Title: Who's the Fool?
Theme: HiruSena for April fool's Day 2009
Author: Tania Dick
Disclaimer: Sadly I don't have the privilege of owning Eyeshield 21 (that honour belongs to the respective owners). I have simply *cough* borrowed* the players for the purpose of setting them in unreal situations..... *read torture*
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[[words]] = Author's comments
this is leading up to either shonen-ai or Yaoi eventually....depends on the writing flow but if you don't like then don't read. You were warned so read at your own risk
edit/update:
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wow! i didn't expect such an almost instant mass of replies. arigatou *bow*
spelling errors noted and paragraphs restuctured (i didn't make them smaller originally cos i was afraid that they'd then be too short, but if people are happy and prefer the shorter style then i shall edit and accomodate :) and i'm glad to hear that i succeeded in capturing character profiles (sena's easy, but people like hiruma are difficult...cos with my imagination he winds up very vicious {a nice bastard, but still a bastard} and i'm trying to at least keep this relatively tame!)
since i'm new here , i haven't quite figured out the reply system (do we just use the reviews to reply? or use PMs?) anyways until then : there was an enquiry in regards to an illustrated version of the characters attire.... unfortunately my net is restricted at the moment so i can't do anything with deviantart/photobucket but i would like to eventually get down to drawing (at least) hiruma's eveningwear :3 *think smexy* *heart* (if i do i'll be sure to add a link ;3)
[grrr! this thing doesn't like double enters between paragraphs *sigh*]
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Chapter 1 = The Plan
Sena did not like this situation at all! It was near the beginning of their second year towards the end of March. The team were sitting in their clubhouse enjoying the brief respite before having to head to the field to begin practise.
"The question is how to catch him off guard?!" Suzuna cried slamming the top of the table to emphasise her point. "Yes, but how?" growled out Juumonji, "This is HIRUMA we're talking about!" the other two 'huh huh' brothers nodded in agreement. "SCARY FUMO!" added Komubusi. "Yeah, the guy practically has eyes in the back of his Head MAX!!" joined in Monta, arms flailing wildly for emphasis. "Ah-HAA-Ha! I shall distract him with my dazzling wit and talent" Taki announced in his characteristic thumbs up pose (the one where he opens his coat in an attempt to be cool).
"NO YOU WON'T!!!" the entire team vetoed. "Ari-en-nai!" despaired Taki
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April fool's day was only two weeks away and the team was discussing how to possibly avoid the ingenious traps that were more than likely to be arranged by their demonic ex-quarterback. Even though the third years of Deimon Senior High School weren't allowed to participate in extra-curricular activities Hiruma had discovered a loop hole that explained that while the third years were prevented from taking part in the tournament games there was nothing preventing them from assisting with training as a support team (except for the two weeks just prior to a game). The entire Deimon Devil Bats had be silently relieved that they weren't about to be deprived of their comrades. And having the first years train against the more superior skills of the older players would only assist in the forthcoming year's tournament. Mamori and Hiruma were still assisting with the running of the team, with Doburoku-sensei coaching from the sidelines. While feelings were mixed in regards to the over-enthusiastic training regime supervised by the demon quarterback, the original players fully understood the need to continue rigorous training. There were still some touching moments at the realisation that the thirds years could still play in the internal training games since Kurita-sempai and Komubusi-kun had been bawling their eyes out at the thought of not being to train with each other anymore, and people like Yukimitsu being able to maintain his contacts with the only social life outside of study group.
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The third years were even able to assist with the selection of new recruits. For the most part Hiruma had been willing to simply sit and observe, letting the first years – now second years- set the standard for choosing recruits under the guidance of their new captain: Kobayakawa Sena aka Eyeshield 21. Sena was still doing his secretarial duties, but with Suzuna and the rest of the team helping they were succeeding. It may not have been the perfectly running machine that it had been under the watchful eyes of the Hell General and the multi-skilled Anezaki Mamori but it was still the Deimon Devil Bats. They'd even held the 'Tower of Hell' Challenge to test out the new recruits (under more legal means this year tho). By calling ahead they'd booked the Tokyo tower again and had Suzuna raid her journalistic contacts to arrange for viewing equipment to assess the recruits. They'd had to hold some fundraisers (like selling tickets for Suzuna's cheerleader tryouts) and also allowing Suzuna's journalist friend cover and article to allow for the use of the audio visual, but Hiruma hadn't looked too displeased (just annoyed that he hadn't gotten to use his blackmail book again) and obviously enjoyed re-comprising his role as the MC and 'Soldier of Hell' (it had been the only to be able to borrow Kerberos as the 'Guard Dog of Hell'). The new first years have been a mixed bag but due to their previous year there were far more entrants than Kurita was especially used to seeing (resulting in more tears and some slightly bruised ribs amongst the first years. The majority of the lost recruits had been due to the realisation that they were still going to have to deal with the demonic ex-captain supervising their overall training (and focusing some 'special' attention to the students with the potential as the replacement quarterbacks). But the new recruits were developing well (and even grudgingly accepting Hiruma's gruelling demands as necessary if they wanted to take both the spring tournament and Christmas Bowl).
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However, ever since Hiruma's arrival at Deimon; April fool's Day was un-officially known as 'Blackmail Day'. In both first and second year he had orchestrated several traps to catch people in embarrassing situations and thereby increase the information in his little black book. Last year no one had been spared. This year not only were they once again facing 'Blackmail Day' with considerable trepidation but the first years were understandably nervous having heard of some of the situations that previous students had unfortunately found themselves in.
Thus their current conversation had developed with the older members trying to gently warn and prepare the new recruits for the activities of their demonic quarterback.
"Has anyone ever succeeded in April fooling Hiruma-sempai before?" a first year piped up.
"No" was the unanimous disheartening answer.
"There have always been people that have tried" Kurita-sempai had said pressing his pointer fingers together.
"Ha-hai, but Hiruma pretty much got them before they could really ... do anything...." Sena said haltingly. In spite of being Eyeshield in the previous year and gaining the confidence to lift his head and face the world, he was still a nervous timid guy... and anything involving the resident Demon of Deimon High was guaranteed to bring a stutter to anyone's lips. No one could really stand up to that intimidating aura. They all sighed. There had been various ideas tossed about but like the year before but nothing really concrete had come up...
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"YAAA-HA Fucking Newbies! Enough babysitting Fucking members! Let's get to practise!" the door to the modified clubhouse slammed open; followed closely by an ominous 'clunk-clunk' as the demon quarterback in question with a maniacal grin, bought a rocket launcher to his shoulder - needless to say there was a mass exodus from the clubhouse.
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That afternoon's practise was relatively pleasant. Not that Sena as team captain or any of the other members allowed the first years to grow lax in their training. They all trained to the obsessive levels set by their previous captain - if they didn't, who could say if they would succeed in the spring tournament if they didn't train that 110%? But busting your guts out without having to worry about a sudden hail of bullets or a pair of snapping jaws at ones ankles as veritable barrage of abuse was being flung your way certainly made for a more relaxed atmosphere! It was a rare occurrence though; in spite of the time restrictions placed on third years with the amount required to be studied for their end of year exams, Hiruma almost always was available to supervise and participate in the various training activities needed to hone and maintain the current Deimon Devil Bats. This afternoon was one of the exceptions, Hiruma having had an unavoidable class excursion - which was probably the reason for his more excessive morning practise regime...
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Sena didn't like this situation at all. Now that they all had a 'Hiruma-free' session after afternoon practise Suzuna was more than prepared to take them through the 'GREAT GET HIRUMA APRIL FOOL'S PLAN' she had suddenly come up with just before Hiruma-sempai had arrived to start morning training. He'd had a bad feeling once she'd started to explain it. He'd been relieved when Mamori-neechan had protested at the unnecessary amount of possible danger he'd be exposed to but somehow Suzuna had managed to talk her into it and it looked like this year's April Fool's was going to land Sena in a whole heap of trouble...