[HIATUS] Cherry on the field | Inazuma Eleven

Chapter 2 - a new challenger

It's been a total of a year being in this school. Chia and Clario would wait for each other on a street since the walk to their house are the same except for a split on this street.

"You're late today," Clario waited on the sidewalk, his face ever so serious with barely a glimpse of emotion, Chia remembered the one time he smiled, it was when we were faced off against our seniors who stopped his shoot repeatedly, that was when Clario hauled Chia over to a park to practice his new hissatsu "Diamond Ray".  And that was when Chia thought that they have become friends, she felt excited (the next target is the whole school). But Chia also made sure she isn't falling behind, so as she trained with Clario she found a new hissatsu technique: Melodic Dance.

"Aha, I slept through my alarm so I kinda had to rush through everything," Chia gave Clario her bag and he carried it while they walked, she did her braid quickly and applied her lipgloss then Clario returned the bag. This tends to happen, through unspoken conversations, it even happened on the field, all they did was make eye contact and nod to each other, and there you go, a goal scored.

The whole walk was quiet as how they liked it, sometimes Chia would spark a story, not a conversation since she knows that Clario is a listener and not a speaker. Most of the time Chia would put on earphones and listen to music, she would also 'dance walk' and even skip to the music, at first Clario was embarrassed to walk by her now he doesn't care and is used to it.

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When they arrived at school they immediately rushed to the change rooms and get their soccer uniform on, proudly wearing number 12, Chia wrapped her long braid that reached her hip into a bun so the hair won't interfere with her practice.

The soccer club: Barcelona Orb, only has afternoon practice, not morning, mornings are practising stamina and physical strength so it doesn't count as soccer practice. But then again, she is practising with the ball, but not really with her teammates, more of her own practice time. Chia doesn't like the physical training, she's a flexible girl and not a muscle guy, either way, each teammate has a personalised regime.

There is a board with all the member's names down along with instructions on what to do, once you've done the instructions then they get a whiteboard marker and cross the instructions completed.

"Chia Romanio (12)
30x laps around the field
10x handstand pushups
30x laps with dribbling around the field ONLY looking ahead
Juggling the ball with blind folds for 30 minutes"

...excuse me?

"Hey Clario,"

"Yes Cherry?"

"Does your regime look a bit... Different? Weird?" Clario looked back to his regime on the whiteboard and tilted his head slightly.

"It does," Chia checked Clario's regime.

"Clario Orvan (10)
30x kicks on a sandbag
15x Sprint up and down the length of the field
20x jumping squats with the ball
Learn how to curve the ball in 30 min"

The regime is a bit the same based on how many times they do each, but the instructions are different from what they normally receive.

The coach blew the whistle signalling all the players to gather around. What took them by surprise was an audience, a bunch of first years with their parents behind the coach.

"Today the regime is catered to each of your weaknesses and what I expect you by the end of this week, the regime will stay the same and your goal should be achieved. Will help the team grow in time for the Spain tournament, understood?"