's TP. Anyways, Wyvern Crash gets past Galileo, but now I need to wittle down his TP. LET'S DO IT, BOYS.
Half time!
Reize: Impossible… We're… They're outplaying us?
-Finally.
Galileo: This can't be happening!
Pandora: Their strength ash increased beyond our expectations…
-No, we just finally have a fair game now.
Pandora: THey also have a new player on their team. We have no data on him. We can no longer predict how they will behave.
-Um, I technically have a bunch of new players, /but/ I really am not using Fubuki… My Defense tends to see very little action. I guess I'm very offensive.
Reize: This is very interesting, Endou Mamoru… Very well, all of you, listen tome!
-GATHER, MY FLOCK OF ALIEN SHEEP!
Reize: It's time to play to our full potential. Lose, and you know very well we will be punished.
-Note this time. It indicates that there is a higher power that delivers punishment,
Reize: We must win at all costs. We must not sully the name of Aliea Academy and Gemini Storm!
Someoka: Coach, please! Put Fubuki back up in front! We can't mess about like this against these aliens! We need to score more goals!
-Someoka, for the guy who made the goal, that's incredibly wimpy-sounding.
Kazemaru: But what about our defense?
-It was already pretty good without him.
Endou: "Attackers have the best type of defense!"
-Actually, the line is 'the best defense is a good offense'. I think that's what I play to.
Haruna: Wh-what?
-See, Endou, you got the line wrong so Haruna's confused.
Kidou: …You mean "attack is the best form of defense"? True.
-Thank you, Kidou. Bro points.
Kidou: Let's use an attacking formation in the second half, Coach. We've already adjusted to their speed. That was the whole point of playing defensively, wasn't it?
-Among other things.
Hitomiko: Right again, Kidou-kun. Very clever of you. Fubuki-kun, I want you up front for the second half.
Someoka: Yeah, come on, Fubuki! We're counting on you!
-I have Discotheque on and it just is so funny….
Fubuki: A-aye, okay…
-Why do you sound hesitant? Oh. Wait. I know why.
Fubuki: …Over to you then, Atsuya.
-Look, transformation!
Atsuya: Nnnngrrrarrr!
-And again, the Atsuya growl!
Haruna: H-he suddenly seems like a completely different person!
Atsuya: You've not seen anything yet! Get ready for a battering, aliens!
Kazemaru: It's not just Fubuki -- we've all got stronger! Let's smash these aliens!
-ALTER EGOS. LOL. We need a tutorial on this… Never mind. So put Fubuki in attack and have him use Eternal Blizzard…
Someoka: Come on, Fubuki! Let's show them what Raimon can do with you as our striker!
[CUTSCENE! Um, Reize, don't try to grab the soccer ball with your hand, please.]
RUN FASTER, CHILDREN! Eternal Blizzard kills the TP. Anyways, VS. Black Hole- owned! XD Oh, Fubuki, you disappoint me. I guess I really should have wittled down his TP. Oh weeeeell.
W-WOW, FIRST OFFSIDE ON THE OTHER TEAM. *A*
Heel Kick to wittle down the TP! OH, HE'S NOT USING BLACK HOLE! IT WENT IT!!!!
Okay, Full time with 2-0. YOU BETTER LEVEL UP A BUNCH, FUBUKI.
[CUTSCNE!]
Aki: Endou-kun! You finally did it!
Endou: Yes! We restored peace to the world of football! …And to the world, of course!
Kurimatsu: Everyone was on amazing form!
Haruna: Onii-chan!
Kidou: We did it!
Kabeyama: I'm so happy… I think I'm going to… cry! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!
Touko: And now my father can relax, too.
Reize: *taking steps back* How is this possible? How could we be defeated by mere humans?
Fubuki: Us earthlings have a nice saying: "third time lucky"!
-Third time's the charm, Fubuki.
Reize: Muhahahaah! You think you have won? You have not even begun to know the true might of Aliea Academy.
Endou: What? What do you mean?
Reize: Gemini Storm is merely Aliea Academy's reserve team. We are not Aliea Academy's strongest team. We are not even close. Our power does not even begin to compare to that of the others…
-Note "others" and not "other".
Kidou: Are you saying there are more of you>
Fubuki: Don't listen to their mitering. THey're just being bad losers.
Reize: Losers? We have lost nothing! You earthlings understand so very little.
-Any day now, Osamu.
[Camera paaaans- oh, there he is. CUTSCENE! Why do they appear in, like, black fire? Never mind. Exileeeeeed! Wait, long walk in the snow? Oh, and there's Hiroto watching from behind a tree. Not at all creeper like at all, nope.]
=Gemini Storm revealed that Aliea Academy had an even stronger team than them. All we could do was stand and stare as Epsilon revealed themselves.=
-We didn't even know their names, but I guess we do. It's a loopback, I guess
=Was this the true might of Aliea Academy that Reize had spoken about?=
Fubuki: I suppose you'd best get going. Your journey's not ovary yet.
-Wait, Fubuki's not coming with? Oh, disappoint.
Endou: Yeah, we can't give up until we beat those allies once and for all!
Fubuki: Time to start sniffing out the best of the best all over again, then, eh?
Kurimatsu: But it's tough when we don't even know how strong Epsilon are.
Kabeyama: Yeah, and that Desarm guy was a lot scarier looking than Reize!
-Reize just looks like ice cream. Desarm is like…. ……. what.
Kidou: Still, winning this battle against Aliea gave us the first real hope that we can beat them.
Touko: Yeah! We can beat them no matter how strong they turn out to be!
-After a bunch of scripted losses.
Fubuki: Well… Aye, you might be right.
Endou: Um, Fubuki… It'd be great to be able to play some more football with you.
Fubuki: Eh? With me?
Endou: Yeah! Why don't you stay on the team and join us on the Inazuma Caravan?
-See, this is a moment where a good, smart person might leave Fubuki, which would have avoided a bunch of grief, but then made this series really bland. Never mind, come with us!
Fubuki: *hesitate?*
Maddox: Wow, Fubuki!
[Hakuren appears!]
Fubuki: What do you reckon, you lot?
Maddox: Go ahead! We'll be okay here.
Snowfield: Yeah, and with you on the team, they're bound to be able to beat Aliea.
Araya: We'll be waiting here for you when you get back! Don't worry about us. Go get 'em!
Fubuki: That I will! See you soon!
Endou: Amazing! Welcome to the team!
Fubuki: Ta, Endou-kun! Good to be on board!
-When does he start saying 'captain'? Hm. Maybe now.
[CELL PHONE! Hitomiko be calling.]
Chairman: So, there's a team even stronger than Gemini Storm.. I'm sorry, Hitomiko, but I must ask you to continue the mission until Aliea are defeated.
Hitomiko: That goes without saying. But there is one thing…
Chairman: Go ahead.
Hitomiko: Fubuki Shirou is an incredibly unusual player. His character changes completely depending on whether he's up front or defending. He's like two different people.
Chairman: Ah… The incident…
[EXPLAINED WITHOUT US KNOWING!]
Hitomiko: ! …so THAT's why!
[And we don't learn till later. MEANWHILE… CUTSCENE! Kageyama, what was your police transfer car doing out in Hokkaido? How did you crash it and get the keys? Never mind. He's all, LOLOLOLOL, ROYAL ACADEMY REDUX! Shin Teikoku~ <3 Anyways, chapter transition! Anyways, we're in Kyoto now.]
NPC1: I'm telling you, I saw him with my own two eyes!
Geisha: I say, what's the matter?
Police: This young fellow says he saw that suspicious character loitering in the area again, Madam.
NPC1: He was wearing peculiar clothes, and he tried to talk to me in the alleyway!
NPC2: See? This is why I keep telling you not to play in these awful places!
-I think this is NPC1's mother.
NPC1: Waah, I'm sorry!
Geisha: Goodness, the rotter's shown his face again? How many times is that this week?
-…KOGURE?
NPC3: *grandma* I know, it's more than a little worrying. I hope our - ahem - esteemed constabulary catch him soon so that we can all relax.
-I feel like Constables and the like only exist in Europe or England…
Police: Well, Madam, we're doing everything we can, but he's too blinking fast. We can't keep up with the slippery beggar! A couple of other bobbies and myself took after him last time he appeared, but me poor old knees gave way!
NPC3: Have you no shame! You're useless! Useless, I tell you!
-And you can do better?
Geisha: If this is what it's come to, we should ask you-know-who to help us out. They'll be able to catch him, and no mistake.
NPC3: Do you know, I think you're quite right. A little help from that lot would be just the ticket.
NPC2: Now listen here - no more skulking in strange places on your own, do you hear?
NPC1: Yes, Mother…
-See?
[Camera pans to see Hiroto-- wait, are you the person in question. GOD, YOU CREEPER.]