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They won. Isagi with the help of everyone else scored the last goal. That last piece of their puzzle. There was a deathly silence before the whole audience erupts into cheers. All our friends jump out from the benches to hug them and pile on top of each other. People in the crowd cry, laugh, clap and put their fists up in the air to celebrate our win. This was the result of working their asses off through Blue Lock, the U-20 match, the hellish training during the Neo-Egoist League. It had all come to this. The U-20 World cup. We changed it. We changed Japan soccer. I breathe in a big breath of the sweaty, cold air and slowly exhale while whispering under my breath
"Reo, we did it."
A faint voice speaks beside me" Yep, we sure did Nagi. Thanks for fulfilling our promise."
I flop to the ground with a sigh. "You're such a liar Reo. You know I didn't. You know that. Didn't we promise to become the World Cup Champions together? How can you say that when you're not here."
"Nagi, you seriously still don't think that I'm not here right now? I'll always be by your side you lazy genius." Reo responds with a scoff.
A small smile forms on my face. "If you're right beside me then... Reo, carry me. I'm tired"
Reo chuckles faintly. "Now now. That won't do. You promised me you'd start carrying yourself home."
As the other guys started running towards me Reo continues. "Well Nagi, everyone's here for you now. Its time for me to go. Tell them I said Hi!" I see him dissipate into blue sky, with a cheeky grin on his face. With a sigh, I reach my hand to the sky hoping to touch him as he goes away
"Aw Reo. Do you have to go so soon? Please? Can't you stay? Just a little bit longer."
Something wet is coming from my eyes and running down my cheeks. Losing strenth in my arm, my hand drops. By now all the guys were beside me. With a rush, everyone piled on top of me. We all end up in a puddle on the ground, the guys sobbing into my jersey and hugging each other. Finally I cry out my fist pumped in the air.
" REO! YOU SAW OUR GOALS RIGHT?" One by one all the guys join in, choking back tears and pumping their fists in the air while saying something to our chameleon in the sky.
On the way back home from the match, we stop by a spot really important to us. "Yo Reo, we've brought a present for you." I say to his picture. One by one, we each leave a flower that we think represents him best. By the end, there's a colorful mess of different flowers on the stone. Then most importantly of all, we show him the World Cup trophy and talk about our match. Before we know it, its gotten dark. Some of us part away but Chigiri, Isagi, Bachira, Kunigami and I head to a field and play soccer until we all pass out from exhaustion on the cold, damp grass. Just before I pass out I chat to Reo one last time.
"Hey Reo. I'm so happy. Nothing feels like a pain anymore. Its fun. Isn't that right Reo. Oh yeah, I guess I never thanked you. Hey Reo. Thanks. Thanks for bringing me to Blue Lock so I could meet all my friends and have fun. Thanks for showing me soccer too. Hmm, I guess I have a lot of stuff to thank you for. Aww I'm tired now. Hey Reo? Thanks for showing me this big big world of soccer. I never knew life could be so fun."
"No problemo Nagi. Thanks for coming along with my antics even up to my last breath. Hey Nagi. Thanks!"