Disclaimer: Riichiro Inagaki and Yusuke Murata own Eyeshield 21.
"And the dog is for...?" Kris asked, bending down to where she was level with it. She held out a hand to his muzzle and waited for a reaction.
A snarl erupted from the plushie sized dog and Kris jerked her hand back before grabbing it's collar and holding it's head in a way so that it's teeth were away from her.
"Yeah, I wouldn't suggest doing that again." Hiruma commented, looking down at the struggling Kris.
"Shut up... you could have at least told me it would attack me, Baka Oni Inu (Idiot Demon Dog)." She muttered as the 'dog' flipped her on her back and stood over her, drool rolling off his fangs before he started licking her face. "Vudda vud?!" Kris managed, trying, without success to push the dog away. "Call it off!" She yelled at the first pause for breath she got. "Hiruma you flippin'..." Kris could hear Justin, Laci, Logan, Ranse, and Lank laughing, while Hiruma was muttering something, what ever it was, he sounded somewhat amused by the dog trying to lick Kris to death. She'd changed her shirt and pants at a stop by Kyle's and a quick good-bye with a 'no worries' promise, got out without Kyle following. They were now standing on the Kishimoto Field, with Sena and Monta, along with Kurita all just arriving. Sena raced over at the sight of Cerberus 'attacking' Kris. Cerberus suddenly stopped licking Kris's face and sniffed the air. His eyes turned to a slightly red hue, and he barked before chasing after Justin. Hiruma was grinning maliciously as he watched the tall blonde running from the small dog.
Justin seemed to have some difficulty keeping ahead of the gnashing canines. Sena and Monta were at her sides inquiring if she was okay or not. "What the heck did you do?" Kris asked Hiruma, wiping some of the dog drool and slobber off her face, ignoring the two short and skinny first-years. Hiruma's mouth quirked at the side as he removed a string of drool from her cheek.
"I stuck a dog biscuit in his pants." He shrugged when he said it.
"Well, thanks, and..." here she turned toward Justin, who was still trying to keep ahead of the tireless dog, she started laughing at his panting face.
Hiruma was a bit suspicious when Kishimoto proposed a Football game. They, all around, sucked at the game and he really didn't see their logic, unless they were planning something. If they were, it would probably involve Kris. Hiruma smiled as he watched the demonic canine lick the living hell out of the girl in question. It confused him though, he'd taught Cerberus to bite not lick. What was with him?
"Hey, Justin?" Hiruma asked, walking towards the blonde. Sena was running over to Kris, and Monta was right behind him along with Kurita.
"Yeah?" Justin asked, pausing in his laughter. Hiruma ripped open a bag of bones and stuck one in the back pocket of Justin's pants. Cerberus had left Kris when he'd heard the bag open, and was now chasing Justin across the field.
"What the heck did you do?" Kris asked, wiping as much of the dog drool and slobber off her face as she could. Hiruma couldn't help but smile slightly as he wiped a small bit of saliva from her cheek.
"I stuck a dog biscuit in his pants." He shrugged as the blonde ran close to them, yelling for someone to 'call it off'.
"Well, thanks and..." Kris turned away from Hiruma to laugh at Justin, who was tiring considerably.
'He'll be no use in the game if he's tired like that.' Hiruma thought before letting out a whistle, Cerberus slid to a stop, Justin tripped over his feet and fell on his butt. "Cerberus," Hiruma pointed to the sidelines. The dog let out a small rumble and glared in Justin's direction before sitting next to the bench. "Okay, huddle up!" Hiruma yelled motioning for them to gather around. The Kishimoto guys were already in their huddle.
"She's... yeah... take-out... plan... BREAK!" Hiruma caught snatches of their huddle before Kishimoto ran out onto the field in a defensive position. "The game lasts fifteen minutes, you can have ball first, and... everything goes." Kimoto said, with a smile sneer as Hiruma met him at the fifty yard line.
"How gentlemanly of you." Kris sneered back as she walked past. They were starting out on the fifty yard line, no kick off.
"Okay, and if we win?" Hiruma asked, almost 100 sure they would.
"We leave the girl alone forever, and in return, she does the same, along with everyone else she knows." Kimoto said with a shrug. "But, if we win, she joins the gang, goes to our school, and plays on our team."
"Deal," Hiruma nodded and walked off.
"Why am I the only one who's a part of the bet?" Kris pouted with a frown.
"You sound disappointed, Kyle wouldn't let you go anyway, if we lose, which we wont." Hiruma put emphasis on 'if' as if it could never happen.
"Right," she said sarcastically as they set up in the offensive position. "You don't know Kyle as well as you think..." she muttered, Hiruma just barely heard it though.
"HUT!" Hiruma yelled after receiving the okay that everyone was ready. Kurita tossed the ball back to him and the line, made up of Kurita, Lank, Laci, after a few tips for blocking from Kurita, and Logan and Ranse. Cerberus was running down the field, towards the goal posts. Kris and Monta were racing down opposite sides of the field, both had defenders stuck on them. Sena was pitching in with the line, helping Laci out a bit. 'Hmmm...' Hiruma saw a sudden opening for Monta and threw the ball. Monta caught it and ran towards the in-zone. One of the Kishimoto players caught him, on chance, and it was a gain of twenty yards. "Thirty more to the in-zone." Hiruma said as they set up again. "HUT HUT!" He yelled, the lines clashed once again and he spotted Kris.
A perfect spiral shot towards her and she caught it nicely. Only then did he notice that one of the linemen on the Kishimoto team had abandoned his position and was heading toward Kris. Kishimoto's safety(the safety is the last line of defense between the in-zone and the defensive line.) was going towards Kris also. The safety was hanging back just enough so that the other defensive player could catch her first, disabling her from dodging the safety as easily as she would normally. "DAMN MUTT, WATCH THE HELL OUT!" Hiruma yelled as he figured out what they were doing, and started sprinting toward them, if he got there soon enough, he might be able to block the lineman and... Kishimoto may not be a good team, but that doesn't mean that they didn't have fast players. The defensive player who'd broken off from the line hit Kris in the back of her shoulders, the safety dipped low and hit her legs, she turned a flip in mid-air before hitting the ground hard on her back. Hiruma heard a different sound than a thump, more of a small crack. He reached the two smirking defenders and Kris, who was trying to get to her feet, the ball clutched in her right hand, against her chest. She staggered slightly before standing completely.
"Hmmm... not bad. Try making sure I stay down next time." She smirked as she tossed the ball to Kurita and motioning for them to set up the play.
"Hey, Kris, you okay?" Ranse yelled from where he was, he and Logan looked confusedly at Justin and Lank. Justin and Lank were laughing at Kris and she smiled at them before lining back up. Hiruma saw Laci biting her lip in worry.
"Piece of cake, Ransey." Kris said, giving a thumbs up.
"You sure?" Hiruma said, surprising himself that he even gave a damn. Pausing, "you're acting out of character." He informed her of this as she took her position again with the offense.
"No I'm not." She muttered with a sudden frown, he could tell she was forcing her hand to stay away from her left side, no doubt it hurt when she leaned down to take up a playing stance.
Hiruma rolled his eyes, and the rest of the game went accordingly, Kishimoto was getting their asses kicked and Kris was holding up better than Hiruma thought she would, really, her behavior was confusing him. She went on like it never happened, like her ribs didn't crack again, or get the wind knocked out of her and then start running again. In the last few minutes of the game Hiruma set it up so that Kris could get open and score, something he'd been avoiding since the first few minutes when Kris got flipped. "Got it, Damn Mutt?"
"Yeah," she smiled with a peppy attitude.
"Good, because this is the last time you get to go against Kishimoto." Hiruma smirked with a glance over at the Kishimoto huddle who were glaring at Kris, knowing that their plan had failed. "Let's kick what's left of their asses and leave. We're gonna kill them!"
Kris nodded with a small smirk. "Yeah, we'll kill 'em."
"HUT! HUT!" Hiruma called out and everyone went their separate ways. Kris ran straight at a Kishimoto guy but then turned quickly to run her passing route, the Kishimoto player was left in her dust as she received the ball and ran towards the in-zone. Hiruma watched in satisfaction as she scored and the game ended. Kris jogged back over to their side and Hiruma walked to the fifty yard line with Kimoto.
"You lost, leave Damn Mutt alone from now on." Hiruma said, crossing his arms and putting his weight on his left leg.
"As we agreed," Kimoto agreed with a curt nod. "But our purpose for this game is already taken care of." He pointed toward the Deimon team.