Hello everyone,
So there's chapter twenty-one. It's kind of important. 21! I'll just say that I'm really happy people are reading this story. It really is a huge deal for me. So thanks a million for following this.

Here you go. Enjoy.

Disclaimer : I don't own Eyeshield21, I do not own the number 21, I do not own ... Well, actually I think that'll do. ^^

Chapter twenty-one

It was early morning when Monta and Sena got into the clubhouse. But the quarterback was waiting for them. On the table in front of him, there was a letter. A 'Challenge letter'. The two 'Chibis' were told to bring the note to the Zokugaku Chameleons. They tried arguing, but after what seemed like hours of shouting, they finally gave up and brought the letter to Zokugaku High. After a frighteningly big amount of 'freaking out', the two boys came back to their clubhouse with a positive answer. Now, the hardest part was figuring out how to win against the Chameleons without the second-year-students.

The Deimon team went up against Zokugaku. It was a tight victory, but a victory nonetheless. And because of it, the Devil Bats didn't have to forfeit the 'Kanto Tournament'. The whole team was cheering in glee, and the first-years were tremendously proud of themselves.

As Sena was walking home with his best friend, he suddenly remembered something. Hiruma was moving today! So, the boy took out his phone and excused himself from Monta for a while so that he could call his Captain.

The latter answered almost immediately. "What are you doing fucking Chibi?"

"I'm walking home. But I just remembered you're moving today. Do you need help with anything? I'd be happy to give you a hand." Sena explained.

"Actually, I don't need anything since it was all done during the fucking day, but you're coming..." Suddenly, the blond errupted from a dark alley and Sena thought he'd die of fright. "... with me."

"Ah! Wh-where are we going?" Sena was still shaking from the aftershock.

"Fucking 'Home'." Was all he said as his grin became threateningly evil.

Monta waived in his friend's direction, and Sena was taken away by the blond who seemed very satisfied with himself. They walked for a couple of minutes and took the train. Three stops and a little more than a minute later, they hopped off and walked for about ten minutes. In all, the trip had been quite brief (about thirty minutes from Deimon) and what he saw let the small running back lost for words. In front of him was a house, quite big but still... a house. From the outside, it was a slender three flights high house made in stone. The roof was dark blue-grey and there were windows everywhere. The front door was huge, it took almost half of the wall's width and was entirely in red-painted wood.

Hiruma led the way inside and let himself crash on the couch. The boy stopped once he was in and detailed the room which was in front of him. It was an incredibly wide room which was almost as big as the house. On the far right was the sofa where the quarterback was lying, in front of it, there was a glass coffee-table which faced a huge television set. A Hi-fi was planted just behind it, just near the door. On the left was a long wooden table surrounded by wooden chairs. On the far end, another room.

Sena let his curiosity lead him to it and once again stared at every detail. It was a small room, but a quite reasonably sized kitchen. The runner could see a fridge, sink, stove an oven, but there were also some cupboards and a cooking-isle in the middle of the room with bar-stools around it. A glass panel on the brunet's right showed a spiral stair-case which led to the upper level. Once on the first floor, the small teen went in the first room to his right. Here, he saw the biggest bedroom he'd ever seen.

Directly to his left was an angled bookshelf, next to it were two long windows with a door to the tiny balcony between them. On the far left was a cupboard. The whole wall on the opposite side was an enormous glass panel. against this wall was a small desk with a desk computer on it. On the right hand side, there was a huge king-size bed surrounded by two nightstands. Closer to Sena was the bathroom. A big room with a bath which was half the size of a Jacuzzi, toilets, a glass sink on a wooden cabinet, a cupboard and a dressing room. In the latter were a washing-machine, a dryer and a dressing.

The brunet went back to the stairs and climbed another flight to finish his tour. Even if the roof only started two meters above the ground, this floor had only the roof for a sealing. On the direct right was a bathroom, smaller than the other one and with a bath and shower. A door led from it to a room which's size was quite reasonable. A bed, nightstand, bookshelf, desk and cupboard were all Sena saw. When he got out, he wondered on the same floor and saw yet another room and two locked doors. Those bothered the teen a great deal and he got back to the bottom-floor to ask the quarterback what was in these two mysterious rooms.

When he got to the couch, the blond had disappeared and Sena had to look for him everywhere. After fifteen minutes of search, the runner finally found his lover. The latter was back on the couch and for a moment, the brunet thought he was going crazy. But the devilish grin and the soft cackling told him it was just a trick the devil had pulled on him.

Sena puffed his cheeks in annoyance. "That's not nice! I've been looking all over for you."

Between two series of 'Kekeke'-s, the blond answered. "Like I didn't fucking know about that fucking Pipsqueak."

"Anyway, I just wanted to know. What are those two locked rooms on the top-floor?" The running back was still curious.

"The one on the right's a 'work room'. It's for the kind of work my fucking mother does." Hiruma started, his grin widening at the thought.

"Y-you're a b-b-Bounty Hunter?" Sena knew the blond was one of a kind, but really?

"No. I just keep ... fucking information on people. It's ... useful." There was the evil look.

"Oh... I see. A-and w-what's the other room. The one between the bathroom and the back bedroom?" Sena asked, knowing he'd regret it. And he did.

"The fucking armory." The now terrifyingly evil smirk enlarged even more.

Sena really regretted asking about the rooms. But it didn't last long. And soon he was in admiration in front of everything again. When he got home a little bit later in the evening, the brunet thought more about the house and then it hit him. Even though the 'home' was enlightened by all the windows and glass panels, it was in a surprisingly secluded area and the quarterback didn't have immediate neighbors. A couple of tall trees also hid the house, but the latter was still pretty close from the city and the train station. How could Hiruma have found such a place in a couple of days, and how was he able to pay for it. It was all a big mystery Sena wasn't sure he wanted to understand. It was just so Hiruma. An extravagant house with a lot of unnecessary rooms and expensive things wrapped in a founding mystery. Just the thought made the boy sigh in despair. Never would the blond change. He would still be the same old Hiruma Youichi.

For the next week, trainings were continuing everyone harsher than the other. No one knew who the next opponent the Deimon team was going to face in the 'Death Game', or what player would be left sitting on the bench this time. It was frustrating for the players, but they couldn't do anything about it. Their 'coach' was violent, scary and evil if he put his mind to it. Or even if he didn't. But throughout the week, Sena had gone quite often to his boyfriend's new place and he was starting to get used to it. He even got some time to befriend (that sure is a huge word) the demon dog, Kerberos. The running back also tried cooking some food once and he also got to sleep in the evilly comfortable ridiculously huge bed.

Sena's parents always teased him about him spending more time with his boyfriend than with them, but the boy didn't mind. The thing which was more difficult to handle was when the 'boyfriend' in question came to the Kobayakawa house and chatted with his mother. The two of them could make fun of the brunet for hours on end and Sena knew that when they had started they were unstoppable. Which meant he just had to bear with it until they got tired or the blond had to leave. When Mihae and Hiruma were together, they had those frighteningly devilish grins and their eyes were shining with evil glee and amusement.

Descriptions sure are long to write. I even had to make a plan of each floor and everything. ^^

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