Another 200: Inter high school festival

SANAE AND MANABU EVENTUALLY CAME BACK TO JAPAN... A TRIP THAT WE WILL ALSO BE DOING, NOT TO FOLLOW THEM... BUT BECAUSE SUMMER WAS HERE...


AND WITH IT, THE INTER HIGH SCHOOL FESTIVAL! THE TOURNAMENT BEGAN IN THE END OF JULY, SHUTETSU, LED BY NITTA, KUNIMI, LED BY SANO, AND TOHO, LED BY SAWADA, QUICKLY ADVANCED THROUGHOUT THE TOURNAMENT...


THE FIRST CLASH BETWEEN FAVORITES HAPPENED IN THE SEMIFINALS... WHILE TOHO ADVANCED WITHOUT TROUBLES TO THE FINALS, KUNIMI THEN CLASHED AGAINST SHUTETSU!


Long... Falcon shot!

AHH, ALL OF A SUDDEN, STILL FAR AWAY FROM THE GOAL AND FROM HIS FAVORED SHOOTING DISTANCE, NITTA IS SHOOTING UNEXPECTEDLY!!


AND... IT'S IN! NOT EXPECTING THIS MOVE AT ALL, KUNIMI'S FIELD PLAYERS AND GOAL KEEPER DIDN'T EVEN MOVE!

...! Wh...!! What!? A goal already!?

I knew you were slow starters from your previous matches! My match began even before the whistle!
...! Well, this is just the beginning!

Eheh... Ever since Urabe and the third years left the team, my teammates have worked extra hard to
compensate the gap they left in the defense! Just like me they've thoroughly studied Kunimi... It won't be that easy to score back!

AH, BUT WHAT'S THIS? AS SOON AS THE MATCH IS RESUMING, SANO IS RUSHING TOWARDS SHUTETSU'S GOAL WITHOUT THE BALL, WHILE THE REST OF KUNIMI IS JUST KEEPING THE BALL ON THEIR PART OF THE FIELD!

Well I hope you aren't relying on the data from our previous matches to stop me!

THEN KUNIMI IS SENDING A LONG, HIGH FLOATING BALL TOWARDS SHUTETSU'S GOAL... BUT CAN THE SMALL FORWARD SANO GET IT, AGAINST SHUTETSU'S TALL DEFENDERS? WHAT ARE THEY THINKING!?

What? He shouldn't be able to perform the skylab on his own without Jito...

AHHH! SANO IS USING SHUTETSU'S GOAL POST... TO JUMP HIGHER!

Ah! Th... That's...!!

... THEN HE'S HITTING THE BALL WITH A VERY HIGH... CIRCULAR JUMPING VOLLEY!

Don't think that I can't do anything without Jito!

... AND IT'S IN! SHUTETSU'S DEFENSE FROZE UPON SEEING THAT MOVE! IT'S TRUE THAT HE MADE A SIMILAR JUMP FOR AN OVERHEAD IN THE WINTER'S NATIONALS, BUT BECAUSE HE NEVER USED IT EVER SINCE, IT WAS A SURPRISE TO EVERYONE!

As for me, the match began even before this tournament! Ahah!

D... Damn, they tied in a flash... But we're just back to square one, don't think you've won this just yet!

IT'S SHUTETSU'S TURN TO RESUME THE MATCH... AHHH, AND NITTA IS RUSHING TOWARDS KUNIMI'S GOAL JUST LIKE SANO EARLIER, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT HE HAS THE BALL! HE'S SURPRISING KUNIMI AGAIN WITH A VERY FAST DRIBBLE!

Damn, they aren't used to his sharp moves yet!

DRIBBLING TO AN OPEN SPACE, NITTA CAN PUT ALL THE POWER OF HIS RUN IN HIS SHOT, AT HIS FAVORED DISTANCE! THIS IS...

Running falcon shot!!

... IN!! OF COURSE, FREE IN HIS FAVORED SHOOTING DISTANCE, WITH ALL THE POWER OF HIS RUN IN HIS LEG SWING, IT WAS ALREADY TOO LATE FOR KUNIMI! ALREADY 3 GOALS IN THIS MATCH, AND 2-1 FOR SHUTETSU!


AND KUNIMI ISN'T SLOWING DOWN THE PACE! SANO IS IMMEDIATELY RUSHING FORWARD...


... THIS IS, OF COURSE, THE SAME PATTERN AS BEFORE! KUNIMI OBVIOUSLY KNOWS THAT SHUTETSU CAN'T DO ANYTHING AGAINST THE SUPERIOR HEIGHT OF SANO'S SPECIAL TECHNIQUE!


... THIS TIME IT'S A HEADER! SHUTETSU'S DEFENDERS AND KEEPER AREN'T EVEN BOTHERING TO JUMP, STAYING ON THE GROUND TO TRY AND STOP THE SHOOTING COURSE...


... BUT NO GOOD! THIS IS STILL A POINT BLANK RANGE SHOT, SO IT'S VERY HARD TO REACT AGAINST IT!


4 GOALS ALREADY! 2-2! AS EXPECTED FROM A MATCH BETWEEN TWO TEAMS WITH A FORWARD AS THEIR ACE, THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A GOAL SCORING CONTEST!