His voice alarming, Feng wide eyed, immediately turned around. "Y-ou...?" he stuttered staring at the figure's back. Chills leaving his spine, he gulped with dripping sweat recalling…
"Say, bye bye, to the world you love, Feng Mir Ozer." A figure warned grinning ruthlessly. At that moment the ball before Feng's eyes had once again gone into hands. Giving birth to a never wanting resolve…
"Feng? We are waiting. When will you come?" Xavier called pulling him back to reality.
Feng gasped turning around, "Y-eah, I a-m coming, vice-captain..." he rushed back. Glancing aside, at the figure who was surrounded by Peshawar's middleschoolers now, he shook his head, "It can't be…" he ran to the others grasping his gear bag tight. "But that voice… what if…" he continued to wonder muddled.
"Now, how far is our lodging?" Azazel questioned Pedro.
"A little walk and we'll be there." Pedro assured.
The highschoolers walking at the back glanced at each other. Sudden, naughty,
"Are you seriously, serious?!" Orion asked.
"Of course!" Senri replied sprinting ahead.
"I bet you should think twice." Haris warned.
"And I think you shouldn't think so much, Haris." Elias smiled.
Haris twitched his brow, "You words felt rude."
"Haha…" Elias chuckled noot at all apologetic.
Alan clueless, turned around beside the middleschoolers only to find themselves being tugged by their shoulders, grasped by their hands and being pushed behind their backs altogether.
"Huh?!" Azazel, Christopher and Adam gasped.
"Hey, wait a minute?! Why are we running?!" Ezekiel and Feng asked.
"Oh my~?" Poseidon and Xavier intoned, dangling in Haruf's arms.
"Haha! I was waiting for this moment." Haruf beamed.
"What the hell?!" Kenzo shrieked while being pushed by Senri.
"Whoa~!" Alan gasped as Isa pulled him by his hand smiling.
Running ahead even from the instructors. Rauf and Evan glanced at each other confused. "Ahem, could you please tell me what's going on here?" Evan questioned.
"What's going on here hun~" Aaron chanted, winking at Rauf who twitched his brow in turn. "We are taking a day off what else?!!" he exclaimed.
"Yay!!" the highschoolers agreed.
"Huh?!" Pedro uttered baffled beside Mir who turned to Nidou who himself stood at a loss of words.
"Seriously?!" Cassiel shrieked.
"Come on, Evan." Lou Wang pushed him.
"And Rauf is going to join us too!" Aaron tugged him by his arm running forward.
"Are you out of your minds?" Rauf angered blatant.
"Yeah!" Senri replied blatant.
Seraph and Helios speechless ran alongside Nagi and Orion.
"So long~ Coaches, we'll arrive back by dawn, Haha!!" Elias waved, ending with a villainous laughter.
The road eventually becoming deserted with only leaves falling by and left suitcases… the coaches looked at each other flabbergasted.
"Those punks…" Yusuf gritted, "They are turning more and more like those three!" he recalled Israfil, Maaz and Daniel.
"Haha…" Seles smiled awkwardly.
"Never mind them, let's head back first. We'll give them their punishment through our ways~" Nidou snickered evilly.
Musa rolling his eyes scoffed, "No wonder they hate you."
"And what about their belongings?" Pedro glanced at the mountains of gear bags and suitcases.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of them." Yusuf assured pulling his phone out.
Pant! Pant! Haha!! The highschoolers gasped, laughing and grabbing their waists amused.
The middleschoolers on the contrary… laid flat on the street (except for Xavier and Poseidon who were basically gifted a ride by Haruf).
"Oh, come on! Don't just die already. We've yet to have the fun!" Aigou and Nagi pushed them up.
Rauf shaking his head took his phone out. "I don't know what you all are playing at but this is enough…!" he uttered frustrated.
Suddenly Isa gently took his phone instantly tossing it in Alan's hands.
"Isa…!" Rauf retorted however, Isa interrupted, "Not enough, we basically wanted to tour Islamabad just like those little ones…"
"Don't drag us into your dilemmas, you loaf!" Kenzo uttered annoyed.
"So Peshawar became our next target. Since we have a free day tomorrow too, why don't we enjoy?" Ren added.
"Then, who's going to practice?" Evan squinted his gaze.
"We'll practice at night." Aigou beamed.
"Excuse me?! We don't have that much insane stamina!" Ezekiel retorted.
"Not that it's even a problem, the ones participating in the next match will be the ones who'll have to practice. The rest don't have to worry." Nagi said.
"I think we should head back though. It's better to practice than waste time." Poseidon entered.
Half of the middleschoolers agreeing, Ryan debated, "We have highschoolers to face too in the next match and I don't want to lose just because of the reason that we didn't concentrate enough."
Zach listening to each side exhaled, "You are going way too hard on yourselves. Are you implying that you'll lose the next match?"
"Huh?! No way! Who said that?" Azazel snapped.
"Then quit thinking and follow. It's my treat." Zach offered.
"Huh!" they all gasped astonished.
"Are you sure? Treating all of us?" Kazuna blinked.
"Yeah, we won't go easy on your bank card." Haris made clear.
"Jerk." Lou Wang uttered.
"Rude." Haris puffed his cheeks offended.
"Then don't go easy, I never said you have to." Zach cleared.
Huge smile casing abruptly on their faces, the highschoolers jumped. "Haha!" Alan chuckled.
"Don't be devils and rob his wallet now, I am sharing his treat too." Nagi followed Zach.
Happiness, now double the happiness!! Half of the highschoolers glomped the middleschoolers who stood at a loss of words.
"There was no need." Zach glanced at Nagi.
"Don't mention it. I know how they are." Nagi replied.
"Yay~! Come on, get up. We have so many places to visit!" Aaron tugged Heber and Azazel by their shoulders marching forward.
"Right! Kazuna's tour plan!" Senri instantly remembered.
Kazuna smiling pulled out his diary, "All planned." he assured.
"I never thought you were like them too." Helios blinked surprised.
"He isn't always serious. Don't judge a book by its cover. He is the one on who loves to have fun more than any of us." Orion tugged Kazuna's shoulder.
"Not all the time, though." Kazuna corrected reading his diary.
Making sure nobody is left behind Elias called, "Rauf, Alan hurry up."
"Yeah, coming…" Alan replied gulping."Seriously?! Why did you left me alone to face this one horrorsome scenario?!" he shrieked in his mind.
Momentarily silence between the two siblings, Alan glanced aside in different directions fidgeting. Because, beside him he could sense a 950 degree Celsius furnace flaring and glaring back at him, annoyed.
"It feels as if he's going to eat me!!" Alan thought.
"My phone…" Rauf asked. His voice sending chills, Alan slammed his phone back on his palm without further questioning.
Rauf observing for a while exhaled. "I am heading back. Call me if you need anything." he turned around leaving.
"Huh? But you had to tag along. Didn't old man Mir ask you to watch over them? And our lodgings location we don't have it as well." Alan asked.
Rauf halted amid his steps, glancing behind. "I don't have time to babysit or spoil anyone. This was all yours and their plan, I didn't have a say it. Moreover, you are all aware of right and wrong, and are adults. Evan will watch over you all, as well the juniors. As for the location, I will sent it to Evan myself, so head back before sunset." he warned leaving.
Alan narrowed his gaze and shoved his hands in his pocket observing that Rauf's back, which appeared much stronger than it did two years ago, now seemed to bear a weight even more burdensome than before.
He recalled…
"They will hesitate to play alongside you." Mir stated.
"Huh? Why?" the highschoolers inquired.
"The way you treated them. Is that reason not enough?" Nidou spun over his office chair round and round, gurgling his sports drink.
"Augh~!" Orion and Aigou slammed their heads on the table.
"Then, what should we do?" Nagi asked.
"Listen up, you have two days' time. So try to get along with them. Especially those who are going to play in the next match." Nidou advised.
Alan blinked curious.
"But… we don't even know who's participating in the next match amongst us." Kazuna yawned.
"You'll find it out tomorrow. But if you want to stand a chance against Peshawar you'll have to do it." Nidou uttered.
"Sigh~ this is the worst thing that could happen to us." Senri moaned, "I just want to sleep. Can't we think about it tomorrow?"
"You can…" Mir exhaled, "Honestly speaking, if you would have met them like normal humans, none of this would have happened in the first place."
Rauf engrossed in making the team order, listed names left and right away from the entire hassle.
"Then, leave it to me. I'll think about it and inform you guys tomorrow. How's that?" Haruf beamed.
"A life savior…" A tear of gratitude left Noah's eye.
"The most important thing to take note of is, how selected highschoolers will command the middleschoolers on the pitch because we are more aware of their abilities than the other way around. For that we have to make sure they listen to us." Evan informed.
"Yeah, yeah, we'll give them a lollipop and ask them to follow us…" Aaron uttered drowsily.
"Hmph, as if they are so easy." Alan grinned, "I am saying this by experience."
"Come on, you are all looking like corpses now. Go back." Pedro dismissed.
The highschoolers half-awake and half asleep leaving the meeting room headed back to the dorms.