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Alexis Ness, the forlorn magician.
Ryusei Shidou, the demonic dragon.
If this was a fantasy story, Ness would belong to the Heroes’ party that was tasked with defeating the great and fearsome dragon, Shidou. But this wasn’t some fantastical realm of magic and dragons. This was Japan. At the Blue Lock facility. Right now, the solo mage had been left behind by the hero and his party. While wallowing in his misfortune - he ran across a fiendish dragon. In layman’s terms, Ness had run into Shidou in the halls after his match against PXG..
Ness intended to ignore the other, he was far too preoccupied with his now tattered relationship with Kaiser. But, things do not always go as planned. Shidou’s hand slammed against the wall right in front of Ness.
“What do you want?”
The magenta-haired male shot Shidou a scathing look. Who could blame him? Not only had PXG won but Ness’ efforts had all been in vain during the match. He failed to stop Isagi when needed, Kaiser abandoned him, and even when Ness and Isagi cast aside their differences and teamed up for a powerful play - it was still shot down by the PXG forces. At the end of their match, Isagi looked just as crestfallen as Ness but the two did not exchange words about the match. Instead, Ness was wandering the halls of the facility and who knows where Isagi went to grieve. But, back to the present.
“Do you like explosions?”
“Hah?”
An incredulous look crossed Ness’ face as he stared at Shidou. What kind of ridiculous question was that!?
“I feel like you can make me explode.”
“Find someone else to get your rocks off. Isn’t that imp on your team?”
Shidou’s hand remained where it was. Though, Ness tried to push past Shidou, the difference in strength was apparent.
“I want to create explosions on the field. I want to make them happen with you.”
Unbeknownst to Ness at that time, Shidou had fallen in love for a second time. This time playing against a talented midfielder such as Ness. To Shidou, there was something magical about Ness that caused explosions to pop off as he passed and maneuvered the ball. Shidou wanted those explosions for himself.
“There’s a spark around you when you play. The spark that can cause a big explosion. Like a magical spell that you cast over me~ like Cinderella.”
As Shidou continued to speak, Ness went from baffled to intrigued. Even now, his love for magic was strong. He believed that through the magic of football, he could make smiles dot the crowd. For Shidou, football was a form of life. They both revered football as something more than a sport. Alexis cleared his throat and placed his hand across his chest. He knew who Shidou was. He had studied the members of PXG before their match - he had also seen the match between Blue Lock and the Japan U-20 team. Shidou Ryusei… what an enigma.
Cocking his thumb behind him, Shidou smirked at Ness.
“Let’s go play.”
“After a match? You must have some screws loose.”
“C’mon!”
Throwing his arm around Ness, Shidou tried to drag him towards the practice room. But, Ness, shoved him and stated:
“I’m not serving another king anymore. I will tame you, dragon boy,”