Author's Note: Meh, don't really have much to say but enjoy the latest chapter in Bright Future.

Summary: High School life comes to a close for Sena and the others at Deimon High. College life loom on the horizon along with adventure, drama, deception and of course romance. Will the gang keep in touch or will the distance between them be too great. SenaxSuzuna , HirumaxMamori, MontaxOC.

Disclaimer : Eyeshied 21 belongs to Riichiro Inagaki and Yusuke Murata. The OC characters are mine though :P

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Chapter 9: Old Time Friends and New Foes

Sweat dripped off their faces as they were lined up in the split back formation, they had been running plays from before the sun rise as was the usual for their practice sessions. Right now the morning sun was warming up the place and caused to feel uncomfortable in their dew wet training attire. The play was simple enough, counter lead to the right with Sean blocking for him. "HIKE!" . With that command they went into motion, running the play flawlessly as if they had been playing together for years.

'The chemistry of this team is the best I have seen. It's not just the defense but the offense also. It's as if they think for each other, know each other's playing styles.' The General just chuckled to himself as he watched Jin take down Sena in the secondary. He the put his whistle to his lips and blew. "THAT'S ENOUGH!", he smirked as a sigh of relief could be heard from all the players. "I should make you guys work twice as hard since you have your day off tomorrow, but seeing as we have the traditional match against the school's rivals Geron University, note how I say the school's rival and not ours, because in my opinion they are nowhere near your level to be considered as rivals. Then to underestimate ones enemy is the first step to losing so they should not be taken lightly."

A brave soul then interrupted the General's Speech. "So, what was the score last year?"

Hiruma spoke up "24-21 Oniro"

"So if they were able to keep the game so close last year shouldn't they be on the same page as us still?"

"They would be if the school had not decided to draw in so much young talent this year. Most of their starters are the same except for a few on their defense. Keep this in mind, as you all know I do not tolerate losses, you guys have worked too hard, poured out too much sweat and pushed yourselves to your limits everyday just to reach this match and lose. This is the first step to the National Title. Now the game is on the Friday coming, practice will be the same until Wednesday where we will only have planning meetings is that understood?"

"YES GENERAL!"

"You are dismissed for today. Don't enjoy yourselves too much." he stated giving Locksley and Sojiro a stern look.

The guys picked up their equipment and headed to the showers, Sena ran up to meet with Hiruma.

"So was the match really that close?"

"We were lucky last year that they didn't have a decent secondary core. Most of our points came through the air. They were a more balanced team than ours on the offense. Their key player is their bat-eyed quarterback, but this year.." he gave his trademark evil grin "Our chances of annihilating them are 100."

A few minutes passed and everyone was getting ready, most chatting idly with each other.

"So what are your plans for tonight?" asked Shinji out of the blue.

"Got a double date with Suzuna and former teammate of mine and his girl friend. Supposed to hit the Restaurant and Grill in the city. So what are you going to do?"

"Hitomi wants to go and see a movie so that's probably what I will end up doing."

"You two sure are hitting it off. Big brother say anything about you two dating?"

"Surprisingly not, which is probably due to the fact Hitomi threatened to tell everyone a secret of his if he interfered"

"A female Hiruma..." they looked at each other and both shuddered at the thought

The day flew by faster than Sena expected, he found himself being late to pick up Suzuna at her campus. As soon as the bus stopped, he jumped off and sped towards the college's gate. He soon saw her figure in the distance and slowed his pace, he then noticed something odd about her. She was tapping her feet in place, a sure fire sign that something was seriously pissing her off. She was also turning her head around every now and then as if she was saying something towards a person behind her. A concerned look crossed his face as he picked his pace up once again.

"Suzu" he called out. She turned her head quickly upon hearing her nickname called.

"Sena-kun!" she ran to him and leaped into his arms embracing him in a hard hug. Sena looked over her shoulder and saw a figure leaning against a tree in the walkway.

"You alright?" he said not taking his eyes off of the person. Suzuna followed Sena's eyes to see where he was focused.

"I'm alright, just a jerk who won't leave me alone."

"Want me to go.."

"No Sena, we don't have time to waste on him. We are already late as it is." She pulled him along towards the bus bay and he eventually followed behind her. Since they began dating Sena had become far more protective of Suzuna, if anybody troubled her his calm demeanor changed to a more aggressive one. Nobody was allowed to belittle her in his presence.

"Sena-kun, the bus!!" shouted Suzuna. Sena snapped back to his normal self and sped off in an attempt to stop the bus.

"Why were you guys so late?" asked Monta.

"It was my fault really, got caught up in discussions about the game with some of my team mates. It went on further than I expected, so therefore I was late in picking up Suzuna." replied Sena.

A waiter then walked up to them with their dishes ready. "Here ya go, the house's steak special for the gents, grilled chicken salad for you miss and last but not least the baby back mini ribs for the other beauty. Enjoy your dinner."

Silence fell over the table momentarily as they began to eat their respective meals, Suzuna felt uncomfortable and spoke up. "So Mon-Mon you never told me how you two met?"

Monta swallowed a piece of his steak and looked over to his dark blue haired date. "Well from my point of view, it was me who made the first move. I was on my way from class and was on my way to the Royal Tree..." he put another piece of steak in his mouth,chewed and swallowed it quickly, "Oh yea, that's the football team's tree, don't ask why we have a tree for ourselves but it's a tradition, but anyways I'm walking through the mass crowd, cuz at that time of the day most people are free. So out of the corner my eye I spot a figure trying to make their way through the crowd struggling with their text books, the stack in her hands start wobbling and begin to drop, so of course CATCH-MAX!, I catch the books before they fall and when I looked at the owner I was struck by her beauty and had to introduce myself, we began talking and soon began dating. But according to Aya, she claims..."

"Its not a claim, it is a fact"

"She says that it was intentional, she had spotted me down the hall and played the damsel in distress hoping I would be the knight in shining armor."

"And it worked like a charm" she said with a smirk that made Suzuna giggle. Monta just shook his head slightly. The dinner went by very casual, the conversations were mostly between Suzuna and Aya who seemed to be hitting it off very well. They all decided that it was too early to call it a night and began their mission to search for a pool table.

"So when is your first game?"

"We played an exhibition game already, most of the first string players didn't play for more than a quarter, by half time we were up by 21 points." stated Monta.

"Seems that Shin-san and the others still excel no matter the stage. I'm actually anxious about our first match. It's supposed to be some sort of traditional match between two university rival schools."

"From seeing your schedule, you guys have an easy start to the season, that is until you run into King's University in November. Even though there is you and Hiruma, you guys are completely out gunned." this brought a small smile to his face. "But then again we were always out gunned and found a way to shine didn't we."

Sena smiled as the memories of their time in high school came to his mind. "This seasons is going to be one for the record books, and I wouldn't underestimate our team if I was you."

"Just make sure you bring your A game, I don't want any complaints."

"Do I ever bring anything else Monta?"

"Better not"

"We are with company as you can see?", Sena heard the annoyed tone in Suzuna's voice and turned around to see what was the problem. He and Monta had not realized that they had left their conversing girlfriends behind slightly, but it was enough to attract unwanted attention. The girls moved to walk past but they were blocked off by the stranger's companions. Monta who was now a towering figure made his approach with Sena next to him.

"Excuse me gentleman but she's with me." he extended his hand to Aya who grabbed it and escaped. Sena did the same and sheltered Suzuna as she walked through the group of individuals. The harassers were stunned at their bold move considering they were outnumbered by 2 to 1. They turned to take a good look at the brave men and one recognized them.

"Boys this girl isn't worth our time. Any girl that associates herself with an Oniro dog isn't worth our time."

Sena who had his back turned, turned to face the speaker. "What did you say?"

"Was it too complicated for an Oniro bastard like you? Any girl that associates herself with you guys are either dumb,sluts,beastly or all of them combined. And obviously she falls into the latter category, she probably just bought into the hype of the star of Deimon High."

Sena was now starting to become angered and stepped towards the speaker but Monta held him on his shoulder to keep him back. The speaker then pulled back his hood to reveal his face, his eyes were slanted and seemed to have thick black outline, it made him look like a bat, then it clicked in Sena's head.

"Just enjoy her bedroom manner while you can Eyeshield, because when you guys are crushed next week the groupie love stops." Sena moved again to confront the strangers but voices spoke up behind them.

"Fuuu, it seems your still sour about your girlfriend hugging me after we beat your sorry excuse for a team."

"Kekeke, this is a new low Saito. Are you mad your make-up assistant left you?"

The last few comments got underneath Saito's skin as his teeth clenched and fists tightened but he quickly regained his confident composure. "Talk tough now Hiruma, but you Oniro dogs are going to be begging for mercy come Friday." He showed Akaba his middle finger before turning around and walking off with his companions in tow.

"HIRUMA! " came a shout from behind. 'Mamori-neesan?' thought Sena. "How could you walk off leaving me at the window like that? It was bad enough you went off to talk to Akaba-san." but then she saw Sena and the others. "Sena-kun!" she engulfed him in a hug. "Monta!" she did the same which caused Monta to blush deeply which earned him a stern look from Aya, he really had not fully gotten over his crush on Mamori. "Suzuna!"

"Are you done now?"

She ignored Hiruma's comment. "So what are you guys doing here?"

"We were enjoying a night out together before we met up with some goons, but Yo-nii and Akaba-san dealt with them." replied Suzuna.

"I see" she turned to Hiruma "You are forgiven in that case then."

"Like I care"

COUGH "Liar" COUGH teased Akaba which received a death glare from the devil incarnate.

Mamori then looked at her watch. "Hiruma, we are going to be late. The movie is about to start. Sorry to leave so soon but it was nice seeing you guys again." She latched onto Hiruma and began to walk away, Akaba laughed and waved bye to Hiruma.

"I guess I will be off also, try not to get into any more trouble."

"Where are you going Akaba?"

"Open mike night at a night club, care to follow?"

They looked at each other and agreed.

"Lead the way.

Author's Note: Yep, that was the latest installment of Bright Future. I will update as soon as possible, you know with finals and all. Hope you guys enjoyed it, Read and Review, constructive criticism is always welcomed.