//------------------------------// // The Kogarashi/Windsor Manor! // Story: Inazuma Eleven GO: The Equestrian prodigy! // by Tythen //------------------------------// In a large manor, somewhere close to the Riverside, a young boy with an interesting brown hair dashed back up to it's front gates. A dog sleeping in his dog house woke and greeted the boy with interest, a young woman who was sweeping the front area also came to embrace the boy. "Hello Auntie! I'm back!!!" The boy greeted "Long day today? How was soccer?" The aunt replied, "It was great and normal as usual, Shindou practising his Kami no Takuto, Ryoma being really energetic as usual, Tsurugi is... you know the drill. Even Amemiya and Hakuryuu came along to practice with us!" "Okay then, anything new?" "Hmm... I don't know if it sounds important but... Our teacher says we've got two new students joining our class!" "Is that so? Perhaps you should invite them to play soccer!" "Yeah... But here's the catch, they're..." "Foreign?" "Yes, from Equestria." "I see... I guess it's my turn to tell you how I'm feeling today, I've been busy preparing a new room on the same floor as yours, down the hallway, because we have two new tenants coming to stay with us in Kogarashi!" "But, what does that have to do with me? I mean, they can join the Akizora Challengers..." "They'll be coming in less than 3 days this weekend, and you'll be greeting them. So prepare yourself... Arion." The woman winked back. "Auntie, why are you using my English name?" "I'm pretty sure why the reason is obvious, just practice English." As the boy's aunt left, the moment of realisation hit him as he grinned with excitement as one thing was coursing and purging through his mind "Yay!!! The Equestiran students are living here! And one of them is a soccer player! I'll be sure to be good friends with them! Yay!!!" "Huh!" Rainbow woke from her chair. On her left, she saw Flash reading through a exercise book on learning Neighponese, while the auburn haired lady from before, being addressed as Miss Raimon, was sitting next to him, helping. As Rainbow turned to her right, she saw the window and outside, the endless sea of clouds and the blue skies above it. "Ah, good morning princess." Flash teased, "quite the sleeper last night." "Are we there yet?" Rainbow replied, completely ignoring the title. "an hour till we touch down, landing should be happening in less than half an hour." "Time?" "1300, 24-hour time." "Huh!? I thought it was--" She checked her watch with confusion. "Different time zones, different times." Flash replied, showing his watch. "We changed them before going to sleep, remember?" "Oh... No wonder why I slept through..." "It seems like you had a nightmare." "Not really, I don't think I was dreaming, but I heard a loud yell of examination and delight, that's what woke me." "Interesting..." "Oddly enough, I can still remember part of what that voice yelled." "And what is it, if I may ask?" "Two words: Friends and Soccer." "Familiar voice?" "No, it sounds rather... British..." Rainbow replied, "Speaking of different accents and language, I'd suggest you better start learning the basics of Neighponese," Flash suggested, handing her a textbook. "Maybe studying has got a little harder." "Oh don't worry!" The Auburn lady right next to them spoke: "the place where you'll be staying has a boy who's fluent in English as well as Neighponese!" "I guess it won't be that difficult?" Rainbow smiled weakly, "You'll get to know him very fast. He's just as old as you and very fast!" "Wait... What?" Rainbow jumped as she heard the word 'fast'. No one in Equestria is as fast as she is! Perhaps there is a new challenger? "What's his name?" Rainbow jumped, eager to know. "His name is--" Miss Raimon started until an announcement rang throughout the plane in English "Your attention please, we will now begin landing into Tokyoats International Airport. Please return to your seats, stow away the trays and any entertainment system, adjust your chair upright, put your windows in the open position and most important of all, fasten and tighten your seatbelt. To help cope with the air pressure while descending, our flight attendees will now be passing by with baskets of candy not just for you to enjoy, but also to regulate the pressure in your ears. We assure you, the candy is sweet because the pressure build-up in your ears during landing won't be." "Welp." Rainbow sighed, as she took a blue candy from the flight attendant. "Guess I'll have to wait for later." And popped the candy into her mouth. "Mmm! This flavour's nice!" She thought to herself. Looking at the wrapper, she was confused of what this mysterious flavour was. "Sea-salt? That's interesting... Maybe I should check on this later..." She continued sucking away on the sweet as the plane kept descending into the sea of clouds, straight to where Rainbow could see the marvellous modern infrastructure that is Neighpon. On that same day, the brown haired boy from the Kogarashi manor happily circled the date of today on his calendar. "At last, the foreigners are finally landing and coming here! Now I can finally meet this Rainbow Dash girl! I'm sure she'll be a great addition to Raimon!" He then went out of his room to call for his aunt. "Yes?" "When are they coming over?" "This afternoon at half past 2." "Grr!!! I'm happy that it's the weekend, but this morning is taking an incredibly long time!" "Then why don't you invite some friends here and you can throw a welcoming party?" "That's the problem, Shindou's practising piano with someone, Shinsuke's off to practice his French, Tsurugi's spending time with Yuuichi and his family, Aoi's doing some activity with Midori and Akane, everyone's busy!" "In that case, why don't we have a kick-about in the front porch?" "Good idea!" "Inazuma is the next stop. The next station is Inazuma." The train announcement rang. "Wha? Are we almost there?" Rainbow woke from her train seat. "You'll need to deal with that jet lag." Flash warned "otherwise, you'll have trouble sleeping at night, and the times when you'll be sleeping will mostly be during school." "You're not answering my question." Rainbow replied, "Yes, the next station will be Inazuma town. We'll be there in a mo." Flash answered. The electric train they boarded at the airport galloped through many vast green mountains and valleys, and above many buildings, shopping and residential areas. Rainbow took the chance to capture many pictures of this vast new country in order to post to her friends back in Equestria, but she got bored and tired of it after 10 minutes, and decided to sleep. A few minutes after Rainbow woke up again, the train slowed down to a halt in a station covered by a blue curved ceiling. With what Rainbow has quickly learnt of Hiragana while waiting for the train in the airport, she could make out the words on the name of the station saying 'Inazuma Town'. "Let's get going!" Miss Raimon gestured as the two students grabbed their luggage and trotted off the train. "By the way, apart from studying," Miss Raimon raised, "is there anything else you wanted to do here?" "Well..." Rainbow thought to herself "I would like to take a lot of pictures of Inazuma and Neighpon itself." "That's the usual answer of a tourist." Miss Raimon chuckled "anything else?" "Maybe collect some interesting items as souvenirs. Some figurines, food or anything!" Rainbow suggested "I don't know about the food though, but that sounds interesting!... But still for a tourist." "Okay then, perhaps I would also like to know how the most popular topics that is in Neighpon right now." Rainbow explained "Now that sounds better!" Miss Raimon smiled, "You're forgetting something." Flash reminded. "Oh, that's right! To play soccer with the team of Raimon and anyone else around Inazuma!" Rainbow exclaimed. "Now that sounds like the best idea!" Miss Raimon smiled then pointed, "look over there!" Miss Raimon pointed to a green soccer pitch near the river and the station. There, Rainbow could make out a large group of kids kicking around a ball. "H-Hey! They're playing soccer!" Rainbow exclaimed and dashed towards an area where she could properly see what's happening. She saw 5 kids with a head-to-head battle with another five kids as they desperately tried to take the ball and kick it into the opposing net. Although one group were wearing soccer bibs, all 11 of the kids were wearing the same red uniform with yellow linings. "Indeed, that's the Inazuma KFC." Miss Raimon introduced, "uh... They run a chicken joint?" Rainbow asked with confusion. "Cause I don't see a KFC around here..." "Ha ha ha!" Miss Raimon laughed, with her hand close to her mouth of course (as without it, it would be rude!), "I should have made myself clear, they are the Inazuma Kids Football Club. I guess it be best for you to know them as Inazuma Kids FC" Miss Raimon was still giggling after Rainbow's misunderstanding. "Oh, so that's what they stand for..." Rainbow replied, sighing with relief and disappointment at the same time. "The coach of the team used to play for Raimon." Miss Raimon explained, "he's quite an average player during that time, but he's quite popular with the kids, and everyone loves him." "Hah, is that so" Rainbow chuckled. As the group continued watching, one of the kids decided to kick the ball straight to the goal. The goalie managed to punch it straight into the sky... And it started falling straight towards Rainbow and co. "Uh oh, I think we should get out the way." Miss Raimon warned "It's alright." Flash comforted "How can you be so sure?" Miss Raimon asked, "Although the ball may increase in velocity due to gravity, the ball's angle is too small to land towards our location. It would probably hit the ramp where the stairs are. "How can you be so sure?" Rainbow repeated the question, "I played a game where tanks require angle adjustment in order to shoot their opponents. And I've also seen how artillery vehicles work." "Oh that's right, you're indirectly part of the army," Rainbow remembered. Sure enough, the ball did bounce off the ramp like Flash said, but as one of the kids tried to volley it into the goal. Her leg aimed it at the wrong direction, sending the ball straight into Rainbow Dash's stomach. "Oof!" Rainbow grunted, "I didn't see that coming though," Flash replied as he rushed to her aid. "Are you alright?" "Oww... That was some kick..." Rainbow reeled, trying to soothe her pain with her hands. "I'm sorry!" The girl apologised as she rushed towards the group, the other players and the coach following behind. "No problem," Flash replied as he handed the ball back to the girl. "Natsumi-san?" The coach recognised, "Oh! Handa! It's nice to see you again!" Miss Raimon replied, "How's you and Endou controlling Raimon?" "The usual things, along with the addition of two more foreign exchange students!" "Ah! So this is the 'Rainbow Dash' that Endou's been going on about!" The coach looked at Rainbow with great interest. "Uh..." Rainbow blushed, "Handa, you know she can't speak Neighponese." Miss Raimon sighed, "Excuse me Miss, but do you two know each other?" Flash asked, "Why yes!" Miss Raimon replied, switching back to English. "This is Handa Shinichi, a former player of the Raimon and now the coach of the Inazuma Kids FC." "You can call me Steve Grim by the way!" Handa spoke in medium-accented English. "Woah!" Rainbow jumped, "you can speak English?" "Well, the world is coming together, so why not?" Handa joked, "Then in that case..." Rainbow started then stood still in mid-air, wondering what she had to say. "Uh... Flash?" Rainbow whispered, Flash sighed and mumbled some words in her hear. Rainbow turned back and bowed "H-Hai! Wa... Watashi wa Reinbou Dashu! Hajimashite!" Rainbow spoke in Neighponese, "Rainbow, you're bowing too low! You just need to bow 15 degrees." Flash muttered, "You're not helping Flash!" Rainbow replied with frustration. "Normally, when we deal with non-Neighponese people, we can just shake hands" Handa laughed as he offered a hand. "Oh. Nice to meet you." Rainbow chuckled, shaking the hand back. The soccer kids giggled with laughter. "I shouldn't keep you guys waiting. I've heard both of you are staying at the Kogarashi Manor. You'd better get settled in." "In that case, we should take our leave. Nice seeing you again Handa!" Miss Raimon smiled as she, Rainbow and Flash waved goodbye to the coach and the kids. "They seemed like a nice group!" Flash replied, "I'm sure Rainbow will get along fine." "Uh..." Rainbow lifted a finger to protest. "Something wrong?" Miss Raimon asked, "if your chest's still hurting, we can fix that up when we get there." "I'm more concerned about the kicker of the ball... Was she the team's striker?" "Their main striker. And structured to their 'awful' formation, she's the sole one." "The sole one? Dang... Her kick's stronger than Spitfire's..." Rainbow mumbled to herself. "Excuse me but, when you mean 'awful', what was that all about?" Flash asked, "4 of their players don't even play in their original positions." Miss Raimon sighed, "I don't know why Handa or Kisaragi-san still haven't fixed that up yet." "Yikes, mix of midfielders and defenders in the wrong place?" Flash continued. "Exactly." Miss Raimon sighed, "we're nearly there now." The three finally made it to the Kogarashi Manor, the large residential set of apartments. It is there that Rainbow spotted in the front yard, a set of cones and a soccer ball, as well as a dog sleeping peacefully in his dog house. "Aww, the dog is so cute!" Rainbow giggled, "Did I really need to know?" Flash asked, Miss Raimon knocked on the door. "Aki-san? Are you home?" Miss Raimon called, the door opened to reveal the short dark green haired landlord, with brown eyes and a pink clip accessory clipped to her hair. "Natsumi-san! Hello!" The landlord bowed, "and hello to you two as well, Rainbow Dash and Flash Sentry! My name is Aki Kino, but you can call me by my English name, Silvia Woods!" "Wait..." Rainbow tried to translate "Syl... via... Woods?" "Yes." Aki nodded with a smile, then swapped her language, "Welcome to the Windsor Manor!" "Windsor?" Flash asked, "I thought it was called Kogarashi..." "I thought it would be best that you should know it by it's English name, Neighpon does get some fair share of foreign people. In fact, there's one from Equestralia that is currently staying here!" Aki replied, "Anyway, I think we should get the kids settled in." Miss Raimon replied, "Sure thing Nelly, this way!" Aki guided, as the two walked into the mansion. The group stepped in into a vast hall with shiny timber flooring, a few fans electronically rotating as they hang from the ceiling. Blowing wind onto the dozens of tenants milling about in the hallways. "Wow!" Rainbow gasped "talk about a high-tech country, the wooden architecture looks just as amazing!" "Incredible!" Flash gazed around "the atmosphere around this place is very calm and friendly!" "I'm so glad you like the place!" Aki replied, "we and the rest of the Windsor Cabal work together to keep this place as good looking as possible." "Auntie! You're back!" A childish voice rang from up the stairs. A brown haired boy that has a hairstyle looking like the wind ran down the stairs and came to a sudden halt. "I wasn't gone for that long silly." Aki laughed as she cuddled the young boy. Rainbow and Flash looked at him with great curiosity, this boy looked rather tan and was a tad shorter than they are. "Hello there Natsumi-sama!" The boy greeted Miss Raimon, "Ah it's good to see you Tenma!" Miss Raimon replied with a smile "look who I brought, your new neighbours and soon to be classmates!" "Ah ha..." Rainbow chuckled "hello there, nice to meet you." "And it's wonderfully nice to meet you too!" The boy greeted back, shaking Rainbow's hand hard. "Woah!" Rainbow gasped, "Is something the matter? Were you under the impression that I couldn't speak English?" The boy asked, "No, we're actually surprised that you speak it very fluently! And with such adjectives and sophisticated language!" Rainbow answered "You even have a British accent to your voice." Flash added, "Now I remember that voice!" Rainbow remembered, "sorry about the confusion. My name's Rainbow Dash, and this is my friend Flash Sentry." "I know, Auntie Silvia told me all about you." The boy continued "my name is Tenma Matsukaze, but since you're Equestrian, you might as well call me by my English name for now, Arion Sherwind!" "Well then." Flash continued as it was his turn to shake the boy's hand "a pleasure meeting you Arion." "So, I heard you play soccer?" Tenma asked Rainbow, "I sure do! I mean, that's why I'm in Neighpon, aren't I?" Rainbow chuckled, "That's brilliant! I love soccer, and I know you do too!" "Really? That's amazing, I can't wait to see how you and Raimon plays!" Rainbow continued "What about you Flash?" Tenma asked, "Me? Well, I only started to get interested in soccer thanks to Rainbow here. I don't play soccer a lot, I'm more into music like Guitar and Piano." "Piano? Huh! You're just like Shindou!" "Is he another friend of yours?" Rainbow asked, "The former soccer captain of Raimon, still playing soccer." "Really? So who's the--" "Arion!" Aki called, "can you help your new room mates move in to their new room? You guys can talk later in your room." "Okay then Auntie!" Tenma called back before turning back to the Equestrians "looks like you're on the same floor as I am, and you're quite close to my room. Just opposite!" "I guess we'll be seeing each other more often!" Rainbow smiled, "Is there anything I can carry for you?" Tenma asked, "No thanks, I think we can handle it," Rainbow replied, As the boy named Tenma watched the two Equestrians unpack their belongings, he was quite interested in their appearance as well as the things they pulled out. "Hey Rainbow, I like how you've coloured your hair!" "Really? It's actually natural!" Rainbow explained while blushing, "my dad's got the same hair colour too!" "That's even better! It's amazing to see someone with natural Rainbow-coloured hair! I assume both of you miss your home in Equestria don't you?" "I guess, we do have our friends and family." Flash replied, "But we've got some gear to remember them!" Rainbow chuckled as she pulled out her gifts "these were from my friends," and passed the wrapped gift to Tenma to show, a beautiful bracelet with her signature mark along the marks of her 7 friends, Twilight's included. "That's a beautiful bracelet!" Tenma examined "does it have a name?" " 'We decided to call it the Harmony Bracelet. Take good care of it- Sunset Shimmer and friends' " Rainbow read from a note coming with it, "I see you've got really caring friends, how about that box?" "This?" Rainbow pulled out the shoe box containing her father's soccer boots "these old soccer boots belonged to my father, it's his memento." Rainbow replied, "and the gloves?" Tenma asked as he looked at the boots "that's my no.1 fan's gift." Rainbow answered, showing the parkour gloves "which also happens to be Flash's younger sister, these gloves belonged to their mother." "Very interesting." Tenma continued. "One more item left, it's rather special for a memento, but it also works well." Rainbow continued, pulling out the Special Tactic manual from Spitfire. "Oh! That looks like a manual for a special tactic!" Tenma gasped as he read through the contents, "Hey!" Rainbow yelped, "Hmm... Wonder Stunt, nice name." Tenma read, "wow the crowd by flying and soaring around and through your opponents, like the jets and planes in an air show!" He continued reading "not a bad tactic, swerving through the opponents, but I feel like this tactic is mostly to show off a team's style. That is sooo Equestrian." "Heh heh..." Rainbow blushed embarrassingly. "Don't get me wrong, no offence at all. Besides, we may need to use it in the future. Also, the gift your friends gave you can pass as sport equipment." "Wait... What?" "The bracelet your friends give you can actually be used for sport, for stamina and luck. You see, I'm wearing the bracelet of a friend of mine." And showed the two a mysterious ancient bracelet, banded around his hand. "Huh, it seems to have an Aztec taste to it." Flash examined, "As for your father's boots and the parkour gloves, that's sport wear itself." Tenma explained "feel free to wear them in soccer practice and matches." "Gee, thanks for the heads up!" "I've heard both of you got a week to shake yourselves up before starting in Raimon. Why don't I take you guys around Inazuma town to meet some of my Raimon friends, as well as helping you out in your Neighponese?" "Sure! That sounds fun!" Flash replied, "now that that's settled, why don't we continue our discussion in your room?" "Thanks Auntie!" Tenma called back as Aki left his room with an empty tray. "Thanks for the drinks and snacks Miss Woods." Flash added, "You can call me Auntie too." Aki chuckled, "Well?" Natsumi asked in English as Aki returned to the main table, where a man has joined them, "what do you think of them?" "They're very nice kids." Aki smiled, "I might keep them and spoil them rotten like I am doing with Wonderbot's cuddly friends!" "They're not your kids." Natsumi grumbled, "Well neither is Arion." Aki retorted with a giggle, "Hey Sil, you forgot to ask them something." The male spoke in English. "Isn't Ichinose staying in Equestria as well?" "What? Oh, I forgot!" Aki gulped, blushing quite hard. "Hah, you still like him." Natsumi chuckled, "M-Maybe I'll ask later!" "Whoops, looks like we have to go home now. Silvia, make sure to take care of the Equestrians, okay?" "Sure thing!" "Rainbow Dash..." The male spoke, looking towards Arion's room. "I can't wait to see how you play!" As night falls, Rainbow is busy trying to set her laptop up to the internet. "What's the WEP key?" Rainbow asked, "Here" Flash passed a note, "Got it." Rainbow keyed in as she accessed Pegaskype, "wow! Internet runs faster here!" "Making the call to Sunset and the rest?" Flash asked, "You betcha!" Rainbow replied, "it's just about morning over there, right?" "Before school, may want to notify them by message first and schedule a time. Right now, we might as well sleep early to overcome the jet-lag." "Yes sir." Rainbow replied as she shut her light off. "Goodnight Flash." "Goodnight Rainbow." Flash replied as he did the same. Rainbow stared to the roof of the room, wondering what her life had been when she left Equestria, and wondering what it's going to be now. As she looked outside the window, she could see the twinkling stars and the shining moon, emitting a faint light. "Huh, I guess I can stargaze for a little while before I can actually feel like sleeping..." Rainbow mumbled to herself. A mysterious breeze blew into the room and onto the face of Rainbow Dash. Adding to that, a mysterious sunlight shone brightly on her Sky blue face. All of a sudden, Rainbow's entire surroundings warped uncontrollably and no later was Rainbow sleeping peacefully on a small wooden pier on an isolated island.