TAKEN

Chapter 4

One would question, where oh where, will they have the match that will decide the future of soccer?

But then, where else then the riverside soccer field. The same field that was open to all? The same field that Raimon trained on during the times they weren't allowed to use the school's soccer field.

The same field Raimon had played on after coming home from Okinawa. After reuniting with Gouenji

The same field that Endou had always played on..

The field Endou played with Inazuma KFC...

The field Endou had met Gouenji..

Yes, that field would be the perfect place...

The perfect place to save Endou..

...

And be crushed when they failed to save him

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There they were. Dark Emperors. Waiting for them. Right where they had guessed.

The Riverside soccer field.

I mean, of course they would choose there. Almost everyone on the team had played there. During their time at Raimon.

During their time with Endou

"Kazemaru"

Kidou stood proud in front of Raimon.

"We'll be taking Endou and all of you back"

Kazemaru laughed

"Did you really think we'd even want too?"

"Well frankly, you never gave us a choice when you took Endou. What makes you think we're giving you?"

"Oh? And what makes you think that you could win against us?"

"You weren't able to defeat us before" Someoka suddenly appeared behind Kazemaru. Wearing a smirk as he pulled down his hood "Just give up. Endou already did"

"You're wrong!" Touko stepped up. It might not be her place to talk, but she'll be damned if she was just standing and take all that was thrown at her "Endou never gave up once during the whole time in the caravan! No matter the heartache we went through, he still stood tall and strong"

Kazemaru just smirked tauntingly and the next thing he showed shocked everyone,

"Will you still believe that when I show you the new Endou?"

There, in the Dark Emperors goalkeeper uniform, stood Endou. It was really him. It was Endou in the flesh. If..the blank face and change of hairstyle was pushed aside.

Endou's brown eyes that had once been filled with light and hope is now a dark red and is filled with emptiness.

They say, to find one's true self is to look in their eyes. But how can you?

How can you when the person they once was, is now locked away in a tiny dark corner. Never to be let out.

His hairstyle didn't really add as much contrast as they thought. It was still the same hair style..but with more spikes than usual.