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Chapter 6 - A MINOR SETBACK

(WE SEE BAROU IN HIS BEDROOM SLEEPING THEN HIS ALARM STARTS RINGING HE IMMEDIATELY PUTS IT OFF JUMPS OUT OF BED HAS HIS SHOWER BRUSHES HIS TEETH RUNS DOWNSTAIRS AND GRABS A SLICE OF TOAST FROM THE TABLE)

BAROU: MUM I'M LEAVING!

BAROU'S MUM: DON'T FORGET TO FEED THE DOG BEFORE LEAVING!

BAROU: SURE! (HE RUNS OUT OF THE HOUSE TO THE DOG HOUSE POURS OUT DOG FOOD AND CALLS THE DOG OUT)

BAROU: COME HERE BUSTER (A SMALL DOG SLOWLY COMES OUT THEN WHEN HE SEES THE FOOD STARTS EATING IT WHILE BAROU PATS HIM, WHEN THE DOG FINISHES ITS FOOD BAROU GETS ON HIS BIKE AND STARTS ZOOMS OF AT FULL SPEED TO MARINE ACADEMY WHERE THE OTHERS ARE WAITING AT THE GATE)

BAROU: HEY GUYS (HE LOOKS AROUND) WHERE'S MR JIGOKU AND YOR

TETSU: I DON'T KNOW (AFTER WAITING FOR A FEW HOURS THE GATES FINALLY OPEN AND WE SEE YOR JUST STANDING THERE)

YOR: MR JIGOKU WILL SEE YOU GUYS NOW

ASHIOTO: AREN'T WE SUPPOSED TO BE ON OUR WAY TO CLOVER ACADEMY BY NOW (YOR DOESN'T RESPOND TO HIM TURNS AROUND AND STARTS WALKING AWAY)

ASHIOTO: WHAT'S HER DEAL

TETSU: I DON'T KNOW BUT I THINK WE SHOULD FOLLOW HER

(THEY ALL FOLLOW HER INTO THE CAMPUS GROUND AND STRAIGHT TO THE LOCKER ROOM WHERE MR JIGOKU IS WAITING FOR THEM)

JIROU: MR JIGOKU WHAT'S GOING ON AREN'T WE SUPPOSED TO BE IN CLOVER ACADEMY BY NOW

MR JIGOKU: WELL THERE'S BEEN A SLIGHT HICCUP

TETSU: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

MR JIGOKU: WELL FOR SOME REASON STRIKE FORCE DECIDED TO CHANGE THE VENUE OF THE FINAL QUALIFICATION MATCH TO HERE SO BOTH CLOVER ACADEMY AND THE SUPPORTERS ARE ON THEIR WAY HERE

TETSU: OH BUMMER

ASHIOTO: SO HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE THEM TO GET HERE

MR JIGOKU: ABOUT TWO HOURS

JIROU: WE HAVE TO WAIT TWO WHOLE HOURS DOING NOTHING

TETSU: I DON'T HAVE THE ATTENTION SPAN

(AT THIS MOMENT MR JIGOKU NOTICES BAROU WHO HAS BEEN QUIET THIS WHOLE TIME)

MR JIGOKU: BAROU YOU'VE BEEN SILENT THIS WHOLE TIME, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE SITUATION

(BAROU IS ABOUT TO SPEAK WHEN A THOUGHT SUDDENLY COMES TO HIM)

BAROU: (IN HIS MIND) YEAH LIKE STRIKE FORCE WOULD SUDDENLY CHANGE THE VENUE WITHOUT SOME INFLUENCE THIS PROBABLY JUST ANOTHER ONE OF HIS MANIPULATIVE SCHEMES AND I WON'T GIVE HIM THE SATISFACTION OF A CLEAR FEEDBACK SO HE CAN'T CONTINUE HIS PLAN (AFTER THIS THOUGHT BAROU GIVES HIS ANSWER)

BAROU: HONESTLY I DON'T CARE WHERE WE PLAY THE MATCH AS LONG AS WE WIN AND IF THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO GET HERE THEN I WOULD USE THIS PRECIOUS TIME TO TRAIN (HE GETS UP AND LEAVES THE ROOM)

ASHIOTO: HE'S RIGHT WHILE THOSE GUYS ARE IN THE BUS ON THE WAY HERE WE CAN BE POLISHING OUR SKILLS AND WHEN THEY ARRIVE WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO WARM UP WE WOULD JUST RECOVER OUR ENERGY, COME ON BOYS LET'S GO (HE GETS UP TO LEAVE AND TETSU AND JIROU FOLLOW HIM, when they leave yor turns to mr jigoku)

YOR: DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS?

MR JIGOKU: I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU EVERYTHING (HE GETS UP AND LEAVES THE ROOM THEN WE SEE BAROU ON THE FIELD PRACTICING SHOTS AND EACH OF THE SHOTS LOOK MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN THE LAST THEN ASHIOTO AND THE OTHERS JOIN HIM

ASHIOTO: HEY BRO WHAT'S WRONG?

BAROU: HUH WHY WOULD YOU THINK SOMETHING IS WRONG (HE SHOOTS A BALL)

ASHIOTO: WELL YOU'VE BEEN ACTING KIND OF STRANGE

BAROU: NO EVERYTHING IS COMPLETELY FINE. HEY TETSU

TETSU: HUH?

BAROU: CAN YOU KEEP FOR ME

TETSU: ALRIGHT (HE GOES TO THE GOALPOST)

ASHIOTO: ARE YOU SURE?

BAROU: I SAID I'M FINE! (HE SHOOTS THE BALL AND TETSU CATCHES IT BUT THE FORCE OF THE BALL SENDS HIM BACKWARDS)

TETSU: DAMN!

BAROU: SORRY ARE YOU HURT?

TETSU: WELL MY WRISTS ARE A LITTLE STIFF BUT I'M OKAY

MR JIGOKU: YOU SHOULD SAVE THOSE SHOTS FOR THE MATCH

BAROU: HUH? (HE TURNS AROUND AND SEES MR JIGOKU LOOKING AT THEM WITH A SMIRK THEN HE STARTS WALKING TOWARDS THEM)

MR JIGOKU: I SEE YOU'VE BEEN POLISHING YOUR SKILLS SO HOW ABOUT WE PUT THEM TO THE TEST

BAROU: WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT

MR JIGOKU: HOW ABOUT A LITTLE PRACTICE MATCH TEAM A V.S TEAM B

TETSU: BUT IM THE ONLY KEEPER HERE

MR JIGOKU: WE'LL JUST USE A BOT WITH YOUR DATA CHIP

ASHIOTO: THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA

JIROU: AND IT WILL BE FUN TO

BAROU: I'M NOT SO SURE

MR JIGOKU: YOU WANT TO BECOME A CHAMPION DON'T YOU (HE WALKS UP TO BAROU AND WHISPERS SOMETHING INTO HIS EARS)

MR JIGOKU: AFTER ALL YOU ONLY HAVE ONE MORE CHANCE (BAROU'S EYES WIDEN IN SHOCK)

BAROU: HOW DOES HE KNOW?

(HE BACKS AWAY FROM BAROU

MR JIGOKU: I THINK THIS IS THE PERFECT CHANCE TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER STRENTGHS AND OF COURSE DISCOVER YOUR WEAKNESSES)

BAROU: (SIGHS) FINE I'LL DO IT

MR JIGOKU: ALRIGHT JUST GIVE ME A WHILE TO FORM THE TEAMS AND TEAM A V.S TEAM B WILL BEGIN!