Dark Days Are Here

Even after defeating Aliea Academy there is a much bigger threat looming on the horizen. The Raimon Eleven have been betrayed and brutally defeated. Thus Endou vows to get his revenge on those who betrayed him, even if it means to walk in the darkness. Request by jameis. Rated M for adult themes and character deaths; alot of character deaths.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inazuma Eleven or any of the characters of Inazuma Eleven; they belong to Level 5. I also do not own the idea of this story; that would be jameis. Although how I interpret it is my own.

Prologue

"Guys? Wha-what happened here?" All around the soccer field lay the broken bodies of his friends. Everyone...

"Oh God, be alright!" he screamed as he ran to the closest body and turned it over. "Nnnoooooo!" It was Goenji. No matter how hard he shook his friend's shoulder the flame striker's eyes only continued to stare lifelessly back. "N-n-no way..." He ran to the next one. It was Tsunami, whose face bore an uncharacteristic look of total fear. The next one was Kogure; his body was bent in a grotesque way. A few meters from him lay Tachimukai, Megane, and Rika. The next ones were Ichinose and Domon, lying next to each other as if it were their final stand. The ground around them was deeply stained with their blood.

Hot tears blurred his vision. He wiped them away furiously as he tried to understand what had happened.

Just a couple of days ago, they had returned home after finally defeating Aliea Academy, and were greeted by the cheers of their friends who had been hospitalized.

Someoka had slapped him heartily on the back, shouting, "Now that's our captain!"

Kazemaru had apologised for leaving but his words were cut short by the hot, passionate kiss. "I-I guess we're good?" he had said, blushing. He was rewarded with another kiss.

They had celebrated the end of the aliens' reign of terror. It had been a night of merriment; everyone was so happy... But what happened now? Why? Why are his friends dea-

"Hey, Endou," a voice, a strangely familiar voice, lazily called him. Endou turned slowly and stared at the group of people, their faces hidden by their hoods, standing on the edge of the field.

"Who are-?" Before he even began the question they all removed their hoods. But Endou only had eyes for the teal-haired person in front of the group. "K-Kazemaru?"

"Yes, Endou."

"What are you doing? Cosplay?" Then he gestured towards the field, trying hard not to look at the bodies. "Never mind that now, look we need to get help! They're all-"

"They're. All. Dead," Kageno excitedly whispered each word. Endou blinked in surprise. Now that he had seen them properly these people were the original members who had been hurt in the beginning, the very people he'd sworn to avenge by stopping the aliens.

"Ah well, such a tragic event. Wouldn't you agree, Captain?" Handa said, his tone mocking. The little group laughed; awful, evil laughter.

"K-K-Kaze- Kazemaru?" Endou tried to keep the tears from his voice, but he couldn't; he felt like he was choking on them. What was going on? Why were his comrades acting like this; they weren't even concerned about their friends on the field. He stared at his lover. Kazemaru stared coldly back. Suddenly he grinned insanely and pointed to the field.

"What do you think, Endou? That is the team that defeated Aliea Academy but they were so easily destroyed by our team!"

"You- you did this?" Impossible. Kazemaru, Kurimatsu, Someoka, Handa, Max, Shourin, Kageno; they couldn't have done this evil thing! "You killed all our friends?"

"Yes, Endou," Kazemaru replied, lazily tilting his head, smirking. "We, the Dark Emperors, have destroyed the Raimon te-"

"NO!" Endou had launched himself at the other boy and grabbed his shoulders. He wanted to ask why he was doing this, but the expression of utter contempt on Kazemaru's face shocked him speechless. How could this be the same person who always had a kind, loving look; just the night before they had kissed at the Steel Plaza Tower, with the breathtaking view of the entire town under the stars stretched out before them... How could this be his Kazemaru?

"YOU'RE NOT KAZEMARU!" he screamed. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HIM? WHAT HAVE YOU BASTARDS DONE TO MY FRIENDS?"

The other boy's expression didn't change. The rest of the Dark Emperors however all appeared as if they were amused by the whole scene.

Suddenly they were all around him, surrounding him in a loose circle. Kazemaru smacked Endou away and stepped back, joining the circle. Then he pointed at his former lover and said, in a voice loaded with malice, "Destroy him."

Endou's eyes widened. Did he hear right? Did Kazemaru just say what he thought he said? A sudden intense pain exploded in his abdomen, forcing him to double over. Somehow one of the Dark Emperors had kicked a soccer ball but the speed was totally inhuman and it had caught him off-guard. Soon more came hurtling towards him, beating him down with merciless strength, each blow hard enough to create cuts on his skin. Endou couldn't see where they were coming from but he could hear the taunts as he tried to protect himself from the blows.

"Captain, are you allriiiight?"

"Here, Endou, catch this!"

"Are you really a goalkeeper? Is this all you can do?

"These are our weakest shots. Jeez."

The hits were too strong; Endou could feel his consciousness fading away. He was in so much pain, his entire body was screaming. When he collapsed the balls finally stopped. Everything was silent. He heard soft footsteps. Suddenly his head was yanked up, pulled painfully by the hair. He had been hit in the face a few times so his eyes were too swollen to be able to see anything. But he couldn't stop the tears from leaking; they hurt so much.

Then he heard a voice, a beautifully familiar voice, saying something. "Shush, Endou... It'll all be over soon." Kazemaru...

Then darkness finally took him.

This here fanfic is quite different from my usual stuff but the idea seemed interesting. Thanks of course goes to jameis. I will try to update later chapters soon. So please review; it would make me so happy!