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Chapter 5 - AWAKENING EXPLAINED

(WE SEE JIROU AND YOR STANDING IN THE FIELD)

JIROU: COME AT ME

YOR: IF YOU SAY SO (SHE STARTS RUNNING UP TO JIROU WITH THE BALL)

YOR: (THINKS) THIS GUY IS TOO COMMON TO PREDICT ME; I DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING SPECIAL (SHE TRIES A BASIC ROUTINE BUT JIROU STEALS THE BALL FROM HER WITH EASE)

YOR: WHAT THE HECK?

JIROU: HUH? ARE YOU UNDERESTIMATING ME YOU NPC?

YOR: (THINKS) WHAT THE? THAT TECHNIQUE, BUT HE'S STILL IN MY REACH I CAN STEAL THE BALL BACK (SHE STRECHES OUT HER LEG TO TRY AND GET THE BALL BACK BUT HE EASILY WEAVES THROUGH HER AND SHE STARTS WOBBLING OF BALANCE BUT MANAGES TO STAY ON HER FEET)

YOR: WHAT THE?

JIROU: NOW ITS MY TURN TO DANCE

YOR: WHY YOU (SHE RUSHES TOWARDS HIM BUT HE EASIY SHAKES HER OF)

JIROU: HUH? ARE YOU STILL UNDERESTIMATING ME? IM GOING TO MAKE YOU DANCE TO MY TUNE

YOR: YOU JUST GOT LUCKY! (SHE CHARGES TOWARDS HIM BUT HES GETS PAST HER BUT HE STOPS RIGHT BESIDE HER AND SAYS SOMETHING TO HER)

JIROU: DON'T YOU REALIZE YOURE NOTHING BUT A BACKGROUND DANCER, SO KNOW YOUR PLACE YOU

YOR: WHAT DID YOU SAY?! (SHE TRIES TO HIT HIM BUT HE DODGES HER EFFORTLESSLY AND SHE LOSES HER BALANCE AND FALLS DOWN)

JIROU: DIDN'T I TELL YOU YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A NP…. (JIROU'S EYES SLOWLY START RETURNING TO NORMAL AND SO DOES HIS FACIAL EXPRESSION)

JIROU: HUH? WHAT HAPPENED (THEN HE NOTICES YOR ON THE FLOOR AND RUNS UP TOWARDS HER)

JIROU: YOR ARE YOU ALRIGHT (HE STRETCHES OUT HIS HAND TOWARDS HER BUT SHE SLAPS IT AWAY AND HE NOTICES SOME TEARS IN HER EYES BUT SHE TRIES TO HIDE IT)

YOR: IT'S OBVIOUS YOU WERE JUST TOYING WITH ME (SHE GETS UP AND STARTS RUNNING AWAY AND AT THIS MOMENT BAROU AND TETSU APPEAR AND THEY SEE YOR RUNNING AWAY)

BAROU: HEY WHAT'S UP WITH HER?

TETSU: DID YOU REJECT OR SOMETHING?

JIROU: NO ITS NOTHING LIKE THAT, SHE SAID I WAS TOYING WITH HER BUT I DON'T REMEMBER DOING ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN FACT I THINK I BLACKED OUT FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES

BAROU: WAIT HOW DID YOUR BLACK OUT

JIROU: WELL AFTER MR JIGOKU PUT YOR IN OF TRAINING ME, SHE BASICALLY DRIBBLED MR TO DEATH AND THAT'S WHEN I FELL TO THE FLOOR AND PROBABLY LOST CONSCIOUSNESS, BUT WHEN I WOKE UP I WAS STANDING WITH THE BALL AND YOR WAS ON THE FLOOR

TETSU: DUDE THAT'S FREAKY

BAROU: WAIT A MINUTE I THINK I'VE HEARD OF THAT BEFORE WHEN I WAS READING A BOOK IN SCHOOL LIBRARY

JIROU: REALLY?

TETSU: WHAT DID IT SAY

BAROU: IT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT SOME STRIKE FORCE PLAYERS HAVING A SECOND CONSCIOUSNESS THAT MAKES THEM FOR EFFECTIVE IN THE SPORT BUT I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND IT

MR JIGOKU: I BELIEVE I CAN SHED MORE LIGHT ON THAT

J/B/T: HUH? (THEY TURN AROUND AND SEE MR JIGOKU WALKING TOWARDS THEM)

JIROU: MR JIGOKU WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? I THOUGHT YOU WERE TRAINING KEMONO?

MR JIGOKU: DON'T WORRY IM HAVING HIM RUN 50 LAPS AROUND THE SCHOOL GROUNDS

JIROU: FIFTY?!

BAROU: ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL HIM?!

MR JIGOKU: RELAX HE'LL BE FINE. SO DO YOU WANT TO HEAR WHAT I HAVE TO SAY OR NOT?

JIROU: WELL I GUESS SO

MR JIGOKU: OK HERE WE GO (THE SCREEN BLACKS OUT AND WE HERE JIGOKU'S VOICE)

MR JIGOKU: THERE ARE TWO KINDS TO FOOTBALLERS (TWO PICTURES OF FOOTBALLERS APPEAR ONE IS SWEATING PROFUSELY CONTROLLING THE BALL WITH A TIRED LOOK ON HIS FACE WHILE ANOTHER ONE IS CONTROLLING THE BALL EFFORTLESSLY)

MR JIGOKU: THE KIND THAT WORK HARD TO BECOME PROS AND THE TYPE THAT SEEM THAT THEY ARE BORN WITH THE GIFT (PAUSES FOR A WHILE) WELL THAT'S BECAUSE THEY ARE (THE TWO PHOTOS DISAPPEAR AND WE SEE FIVE BLACK STRIKE FORCE PLAYERS SILHOUETTES WITH THEIR EYES GLOWING DIFFERENT COLOURS

MR JIGOKU: THEY ARE CALLED RARE-BREED, THEY ARE BORN WITH A SECOND CONSCIOUSNESS CALLED AWAKENING BUILT SPECIALLY FOR FOOTBALL AND IT NORMALLY MANIFESTS WHEN ONE IS EXPERIENCING STRONG EMOTIONS SO JIROU IT WAS EITHER YOU FELT EMBARRASSED THAT YOR WASTED YOU OR YOU HAVE A CRUSH ON HER

JIROU: (BLUSHES) I THINK IT'S THE FIRST REASON

MR JIGOKU: I REALLY DON'T CARE WHY YOU AWAKENED AND VIOLATED MY ASSISTANT BUT JUST MAKE THINGS RIGHT WITH YOR WITHOUT HER MY PLANNING WOULD BE MESSED UP (HE STARTS WALKING AWAY)

MR JIGOKU: I'VE GOT TO GO CHECK ON UGOKU REMEMBER MAKE THINGS UP WITH YOR (HE LEAVES)

JIROU: BUT HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO DO THAT

ASHIOTO: IT'S SIMPLE YOU DO NOTHING

JIROU: HUH (JIROU TURNS AND SEES ASHIOTO USING HIS PHONE)

JIROU: ASHIOTO HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE?

ASHIOTO: LONG ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING (HE PUTS AWAY HIS PHONE AND STARTS WALKING TOWARDS THEM)

ASHIOTO: LISTEN JUST FORGET ABOUT HER BECAUSE SHE'S NOT THE ONE WHO PLAYING AGAINST CLOVER ACADEMY IT'S US AND WE SHOULDN'T BE WASTING OUR TIME TRYING TO APOLOGISE TO A GIRL WHO DOESN'T EVEN LIKE US WE SHOULD BE TRAINING

JIROU: BUT MR JIGOKU SAID I SHOULD MAKE UP WITH HER

ASHIOTO: LOOK IF YOU WANT TO MAKE UP WITH HER DO IT AFTER THE MATCH

(AFTER A SILENCE BAROU SPEAKS UP)

BAROU: HE'S RIGHT

JIROU: HUH?

BAROU: WE CAN'T WORRY ABOUT SOME GIRL, THE MATCH THAT DECIDES OUR FATE IS TOMORROW WE CAN'T GET SIDE-TRACKED

JIROU: I GUESS YOUR RIGHT

BAROU: THANKS FOR UNDERSTANDING NOW LET'S GET SOME SLEEP WE'VE GOT A BIG DAY AHEAD OF US

JIROU: ALRIGHT

TETSU: SEE YOU GUYS TOMORROW

(THEY ALL PART WAYS AND GO TO THEIR HOUSES BUT ON THE WAY BACK BAROU SUDDENLY STOPS IN HIS TRACKS)

BAROU: SHOOT I FORGOT MY BAG IN THE LOCKER ROOM HE RUNS BACK TO THE LOCKER ROOM AND GETS HIS BAG AND WHEN HE'S ALMOST AT THE DOOR HE HEARS MR JIGOKU AND YOR AT THE HALLWAY

YOR: I DID WHAT YOU WANTED ME TO SIR

MR JIGOKU: GOOD, NOW THAT JIROU HAS AWAKENED THAT GIVES THIS TEAM THE OFFENSIVE EDGE THEY NEED FOR THE NEXT MATCH

YOR: BUT SIR ISN'T IT WRONG TO MANIPULATE THIS GUYS, I MEAN THEIR IDIOTS BUT THEY ARE STILL PEOPLE

MR JIGOKU: IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW I LEAD THIS TEAM AS LONG AS I GET THE RESULTS I NEED, AND BESIDES I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THEM UNLESS…

YOR: (INTERRUPTS HIM WHILE BLUSHING) N-NO I DON'T CARE

MR JIGOKU: GOOD (HE STARTS WALKING AWAY) LOCK WHEN YOU'RE DONE

YOR: YES, SIR (HE LEAVES AND WHEN SHE IS ABOUT TO OPEN THE DOOR BAROU SCRAMBLES TOWARDS THE WINDOW AND JUMPS OUT, WHEN YOR COMES IN SHE LOOKS AROUND)

YOR: HUH THAT'S WEIRD I THOUGHT I HEARD SOMETHING? (SHE TURNS OFF THE LIGHT AND LEAVES THE ROOM THEN WE SEE BAROU WALKING AWAY WITH A COLD LOOK ON HIS FACE)

BAROU: MR JIGOKU, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO DO WITH THIS TEAM, BUT IF THIS IS GOING TO HELP OUR TEAM UNLOCKED UNTAPPED POTENTIAL I DON'T CARE, I CAN'T AFFORD TO FAIL AGAIN