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Dark.
That was what he ever remembered.
Pitch black, threatening to absorb even the child's light.
A small orb of light accompanied him. Or pearl. He never knew.
Endless.
It goes in loops. You go right, you go left, you go up, down, there'll be nothing.
Like a black hole that is never ending, fitting the child's mind.
Empty.
Only a small pearl of light.
It was always dark, he was starting to forget his life before this.
Then-
Colours.
Bright. Strong. The colours swirling around each other, eyes, big and small, staring at him. And a blue figure towering over him.
"...?"
The figure gave a chuckle, why?
"Boy, did you know what the darkness you were in?" His voice hadn't lost that... charm? Spark? He doesn't know. Maybe he forgot the right words.
It took a second for him to respond, like he forgot what it meant to use his voice again. "I-it was... dark essence? I think it was related to blessings..." He sat up properly, staring.
Dark oceanic blue stared back, then it disappeared into neon green. Holding something else in those eyes. Cruelty? Or maybe evil?
His eyes were now teal, a mix of said colours. Almost identical to his own.
He forgot he had teal eyes.
He gave a slow smile, "tell me boy, do you want to leave such tragedy behind and learn to control such essence?" He extended both his hands.
Leaving?
He'll be able to leave?
To some, they look sinister. To him, he saw a saviour.
Not an angel,
A saviour.
"Yes, I do. Anything."
"Good. I'll give you a new life." He looked endeared and sly at the same time.
"Tell me boy, what's your name?" He let the child take his hand, standing up, his posture slightly crooked.
"I... I don't remember. It started with an R... and ended with an N?.." he looked down, trying to put the pieces right. But couldn't so he gave up.
The person didn't look bothered by it, used to it by now. "Maybe Rin? Or Ron?"
Rin? Ron? They seem familiar. He doesn't know but... "I like them both. Can't I go by both?..." he asked sheepishly.
The person grinned, then extended his hand again but for a handshake this time. "I'm glad to have you, dove. My name is Takahami Shihou." His grin became into something warmer, he doesn't know what.
Dove? "Uh- nice to meet you too, Takahami." He locked his hand to theirs, accepting the handshake.
That day, Itoshi Rin was fully erased.
That day, Rin was reborn.
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Ring ring ring ring ring!- click.
He groaned, closing his absolutely annoying alarm. Seriously, why did he put it?
He checked the time from his phone, 4:49 A.M. written. And... Monday?!?! He slept through the whole Sunday?? Holy fuck he's kind of screwed.
Hmm... he had a pleasant dream though, he admits. When he first met them.
Okay, no time dwelling right now. He got up and did the bathroom shit (you don't need to know what he does in there) and wore a button up shirt with a cardigan over it, along with some sweatpants.
He decided that he should walk abit, eat, talk to his fellas, warm up cuz he has to go to fucking play soccer again. Then go to school. (Sleeping more sounds realll good though...)
He got out of the dormitories and walked around the campus, place's pretty big after all.
He knows they're awake, so he doesn't hesitate to press the group chat.
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Mustard gas 🥀
Rin: yea so I just slept through the whole Sunday
Rin: hello my fellas and mates and lads
Ikigai: good morning to you too???
Shun: he texted knowing ALL of us would be awake btw ✌️
Gyu: lmfao don't you have SCHOOL today 😹😹😹😛😛😛
Rin: omfg gyu DIEDIEDIE I HOPE YOU DIE
Ray: dawg u got soccer practice 2day 😭😭
Rin: STOPP I KNOWUGHHH I DONT WANNA SEE THEM OEOEEO
Nel: crying abt his OWN choice bro.
Rin: let a man live
Shun: no we should all kill him BURN THE BITCH
Rin: HOE COME AT ME
Ray: lmfao
Ikigai: I think ya chose pxg???
Rin: ja
Ray: kaiser wannabe ahh 💔💔
Rin: YOURE LITERALLY HALF GERMAN BITCH.
Ray: IM RIGHTFULL TO MY ETHNICITY AND RACE.
Gyu: girl u didn't even grow in either of the places your blood belongs to 😭😭😭
Ray: HEY SHH
Ray: rin is lowkirkenuinly in the same boat as me cuz his fake birthgivrr kenjaku ahh cheated on some Russian guy
Nel: fake birthgiver kenjaku ahh 😭😭 Ray ily NEVER change
Ikigai: I'm prolly the only 1 who actually was born in my ethnicity
Shun: OKAY JAPANESE BOY 🔥🔥🔥 ACTIJ LIKE YO COUNTRY DIDNT DO WAR CRIMES
Ikigai: IK FULL WELL WHAT JAPAN DID N I AINT JUSTIFYIN THAY
Ikigai: THAT**
Rin: support a king thay knows his shit
Nel: I support my Emperor dad. He's THAY dude (after kubscouts I can't do him wrong like that)
Ray: I agree w nel we all love thay 1 Intersex genderfluid guy that raised us
Gyu: we should js move to thayland at this point
Ikigai: omfgofmgkg I SWEAR I HOPE YOU ALL DIE IN A DITCH
Rin: not me ahaha 🥹🥹🥹
Ray: bro thinks he's excluded
Shun: "not me" I think he means YOU specifically
Rin: SHHH...
Rin: btw I'm walkin round the campus
Rin: not as big as Nevermore academy but ya it's pretty okay
Ray: imagine he gets shot somewhere in the corner and no one ever finds his body and he js stays there to haunt the academy plus his room forever waitin for sm1 to reveal the truth
Nel: then one day aome1 is able to see him n want 2 help him but theyon know where the body is cuz he can't give out full sent3nces bc he's a bitch so they gotta play detective
Shun: the ao3 authors r putting a curse on Ron
Gyu: goodbye rin we'll miss u 😔😔😔💔💔💔 I'm gonna use u as an excuse to not to any work n get day offs
Ikigai: you're basically waiting for him to die 😭😭😭
Rin: I guess bro 💔 it's always the ao3 authors
Rin: lmfao what if your ao3 curses r that u were also stuck in a universal loop and they put the curse before ya knew ao3 cuz they knew you'd be a powerful 1 in the community so they went to the past and gave it to you early on
Shun: siblings they say
Ray: I guess bro 💔
Nel: do I at least get a baddie 🙏🙏
Rin: no that's your curse
Nel: NOOOO UEUEEI😭😭😭😭💦💦💦💦😭😭😭😭💧💧💧💧💧😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💦💦💦💦💦💦💧💧💧💧💧😭😭😭😭😭😭
Ikigai: her worst nightmare I'm crying 😭😭
Rin: ima go cuz I forgot 2 eat baiii
Ray: BITCH GO EAT??? BAI
Ikigai: ima grt more sleep bai
Gyu: it ain't early here much but baii
Nel: BAIII THE AO3 CURSE WILL HET U
Shun: don't die bai
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Inside the dormitories' kitchen, he looked for some ingredients to make something. Most of them had sticky notes exclaiming not to eat it.
He decided to make fried rice cuz he's too fuckin' lazy.
He got eggs, rice, tomatos, this, that, yada yada, and yeah.
He started to cut them up and start frying up the rice, cracked a few eggs yada yada, man he just wants to eat.
After abit he was done. He sat down in a corner in the cafeteria, no one present yet. He did his food etiquette and started eating.
He takes his time eating (and drinking) since he knows no one will bother him yet or come here. After he ate, he washed the dishes and went back to wear some sports appropriate clothes only to find out ikigai got some new ones for him. He isn't here to pass out new things so he wore them.
He stared at the mirror, studying himself cuz he's a potential (correction: he's already certified as one) asylum patient.
He noticed that there was a small embroidery of an owl on the collar. Holy shyts that's so cute.
Anyway, he left his room to go look for the field, which he has no idea where it is.
He may or may not snuck into the staff's only place... ain't his fault. It was open! They basically asked for it. Wait, that doesn't sound right...
After some time roaming and getting lost, he finally found it.
He didnt really bring anything with him other than a water bottle. He put it ontop of the benches, grabbed a ball, and headed to the field.
He put it in the center and shot.
Got it back, put it in position, shot again.
This went on a loop.
He did straight goals, curves, non-rational shots, bicycle kick, dribbling, running a few laps in-between, and imagined some specific people playing, and how he'd beat them.
After taking a break drinking water, he decided that fucking sucks. Look, he may have quit but he still practiced here and there! So how could he still be this bad??? Yea no wonder Sae left.
In the back of his head, he hears a voice that eerily sounds like his dad's voice, saying he shouldn't use humour as a coping mechanism.
He sighs. His dad quite literally knew everything. He practiced a bit more, then went back to his room to shower (finally!) and doomscroll a bit.
A bit too engrossed in his phone, he hadn't realised it had already hit 7 A.M. so he got his uniform (which was oh-so nicely ironed by him before he went to sleep on Saturday) and got dressed up. He decided to wear a simple navy jacket, put a few clips on his hair ao it doesn't obscure his vision and a pin on his tie cuz he can't stand how ugly it is.
Then, he set off for-
Ping!
He swears if that message is loki telling him to go to practice, Charles texting him or he got added to some P.X.G. group he'll kill everyone on that club then himself.
You got added into a group chat!
Loki: come to practice 2day rin.
They will see their doom.
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"So you're telling me that Shidou got mad at how Rin keeps stealing the ball so he provoked him, which made Rin made and you both started fighting, then Bachira came because he wanted to play soccer with him, then when he saw you guys he wanted to join in because he though you guys were just tickling and tackling each other?"
"Sounds bout' it." Shidou whistled.
"Couldn't you shorten the story?" Rin gave an annoyed look to the Barcha and P.X.G. coaches.
"Yup!! It was really fun!" Bachira gave two thumbs up.
Loki and lavinho could only stare in disappointment and some kind of shock. What's wrong with teenagers these days?
"Shidou, Rin, we have a scrimmage against Bastard Munich on Thurday and you both are already causing a scene." Julian facepalmed. Charles and Shidou was hard enough, now Rin?
Somewhere behind their back, Ikigai shot a thumbs up at them. Look, Haruhaki doesn't hate Loki but god why the fuck is he so demanding for shit during scrimmages.
His eyes itch a lot right now due to the lens, so he decided he wear his glasses again since the ones who'd most likely break them are out.
Back to the three troublemakers. "Should we assign them in some making-up stuff or ban them from soccer for a bit?" The older coach looked puzzled a bit, then softened. "Of course, Bachira has to get the lightest punishment since he thought they were having fun and playing!" He shot a grin at Meguru, who looked like he drank water after thousands of years.
Loki is already done. "I can't really bench them since they're already my top players, and Rin has good chemistry with Haruhaki too." He crossed his arms. Thinking of ways.
"Psst, Rinrin." Shidou whispered, scooching just a bit more near him and Bachira.
"If you call me that again I will personally crash you with a car so you can't ever kick a ball again." Rin stared at him dead in the eyes.
Shidou wasn't very bothered by it and ignored that. "Yall are pretty good at fightin', I admit." He smirked.
"Please, im better than you by so much that not even the dicks you see everyday stacked up would compare with how higher I am than you." He glared at him, piercing teal eyes seeing through the man. Then, "it was a good game though." He brushed it off.
Shidou stared at him wide-eyed and mouth open, "Awee, does Rinrin like me now?" Rin swears he looks more demonic than any Demon he's ever seen. What the actual fuck.
"Rin-chan! Am I good at fighting too??" Bachira pouted. He was Rin's first friend when he got here, he'll cry himself to sleep if he's not considered a friend anymore-!
That got Rin an idea. "Yea you were. Pretty manic I'd say. It's cool." His monotone voice with the thumbs up makes Charles surprised despite far away, then getting hit with a ball by Haruhaki. He'll actionate his plan later.
"We've decided." The three looked at the coaches. "Cleaning duty and kitchen duty for 2 weeks." What. God please save them.
Rin may have used to be the only cook in his friend group (since they burn anything they touch in the kitchen) but what the hell do you mean he's in charge of all that???
His jaw dropped. "Kitchen duty??? Are we supposed to cook for every student everyday?!?!?!!?" Oh my God, Ryuusei never thought they'd be this cruel.
Bachira doesn't look too bothered, pleased he won't get suspended from soccer.
"Hey wait a sec'! Calm down boys. Only for your respective teams. We aren't that evil." Lavinho reassured them that they aren't up to be slaves for two weeks.
Relief filled them. "Thank the devil because I'd poison everyone." Rin bitterly commented. Oddly enough, Shidou would absolutely comply to that plan. Bachira's only doing his punishment and hanging out with his friends.
The French man sighed. "Alright. Now go back to your rooms. And Rin don't threaten your teammates please." With that, they were excused. After Rin flipped off Loki that is.
He really wishes he could put a curse on Loki so bad. If only he wasn't restricted and a soldier for justice.
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Bluelockians ⚽️
Chigiri: LMFAO GYYS DID OYU HEAR BOUT IT
Otoya: oh I heard it from the one of the assaulters himself
Bachira: hey! I'm not an assaulter ( ；-｀д´-) I thought they were tickling each other
Isagi: BACHI U DIDNT REPLY TO MY MSGS
Isagi: ARE YOU HURT???
Bachira: OH SORRY YOCCHAN I DIDNT REALISE
Bachira: me rin n shidou r placed to cook for our team and some cleaning duty
！Σ(×_×;)!
Kakrasu: yeesh musta been horrible
Hiori: lol good luck yall
Shidou: first day n he already causing trouble
Shidou: HES ONE OF US PXGERS
Charles: YAYAYAYAYYYY RIN IS ONE OF US WELL BITE YOUR ARM OFF IF U DISAGREE
Bachira: then csn I be one of u guys then
( ・◇・)？
Rin: yea you are
Rin: also bachira
Bachira: ?
Haruhaki: oh my God
Haruhaki: you can never stop this man from impulsive things
Rin: because I was inspired by your fighting style I made a club for fighting so we can beat up bad ppl and be stronger 🥹
Bachira: GASPPPO
Bachira: NO WAY RINNIE YOU MADE A CLUB FOR ME??? AUAUAUA IM GONNA CRY ( T∀T)( T∀T)( T∀T)( T∀T)
Isagi: what bribery is this...
Chigiri: hold onto yo man sagi
Isagi: SHUT UPUPUPUPU
Kakrasu: we just warning ya
Reo: lmfao I js got online rin made a club?
Haruhaki: ye. We're looking for club members (shidou n bachira would fill it up cuz it's 4 minimum)
Shidou: the way u read my mind shows how GOOD of a teammate I am
Haruhaki: whatever you say...
Otoya: why is haruhaki lowk getting evil...
Sae: P.X.G. Affect.
Haruhaki: why do u even bother with the caps and shii 😭
Otoya: SEE I TOLD YOU
Reo: did you forget we go to bluelock or what
Bachira: Bluelock destroyed innocence, and taught cruelty to bloom.
Isagi: what
Isagi: idk what that means but you're right 💛
Bachira: YAYAYAYAAYAY THANKS YOI 💙💙💙💙
Barou: get these donkeys out of my face.
Isagi: don't you dare ducking call bachira donkey
Chigiri: I'm gonna stop ysll now 🫷🫸
Kunigami: would your club include stamina training and stuff? I feel like I haven't been improving lately
Rin: duh ain't no one fighting if all you got are bones
Ness: I'm joining
Kaiser: wha
Kaiser: are u sure??? Idk if ur fit for it
Ness: exactly. I NEED TO WORK OUT
Reo: I'm joining just for the sake of it too
Nagi: ;×?
Lorenzo: YOOO THAT SOUNDS DOPE EVEN IF I AINT JOININ
Lorenzo: GOOD LUCK MY GUY
Lorenzo: let's go to the swings after eating Mia cara
Kaiser: sure
Ness: THANKS LORE!!!! ILL JOIN U GUYS NEXT TIME
Bunny: do I get to beat up people? ;)
Rin: If you can win.
Sendou: bunny if u join I'll take away your roommate privileges
Shidou: NAHHH GETTING YOUR PRIVILEGE REVOKED IS CRAZYYY
Sae: please do.
Bunny: Damn it
Haruhaki: we put up posters js sign and we'll see if you r qualified or nah (minus bachira, he's already chosen)
Hiori: good luck yall with that shit
Hiori: I'm gonna play my games
Kiyora: good luck luck!
Kakrasu: ?? Bro who are you I ain't ever heard of you
Kiyora: freshman
Charles: HIII KIYO IS NIKONIKO W U
Kiyora: yea. He says hi btw
Charles: HI NIKKI IKKI !!!!
Isagi: guys have you seen bachira? I haven't seen him y4t
Rin: rip bachira meguru he was the first to fall 💔💔💔
Shidou: rip my boy 🥀🥀🥀💦💦😭😭
Charles: REST IN PEACE IK U LOOK UP AT US 💔💔💔🥀🥀🥀😭😭😭💧💧💧💧
Kaiser: lmfao
Isagi: ???? What the fuck do u DOD SOMRTING HAPKEN TO HMI
Yukimiya: what the hell did I just walk in on.
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