Unpolished Gems

Chapter 19

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At long last, it was the most awaited event for both Karasuno and Nekoma, the day they finally face each other in the court!

Forming a straight line, both teams stood in front of one another with varying expressions on their faces. Some had intimidated looks, some had relaxed ones, some were DOING the intimidating looks (Tanaka and Yamamoto), and the rest remained with neutral expressions.

At the very edge of the line, [Name] nearly glossed over the team with bored eyes as he had his hands awkwardly hanging on his side due to not having any pockets to stuff them in. Taking a quick survey of the other team, none of the players in Nekoma had caught his eye making him feel a bit disappointed.

Sighing, [Name] was about to leave the lineup first until a certain blue-eyed striker caught his eye. "Isagi??" His voice was way louder than his usual tone catching everyone's attention.

Blue lock Ranking:

4.) Isagi Yoichi - ¥50,000,000

"Huh?" Before the mentioned teen could even turn his head, a tuff of white hair was already in front of him and tackling him down. Despite their major height difference and [Name]'s obvious tackle, Isagi somehow managed to prevent the both of them from falling down.

Over to the side, the members of Karasuno could only stare with baffled expressions while the ones in Nekoma couldn't help but eye the unusually tall teen with curiosity.

"[Name]!" Isagi was quick to cheer in excitement once he got a good look at the person who tackled him. Bringing his hands up, the shorter male was quick to embrace his lazy genius. "I didn't know you went to Karasuno! So Karasuno's where Ego stationed you?"

[Name] slowly wrapped his hands around Isagi as he let out a small hum of confirmation, his eyes solely focused on the other. "I suppose the school you were assigned to was Nekoma?"

"Yeah!" Isagi let out a small laugh as he let go of the other teen. Slightly feeling disappointed, [Name] was hesitant to let go but did so anyways. "Man, I wonder which schools the others were assigned to! What if they're close by!?"

[Name] too was a bit curious before but he didn't dwell on it long after the... thing that had happened after Ego had assigned their allocated schools via one on one's.

"You do remember that only the ones in the top 5 were assigned different schools by Ego right?" [Name] was quick to remind his excited friend. "Plus, we aren't exactly allowed to tell anyone who isn't part of the top 5 about this."

"Ah, right." A sort of hesitant look appeared on Isagi's face, the ravenette suddenly remembering the complications [Name] had because of that particular rule. "You know, he'll understand when Ego eventually calls us back to Blue Lock and explains to the others, right?"

The lighthearted atmosphere between the Blue Lock duo was quick to turn tense and Isagi couldn't help but sweat nervously at the fact that he obviously stepped on a land mine.

"Ignore that! Let's just-"

"I..." [Name] was quick to cut off the other's rambling as he averted his eyes over to the others that had started mingling with each other halfway into entering the gym. "I don't think he'll forgive me anymore. I've left him a bit too many times and broke his trust while doing it."

Despite how calm he was when he said that, Isagi has known [Name] for a while now. He could see the way the other's brows knitted into a minuscule frown and the way his lips thinned due to being bitten from the inside.