Noa and Ego(you) are rivals. Were rivals, really. Ego doesn't play himself anymore. In all honesty he never really thought they'd see eachother again face-to-face. But due to the Neo Egoist League, Noel Noa was in Japan, in Blue Lock.

The first meeting of the five European capitans and Ego, there was an awkward tension lingering in the air between Ego and Noa. They weren't bitter, or sour, they didn't even really have a rivalry anymore. But something about being old teammates and close "friends" back in the day made everything uncomfortable. Anyone who was in the same room as the two of them could tell.

It's not like they would avoid eachother though. They were adults, and they knew better than to avoid eachother like teenagers. However even saying the others name, in relation to the NEL was still as odd as ever when the other was right there. No help, of course, was the fact that a lot of the Blue Lock players were rather intreagued by this.

Eventually, the two of them found themselves in the same place. One of the pitches in the Blue Lock facility. Noa, kicking a ball, not really practicing, more like aimlessly dwadling around. Ego, walking up the fields sidelines, sitting down to watch.

"What are you here for?" Noa asks, not bothering to raise his voice to speak, it was quiet, everyone was asleep. Ego, in turn, takes out his translation ear-piece, it was nicer to have a normal conversation in French like they used to, not hear an AI-recreation of a voice.