AND I'M BACK! From seeming dead for almost a year. Or, maybe it HAS been a full year. Not sure.

So I'm back with a new fic and this is my first fanfic written AND posted, that is, with another subject than Samurai Warriors. So, this might attract other readers then some others I previously might have had.

Well so my first announcement is, this is the first time I've written a fic for Inazuma Eleven. I fell in love with the anime even though I have to be honest I am not a great fan of the art style, but its great if you get into it. After watching enough episodes, and reading a few fanfics about this anime myself I decided to FINALLY write one myself. And believe me, this is just like a sample, and to see how it works out, also that I have a lot I want to write about for this anime, and have many favourite characters, so do believe in me when I say more's to come in the future.

Second announcement, for you who don't know, I will mention it. English is not my mother language, but I do still get taught at school, and I write a lot of English fics none the less. Also, I like the language better than my own, which is officially Dutch. So yes I am from the Netherlands. However, I do speak English every day with my friend who does have the language as its origin. So I like, practice every day (sort of) and, I only can get better and better.

Are there any mistakes or grammar faults, don't hesitate to tell me, because the most difficult of the English language for me are the tenses. In any case, those were my brief (lol) mentions.

Now that was my ranting about me, about the fic I will say I should start off with something comical so here I am.

Well, the first paragraphs seem a bit sad though, but I actually first had planned to make one fic. But since I already wrote so much and actually am not done, I think it will be a story containing 5 chapters.

Inazuma Eleven

Strive to Fame

'Aren't you useless…?'

So rang Fuyuka's words through the mind of Megane Kakeru, a smart, youthful and enthusiastic soccer player. At least, that's how he'd like to describe himself.

Normally, he'd be a lot more lively, but when certain facts made him realize the harsh truth he no longer could turn his back on cruelty.

It's been some time since Megane joined Raimon and he was always aware of what he could possibly achieve and not achieve. Because of his limited abilities, he could do nothing but cheer his friends on from where he sat on the bench during most matches his team played.

What Megane did do, was making up names for new hissatsu shoots his teammates would come up with and master, which made Megane even the slightest content because that way, he'd feel a little more valuable.

This had continued for months, on and on and on, match after match and even after the Aliea academy was beaten it still stayed the same.

When time finally came the best soccer players of Japan had been chosen to represent the country in the FFI tournament, where they eventually would face the world in a stunning battle for fame and name acknowledgement. When that moment was there, Inazuma Japan had been formed.

Megane wasn't officially selected, however his brother was, who didn't make it either way, but Megane himself was allowed to stay and cheer his friends on while supporting the other managers as well.

Though, the fact that Megane had to sit back and watch, without being able to really be of worth, left an aching feeling in his chest. In the back of his head he knew he was worthless. He knew he could never be as good as his friends. He knew he didn't contain the same courage, he knew he was useless…

And he stood eye in eye with reality as Fuyuka finally pointed it at his face, even though she was a kind girl and probably didn't mean to offend him in any way.

However, that didn't take away that it still hurt.

It hurt, because he had long known he couldn't be of any help to the team, and because he kept on staying, kept on hanging around, kept on doing his best it only hurt him more to know nothing could change.

All this hurt did give Megane some backbone to an extent that is.

Most people seemed to think, which was true though, that Megane had put up quite an attitude at times, underestimating opponents at some rate, but in truth the brown haired boy had no choice, since he knew very well what he was capable of…which was barely something, so he couldn't just face it and hang his head low.

So all in all, Megane seems to have a fairly strong personality, even though he couldn't deliver physically.

He sighed.

"There you are!" A shout was heard, the voice faltering after it seemed to huff and puff as it came closer, followed by a lighter voice which came near as well.

Megane looked to the side to see Kabeyama Heigorou and Kurimatsu Teppei coming up right to him.

"We've been looking all over for you!" Shrieked the more shrilly voice which belonged to Kurimatsu who stood in front of the glasses wearing boy.

"Why would you?" the latter replied to the short boy, then also stared at the larger one, eyes showing obvious depression.

"Why are you so down? Didn't you agree to come with us to grab a bite? If you don't want to you could've just said so you know." Kabeyama said, sounding a bit offended as he rubbed his belly. "You know, I can't eat if I get confronted with sad things."

Kurimatsu just looked up at the in comparison huge boy. "You always say that, but in the end you still end up eating more than the whole team together."

Megane just looked at his friends with sad eyes. "No, that's not it…I'm just…"

"Just what?" Asked the short boy.

"Useless…" finally the reason for lack of enthusiasm was clear.

"So you're really upset about that, aren't you?" Kabeyama asked. He scratched the back of his afro, wanting to help his friend out. He had been there when the purple haired girl faced Megane with truth and he felt sorry since Kabeyama himself has almost never been switched out or dismissed from the field, so he couldn't think of how HE'D feel if that were to be him on the bench every time, or to hear a comment like that.

Kurimatsu, on the other hand, DID know what it's like to be not able to progress with the others. To be feeling like you're falling behind, and like you'll never catch up with the ones who do evolve. He'd rather not think about the past though, but one thing he was sure of, he understood Megane's situation even though they still were not on the same level.

Another sigh came from the dark brown haired boy, but he didn't reply or look at his friends at the moment as he was feeling too low to do so.

An awkward silence followed for a while as the other two would love to help their friend out, but they were not so good with words, and they couldn't lie to Megane as the facts were quite true.

"Sorry Megane…" The two apologized in unison, to break the silence.

Said boy looked at them from the corner of his eye as he turned away, but then looked up at the sky.

"If only I was like Gouenji or Fubuki." Naming the star players of the Inazuma Eleven.

Gouenji Shuuya, talented for his great offensive plays and Fubuki Shirou, being amazingly capable of both offense and defence were like the most popular among Raimon.

Kidou Yuuto, also a good soccer player, but especially a fantastic strategist, was a good asset to the team.

Other than them more amazing players joined, like Kiyama Hiroto and Midorikawa Ryuuji.

Even Someoka Ryuugo, though being a long time member of Raimon, had approved his offensive plays and came up with new shoots for the FFI.

Also new players like Tsunami Jousuke who had never played soccer in his life before joining Raimon, had become a great soccer player and learned new hissatsu shoots within a jiffy , it seemed.

Tachimukai Yuuki was also a good example, as he did not even met their captain Endou Mamoru in person before , but still managed to learn God Hand by just seeing it. Also many techniques followed after he trained on and on.

It made Megane sad that he couldn't do any of these things, so he tried to cut himself out of his musings, however that was not necessary as Kurimatsu suddenly spoke up.

"I've got an idea!"

A questionable look appeared on Kabeyama's face, while Megane just kept staring.

With a smile and his fists balled in excitement, the shorter boy spoke up. "We can't just sit here and depress ourselves! But what if we try to focus on something else than just soccer?"

Now Megane joined Kabeyama with the same expression.

"I mean, the first step to success is confidence right? If you don't believe in anything, you can't gain anything! And a person always shows better results when feeling motivated, right?"

A sigh was heard. "That's kind of obvious, I've been trying to be positive my whole life, but I still didn't get any better with soccer…I just can't do it." Megane said negatively.

"No, no that is not what I mean. I am not just talking about positivity. What I mean is, you can only be motivated if you achieve something else first! Like when you would make a test, and pass, you wouldn't mind doing it again, or when you play a game, and reach a level, you want to go on don't you?" The short boy continued to explain himself furthermore.

"Now what exactly are you trying to say?" Kabeyama frowned in confusion. This was not the first time he didn't understand his small friend, but seriously.

"We should accost the others about their football abilities and ask them what has made them that good! For example, Fubuki is a good soccer player, but not only is he talented as a sports man, also he gets a lot attention of girls, doesn't he? Maybe it could be like some sort of motivation for him to play soccer?"

"That doesn't make any sense, Kurimatsu. You know what considers his past so how can you possibly think of that? " The short boy got a questionable look of Kabeyama.

"It's not just a theory! I mean it has to be some sort of motivator! Look, Megane loves soccer too, but he needs a motivator first to learn to enjoy it even more and become good at it."

Well, although in Fubuki's case it seems like the last reason why he would enjoy the game in particular. But Kurimatsu's got a point. Kabeyama just guessed that Kurimatsu searched for something that would give Megane some sort of confidence, and if not his soccer skills first, then what better motivator than some nice attention of the other gender.

Also, one's confidence consists mostly of what one is capable of, if not looks. Confidence is a high motivator, and if not, maybe someone who you adore, but Megane has no such interests, except for that one girl…figure.. or something Kabeyama couldn't quite remember.

The large afro boy thought for a moment, and it all became clear.

Endou loved soccer, but his grandfather had been always a big example for the boy. Gouenji loved soccer, and was encouraged by his family and also believed in Endou. Also Gouenji was the type of person to be proud and be highly motivated because of this. Tsunami was good at surfing, and always took things the way they came at him and Tachimukai had Endou as his great role model.

And so we could go on, but Kabeyama understood what Kurimatsu meant to say. Even though Megane always held himself strong, his lack of confidence in his abilities will cause him to always falter and run away.

So, if they could gain some motivation from the other good players, they might inspire Megane to finally believe in himself and fight to become better, and so he could gain finally some good spirit.

As Kabeyama finally understood Kurimatsu's little pep talk, the two looked at each other and nodded before they looked at Megane and pulled the boy off the bench he was sitting on to be on their way. Taking off to their conquest of triumph and fame.

So this was it for now. O_O I know right? Nothing much happened yet nothing funny yet happened, but I will post the next chapter THIS evening. But when I finished the last sentence, I noticed it would be weird to continue because I think I will divide the chapters within each of the Raimon members they will visit.

THEN the comedy will happen, sorry folks. Anyway, did my theory seem a bit logical? I know it was quite babbling ,but it is quite true right? I had this idea suddenly so I wrote it down.

Btw, I know it seems like Megane is like the main character for now, but my habit is to start off from a character, so I can work the story further out from a more general point of view, because that's easier for me.

Anyway enough with the explanation, stay tuned for chapter 2 which I will post later!

Love you all

-Coco