Inazuma Eleven Go - His story

Continuing the match

As the game went on, the Gassan Kunimitsu members became more and more dependent on their cyclone tricks, and at the same time, Kirino and Kariya's disharmony became more and more broken down, to the point where it began effecting the entire defense team

'Ugh, these two...!' Tenma was getting to the point where his head was beginning to hurt, he couldn't find a single trace of potential harmony between the two defenders, and just as he was about to surrender to their stubbornness, something else woke the spark in him again -Kariya's agility -.

Right as the defender didn't manage to stop a player, he did a flip right onto his feet and went back to chasing the player, and that, managed to ignite the spark of hope in Tenma once again

'That could work!-' Thought the brunet as he sorted out the puzzle to break the opponent's attacking system in his head, but then, things just have to go against his will '-If only they could work together as TEAMMATES! Is it really that much to ask!?'

After a while, the teammates all went back to their benches before the second half started, and there, the Raimon coaches made some drastic changes

"Kurumada, you're gonna be switched out by Shinsuke."

"Hai!" Agreed the defender to his coach's words, without doubting in him one bit

"And Kirino, you're gonna be sitting out in the second half."

"Nani!?" The senior couldn't believe his coach's decision, he's the vital member of the defense team, yet his own coach is making him sit out of the match

'What's he thinking? I mean, if he has caught on to the puzzle then, it may work but... Who is he switching Kirino-senpai out for?' The brunet was a little stumped by the coach's decision as well. He's 99% sure that his coach and assistant coach have both caught on to the ideal breakthrough system, but even so, switching out the vital member of the defense team is a big risk, not to mention, they specifically said that he's sitting out instead of switching out like they did with Kurumada

"And who's gonna take Kirino-senpai's place in the second half?"

"Hm?" Kidou and Endou both looked towards the young brunet, and the assistant coach immediately understood the seriousness in his eyes

"No one. You're gonna play with only 10 players."

"Eeeeeeh!?"

'God, these two are really taking the high way here...' At this point, Tenma is almost certain that their coaches objective is for the senior to realize the numerous possibilities that Kariya brings with his agility, but obviously, if that was the case, the adults would have to figure out some kind of way for the senior to realize it as soon as possible, and just as it turns out, he has to watch from the sidelines 'Might be beneficial, but it's definitely gonna be harder for us to play without one of the critical members of the team...'

The more Tenma thought about it, the more his brain began to hurt. He already began to have a headache, seeing that the two defenders had little to no chance of getting along, and now, with one less player in the team, just adds up even more pressure than he already had on his shoulders

'This better work, otherwise Endou-san and Kidou-san are also gonna be dead after this match!'

~'0'~

Once the second match had started, the Raimon's changes went just like Endou had previously ordered, Kurumada has been switched out by Shinsuke and Kirino is sitting out, making it so that their only playing with 10 players, pretty random and maybe even stupid in some people's eyes, but the match carried on, slightly leaving that matter aside temporarily.