Not all is everlasting

Third person pov.

Loud shouting from a group of children echo over a small field as the pair pass by an opening between two buildings.

The female glances towards the field seeing a ball bounce from one kid to the other. She stops and stares, all the children were wearing jerseys of, to her familiar, players.

"What's the matter?" The male asks taking a few steps back so he stands beside the girl.

"They're recreating the goals in our match, or atleast they're trying to." She mutters in response, one of her eyebrows raised in amusement.

"You can see that?" The male squints and raises a hand above his eyes to widen his sight. The (h/c) haired female grabs his arm and drags him through the alley, "No but hear it."

At the end of the alleyway are a few stairs leading down to the field where the kids are playing, all of them seem to be around 8 years old.

"Look. That boy has my jersey!" The black and green haired male points out with a grin.

"Aren't you adorable?" The female side eyes the captain beside her with an amused smile, who in response turns a little red.

He puts his hands onto his hips and turns his head away, "I'm just happy that kids see me as a good example."

Just as he finishes his words the ball from the kids slams against the bar and flies towards the two unknowing people.

"Watch out!" One of the children, a ginger haired boy, shouts as loud as he can catching the attention of the pair.

With practiced ease the taller of the two catches the ball with one of his hands, while the other arm pushed the female a bit behind himself.

The six children immediately run to the bottom of the stairs and bow quickly, "We're sorry!" They all shout in sync, their faces sweaty and red from running around.

"Don't worry nothing happened, stand straight." Aiku exclaims with a sweatdrop sliding down his temple. 'Man, they're well raised...'

After all of them once again stood normally they realize who stands before them.

One of the kids, a little girl with peach colored hair tied into a loose ponytail, points at the man with wide eyes, "Y-you're Aiku!"

"I am." Said male smiles charmingly at the young girl, making her grin back. The kids instantly rush up the stairs and surround the black haired male, question after question flying against his head.

The (h/c) haired female standing a bit away from the commotion chuckles at the sight and takes a picture with her phone, she'd be sure to keep it.

The ginger haired boy from earlier spots the girl standing a bit behind and his eyes study her face for a good few minutes before something seems to click in his head.

The young boy tugs at the jersey of another boy, with short raven colored hair, standing beside him and points at (name) a few words leaving his mouth before the other boy looks at the female with wide eyes.

The raven haired kid stumbles towards the (h/c) haired girl with comical sparkles radiating from him.

"Are you (L/n)? The one who shot the bullet goal? I'm Takashi, nice to meet you!" The boy exclaims introduction himself in the process.

(Name) crouches down to come face to face with Takashi, only now does she notice the jersey he's wearing, it's the one she wore for the U-20 VS Blue Lock match.

"Nice to meet you, Takashi, I'm (L/n) (name)." In response to her words his eyes light up even further and he points towards the field behind him.

"Can you shoot that goal again!? I wanna see in real life, i was sick on the day of the game so I could only watch through TV..." Takashi asks clasping his hands in a begging manner.

"Well... I guess I could do it but I'm not really wearing the shoes for it right now." The female answers glancing down at her heeled boots with furrowed eyebrows.

The ravenette boy deflates like a popped balloon and glares at the shoes like they're his sworn enemies.

Her (e/c) eyes wander towards Aikus shoes, he's wearing a pair of gray sneakers and a knowing smile pulls at her lips.

"Why don't you go and ask Aiku if he'd lend me his shoes for a bit?" Takashi nods enthusiastically and runs towards Aiku with a grin.

(Name) watches with a smile as Aikus face contorts into one of confusion when he looks up towards her. 'I'm surprised that the boy doesn't care that I'm a girl...'

•••

It didn't take much convincing till the captain agreed which is exactly why the (h/c) haired female is now standing in the middle of the field, that btw is much smaller than an actual soccer field.

Takashi cheers from the sidelines a phone in his hand recording the event.

The black haired male behind him watches with anticipation as well, he didn't quite see the goal either that time.

The female in the middle of the field rolls the ball under her foot a bit before stomping the shoes she's wearing onto the ground beside it.

'They're pretty loose but I'll make it work'

Her eyes narrow like that of a fox and with calculated movements she slams her foot into the ball.

It flys over the field in an almost straight line before burrowing itself in the net, twirling a bit longer before dropping to the ground.

The females eyes glance down towards her, now only by a sock covered, foot and then to where the other shoe is laying a bit away from her.

She chuckles lightly and then looks towards the side where Takashi and the other kids are standing with dropped jaws and sparkles all over their eyes, Aiku too -just he's sitting and not standing.

"Close your mouth or flies will take the invitation." The female exclaims while hopping towards the other shoe on one leg.

Author pov.

You slip on your shoes and Aiku puts his back on as well, all while the kids keep replaying the video Takashi took.

One of the girls comes walking over to you, the little lass has short black hair and soft green eyes reminding you of a certain stoic looking player.

"Do you need something?" You ask staying seated so you're on her eye level.

"How...How can I become like you?" She questions her hands forming fists at her side.

"...I don't recommend becoming like me, I did some -not so okay- things to end up on that field." You mutter, her ears barely catching your words.

"But...you got accepted by the other players. The only ones accepting me are my friends over there-", she points towards the group now crowding Aiku once again.

"Not even my parents want me to play and I get mocked for it at school too..." The little girl clutches the edges of her replica jersey tightly.

You carefully pat her head making her look up at you, "You know a good friend once told me: It doesn't matter what race or gender you are, what matters is that you know why you play." Her eyes widen a bit and her grip loosens slightly.

"I found his words pretty corny but in the end he wasn't wrong, was he?" You smile at her and she nods with a determined expression.

"Alright! I won't let myself get pulled down by others anymore, I'll do my own thing!" She exclaims raising a fist in front of herself with enthusiasm.

"That's right." You too lift a fist in front of yourself with a grin similar to the little girls and fist bump her.

Aiku watches you interact with the little girl, a smile pulling at his lips.

"Aiku do you have a crush on (L/n)?" The girl from earlier asks with a mischievous grin.

"Hm? Nop! I'm actually just thinking."

"About what? How to ask her out?" The ginger haired boy asks crossing his arms and raising an eyebrow.

"No! Thinking how pretty she looks when she's letting her guard down." The black haired male smiles, his cheeks slightly red.

"So you do have a crush!"

"I don't, don't you know that you can find someone pretty without liking them romantically?" Aiku ask pulling his eyes away from your figure.

"Hmm...so it's okay if i find Sua pretty and don't love her?" The little girl asks tilting her head and pointing towards the little girl you're still talking to.

"Yes, that's perfectly fine." The man responds with a smile.

•••

With one last wave you and Aiku turn around and walk back down the alley you came from.

"This took a lot longer than expected." Aiku glances at you with a smirk.

"Yeah, it did but i think it was worth it." You smile back at him with closed eyes.

"Totally." He looks forward again as you turn the corner to the main road. You throw a short look at your phone and sweatdrop.

"I think we should hurry...seems like Haru is there already." You exclaim pulling at Aikus sleeve so he walks faster.

"Alright, alright, don't pressure me."

Third person pov.

An impassive expression rests on the (h/c) teens face as he taps his foot against the ground rhythmically.

The boy is wearing a white shirt similar to that of his sister and a dark green tie, along with a pair of black pants and shoes.

An earring glints on his right ear while his hair is slicked back, looking similar to that of his blonde uncle.

His eyes wander over the passersby, clearly looking for someone specific. The boys height is a great help in looking over the light crowd on the side walk.

"Haru!" A voice from the right side catches his ears and he looks towards the newly arrived pair.

"There you are! Man, you couldn't have taken longer." He mutters sarcastically watching his sister approach.

"Don't be so grumpy, we're here now." The (h/c) female exclaims patting his back.

The black haired captain watches the interaction between siblings with a small smile on his lips.

"Woah, you couldn't look more similar." He utters looking the two over, their faces blending into another.

"Oh please, as if we don't hear that enough." The two respond synchronized with deadpan expressions.

"You're not helping the cause."

"We know."

•••

"Okay...so you just wanna barge in there?" Haru questions, his right hand fiddling with his earring while his eyes wander over the karaoke shops sign.

"There's nothing that we can do other than that, they'll be shocked enough...I think." (Name) places a hand on her chin, glancing at Aiku who's typing away at his phone.

The black haired male looks up from the electronic device, "I know where they are now, let's go."

The twins glance at each other and nod before following the dual colored haired male inside.

After passing by a few doors they stop and Aiku knocks onto the door they're standing in front of.

"I have my doubts that they heard that." The younger twin mumbles staring at his sister, who nods in response.

"Just go inside." She says nudging the captain forward.

"Kay..." He pushes open the door and inside the party seems to have started already.

Two U-20 players are standing at the back of the room, singing away their souls to Ponponpon by Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, while the others watch either giggling or full on laughing.

The three newcomers deadpan at the sight before regaining their composure and waiting for the song to finish.

The older sibling leans slightly towards her younger. *This reminds me of the time when we went to karaoke with Uncle Ren.*

"Pfft-" The boy covers his lips and bumps his head against his sisters shoulder. *Don't remind me.*

*Sorry.* She responds also chuckling.

Ponponpon finally finished with it's last notes, leaving the two singers completely out of breath.

Clapping came from the whole room and shouts of encore as well as whistles echo along.

One of the players on the stage throws a middle finger towards the one who whistled, getting more laughs from the others.

Aiku puts two fingers into his mouth and breaths through them, the loud whistle sound catches the attention of the U-20 players and they turn to look at their captain.

"Yo."

"Aiku!" "Finally you're here." "Man, we've been waiting!" All sorts of shouts get thrown at the black haired male, who just waves them away.

A quiet blanket settles over the room when one after another take notice of the two people behind their captain.

"Woah, someone pinch me I think I'm seeing double." Kitsunezato exclaims nudging Neru beside himself.

The white haired male glances down at the drink in his hand with furrowed eyebrows, "Is this alk?"

"HARU! And HARU?!" Niou shouts pointing his finger at the twins. Haru steps back a little and (name) steps forward.

"Y'all shut up for a second." Sendou says while walking closer to the siblings.

He looks up at the youngers face with a hand under his chin before looking at the olders face.

"You're definitely the Haru we played with but..." His eyes wander down a little.

Haru pulls his sister back a little, "But I'm Haru and this here-" He hugs his sister to his side, "is my sister, (name)."

Aiku chuckles before trying to explain who is who and how the Haru they knew was a female yada yada, y'all know the story.

Author pov.

"I must still say I'm surprised you hid it that well." Cho mutters while sipping from his juice.

"Can't say that it was easy." You deadpan leaning onto your hands, making sure not to slip of the stool you're sitting on.

"Do the Blue Lock guys know?" Fukaku questions crossing his arms.

"One does...and Ego and Anri, i guess." You raise a hand to your chin, your voice barely reaches the goalkeeper over the loud singing of the others.

Your eyes travel over to Haru, who is passionately singing Tamashii Revolution with Sendou, Neru and Niou, while Kitsunezato and Darai encourage them.

'He sure linked with them fast...I guess music does bring people together' You grin at the sight and snap a photo with your phone to capture the moment.

Just as you slip your phone back into your pocket the door behind you opens and the light from outside fills the room.

Isagi, Reo and Bachira look inside, while Aiku stands there grinning with amusement at the scene.

"Woah, (L/n)?!" You smile at their confusion and stand up to step outside the room, your brother following close behind as well as Niou and Darai.

"Which one are you talking to?" You ask still smiling.

Isagi and Bachira look between you two in confusion while Reo stands there with a dropped jaw.

The purple haired male steps forward and pulls you closer by the arm, you're now towering over him slightly.

"Haru- no probably not, right? You're a girl!" He exclaims mustering you closer.

"I am... Surprised?"

"Very much~" Bachira answers hanging over your shoulders with a grin.

"I always got a different feeling from you but...who would've guessed." Isagi says rubbing the back of his head.

"It's a long story that grew over my stupid idea." Haru chimes in raising his hand like a student wanting to ask a question.

You chuckle at that and introduce yourself fully, "My actual name is (L/n) (name)."

"Oh! Nagi Seishiro is also there!" Nerus call catches your attention and you turn to look towards where he's looking.

"Hey, now that everyone is here, why not play for dinner?" Aiku exclaims in a loud voice so the newly arrived also hear his suggestion.

"(name)! Heya!" A voice not belonging to anyone close shouts. All heads turn to the caller and your eyes narrow slightly.

With quick steps you arrive in front of the dark haired male and grab him by his collar.

You whisper some for others incomprehensible words while shaking the grinning boy back and forth for a bit, while the others that arrived with him watch in pure confusion.

Karasu slings an arm around your waist to stop you from shaking him further, "Relax, to me it looked like ya already told those three anyway." With his head he motions to Reo, Isagi and Bachira.

"Hold on Tabito, who's this babe?" Otoya questions leaning forward to look past Yukimiya who's standing in front of him.

"Pfft-" Haru covers his mouth and turns away to laugh into his hand while Isagi and Reo slap a hand against their forehead.

Your grip on Karasus collar loosens and you turn your head to look at Otoya with a deadpan expression, the male that still has his arms around you chuckles with amusement.

"'Who's this babe?' Really?" You shoot a glare towards the white haired male, "It hasn't been that long has it?"

The boys eyes wander over your body, Aryu and Yukimiya also muster you with a calculating expression.

Having wind out of Karasus grip, the freedom is only temporary because you once again feel a huge weight on your back.

"Ugh-"

"It's you, 'girl Haru'." A lazy voice draws and you recognize the sound of it immediately.

"Seishiro?"

"Hm."

Finally something seems to have klicked in the heads of the other still unknowing guys and in sync they shout, "Haru!"

"That's my name, don't over use it." Haru chimes in walking forward a little. Yukimiya seems to get what's going on a lot faster than the others because he glances towards you again.

"You're the one we played with but you're not him." He motions to your little brother with his head and you nod.

"That's true I'm not him, I'm his sister and i took his place in Blue Lock. My name is (name)."

"That doesn't sound glam! 'Take his place'?" Aryu exclaims striking a pose and whipping his hair over his shoulder.

"She did it cause i couldn't thanks to an injury and besides I don't think i would've gotten as far as she did." Haru retorts pulling you closer by the hand after Nagi released you.

"Now that's rather stylish if i may say, having such a trust in your sibling." The long haired male puts the back of his hand against his forehead.

"But how come Tabito knows you're a woman?" Otoya asks looking towards his friend in slight betrayal.

"He caught me in the locker room."

" •     •     • "  

"HE WHAT!?" The eyes of most present are basically bulging out of their heads at the revelation, even Haru turned as white as a ghost.

"Do you have no shame? Not like he saw me naked." You bump your brothers head with your fist.

Karasu pushes his hands into his pockets while turning around, snickering.

•••

"That's a wild story..." Chigiri mutters pushing a strand of hair behind his ear.

"Yeah, now it also makes sense on why you woke up earlier then us back then-" Reo murmurs with his arms crossed.

"-Or when you went to shower after all of us were done." Yukimiya adds falling in step beside you.

You scratch the back of your neck with a nervous smile, "Believe me I would've loved to sleep longer..."

Before anyone else could say anything Aiku chimes up, "We're here, let's register fir-"

He didn't get to finish because some of the boys already disappeared inside the bowling lane.

"Our dinner's on the line!" Some U-20 and Blue Lock players exclaim posing like they're in a battle game.

"Did you hear me? We gotta register first." Aiku utters with a grin, the cashier's behind the counter chuckle at the sight.

"You're so childish..." "Right..." You and Haru walk past the posing players and plop down on one of the benches.

•••

"Make my name "Monster"." Bachira smiles crouching behind the table where Karasu writes the names.

"I'll be "Style Buddha"!" Aryu poses dramatically.

"Name me "Pop pop Ninja"." Otoya makes a hand sign with his fingers. A tick mark pops up on Karasu's cheek.

"Better watch it you three or you'll be named Moron A, B and C." You exclaim walking past them with a teasing grin.

"Oh, that rhymes!" Bachira shoots up pointing at you with a grin. You just sweatdrop at that with a smile.

A commotion on a lane beside your groups catches your attention and you glance at the people surrounding a familiar looking hot head.

You sit back down beside Haru and place your purse between you two. Your brother is completely distracted by the commotion on the other lane.

"He was in the match too."

"Yeah. That's Barou Shoei, a talented but easily agitated player...as you can see." Haru snickers into his hand.

"He ya two, I'll just register ya with yer name, kay?" Karasu waves the paper with the names through the air.

"Not okay! I wanna be Conan!" Haru exclaims with stars sparkling around him.

"Conan...?" Karasu raises an eyebrow then looks towards you.

"The author Arthur Conan Doyle, he's a fan." You explain while your brother is babbling some random things about the man in the background.

"Kay...you'll go with "(name)"?" You nod in response and watch as he scribbles down something before erasing it and writting something else.

'What was that?...' You deadpan at the dark haired male while he walks to the counter to give the paper there.

•••

The names of the players appear on the tv hanging from the ceiling and the Blue Lockers turn their head towards the U-20 players with a crack.

"Hey why is "sniper" on your team?!" Chigiri shouts pointing at them with a accusing finger.

"Well she played with us in the match too." Sendou shrugs with a proud grin on his face, getting some cusses from the blue lock team.

"Atleast we have Haru..." Isagi mumbles with a deadpan, glancing towards said boy who responds with a thumbs up.

•••

Spare

"Way to go Haru!" Bachira cheers loudly grinning happily.

"Don't disappoint us (name)!" Kizunezato exclaims thudding a fist against your back.

"Who do you take me for? I don't miss." You stride towards the bowling balls and grab one at random.

Tokimitsu, who's been quiet up until now shrieks when he sees the weight, "A 15?!"

Haru crosses his arms in defeat, "Yeah we're not winning this." He nods with a serious expression.

"Not helpful." Barou growls looking down at your brother, who flinches in response.

You swing your arm back and forth a few times before letting the ball glide over the lane with a graceful throw.

The ball rolls over the polished lane and clashes with the bowling pin in the middle knocking it down along with the ones standing behind it.

Strike

Silence and then cheers and groaning from behind you.

"Nice, (name)!"

"Well you're not called sniper for no reason."

"What a stylish throw!" Aryu twirls one time, sparkles flying around him.

"Damn, sis go easy on us." Haru mutters with a smirk. You just wave your hand and sit back down on the bench.

1 hour later/ third person pov.

Isagi left around 30 minutes ago with Nagi wanting to leave as well but the players of Blue Lock didn't let him go.

The bowling match ended with a win for team Blue Lock, thanks to three strikes in a row from Barou.

(Name) could've changed that but her moves were already finished and so the U-20 plus the (h/c) haired female had to pay for dinner.

•••

The older (L/n) glances down at her pocket where her wallet is laying, a good amount has been taken out of it but it's still more than enough.

"Sis~ I'm tired..." A weight drops onto the girls back and she glares at her younger brother who's hanging over her back.

"What makes you think I'm not just as tired?"

"Hm..." The younger just pushes his head further into her shoulder making her groan.

She crouches down slightly giving her brother easier access to her back where he lets himself fall onto like it's his bed.

"Ugh- could you not let yourself fall like that!?" She utters scooping him up with her hands under his knees.

"Sorry..." The (h/c) haired boy responds, his voice muffled from his sisters coat.

Karasu watches the older sibling struggle with her younger brother in amusement before his phone vibrates indicating he's got a message.

Just as he pulls it out Bachira exclaims "Oh shit~", also looking at his phone with a grin.

"What's up?" Karasu looks up from his phone to see (name) approaching with her brother on her back.

"It's Ego." He turns his phone for her to see and she studies the message with an unbothered expression.

"Oh."

"That didn't sound convincing." The male responds with a smirk, slipping his phone back into his pocket.

"Hm, didn't want it to be." She readjusts the extra weight on her back.

"What will happen to you now?" Yukimiya questions falling into step with the two.

"Dunno...Ego's a book with seven seals, I have no idea what his next plan could be."

"I hope you'll stay in Blue Lock." Yukimiya utters glancing at the female beside himself.

"We all do!" Bachira chimes in from the front spinning around with a grin. Chigiri nods, so does Nagi.

"Yeah, it ain't no fun without you." Otoya says while putting his phone away.

"Y'all are so sweet...but i won't be surprised if i get locked off." (e/c) eyes look up towards the sky that's already turned pitch black.

"Don't say that." Reo stops walking, making the others stop as well.

(Name)s eyes travel towards her small group again, they're all facing her with grim faces. A small sweat drop slides down her cheek at the sight.

"Hey...don't forget you're our

Mother."

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