Codenamed Shinigami

Chapter 4

Disclaimer: I don't own Eyeshield 21, Code Geass and Shounen Onmyouji

Announcement: I'm cancelling the poll for Hiruma and sticking to Hirumamo. But the poll for Sena is still on!

Sorry for the late update!

HAPPY NEW YEAR AND BELATED MERRY CHRISTMAS! THIS IS MY GIFT TO ALL MY READERS! I rushed this just to catch up to 2011! Just so you know I posted this 12 midnight local time!

Their first game, and Sena and the others weren't as nervous as they ought to be. After a quick run yesterday trying to find additional members to their team, they found some reluctant players. Now it was obvious there are some people that you just can't convince, no matter how nice you are and sometimes necessary force is needed so Satake Yohei and Yamaoka Kenta was blackmailed into joining by their infamous, irrefutably dangerous and sadistic captain. Then there was Tetsuo Ishimaru. Now there's a funny story about that.

Sena wandered around letting her gift point her toward someone… She noticed that she'd always see this shadow but never in the light giving her an impression, "Shadowless God of Death". She felt herself snickering, looks like that the Deimon Devil Bats are getting more divine help than others would have thought. As she neared the track team club room she felt the tug strongest here.

Now, Sena was one that wouldn't try and break rules and this is a perfectly good example. Sena had ample cleavage but not enough to be called buxom and being that the Deimon High uniform composed of an undershirt and a blazer, Sena never got used to the usual bra but instead she regularly used sports bras. The style she favors is those that put emphasis on support. Sena, no matter how much Mamori and Shinonome chastises or pleads her, leaves 3 buttons undone, showing ample cleavage and with the sports bra giving the illusion she wasn't wearing one at all. So it wasn't a surprise that Ishimaru blew a blood geyser but it was noticeable that there was a discoloration in his blood. Sena stood back and let her mind wander into the minds of her alternate universe counterparts and she hears clips of him saying, "It's like your blood runs cold." or something.

"Yeah sure, I can. I'll probably just look around for potential Track members. So when's the game?" Ishimaru asked after recomposing himself.

"Tomorrow." Sena replied, already knowing that she'd be turned down.

"Acha! I can't! I have to deliver magazines tomorrow, half of it I can do tonight but if you can help me, maybe I'll be able to play tomorrow." Ishimaru said though he felt slightly guilty that he'd be able to boss around Sena.

"Then let me."

Once night had fallen, Sena had finished with delivering the half of the magazines given to her and collided with a surprised Ishimaru.

"Eh? You're done? I guess I would be playing your game tomorrow then." With that Ishimaru went away to go home.

Sena stayed on the road she was on as she had felt a strange presence around the neighborhood. For years, this part of town was said to be cursed as many families had children that died here. It would be prudent to not ask around the local temple.

The air around this neighborhood felt heavy and the presence, unknown but familiar.

By the time she had gone home to the Kurotsuki Temple everyone was readying for bed. Shugoshin sat outside her room on the porch that her doors open to. Shugoshin sat there; one leg propped up, his head supported on his knee while wearing a male yukata. Near him was a girl, kneeling and not looking up. It was unknown to the rest of the world but the Kurotsuki Family still employed servants. These "servants" were from a long family line of servants that served Nobility. The Kurotsuki Family took them in as the modern era bloomed. Shinozaki Sayoko is the 27th successor of the Shinozaki School of martial arts and her family served Shugoshin's family. While the Kurotsuki spiritualists took care of the paranormal, whenever they encounter people who had less than good intentions the Shinozaki servants would come out and help.

Sena just glanced at Sayoko and sat beside Shugoshin, folding her legs beneath her. Turning to Sayoko she simply commanded, "Sayoko-chan, please bring me up dinner and a kettle of tea for the both of us."

Sayoko just bowed and seemed to blend into the shadows without moving.

"What is it that you sense, Sena-sama?"

"Have you heard of ****'s cases?"

"The case where there are several report mysterious deaths of children in different families that live in that area? The coroners deemed it SID for several of the babies and some sort of late SID for the older ones. The people there have been trying to leave but not one could find another home anywhere."

"Don't you remember Shugoshin-kun, I used to live there." Sena said in a cold tone causing Shugoshin to sharply turn to look at her. Sayoko came back and set down Sena's food and their tea, she returned to her former position near Shugoshin. Sena continued on not perturbed by Shugoshin's sudden reaction. "I asked around the local temples and learned that it all started just months after my sibling's birth, you know the…" Sena didn't finish the sentence as she was still a bit bitter at what had happened years ago. She never regretted saving Shinonome, Higure and Sugoshin but the deaths of her family was a bitter memory and harsh punishment.

"After the game tomorrow we're going to the area and purging the beast. I have a bad feeling that this is only the beginning." Sena said with resolution and determination.

The next day…

The stadium was not full of people as, both the Koigahama and Deimon was no well-known. Sena and Mamori were careful of the equipment they passed around as Sena wanted to avoid the same mistake almost all of her alternate versions made with Ishimaru-kun's cleats. But Sena knew that they wouldn't win if she didn't run that first winning run. But she felt that fate was by her side and even if she pitied Ishimaru there wasn't much she could do, she had to run that first run.

Sena wandered off as she felt the fates pull her into that direction and up a set of stairs where 3 other girls were, one of them relatively chubby. She heard them shriek and rather than the chubby girl falling off the railing, Sena managed to pull her back in but in turn she was the one that fell. Sena just closed her eyes waiting for an impact or either Tai'in or Byakko to use their winds to rescue her. But to her surprise she felt a pair of warm, strong arms around her. She opened her eyes to look at a boy who looked oddly like Bruce Lee. Another head peaked in, this one had the characteristics of a foreigner and vaguely familiar. "Are you alright?" asked the blonde.

"I'm alright, please let me down now." Sena said to them, the dark haired one let her down.

"Thank you for saving me. I'm Kobayakawa Sena, Deimon Devil Bat's secretary." Sena said politely and sent them a bright smile making Sakuraba blush upon noticing her style of clothing, her physique and specially that smile of hers.

"Oh! You're part of the AmeFuto team here? I'm Sakuraba Haruto and this is Shin Seijuro, we're from the Oujou White Knights. We're here to… Hehe…" Sakuraba seemed a little sheepish that he'd practically blurted out that they were there to spy on them. Sena laughed lightly and got the sense that they were important people to her.

"It's alright. I'm actually glad someone's out scouting us. It would mean that we're important enough that other teams would have to take notice of us, especially one of the two most powerful teams here in Kantou." Sena said in that voice of her, it entranced and frightened both Shin and Sakuraba. Shin though, couldn't understand where the fluttering in his stomach came from.

"Please watch carefully today… you might be able to see something incredible with my team."

Sena returned to her team, Juumonji, Kuroki, Toganou, Shugoshin, Shinonome and Higure were all in their jerseys and ready to fight. Currently, the two teams were still in the piss each other off stage. The Koigahama saw Sena and approached, his face fixed in a perverted expression.

"Why are you here on their side, Miss beautiful? Even if they're your home team doesn't mean you have to cheer for them. We always have positions here with us."

In just those few words, Sena's friends had on pissed off expressions and Hiruma just cackled off in the sides.

"Stay away from her you creep. Or I'll twist that thing that makes you a man and make you forever sound like a girl." Shinonome said in a cold, dark tone. The opposing captain backed off, his legs twisting as if already feeling the promised pain.

As the match started, there was nothing particularly spectacular about it. Sena's friends were still brand new to the sport and not used to the rules yet. There were small instances of brilliance but it was all easily cast off as flukes. She could see Shin and Sakuraba talking semi-seriously. Shin was serious and Sakuraba was exasperated. Then when Koigahama went on offensive, Shugoshin did a wonderful move, his arms poised to grapple and his hands shaped like claws, the runningback of the Koigahama was crushed under his grips and had to be taken off the field. It was then that both Shin and Sakuraba looked to each other and watched more carefully. Sena had a small smile on her face as she watched at the sidelines with Mamori, who by each minute would get this brighter looking sparkle in her eyes.

Juumonji, Kuroki and Toganou took down the defense by second down, once more Shugoshin doing what looked like a lighter version of his move but looked like it still had the same power as the infamous Spear Tackle of one Shin Seijuro. "Dark Claw…" Sena whispered as she watched the lighter version of the move of Shugoshin. Mamori immediately took notice and wrote down the name of the new technique.

The quarterback this time made a throw pass that was probably more of Sakuraba's range rather than the normal catcher but because of a double team of Shinonome and Higure, with Shinonome effectively stopping the catcher and Higure running ahead while calculating the angle managed to catch it, though further into their territory, the ball was in their possession. A lot of jaws dropped at the sudden displays of talent. As Hiruma went into offense, he handed off the ball to Ishimaru to run it, a defender made a sliding tackle and Ishimaru was forced out of play.

Hiruma noticed their audience and cursed. "Time to launch a rocket." The demon captain murmured. Then…

"Hey! Isn't that Sakuraba Haruto?" In his best girlish scream and there the girls go, Sakuraba was chased and he left the video camera to Shin who promptly broke it and chased after Sakuraba to ask about it. Sena almost couldn't stop her giggling and clutched at Shugoshin who had a small smile, as well as the others.

Hiruma turned to her and dragged her off, making an excuse that she did something to cause Ishimaru's accident. Minutes later, a dark presence filled the field and the reporter, "Bomberhead" Kumabukuro was slightly terrified. He'd only ever felt this presence from very few people, one of them was Kongo Agon, and even then this presence seemed much more terrifying. To the field, a new player for Deimon stepped in, his body structure was androgenous at best even with the protective pads. This person had an eyeshield and had the number of 21. The referee immediately came near Hiruma clearly trying to state that eyeshields are not allowed unless they have permission. Hiruma was about to take something out and Kumabukuro thought it was that creepy little black notebook or another gun but he was beaten to it by the number 21 player. The player pulled out a piece of paper that he gave to the referee. The referee nodded and accepted the letter and let the play resume.

It was the first time that anyone ever seen Sena run, not that they knew it was her, and what a run. She juked all of the other team's players without breaking a sweat, bringing the first touchdown to the game, effectively winning the Deimon Devil bats their first win in the Spring Tournament. Everyone was clamoring for Sena's name but she didn't speak.

"This is MY team's Eyeshield 21! He ain't the original but this is his challenge to all the Eyeshield 21's out there whether fake or original! 'I will you all the remaining Eyeshield 21's out there for I am Eyeshield 21: Codenamed Shinigami!'" And Hiruma went away with most of his team back into the clubhouse while their extras were told to leave.

Kumabukuro was sweating in his seat. He wasn't sure of excitement or fear but all he knew was, this Eyeshield 21: Codenamed Shinigami is one not to be trifled with even if it was only Hiruma that spoke for him. The player's presence alone spoke volumes of how serious this is going to be. He just hopes that no one literally gets killed.

That night…

Sena, Shugoshin, Shinonome and Higure, who were all being shadowed by Sayoko and some of her siblings, walked through ****'s streets.

Sena wore a short but elegant kimono, its sleeves longer than her arms. She had a fanny pack attached at her hip and multitudes of daggers and kunais were strapped on her tighs, though she could still run in her normal speed of 5.0. Flanking her was Shinonome and Higure, they both wore shinobi style clothes and gear. Their head was adorned with a Konoha hitai-ate, it didn't matter that Konoha didn't exist there they'd always be Konoha shinobi no matter the dimension. At rear guard, Shugoshin wore skin tight undershirt covered with guards placed in strategic points of his body. (A/N: Think the armor of Sango's family's battle gear.)

Their eyes were peeled for anything out of the ordinary and their senses stretched to catch whatever it was making the disturbance. A scream went out a few houses away and they rushed there, as they came to a halt outside the house they could hear heart-wrenching sobs of a mother and the anger of the father. Sena's eyes were stuck on a hulking figure on top of the roof. Shugoshin took out a giant blade out of nowhere and jumped up to the roof followed by Shinonome and Higure. Sena ran to the nearest park, knowing her friends would lure the creature there. When she got there it was only moments after that Shugoshin, Shinonome and Higure came out of the woods followed by the bear-like creature. He had a mask-like face yellow-green with two large fangs pointing upwards and two more downwards though pointing slightly sideways. It had a body of something akin to a bear but had long arms that reached almost the floor. The thing stood a little over 6'5 and had translucent blood on it. (1)

"This thing has been eating those souls." Shugoshin muttered beside Sena.

"It said that he hasn't been satisfied because the ones he seeks cannot be found." Higure said.

"It also said that its first meal was twin unborn children who's reiatsu was higher than others." Shinonome said, although relunctantly.

"Subdue it." Sena whispered and the others sprang to action quickly incapacitating the creature.

Sena walked up to it and said, "I mostly have mercy upon you creatures but you took away something very precious from me."

Then the creature started talking, it's voice hoarse but it was almost in whisper, "Good, taking away something precious from you little onmyouji is a boon for us."

Sena's face twisted in hatred, her eyes changing color from its normal brown doe eyes to silver to silver-ish bloody red. She began to chant and a circle of light surrounded the creature.

"There they are, my pray! Let me eat them before you banish me! Let me drain their souls for they might as well be creatures like me!" the creature spoke it's hand reaching for a set of twin silver foxes that rested beyond on the treeline. Sena intensified her chanting and it howled in pain for one last time before dissolving into nothing. A rough and strong wind blowing away as a silhouette of a girl played before their eyes, Tai'in. Her smile, small and sad, was returned with a pained one from her master. Sena went over to the pair of foxes and knelt. The pair quickly jumped into her arms, her eyes that returned to normal once more changed color but this time into gold as both of the fox's red eyes glowed gold as well, Sena had tears running down her cheeks.

"Natsume-chan… Kyoshiro-kun… You've come back… My imoto-chan and otouto-chan…" and Sena cried tears of joy for the first time in a long time.

(1) Can anyone guess who I'm using in Fullmetal Alchemist for this particular monster? One clue: Talking Chimera

Keep voting for Sena's pairing:

Shin - III

Kakei - II

Yamato - IIIIII

Juumonji - I

Agon - II

Unsui - I

Taka - I

Sakuraba - I

Reverse Harem - I

With the Hiruma poll… I'm really sorry! I'm not actually a fan of Hirusena any other pairing but not Hirusena… :P Sorry for getting your hopes up!

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