Speak your Mind
Genre: Humor, Supernatural
Summary: Sena and Monta are best friends who'll see their lives turn upside down due to their kindness… now they'll have to help a demon, namely Hiruma, take over a kingdom while on the run from the Royal Knights. EPICNESS! What adventure awaits these poor fools?
Disclaimer: Eyeshield 21 © Inagaki Riichiro and Murata Yusuke
I do not own Eyeshield 21 or any of the characters in it. But I do own all of my OC's which will be many.
Thanks to killmemarzgurl, well here's the next chapter, hope you enjoy~ Yes… Sena does wear pantaloons… going commando means you don't wear any kind of underwear… just in case I didn't clarify that… okay onward with the story!
Thank-q to doodle808 for reviewing, yeah he gets punished, in this chapter he gets punished and humiliated many times before Hiruma's satisfied. Anywho~ in the next chapter you'll see a group~ and you can judge if they're bad or not, but yes the football teams will be in tribes, villages, roaming, or ~ hehehe can't say give you a hint, it's about Agon~ Maybe she'll be an asset maybe she won't, who knows?
KH: Ah, I forgot to post this yesterday, isogashii isogashii (busy busy) honto ni sumimasen!
Reminders~
Bolded words- Japanese words
'Italicized words' – the familiar spirit (a familiar is a creature in which assists a witch/ warlock)
"speech"
'thoughts'
Chapter 14: Chastity Anklet and a forgotten memory
On the road in a forest somewhere…
"Bwahahaha it's great being out of prison" a large man with a silly grin, in captain's armor laughed wholeheartedly.
"Captain Otawara, it's great having you back, right Sakuraba!" a boy, missing a tooth, riding with Sakuraba asked looking up at the blonde.
"Uh… Mm" Sakuraba nodded smiling down at the boy, though his mind was mostly somewhere else.
"Sakuraba, are you sure you don't remember his face?" Takami, riding a white stallion second in the lead asked.
"I-I'm sure…" Sakuraba riding behind stated without taking his eyes off his reins. The boy glanced up and saw the confusion in Sakuraba's eyes; he was going to say something when the only one riding a black stallion interjected.
"It doesn't matter… once we find Hiruma, we'll find the traitor" Shin narrowed his eyes at the dirt road ahead.
Meanwhile back at the village!
"What-what do you mean you don't know! You should know, you're-" Kazuki freaked, all was quiet in the village except for the smoke and caving roofs.
"I'm not from around these parts, that's why I needed you idiot brothers' help… if that wasn't any indication enough" he grinned bearing pearly white fangs, Sena still atop of his shoulders sweat drop as did Monta, who was now atop of Kurita's arms.
"We're not brothers" Kouji and Shouzou had wanted to shout, but now wasn't the time.
"B-But you have to know!" Kazuki turned to Mizuki, who wriggled out of her mother's grip.
"Big brother… I'm fine, really… nothing hurts anymore" she smiled.
"Are you- are you sure?" he asked kneeling down,
"Yup!" she jumped up and stretched. Her mother and brother let out a sigh of relief.
"Mizuki… what happened?" Sena, who was still on Hiruma's, shoulder facing the other way, asked, Hiruma bounced him, causing his to 'Oof'
"We have no time for that fuckin' chibi! Let's get a move on, we're losing daylight…" and what he said was true, the sun started to set… and this time with a more tired and injured group Hiruma would have to protect them all from the creatures of the night… (I just had to add that~)
"Y-you could spend the night here you know" Kazuki's mother tried to persuade Hiruma.
"…We can't" Hiruma turned away, Sena ended up facing everyone, and his pale and sickly face made them pity him…
"And why is that?" one of the villagers asked, though the roofs were on fire, the fires were put out and the damage was minimal, the inn wasn't damaged at all, and there was plenty of room.
'Sena, think of something quick nya…we can't stay the knights will be here any moment, uh they think you're sickly, so' Suzuna explained through telepathy.
"I'm sorry… but I need to find a doctor soon…" Sena explained as he pretends to cough, though it turned into a whooping cough… the elder offered him some water.
"Yes, but to travel through the forest and the cave, and then the desert at night… that's suicide" the elder explained, he too was a little burned but only his arm.
"Ah, your arm…" Sena tried to reach out to heal it, but Hiruma just smacked his ass making him yelp, he then turned bright red, everyone sweat dropped.
'Sexual harassment' that, in turn, made Sena turn a brighter shade of red.
"Gr, if you fuckin' die… so help me I'll go after your soul and PUNISH YOU PERSONALLY!" that made Sena swallow hard, but the lump in his throat wouldn't go away…
"I'll help you sir..." Kurita offered the elder as he set Monta down, this happened while Hiruma lectured and smacked Sena's bottom, "So what did happen?" Kurita asked looking away, seeing as they weren't getting anywhere fast and it was late, knowing the sensible, though eccentric, Hiruma, they would end up staying… and hopefully they wouldn't meet up with trouble…
The elder started to speak as Kurita healed him "Sigh… it started when you boys left… there came three masked figures, cloaked in black, but wore white masks with red markings, they came searching for a particular item... though it's name I haven't heard in years, it once was a valuable item in this village… Hope's Water…"
"Hope's water… I think I've heard of it before…" Kurita inputted.
"That's because it's a very precious item that belonged to a group, our ancestors, whom use to live here... a water tribe, though they mostly migrated toward the land near the sea-"
"What's a sea?" a young villager asked.
"The sea is a big body of water… so far beyond the eye can see, a deep blue glistening in the sun..." Kurita smiled.
"Sounds beautiful" Mizuki blushed at Kurita's description of this foreign beauty.
"Mm, it's a place of beauty and tranquility, but when there is a storm, it's devastating…" Kurita smiled solemnly.
"Ah, yes… that's it… well the three masked figures, they wouldn't believe when I had told them it's no longer here… they tried bargaining"
"T-That's when Mizuki" Kazuki's mother started to explain.
"That's when I jumped out and said you're bad guys... cause I felt it... a darkness, really cruel and black fog coming out of them" Mizuki jumped and pointed off into the distance.
"Ah, you felt their aura" Monta inputted.
"Then they attacked… a flaming fireball… at her" Kazuki's and Mizuki's mother cried.
"But… it missed, exploding before contact… and scattered…" one villager said amazingly.
Sena then heard Hiruma mutter something about the necklace Sena had given Mizuki, but didn't pay much attention otherwise as Mizuki started to talk.
"Then they came up to me…I was so scared, I couldn't stop shaking, I couldn't run… and then he did something with this weird looking sword and my whole body was on fire!" Mizuki cried, but she stopped shortly as her mother comforted her.
"T-That's when another masked figure appeared… clad in black appeared, he put out Mizuki's fire and chased the three out… he left after putting out the fires in the village…"
"Yeah… I didn't even see him come" some of the villager murmured.
"Hello again…" the man in black greeted them.
"Ah, when did you get here?" they all turned and saw the man…
"I'm sorry to interrupt, but…" the man in the black mask turned to Hiruma.
"Hiru-Yoichi… can you put me down…?" Sena asked leaning back in Hiruma's arm as he caught a glance at the man looking their way.
"No…"
"…" tear filled eyes look pleading toward the crowd and the masked figure, they all sweat dropped.
"We all know you're not brothers… you really should put him down" everyone stated feeling even more sympathetic for the boy.
"What! He's not Sena's big brother… then why is he so worried for Sena? What's your relationship then, are you married?" Mizuki asked smiling.
"Mizuki!" her mother called her, she turned to her mother, but Hiruma squatted down and said,
"In a sense…" Hiruma placed Sena down, "see this on my neck?" Hiruma grinned, as he pointed to the red collar on his neck. She nodded.
"Uh-huh"
"Sena put that there; I belong to him now… we can never be separated…" Hiruma looked toward Sena, who was too preoccupied with balancing on his feet to listen.
"EH!" everyone turned to stare at the big honey brown-eyed boy who was now talking to the masked figure.
'Does that mean Sena's married to me too nya~' Suzuna asked Hiruma as she walked over to Sena…
'What's mine is mine, touch it and you die…'
'Oo~ I'm so scared, nya'
"Sena… are you okay, your father is worried" the man squatted down and ruffled Sena's wild milk chocolate brown hair. Suzuna looked to Hiruma and grinned. Hiruma eyed the man, the cloak kept his magical presence hidden (no he's just that way, guess who!)
"I'm fine…mostly, how are you?" he asked smiling, the man held onto Sena to stabilize him.
"You know each other?" Monta asked.
"Of course, it's-" the man clasped Sena's mouth shut gently.
"Shh… let's just say Sena is a savior of mine… of course of the whole village of Hallow, ten years ago…"
"You mean that time… there was a huge fire that rage for three whole days straight, but not one person was injured… a miracle… that's why they renamed the city from Desino (end, desist) to Hallow (holy)" Kazuki's mom asked.
"Really…" Monta asked he turned to Sena, his eyes wide.
"I thought it was because it's next to the holy grounds?" Sena asked.
"No… it was Desino" the old man stated.
"Hm…" Monta and Sena both hummed.
"Ten years ago, the orphanage in which my brothers and sisters and I were living in burst into flames, it was built right next to an old oil lamp shop, which on that hot summer day, ignited… everyone would have died if it weren't for Sena… who was just passing by with his mother…"
"My mom?" Sena asked smiling, glad to hear something about his mother.
"Yes… a very beautiful long black haired young woman, she wore white and you were also in your Sunday best, though that didn't last very long when you ran into the flames…"
"…I-I don't really remember…" Sena tried thinking back; it just caused him a headache.
"That's mostly due to… that" the man pointed at Sena's foot.
"My shoe?" Sena squatted down and stared at his brown boot. Mizuki came up to Sena and squatted with the boy.
"No what's on your ankle" the man touched Sena's pants leg.
"Hm?" Mizuki pulled Sena's pant leg up causing Sena to fall on his butt.
"Mizuki" her mother reprimanded her, though she ignored it.
"Hahaha, it's fine" Sena laughed as he remembered, "My anklet"
"…Isn't that a chastity anklet?" Kurita asked "I heard it was a trend in these nearby villages"
"…" the trio sniggered, well Kouji and Shouzou, for a boy to have a chastity anklet meant a lot of things~
"That's what most people called it after the trend started… though this is different… Sena was the first to wear it…" the man stated, it seem he was reminiscing.
"That's right the anklet was a sign to show their appreciation to God so girls would wear it, boys being too embarrassed would wear a necklace" Mizuki's mother said as she pulled on Kazuki's necklace.
"M-Mom!" Kazuki blushed as his friends sniggered and laugh, he turned to shoot a glare in their direction and they just shook their heads meaning 'we didn't mean anything by it'.
"Yes, Sena's mother is the one whom spread the word about the anklet… Sena being the only child to wear it and a boy… he got teased…"
"…Now I remember… oh and that's when I met Riku, he had on so many gold bracelets and earrings, he but took most of them off to play with me, though he kept on his earrings and ring, saying if he took it off something bad would happen"
"Restriction items" Hiruma stated.
"Yes… and that is a restriction anklet… if Sena were to take it off… his power would come into full bloom"
"Don't say bloom, I'm a boy!" Sena nearly cried, though he was too tired to.
"S-Sorry" the man apologized.
"Wait, does that mean if Sena takes it off he can undo the curse!" Kazuki asked.
"No, a curse is not something meant to be undone by power alone… it's something that needs a knowledgeable mind to reverse… someone who can curse. There is such a person a little town further aways from here called tristis (sad, gloomy), though I don't think the sorceress will help you… in fact, the moment you see her she might curse you… but her apprentices are kind hearted people… though one seems to be a bit of an idiot, so I would consider you look toward the other, you'll know him when you see him, he's a bright boy, in more ways than one…" the man touched his own forehead.
"?" they didn't know what he meant…
"What if we can't find the bright one… can the idiot help us?" Monta asked.
"It depends... if you can get him serious enough" the man sweat dropped.
"How do we do that?" Kurita asked.
"… I'm not sure…"
"…" (Sweat drop) 'Back to square one', but at least they had a lead.
'Hopefully we'll meet up with the bright one…' Sena thought as he laughed wearily.
"Oh, Ishi- Brother … um about this money" Sena took out the coin bag filled with gold.
"Oh, that is from your mother, your father had saved it for you, keep it" Ishimaru (okay if you haven't figured it out by now… wow!)
"O-okay, but I was wondering, if …" Sena whispered something into Ishimaru's ear, at first Hiruma was miffed but then he smirked after hearing what Sena had to say.
"I see… it is true, a medicine man is soon to come for the monthly prescription, hm, okay I'll give it to him" he smiled through his mask.
Sena handed half the bag's content to the tall man, whom placed it in his own bag.
"I'll see you later, take care" Ishimaru stated as ruffled Sena's hair one last time and ran off in a flurry.
"Did he leave already? I didn't even get to say thank-you…" Mizuki whined.
"Don't worry, if you want to thank him all you have to do is visit an inn in Hallow" Sena told Mizuki and her mother.
"Oh you mean the man with the glasses' inn?" Mizuki asked eyes going wide as she tilted her head up.
"Yes that's the one" Sena smiled still tottering. Mizuki's mother helped him steady.
"I think it's late enough, you boys should get some rest" she suggested. The group turned to Hiruma, who sighed and "Do what you will…" and they all cheered! But that's when Sena noticed something on Hiruma's shoulder… a bat?
'Alright, so the fucking knights headed east first… good… that'll put some distance between us'
"Hiruma-san"
"What, fucking chibi?"
"Is that a bat?" Sena pointed at the small mammal.
"So what if it is?" Hiruma turned to face the chibi.
"Aw~ I love bats" Sena smiled, his cheeks had a little color to them.
"…" Kurita, Monta, and Suzuna were stunned silent 'that's right… Sena was out cold when Kurita had told me about Hiruma being a Bat demon…"
"Really" Hiruma grinned an unholy grin while leaning in closer, closing in the distance between their faces.
"U-Uh, y-yeah…" Sena backed away from the creeper "Basic-basically small animals… but not dogs… except for…" Sena looked down at the small dog that appeared at Hiruma's foot with a thick twig like thing in his mouth.
"Cerberus" Hiruma stated.
"Cerberus?" Monta asked as Sena knelt down to retrieve whatever was in the dog's mouth.
"His name?" Kurita asked.
'He said that's the name Hiruma gave him, nya, but he's his own dog'
"An herb? No, a root?" Sena asked as he stood up.
"Ah, that's ginseng it's for restoring energy" 'where did he ever find that? It's even dried…'
"I see… did you get this for me?" Sena asked.
GRUFF
"Doumo arigatou Cerberus-san, I'll make you something good for dinner… Would you mind letting me borrow your kitchen, again?"
"No, problem, let's be on our way now" Mizuki's mom escorted them back to the inn. After Sena and Mizuki's mom made dinner filled with dishes that included basil, rosemary, garlic, fennel seed (for energy). Sena persisted; having found new energy from eating/ gagging on the root (later he found out he could have just boiled it and drank the tea…), he wanted to help with the dishes and other chores. But she told him off to bed.
Later that night Sena fell fast asleep. He had dreamt a wonderful dream of a little blonde boy, in a red vest, flying a kite with a brunette man, perhaps his father, atop a flowery hill. The hill was covered with white flowers but somehow the boy had found a red one, a rose.
'This flower is for me? Thank-you-' the man was cut short by Sena who felt as if he were suffocating…
"Uh…" he woke from his sleep, the room was still dark, there wasn't any light shining between the parted curtains. So why was he awake…? Sena tried to get up but… there was feeling of heaviness on his stomach,
'Furta, is that you?' he asked with his mind, so as not to disturb his companions sleeping in the beds beside him.
There was no reply, meaning it wasn't her… 'Then w-what, w-who?' Sena was beginning to get worried… He looked across from him, there Monta laid sleeping, upside down, in a disheveled pile, aka his blanket. That either left Kurita… 'no if it were Kurita-san I would be crushed or on the floor… it can't be Hiruma-san… there's no way… so who is this?'
Sena tried to pull away from the arm, but the arm just clutched onto him even more so, pulling him into a deeper embrace…
'Okay…' "Ugh" Sena tried to move again, but the arm, again, pulled him into a deeper embraced.
'Wait… is this person awake… let's see…' Sena tried to lift the arm up and slip away but another arm slip underneath him and pulled him into a bear hug…
"Okay… whoever you are… I know you're awake… so do please let me go" Sena whispered in the softest voice he could mutter while trying to wiggle free. The body pressed against Sena.
'Okay… this is a man…' Sena blushed 'I can't believe, I'm away from home and I've encountered what Mamori-neechan warned me about… dear lord help me!' Sena thrashed.
"Shh… damn chibi, go to sleep…"
"…HIRU-mm" a hand covered Sena's mouth, keeping him from shouting.
"I'll say this one last time… go to sleep fucking chibi…" Hiruma voice, though quiet, was full of venom… and the fact that Hiruma's nail was digging into Sena's cheek didn't help either…
"…mm… sniffles" Sena nodded as he sobbed the perpetrators hand still tightly clasped over his face.
Back at the village
Ishimaru had just returned to the inn after handing the money to Musashi, Musashi had persisted that he give it back to Sena, but Ishimaru said,
"You'll have to give it to him yourself then…"
When he entered the door of the inn, the bell rang.
"Oh Ishimaru, look at who came to visit!" Mamori smiled brightly.
"Who?" Ishimaru asked, it was a wonder Mamori noticed him.
"Hello Ishimaru"
"Ah, what are you doing here!" Ishimaru shouted.
TBC…
Who's that, that Ishimaru exclaims over? Why is Hiruma in Sena's bed? Will the White Knights find our antiheros?
KH: Alrighty then, next time, Chapter 15: Journey to the South, deserted China town?
Man I'm so tired… night!