Upon seeing Tatsuki and Shun standing infront of Tsubasa looking all domineering, his teammates came rushing towards him, thinking that Tsubasa was getting bullied by the players of Kawasaki.
Although it was quite the opposite, his teammates relied on their visual senses and assumed that Tsubasa was getting bullied.
“You think he’s all alone.” Shuto Nagano spoke coldly while placing his hand atop Tsubasa’s shoulder.
“Yeah just because your team is in the lead. You think you can bully us.” Shouten Kobayashi, their goalkeeper too stepped forward. 𝑟𝘢.𝘤𝘰𝑚
“Huh we’re bullying him?” Shun mumbled in disbelief.
Tsubasa who was already in a pretty bad mood because of the loss they were suffering, didn’t deny his teammates accusations. And instead, he went with the flow.
Letting out a subtle smile, he acted as if he was the victim and supported his teammates claims, “Yeah, just because I was alone, you think I’m easy to bully?”
Smack!!
Tatsuki smacked his forehead and started to laugh manically, “Hahahahaha” Acting as if he was impressed by Tsubasa’s acting, Tatsuki mumbled, “Woah!! Look at him acting.”
“With this acting skill you should have chosen to become an actor.” Tatsuki continued.
Hearing the commotion taking place behind them, players of Kawasaki who were already on their way towards their locker room came rushing towards the place where the commotion was taking place.
Players of FC Tokyo U-18 did the same as well.
Despite the efforts of the captain of both the team to stop the argument, neither of the side were in the mood to back down.
With neither of the side backing down, players of both the team got into a heated argument.
“Just because your team got lucky with those two goals, you think that you’ve won the match?” Exasperated one of the player of FC Tokyo.
“So what if we got lucky? At least we’re in the lead and we’ve scored two goals.” Shun replied in a pretentious arrogant tone.
Unable to hear any further, Tsubasa resorted to violence. And thus, he aggressively pushed Shun.
Just as Tsubasa pushed Shun, Tatsuki who was barely holding back himself from punching Tsubasa couldn’t restrain himself any further. Unable to restrain himself, Tatsuki too pushed Tsubasa with as much force as he can.
Upon getting pushed, Tsubasa got sent flying towards his teammates arms who were standing behind him.
While making their way towards the locker room, manager’s of both the team noticed the commotion taking place inside the tunnel.
Hurriedly running towards the site of commotion, manager’s of both the team then started to separate the players.
“What are you all doing? Are you some kind of hooligans?” Pushing his players, manager Makoto yelled.
“But sir, they were the ones wh-” Tatsuki tried to justify their actions.
But before he could speak any further, manager Makoto interjected him, “I don’t care who’s at fault. You guys are professional players. And professional players shouldn’t behave like this.”
“But sir” Replied Tatsuki meekly whilst still trying to fight back.
Manager Makoto however gave him no chance to talk back. His eyes bulging, Makoto stared at Tatsuki with eyes full of anger.
“Immediately go back to your locker room.” Pointing towards the end of the tunnel, manager Makoto furiously commanded his players to fall back. He was in no mood to hear any of their excuses.
FC Tokyo’s manager did the same as well. Already unsatisfied with his team’s performance, he didn’t spare them any chance to retaliate and vented his anger.
Without uttering a single word, players of both the team obediently made their way towards their locker room with their head lowered after getting scolded.
Fortunately while the commotion was taking place, the match officials were still in the pitch and hadn’t made their way towards the tunnel.
Or else, they’d have punished both the team for their act of conduct.
“I’m sorry for my players misconduct.” Bowing his head, manager Makoto apologized to the manager of FC Tokyo.
“No, no. I’m sorry for my players misconduct.” Manager of FC Tokyo did the same as well.
Both of them then apologized to each other and rushed towards their respective locker room.
Step!! Step!! Step!!
Restlessly entering his team’s locker room, manager Makoto found most of his players fuming with anger.
But just as they saw the sight Makoto entering the locker room, they quieted down.
“I’ve always told you that you shouldn’t react to the opponents provocation, no matter what. But what happened to you all today?” Questioned manager Makoto while walking towards the center of the locker room.
Hearing manager Makoto’s question, everybody remained silent. Although they wanted to retaliate, they were still fearful that they’d get punished if they did so.
“You tell me Tatsuki.” Pointing his finger towards Tatsuki who was sulking at his seat, Makoto questioned, “Just why did you all get into an argument?”
“Sir it’s because of Tsubasa. He tried to pick on Hiro because he’s the youngest among us.” Honestly replied Tatsuki.
Tatsuki then elaborated the whole story as it is without altering anything.
After hearing the whole story from Tatsuki, manager Makoto nodded his head and asked, “Is he right Hiro?”
Hiro stood up from his seat and answered earnestly, “Yes sir. That’s basically what happened.”
Hearing Hiro’s reply, manager Makoto nodded his head. He then gestured Hiro and Tatsuki to take their seats.
“Even so, you guy’s shouldn’t fight. Remember you all are soon to be pro’s. And if such incident get’s reported to the authorities, you might get suspended or get banned and you might miss the chance to go pro.” Makoto reminded everybody that they were soon to be pro’s and they shouldn’t act recklessly.
“What has happened has happened. Fortunately there weren’t any match officials to witness the scene, or else you guys might have been in trouble. So let’s all forget about this incident. And if somehow the officials do find out about this incident the club’s will sort it out. So you guy’s shouldn’t trouble yourself with this matter anymore.” Saying such, manager Makoto tried to assure everybody.
‘I’ll just talk to coach Okuhara and sort this incident.’ Thought manager Makoto.
Since the fault largely lied on the part of players of FC Tokyo, Makoto was confident that they wouldn’t want to turn that event into a huge issue.
Taking everything into consideration, Makoto decided to sort the incident between themselves.
“But remember from now on whenever someone provokes you, don’t react to their provocation. Don’t give them any opportunity to come after you. Just show them your skills and prove yourself in the field via football.” Manager Makoto suggested his players to prove themselves via their skills.