Ascension│Bluelock x male reader

3.9. Best Coach (Part 1)

Yeesh. They're not the worst, I'll give them that.

Michael Kaiser glanced across the pitch, keeping an eye on both the ball and Isagi at the same time. The goalkeeper being from Bluelock, he'd probably try to pass to one of his friends.

And he did. The ball was rolled right to Yukimiya, the kid with glasses. As Manshine's offensive players closed in, he whipped a long pass across the entire pitch, sending it right to Kurona. Kaiser sighed. Predictable, much? It was funny, to watch them scurry around like little rats. Every single move of theirs was trivially easy to read. It was just a matter of when Kaiser decided to stop them.

Very carefully, he wasn't looking at the sidelines. Every time he looked across at Y/N, just lounging around on the side, his vision tinged with red. He hated him. Because how... how could such a normal person be better than him at soccer?

The vast majority of good soccer players were pieces of shit. Kaiser knew that better than anyone else, after all, he himself was one. Yet, Y/N wasn't. Maybe Kaiser just hadn't seen that side of him yet... but the shitty attitude, shitty personality, and shitty life that having the ego of a striker always came with just weren't showing.

Was he just not showing that side of him? Or... did he not have an ego?

Whatever the case, he'd soundly beaten Kaiser. He'd crushed him, made him realise just how idiotic he'd been. Kaiser acted like he was at the top of the soccer world, but really, he was nowhere near the top. Y/N was living proof of that - a prodigy that had easily beaten him, but still was worse than Noa.

To get to the top of the world, he first needed to crush Y/N.

But he couldn't, right now. The kid was just sitting on the sidelines, unable to play. Kaiser needed him in the game, and not on the same team like in the last game. He needed him in Manshine City, so he had to be the first one to score.

Kurona and Isagi rocketed up the side of the pitch. Kurona took the first stretch alone, shark-like teeth gritted as he dribbled past the first defender. It only took a small fake step, and he was able to breeze past him on one side. He passed the ball to Isagi.

They quickly fell into a rhythm. Kurona's speciality was short turns, and Kaiser had seen that a lot in his training sessions. He'd practised his positioning a lot, and it clearly showed as he danced around the Manshine players. Isagi had easy passes whenever he wanted with Kurona's quick turns, and with it, they blitzed up the field.

Pass to Kurona. Pass to Isagi. Pass to Kurona. Kaiser followed, running sideways alongside them. Isagi wasn't focused on him at all, just looking ahead at the space in front. Kunigami was being marked by two defenders, and so Isagi was more free to move. His body twisted, moving towards the goal. Kurona's leg swung back, preparing a pass.

That's when Kaiser intercepted. Before the ball could get anywhere near Isagi, he snatched it out of the sky. Ness's voice rang out across the field from behind him, but he completely blanked it out. Don't distract me. Landing in a crouch, he would've gone for the goal himself if a princess didn't steal it out from under him.

It was a decent clear. The ball was sent flying back towards Bastard Munchen's goal, in prime position for one of the Manshine players to pick it up. Murmuring something under his breath, the purple-haired boy began to move. The two main attacking players moved too, a white-haired boy and that mad doctor, Agi.

Kaiser and Agi had played each other a few times before. And every time, it was an annoyance. Usually, he would stick near Kaiser as much as possible, long limbs flailing around like a drunk fish out of water. Thankfully this game, he wasn't, choosing to play around the guy called Nagi.