Eye shield 21: The Remix
Chapter 25: Declaration of War
by: DC Coda -The Music of My Soul- Ivan (We might change or username soon, but if we do, we'll be sure to warn you before)
"... Three... Four..." Monta counted, pressing down on Sena's neck to help her with neck strengthening exercises as the whole team worked out in the weight room, "Five... Six..." he said, as Sena grunted from effort.
"Seven..." they counted, now on a different exercise, "Eight..."
"Nine..." they said, the exercise different yet again, "Ten!" Monta said, and Sena crashed to the floor just as Mamori entered the room.
"Oh, Sena!" she cried worriedly, rushing towards her friend.
"It's okay..." Sena reassured Mamori as she hovered over her worriedly, "I thought I'd try to work out with everyone," she said.
"All right..." Mamori said, "But take it easy, okay?" she asked, rubbing the younger girls shoulders in worry.
"Ow..." Monta groaned fakely, rubbing his shoulder, "My shoulder seems like it's out of whack..." he said. It didn't, but he wanted Mamori to pay attention to him.
"I'll fix it for you!" Kurita told Monta happily, walking over to the other and grabbing his arm, pushing it back into his shoulder.
"Yeouch!!" Monta screamed in pain as his shoulder was grind ed together.
'Kurita's happy...' Sena thought, watching them and smiling, 'He's got more friends now.'
"Hey," Hiruma said, speaking up from behind them from where he was working out and cleaning his guns, "Damn Pipsqueaks- work on building up your necks..." he told them, "Otherwise you'll get killed in the game."
"But... the games so far..." Sena said, sweat dropping.
In the halls Cerberus ran past several people, holding a newspaper and making them scream in shock. Soon he reached the window of the weight room, where Hiruma took the paper from his mouth and threw him a bone. He opened the paper and glanced at it for a second before he threw it down onto one of the benches around the room angrily.
"Those damn scrubs!" he shouted, surprising his teammates.
Monta and Sena walked up and glanced at the paper, trying to see what their captain was so angry about.
"Another bag snatching?" Monta questioned, looking at a headline that read; 'WAVE OF BAG-SNATCHERS; Riverside Crime Wave'
"That's where we go running!" Sena exclaimed, looking closely at the article.
"I bet it's those guys from Zokugaku," Monta said, picking up the paper so that he could read the article.
"Zokugaku?" Sena questioned, coming up behind her friend.
"The high school across the river," Monta explained, "Really, they're like a gang of thugs." he said. "It stinks having them so nearby..." he complained.
"That's not the article I meant!" Hiruma shouted at them, coming up behind the two and slamming their heads together, "Look at the sports page!" he told them.
"Oh, this!" Sena said, looking at the article he pointed to. It read; 'OJO HIGH SCHOOL PULLS AHEAD; Ojo vs. Sankaku 7-6' then, underneath was a statement; 'Coach SaburotaSumi of the Sankaku Punks says "Ojo's era is over! There is no guarantee that they will be able to win the Fall season.'
That reminded Sena, she hadn't seen Sei since the game against Ojo. It wasn't that unusual, it wasn't like they specifically meet up at any time or any place, but usually she'd see him at least once a week in the morning when she went running, but she hadn't so far. She hoped nothing had happened to her friend.
"A one point game!!" Kurita exclaimed, breaking Sena out of her thoughts as he looked at the article as well, "That's pretty close..."
"Why'd their third round game have to be so close?!" Hiruma complained, annoyed, "Now we can't brag about scoring twice against them!" he said.
"Well," Mamori started, interrupting them, "There's the publicity." she told them, "The fliers and posters are great, but what if we played a game in our own schoolyard?" she asked.
"Yeah..." Kurita said, thinking about it, "She's right... Why would anyone care about us if they've never seen us play?" he questioned.
"All right!" Hiruma said suddenly, causing his teammates to look at him in confusion, "It's set- a game this weekend!" he said, already on his laptop and talking to someone on the phone.
"So soon!!" Monta shouted in astonishment.
"It's always like this with him..." Sena told her friend, not even really bothered by Hiruma anymore.
"Let's start getting ready!" Kurita suggested happily.
"Damn Pipsqueaks!" Hiruma shouted, "Go shop for equipment's while you're out running!" he told them, sending them out the door with a kick.
Soon enough, they were running on the route that they usually ran when they were practicing.
"Hey," Monta said suddenly, "That's it," he pointed ahead of them.
"There's the sports shop..." Sena agreed, looking at where her friend was pointing.
"Maximum effort! Run!" Monta shouted suddenly, taking off at a dash for the store.
"Hey!" Sena called after him, "Hey, wait up..." she started, heading towards the store as well, but stopped when someone came up in front of her, jogging as well, and she saw the persons face.
'Sei-kun...' Sena thought, pausing as he passed her and her heart sped up. Sei continued to run like he hadn't even recognized her. Or seen her... And maybe he hadn't. 'Th-that''s right...' she thought, 'Sei-kun doesn't know what I look like when I'm pretending to be a boy...' she realized. He still thought that she was a girl called Sen-chan.
Shin paused after he passed the other person, recognizing them as vaguely familiar. He stopped and glanced back, looking the person over. Now that he did, he immediately recognized her.
"Are you Eyeshield 21... Sen-chan." he asked in his low voice.
Sena flinched. How did he know?! Hiruma was not going to like this. But it was no use denying it, Sei wasn't really asking a question, even though it was phrased like one. "...Yes..." she answered a bit hesitantly, turning around to face her friend.
By now, Monta had reached the store and was looking back at Sena. "Hey, what's he doing?" he wondered aloud, taking out the money that Hiruma had given them. "Whatever..." he said, ruffling through the money, "I'll just go get the stuff..."
At that moment, two people came by on a motorcycle, snatching the money out of his hands and driving off.
"Hey!!" he shouted, running after them, "Give it back!" he yelled at the two thieves.
"See if you can catch us, idiot!" one of them taunted, while the other ruffled through the money they had stolen.
"Ha!" he laughed, "It's a pretty good take!"
Sena looked down from where she was talking with Sei at the commotion, and saw Monta running after two people on a motorcycle. "Ack!" she exclaimed, "The team's money!" she stared down at the chase, wondering what she should do. She started to run down the hill, intending to help.
Shin looked at it as well. He was a little annoyed that this had interrupted his time with Sen, he had been about to apologize to Sen(2) for all the tackling that he had done to her in their last game, but they had been interrupted.(1) "Interesting..." he muttered, pulling out some gloves out of nowhere and snapping them on.
Shin ran forward and caught up with Sen. "There's a traffic jam on this side of the bridge," he told her, easily keeping pace, "With our legs there's no one we can't catch." he added.
"You come up on them from the left," Shin told Sen, "We'll attack them from both sides."
Sena gulped, nervous. She didn't know if she could do this. But she didn't know what Hiruma would do to her, or Monta, if they lost the money. So she said; "Right," and got ready.
And so began the Shin and Sena V.S. Motorcycle match. Shin and Sena took off, running around cars and towards the motorcycle with the stolen money, many people staring after them in surprise.
Suddenly, both Shin and Sena were upon the two thieves, one on either side and not slowing down.
"What the-?!" the two shouted, before Shin was suddenly in front of them, glaring. "Yikes!" they shouted. Then they tried to swerve to the other side, but Sena was still there. Before they could try something else, Shin had knocked them off their bike and onto the ground.
The bike kept going before it crashed, exploding.
"The money!" one of the thieves cried out, reaching for it as it went over the edge of the bridge.
Sena dashed to it, watching the money fall towards the water.
Then, Monta jumped up, grabbing the money out of the air, before landing back onto the bridge, crouching next to Sena, who stared at him, amazed.
"We did it!" she shouted, giving Monta a quick hug from happiness. "Thank you!" she told him sincerely, smiling at him.
Monta looked away, blushing and embarrassed for a reason he couldn't name.
Shin watched them, face emotionless, but inside him something burned when he saw Sen hug the other boy. He glanced back when he heard the two thieves start to talk, trying to distract himself from the feeling, suspecting that if he didn't he might do something that he might later regret.
"What the-?!" one spluttered.
"Who are these guys?" the other asked.
Shin frowned and raised his hood once again, it had fallen off when he had knocked the two off their bike he noticed, and walked towards them. "You misjudged your opponents." he told them sternly, making them sweat in fear.
Soon enough, the police had arrived and were taking the two criminals away as well as helping the general population settle down.
Monta counted through the money to make sure it was all there, still a bit embarrassed at Sena's enthusiastic thanks. It was all there, he quickly realized, and put the money back into the envelope, slipping it into a zippered pocket to make sure it wouldn't get lost again.
Then both he and Sena turned to Shin.
"Thank you so much!" Sena exclaimed, bowing and refraining from hugging Sei as well. He had never been much of a peoples person, so she wasn't sure he would appreciate it. It was better to thank her friend for his help normally.
"Thank you so much!" Monta echoed, bowing as well.
Shin said nothing for a moment, removing his gloves. "So you found yourself a receiver?" he finally asked, not looking at them. He didn't want that feeling to flare up again. He wasn't sure he liked it.
"Come to the Fall tournament completely prepared," Shin continued, "Ojo will be twice as strong in the Fall." he told them.
Then he turned, glancing at Sen out of the corner of his eye, his face shadowed by his hood. "I'll be waiting for you at the finals." he told her, before turning once again and jogging away.
Sena and Monta stared after him, astonished. Finally, Monta broke the silence, saying; "Cool!!" Sena nodded in agreement, but said nothing.
Soon after their encounter with the thieves and Shin, Sena and Monta had bought the things that they had set out for in the first place and were on their way back to the clubhouse, discussing what Shin had said.
"I'll be waiting for you at the finals." Monta said, trying to imitate Shin as they neared the clubroom.
"No," Sena told him, "He sounded cooler than that," she said.
"Then you try it!" Monta grumbled at her, knocking a fist to her head.
"Uh..." Sena moaned, but tried it out anyway. "...I-I'll be waiting for you at the finals." she said, getting a better impression then Monta, but it still wasn't quite right.
"Huh?" Monta asked from in front of her at the door, not even paying attention, "Somebody's here." he said.
"Hey, you weren't paying attention!" Sena complained as she walked up behind Monta as he looked inside the clubhouse.
Sena looked at him, worried, when he jumped back in fear. "It's Habashira Rui," Monta whispered to her as she moved to look in as well. She spotted a strange looking guy with black hair and pale skin sitting in one of their chairs. "He's the football captain. And the scariest of the guys from Zokugaku!" Monta said.
Just then, someone inside the room spoke up, and both of the teens quieted, wondering what was going on. "So the game this weekend between Deimon and Zokugaku is all set..." the voice said, causing the two outside to look at each other in horror, "We're gonna rid the Earth of all you scum!" Hiruma continued, and Sena looked in and spotted him sitting in another chair at the table, dressed up in football gear with the number 21 on it and a helmet with an Eyeshield.
"Damn you, Eyeshield 21!!" Rui shouted, standing up and struggling against another man who tried to hold him down, "I'm gonna kill you!!" he raged.
'Ackkk' Sena screamed in her mind, 'What does he think he's doing?!!' she wondered.
"Oh, you think you're going to win?" Hiruma asked, pointing a finger at Rui, "Want to bet ￥5,000,000 on it?" he taunted.
"Yeah, why not?" Rui shouted back at him as the older man holding him pushed him out the door and past Sena and Monta, "You're just a raggedy bunch that lost to Ojo!" he said, a long tongue flicking out of his mouth, "I'm the strongest linebacker there is!" he boasted, "Shin? He's nothing!!" he said.
Sena froze. How dare he... Sei was not nothing!
"Step aside, pipsqueak!" Rui told Sena as he bumped into her, shoving her aside. Sena said nothing and didn't move, standing in the same spot as the Zokugaku walked past her.
Then, suddenly, she was in front of him, shocking both him and her teammates. "S... Shin..." Sena started, almost saying 'Sei' but preventing it at the last moment, "...is the strongest.(3)" she told Rui firmly but quietly, looking down at the ground, her eyes shadowed by her hair. Off to the side, Monta watched her, shocked.
"What?!" Rui shouted at her, outraged.
"The Devil Bats will meet him at the finals." Sena told him louder this time, but just as firm, "And we won't lose against anyone else." she finished, raising her eyes to meet his, her green orbs swimming with determination.
TBC...
1. Shin doesn't even notice that she's dressed like a boy, he's that dense.
2. If you haven't realized by now, whenever the POV is focused mainly on Shin, and he thinks about Sena-chan, she's referred to as Sen. Vice versa for Sena-chan, but she thinks of Shin as Sei.
3. Oh, Hiruma so has blackmail material now.
A/N: Yay! Shin/Sena-chan interaction! Yay! And some Monta/Sena-chan thrown in as well, because I wanted to. And Shin is jealous!!! Hah ha!!! He he he...
And people are reviewing again! Yay! And I finished book 3! Yay!
Okay, calm down. Okay. I'm calm now. Now, onto the Remixed things!
A Thankless Task
Deluxe Biographies
of the Supporting Cast
(Or: Hiruma's got the goods on everyone!)
Ojo's Medic
When he was a kid, he read Blackjack and was inspired to become a doctor. Now he's reading Give My Regards to Blackjack and is becoming disillusioned with medicine.
Mr. Shirakami
Mamori and Sena's (he's for an advanced class) homeroom physics teacher. Mr. Shirakami puts complete trust in the sincere and hard working Mamori (and to a lesser extent, Sena). Even if he were to witness Mamori stabbing someone, he'd probably say something like, "The victim and the surroundings must have moved toward the knife. Since movement is relative, you can prove that she was innocent."
Shuei Bears
A leading pro baseball team. Their mascot, Grizzly, is famous for being too scary. When he preforms during the seventh inning stretch, the cries of children echo throughout the stadium.
Baseball Team Captain
A fanatical Bears fan, he's fond of saying, "If the Bears win the championship, I'll do a lap around town in a loincloth!" Every year, he cheerfully buys a new loincloth in preparation for the championship game.But lately, he's started to realize, "You know, it's possible that it's not that I want the Bears to win, it's that I want to run around in a loincloth."
The Guy that Hiruma Bonked on the Head With a Ball
He used to be a pipsqueak, so he blew all of his savings on magic growth pills that cost ￥19,800 through a mail order catalog. They were actually just calcium tablets which could be purchased for ￥980.However, this happened to coincide with a growth spurt so, to this day, he continues to buy the calcium tablets at 20 times the price.
Zokugaku Football Team Adviser
He was simply born under a boring and unfortunate star. Whenever he leaves the house, it rains. Whenever he's on the road, every stoplight turns red.Will his sheer misfortune show itself again for the Deimon-Zokugaku game?
And that's all of 'em!
Ivan
Questions for Devil Bat-sama!
Yet to do-0
Answered-1
(God, does no one have any questions?)
Pairing Requests:
Agon-kun/Sena-chan -from Dark.
Agon-kun/Sena-chan -from Wiz.
Akaba-kun/Sena-chan -from Wiz.
Jumonji-kun/Sena-chan -from White-chan.
Kakei-kun/Sena-chan -from Wiz.
Kid-kun/Sena-chan -from Dark.
Kid-kun/Sena-chan -from Wiz.
Kid-kun/Sena-chan -from White-chan.
Monta-kun/Suzuna-chan -from White-chan.
Panther-kun/Sena-chan -from Dark.
Riku-kun/Sena-chan -from Dark.
Riku-kun/Sena-chan -from Wiz.
Riku-kun/Sena-chan -from stringer13.
Riku-kun/Sena-chan -from White-chan.
Rui-kun/Sena-chan -from Wiz.
Sakuraba-kun/Sena-chan -from Dark.
Sakuraba-kun/Sena-chan -from White-chan.
Shin-kun/Sena-chan -from Green.on.Black.
Shin-kun/Sena-chan -from 15385bic.
Shin-kun/Sena-chan -from largofan.
Shin-kun/Sena-chan -from Wiz.
Tetsuma-kun/Sena-chan -from Dark.
Tetsuma-kun/Sena-chan -from Wiz.
Yet to do-23
Done-3
It'll take a while to get some of these done, as some of these characters haven't shown up yet and some of them won't for a bit, but I've got some things planned. And most of these will be some kind of fluff between them, but if you want it to be some other kind of interaction, please specify what kind in your request! Thanks!