Set! HUT! HUT! Hiruma shouted, cueing Kurita to pass the ball in between his legs so have Hiruma catch it and the linemen collided together. Koda could just smell the testosterone coming from the other players, though it was a fact that they weren't that strong. She was almost not trying to push back; realizing the White Knight players were much stronger than her opponent right now.
With that thought, she let her guard down and didn't expect a fist being drive into her open gut. Causing her to lose air and her grip, the opposing player managed to squeeze through to get to Hiruma but she managed to jump on him before he escaped her grasp and brought him down. Hiruma threw the ball before he was tackled down by other players and, Eyeshield 21 easily caught the ball to run it to the end zone.
But he was taken down easily by Harashi with his long flexible arms. Luckily they managed to get an 8 yard gain when Sena hit the ground. Habashira scoffed at how weak the running back was, he got up and went back to his team to play their next attack.
Son of a bitch!Koda got up and rubbed her stomach where she took the blow. It was foul play! She was rather surprised that the referee didn't call it. Then she thought to herself, the Chameleons were known for playing dirty. What if this was one if the times where they had to pay the referee like in the movies. That way they could do whatever they wanted.
She cursed under her breath and saw Monta giving Sena a hand to get him up. He gave him the thumbs up but Koda could tell from behind the Eyeshield, Sena was not happy.
They all huddled up together so Hiruma could explain their next plan.
"Going directly for it, isn't going to work. I'll pass the ball to the monkey...Eyeshield, it'll be your job to get the ball from him and make it to the end goal."
"M-me?" Sena softly whimpered.
"That's what I fucking said. Koda, you block the outer linebacker. Let fat-ass and the others do the rest. Make sure no one gets anywhere near Eyeshield."
"Got it."
"Now let's go kill them! YA-HA!"
"YA-HA!" The team chanted in return but Sena stayed quiet, his legs trembling with fear. They got into formation and faced their opponents. Koda looked back at Sena for a quick second, he will be coming her way so she had to pull her opponent out of the way for just a few seconds.
Hiruma finally yelled HUT HUT! Cueing the linebackers to clash and the plan was put into action. Koda collided with her Chameleon opponent and pushed him back a foot or two so Sena could have the space he needed to pass her. But another player came out from behind by surprise and planned to block Sena, she wasn't about to let that happen. She brought first opponent to the ground at her feet and jumped to the second opponent. She wrapped her arms around his chest and forced her feet to stop her opponent from going further.
"You're wide open! Go Sena!" Koda thought loudly in her head but when she looked up, Sena was yards away. He was running yes but...not at the speed he was suppose to. The lineman she held looked back at her and she gulped with fear; he let her weight being him down but he rammed his elbow down on her chest in the process. The protection armor she wore help shield part of the blow but the pain momentarily cut her off to breathe. She gasped for air as the player hovered her and smirked.
"Get off the the field bitch. This is our turf."
"Screw you." Koda replied.
She heard Monta yelling in pain nearby, meaning the other players crashed on him. The referee blew his whistle to signal that the ball was stopped. The player scoffed and got off her only to kick her helmet before reuniting with his teammate. She swore she could feel her brain moving inside her skull from the kick. Sena finally caught up to her and gave her his hand to help her up.
"Koda-chan, are you ok?"
"Never been better." She commented as she was brought back on her feet. She shook off the pain of her chest and the group huddled together.
Hiruma repeated the plan again and they repeated the procedure, only to have them pummeled to the ground again with pain and agony.
Koda brought herself up from the ground after the two times she was brought to the ground but her knees buckled and she fell again. It was getting a little hard to breathe every time the Chameleons crash into her with their foul tricks. Kurita came over to help her up on her feet; "Koda-chan, don't over work yourself."
"Is it just me or do I see stars in the middle of the sky?" Kurita saw her eyes moving around as if she was seeing moving stars. He was getting kinda worried for her since age actually raised her hands to catch the twinkling lights. She shook her head to make the stars disperse and took off her helmet to let the cool air hit her sweaty head.
"This is pointless. We only have one more shot at this before we change tactics." She said worriedly. "They're leading by 12 and it's the second quarter."
"I know." Kurita sighed sadly.
"What the fuck is your problem?!" Hiruma kicked Sena's butt by his surprise as he was angered by the fact that Sena wasn't doing what he was suppose to do.
"I-I'm sorry!" He pleaded for his life as Hiruma brought out his AK-47 to kill him.
"H-hiruma-kun." Kurita whimpered.
"It's not like he's doing it on purpose." Monta defended his friend.
"When I tell you to fucking run, you fucking run like hell! I don't know what's the fucking problem here!" Hiruma shouted, as he shot his AK-47 in the air, making people cover their ears. "We're getting our asses handed to us by a bunch of fucking dead beat punks!"
Sena looked up at him and realized they were right. The Chameleons were just a bunch of gang members playing a sport ruthlessly. When he faced Shin, it was a much harder match. From Habashira, it was more of a push compare to Shin which was more of a stab. Sena actually stopped shaking and could see clearer, there was nothing to be afraid of.
The game ended with 48-24, Devil Bats Won. Deimon High School roared for their team as they cheered for victory. Monta was crushed on the last play so Kurita and Koda helped him up from his exhausted performance but the moment they let go, Monta tilted over like a falling tree and Kurita swiftly caught him before he fell.
Koda quickly went to their stuff to get a water bottle and brought it back to spray it at his face. He expected a slight drizzle but thanks to her strength, it felt like someone turned on a hose and tried to drown him. Once the water ran out, Koda apologized for what she did only to have Monta spit out the remaining water and laugh. Koda smiled and laughed along with him and Kurita.
Sena chuckled under his breath but he was soon glomped by Koda and she pressed her lips against his green eye shield, leaving a pink kiss mark. Sena blushed. Who wears lip gloss to a football game?
"You did it! I can't believe you did it!"
"Th-Thanks." Sena replied modestly.
They saw Hiruma walk over to the Chameleons then they were reminded that in the beginning of the game, they both made a bet of 5 million yen.
"Do you really think the Chameleons actually have 5 million yen?" Koda asked.
"Don't know." Monta shrugged.
"Hiruma-kun has his ways to get what he wants." Kurita added nervously.
They saw the Chameleons being noisy as they took out metal pipes, baseball bats, and butterfly knives from god know where; they weren't going to go down without a fight. "He may look like the devils off spring but one man against all of that?" Koda pointed out. "Come on let's go help him out."
Kurita stopped her before she went any further. "They may have butterfly knives on them but our captain has military artillery under his sleeve."
They saw Hiruma pull out a specially made silver handgun...that literally had atleast 12 other barrels attached to it. The sun made the metal shine brightly but it made the Chameleons turn white and they all kneeled on the ground to bow before him.
"Hiruma-sama." Habashira announced.
"HIRUMA-SAMA!" His team replied, the devil bats dropped their mouths.
"So that's how he collects his slaves." Sena and Monta discovered together.
"Yep!" Kurita said proudly.
"It's actually kinda sexy." Koda muttered under her breath but her teammates heard her and gave her a surprising look. She looked at them, not realizing the words that came out of her mouth. "Hmm? What?"
The evening finally came and everyone was heading home, the team retreated to the clubhouse to change out of their football gear. Koda felt her skin burning under her shirt when she took off her protective armor. Once she did, she raised her shirt to reveal a light spot starting to form into a bruise.
"Those sons of bitches." She muttered. She remembered when they elbowed and punched her multiple times through the armor and under, just enough to start bruising. Tomorrow she could just sense that it would be an ugly purple bruise clashing with her skin. "Fuck."
"That looks bad." Sena commented.
"Not as bad as the one you're going to get." Koda released her shirt to pull up Sena's and reveal multiple small bruises that were just starting to form into big ones. "From all the times Habashira tackled you."
"Ye-yeah." He admitted with a blush, he wished he realized his fear sooner. Maybe it wouldn't have been as bad.
"By the way, Sena-kun, what made you finally stop fearing Habashira? It's like all of a sudden Hiruma-kun just turned on the light for you." Kurita asked him suddenly, making everyone's eyes turn to Sena.
"We-well...ever since Hiruma mentioned they were all punks. I realized that while the Chameleons were strong, the white knights were stronger. I reminded myself that I admire and fear Shin more than anyone else, then I stopped being afraid."
"Ooh, sounds like someone has a crush." Koda teased when she sat herself on the table. Sena blushed furiously as his other teammates laughed at her joke.
"That's not true! We're not even friends! I mean he is my friend and he did help me a few times but I don't know him like that! And we're two guys! It'll be wrong!"
Koda laughed; "Sena! Relax I was just kidding!" She hugged Sena to make him feel better but with his face on her breasts didn't make his blushing go away.
After changing, they all departed the clubhouse and wished everyone a good rest for tomorrow. Just as Koda was half way home, she realized she forgot her school bag back at the clubhouse and she retreated back to school.
Hiruma was typing away his chart on his computer, he likes to keep track on who he was threatening and who were his new slaves. He logged in the Chameleons and found some dirt on Habashima he thought he could use for later.
It was getting late, he should really start heading home. He desperately needed a shower and the ones at school sucks. Just as he was logging off, Koda rushing in. She was rather surprised to see Hiruma still at school.
"What the fuck do you want?" He asked her when he looked up from his computer.
"Nice to see you too." She replied sarcastically when she spotted her school bag in the corner. "I just forgot something of mine."
"Well get it and get the fuck out." Hiruma closer his laptop and started packing up to leave. She fetched her school bag and checked to see everything was in there. Once she did, she looked up and stopped where she was. She was able to see her reflection in the small window the clubhouse had.
Even though she was training with the guys and was now playing on the field, she still looked very feminine as if the training didn't do anything but bruise her. She brushed her fingers in her long hair and reflected back earlier today, when Habashira called her a whore.
A girl lineman. Seriously? It did look like she slept with the team to get on the team.
Koda was actually called worse and she thought she would be used to it by now...she wasn't. She never really liked to talk about it...yet it still hurts her every time.
She knows as long as she was on the team, it will never stop. She wondered if the Devil Bats or her classmates thought the same. She clutched her hair in a fist and thought that she should cut it and start dressing like a boy so their next opponents wouldn't raise suspicions to hurt her.
"I know what you're thinking." Hiruma called to her. She snapped out of her delusions and faced Hiruma, he swung his bag over his shoulder and had his other hand in his pocket. "Don't let their words affect you. You're a Devil Bat, you're better than that."
"Like you would know how I feel." Koda replied, looking away from him and turned to leave the clubhouse.
"They insult you because you intimidate them."
"They insult me because I'm a female lineman. Anyone wouldn't pass up on the opportunity to see my face in the dirt."
"You proved them wrong didn't you?" He asked. Koda didnt reply, she didn't feel that she proved them wrong since she messed up a few times during the game.
"I wanted you on my team for a reason, not because of the deal you made with me. If you were worthless, I wouldn't have even thought of letting you join." Koda heard him step closer to her and with his long fingers; he combed her hair and picked up the ends only to have them fall back on her shoulders.
"Don't cut your hair either. I already have a whole bunch of ugly ass guys I don't need an ugly ass girl on my team." Hiruma stuff his hand in his pocket and walked out of the clubhouse, leaving Koda feel her cheek blush. Knowing that he actually gave her a compliment, ruling her out from everyone else.