Gale-Dragon:
pRecap: Sena had discovered the trigger that could cause the world to plummet into eternal chaos. Wait a minute…. *Looks through previous chapter* whoops, sorry, wrong information, but I wasn't too far off. Sena discovered that Deimon High's Devil was actually a She-Devil. Now back to the story before Hiruma finds out that I told you, readers. By the way, I will be putting my thoughts in parentheses throughout the story./p
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p2nd Down: 1st Game and A Hero Will Come at a Critical Moment/p
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pSena couldn't focus at all during class. Processing what he had just learnt before class. Yoichi Hiruma was a girl. From what Sena heard from Mamori and other students at Deimon High was that Hiruma was Satan reincarnated and that HE was the devil. It seems that only he and Kurita were the only people who knew that Hiruma was a she. Sena sighed, how was he supposed to keep calling Hiruma a guy after what he saw in the clubroom? Then he remembered the she-devil's threat to keep the 'she' out of the she-devil. Yeah, Sena was sure that he was not going to make it to their first game. He still needed to recruit three people, hopefully, that'll take his mind off of Hiruma./p
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pEvery rejection that Sena received was another reminder that Hiruma had a penalty game for whoever brings the least amount of recruits. That wasn't taking his mind off of the devil at all. The last club Sena went to was the Track club. "Amefuto game? That's fine. I'll play," stated a member of the Track Club. He had short black hair and was very plain (Yes, I know his name is Tetsuo Ishimaru, but because his name isn't stated in this part of the manga, I'm not saying his name again until it actually appears in the manga, ok). Sena was very shocked "Really?" "Yeah, and plus you know, Hiruma's gathering all of the freshmen too, right?" Stated the plain trackman and then he added "If I play with them, I'll be able to find out their athletic ability. Then, I'll invite them to the track team or something. Is that okay? It's a give-and-take." Sena quickly stated that it was okay and told the plain trackman that he'll see them tomorrow. The trackman practically shouted that it was impossible for him to play in the game tomorrow. He explained "I'm working part-time at the magazine delivery and I have to deliver it by tomorrow afternoon, so I can't do it. Sorry." Sena fell into despair./p
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pSena was heading towards the Amefuto club shed muttering "Of course… It's impossible to ask you to play tomorrow so suddenly… So, in the end, it's zero…" Sena could easily imagine the torture that Hiruma had planned for the penalty game. The speedster slowly slid open the door. When the door was completely open, Sena noticed that Hiruma had already gathered seven people. Kurita was slumped in a corner of the club shed, head hung down in depression. In a sad tone, Kurita said "Hi… Sena-kun also has zero people… Hiruma also stopped after seven people… Everybody in the sports clubs went home already… It's no use… We won't make it in time for the game..." Sena quickly turned towards the door and stated as he ran out that he was going to look one more time. On his way back to the school he noticed that the plain member of the track team was on his bike delivering flyers. Running through the bush, Sena darted to the teenager on the bike and stated, almost shouted, "Please let me run the errand, I mean, please let me help you!"/p
pThe trackman ripped a map in half and handed one have to Sena as he said "Now, Sena-kun, you'll take this half. When you're done, come here again thanks~~!" Then the trackman rode off on his bike in the opposite direction of where Sena was heading. Sena looked over the map, looking for the best route to take. When he found the best route, he raced off, making sure to put a neatly folded flyer in each mailbox he passed./p
p'Hey, Mamori-neechan. Neechan may look down on me again. Telling me that I'm being an errand boy again, but it isn't bad. When you're running for everybody's goal.'/p
pThe sun has already set when the track team member finished his flyer delivery. He hopped on his bike and said to himself, "Oh, I'm done already. I guess it's because I'm on a bicycle. Maybe I pushed him too much," then he started pedalling towards his meet-up spot with Sena and added "I'll go get half of his stack. I wonder if I'll be able to find him?" When he got to the meeting point, he nearly had a heart attack and nearly ran into a Sena, who was sitting on the ground. The trackman noticed that Sena didn't have any flyers and stated that Sena delivered them very quickly and then said "… You didn't just throw them away, did you?" Sena quickly shouted that he did deliver them. The trackman laughed as he said "I'm joking! I'm joking! Wow, I'm really saved. I'll divide my paycheck with you." Sena rubbed the back of his neck and said, "Ah, I don't care about money, actually…"/p
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pSena stuck a picture of an Amefuto helmet above his name. Kurita happily swung Sena around. Sena and Kurita quickly counted the number of Amefuto helmet stickers that were on the poster and realize that with the seven that Hiruma gathered and the one person that Sena managed to acquire, in total they only had 10 people total to play. "We're… One person short. It was so close…" Kurita stated sadly, head hanging low. Sena saw that, imagining himself leading the Amefuto team into a game. Sena raised his voice to say "U-um! This other person… If I… If I participate…" The door suddenly slid open, revealing Hiruma and her shouting "THAT F*ING CONVENIENT STORE! IT RAN OUT OF SUGARLESS GUM! EVEN FLIES WON'T CHEW A STINKING SWEET GUM!" She threw two cans of cold soda towards Kurita and Sena, both of whom caught a can. Sena quietly stated that the can was freezing while Kurita wondered if fly really chew gum. Hiruma stated as she dug her hand into a box of Amefuto helmet stickers, "Oh, forgot to keep up." Kurita and Sena watched as Hiruma kept putting the stickers on the posters. Hiruma had 17 stickers over her name. The boys looked at each other in awestruck than the jump in the air stating that they did it, they reached the minimum quota. The celebration didn't last long when Hiruma saw that only Sena recruited only one person and started shouting that she was the one who did all the work and kicked them out of the club shed./p
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pThe next day in front of the Deimon Train Station. People were walking by without a care in the world. The plain teen from the track club waved hello to Sena, who replied with a hello. Hiruma finally showed up and stated that everyone has gathered at the meet point. One of the teens stated "What's up? You're the last one to arrive." With that, nearly everyone that Hiruma recruited said, "So, where are the extremely cute cheerleaders?" Hiruma said nonchalantly that they will come later. Sena knew that Hiruma was lying, but didn't say anything. The speedster looked around and said, "Come to think of it, Kurita-san is late." Hiruma calmly stated that Kurita had the penalty game to do. With that Sena asked nervously what kind of penalty game it was. Hiruma calmly said "I won't do something really cruel before the game. He's just the baggage carrier." Sena gave a sigh of relief. One of the recruit members stated that he came without anything and asked if it was okay. Hiruma said that she had everything covered. That was when Kurita finally showed up, hauling a load that appeared to way over a ton or two. Sena shuttered at the sight of that, making him very glad that he managed to recruit one person. Hiruma cackled./p
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pMamori was reading a text on our phone that was sent from Sena. It read 'The tournament is today! My scouting debuted game.1:00 pm at the Heavenly Grounds.' Mamori was surprised that the tournament has already begun. Then Mamori said out loud "So, Amefuto starts in April, huh?" As she rode the train towards her destination./p
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pOn the train with the Deimon Devil Bats Amefuto team. Sena was wondering why the train car they were in wasn't crowded, since it was only him, Kurita, and Hiruma. Unbeknownst to the Devil Bats' manager, there was a sign posted on the outside of the train cart that said 'Cleaning – Moved to Another Carriage'. Sena asked Kurita in the opponents in today's game were strong. Kurita stated that the team they were going up against was a small and weak team. Then Kurita added "Maybe we'll win! The Devil Bats first victory!" Hiruma stated, "It's not 'maybe', we will win." Kurita asked Sena "Do you have the team roster for the Tokyo Tournament?" Sena said that he did as he reached to the overhead bag holder to grab his lightweight briefcase./p
pSuddenly, the train veered a sharp turn causing Sena to fall over rather quickly and landing on someone, his face dipping into something soft. Sena was reeeeeeeeeeally hoping that he landed on Kurita. As Sena tried to remove himself from the awkward situation, he could hear Kurita trembling with fear and he could feel a dark aura that could be described as death itself. 'Oh Kami, I didn't land on Kurita,' Sena thought as he nervously looked up from where his face was planted. If looks could kill, Sena would've died 100 times, because Hiruma was definitely glaring a look of death at Sena. Scared out of his mind, Sena tried to move out of his predicament as quickly as possible. In doing so, Sena's right-hand ended up squeezing one of Hiruma's breasts. Things got reeeeeeeally quiet./p
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pIn the train carriage next to Sena's, everything was fine. Some of the recruits for the Amefuto game were talking about what the cheerleaders for the game would look like. There was a noise coming from the train carriage where the Amefuto club's manager, quarterback, and key lineman were in, it kind of sounded like Hiruma shouting something along the lines of someone being an idiot or moron. The recruits didn't think anything of it until they heard the obvious sound of Hiruma's AK-47 firing its ammo and the sounds of Kurita and Sena's screaming. Two things came into the minds of all the recruits. 1, how in the world did Hiruma smuggle a gun onto the train without anyone noticing? And 2, what happened that would make That Devil fire that lethal weapon inside the train car?/p
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pAfter Hiruma finally cooled off, Sena pulled out the tournament roster. "Wow! There are more teams this year," Kurita said in amazement. Sena looked at the roster and said "Maybe we can make it to the Kantou tournament if we win a few games. Oh… We have a way to go." That was when Sena noticed smoke emanating from the bottom of the roster. Sena screamed when he saw that Hiruma was burning the tournament roster with a pocket lighter. As Hiruma flip the lighter close she stated "Don't be thinking of unnecessary things. Win today's game! Think only about that." Sena was crying as he muttered that he couldn't look at the roster for the tournament. Hiruma tossed what was left of the piece of paper into a nearby wastebasket and stated plainly "It's okay. Today's opening game opponent is…"/p
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p"The Koigahama Cupids!"/p
pThe Deimon Devil Bats had arrived at the destination, Koigahama High (I'm assuming that that's the name of the school). The Cupids were in the middle of a practice game. The only thing Sena could say was wow, while Hiruma stated that the game was about to end. Sena pulled out a handheld camera and thought 'Alright! My scouting debuted game! I'll analyze the rival team… Even though I don't understand football very well, I'll do my best at filming it.' Someone said that the practice game was over. Sena was holding a box of athletic shoes as he started a conversation with the trackman "Uh, It became a bit tense…" The trackman grabbed a pair of the shoes from the box and said "It's a good feeling before a game. Being like this… Kind of makes your blood chill, y'know."/p
pTwo of the recruits were saying things along the lines of getting hurt and wanting to go home as quickly as possible. Sena heard this and thought 'The team's spirits seem to be falling to pieces. Well, I guess it can't be helped since the team was assembled in a rush.' Kurita looked at the Cupid team and stated: "Oh, they're already here." Sena wasn't sure what that meant, but when he saw the opposing team he understood. Apparently, every member of the Devil Bat's opposing team had a girl with them to help them scratch, eating a snack with them, and just being with them in general. Hiruma already had her laptop in hand and said rather nonchalantly "Koigahama Cupids 3rd year. All members have girlfriends and they are famous for bringing them to the games." All right, that brought up the team spirit by 1000%. Sena couldn't help but be amazed. That was when one of the recruits asked if the cheerleaders were coming. Sena got nervous and said "Uh, well, did they say they will come or they couldn't come...Huh? Funny, isn't it? Uh…" The recruits shouted at Sena, who was running towards Kurita and Hiruma, stating that he should do his job properly. Sena ran into an angry Hiruma and asked what he should do. Hiruma replied with a "Those guys are so f*ing annoying with their yelling."/p
p"Oh hi, dirty Devil Bats!" Said one of the Cupid team members./p
pCharacter Data :;: Team: Koigahama Cupids; Captain, Name: Kaoru Hatsujou, 40 Yard Dash: 5.1 seconds. :;:/p
p"I'm sorry about all loud cheering. They wouldn't listen, they insisted on coming to support us," said the player in the pink jersey with the number 19 in crimson and had an arm around a girl, supposedly his girlfriend. Hatsujou looked around the Devil Bats side of the field. The Devil Bats wasn't sure what he was looking and kind of brushed him off as a weird one. Suddenly Hatsujou shouted "OH! THERE'S NOT A SINGLE GIRL HERE! HUH? THAT'S STRANGE. I WONDER IF DEIMON HIGH IS AN ALL-BOY SCHOOL." The Devil Bats team where glaring daggers at the loud idiot. A sweatdrop appeared on Sena's head as he thought 'Technically there is a girl here for the Devil Bats, buuut she'll kill me if I say anything about that.' That was when Sena noticed that the very person he was thinking about was missing. "DON'T TELL ME YOU WON'T HAVE ANY GIRLS CHEERING FOR YOU EITHER," the Cupids' captain continued to shout. 'I wish he didn't have to shout. It's really unnecessary,' Kurita thought as he covered the ear that was closest to the shouting imbecile (I would say he was acting like a total, um, certain body part . trying to keep a rating here people). "Look, we have over 10….." Hatsujou stated, now with his inside voice, as he motioned to the other side of the field "Girls… Huh?" That was when he noticed that the 10 girls he mentioned weren't there./p
p"AAHH, IT'S JARI-PRO'S SAKURABA-KUN" Shouted a teenage girl, supposedly one of the cheering girls for the Cupids team. "We can really have a coed party with him?" Asked another teenage girl, who was also a Cupids girl. As it turns out they were now wearing Devil Bats cheerleader outfits now, provided by Hiruma of course. "Yep. If we win with you cheering for us," Hiruma stated with her sweet, manipulating tone of voice. The captain of the cupids practically screamed the word 'no'. Hiruma shouted at the recruits "YA-HA! ARE YOU SATISFIED, YOU F*ING BASTARDS!?" As the new Devil Bats cheerleaders started the cheer, the recruits cheered with joy. Now it was the Cupids were now burning with fury. 'I think she just added fuel to the fire,' Sena thought seeing the fiery aura emitting from the Cupids. Suddenly the sprinklers started up on the Cupids' side of the field. Apparently, Hiruma hacked into the system, this amazed Sena, but it also frightened him. Only thing Hiruma said was "It's extinguished." The speedster assumed that the She-Devil meant the blazing aura that was no longer around the Cupids./p
pSena looked at one of the pictures of a teen with slightly long, wavy blond hair and brown eyes wearing a white Amefuto jersey with a blue number 18 on it and asked Kurita where they got the picture. Kurita answered with an "Oh, yeah. That's of Jari-Pro's Sakuraba-kun in the high school Amefuto club. Last year we (mainly Hiruma) forced him to take it during a practice game." Then Kurita added "The Oujou White Knights is an excellent team. They were very strong. But, somehow we held on 99-0." Sena was shocked when he said "What? You won the game?" The trackmen stated that they didn't win the game. Sena looked at the end zone on the field and said out loud "99 goals were made?" Kurita explained, "No, an Amefuto, each goal is six points or so." Hiruma stated that Sena should at least learn the rules./p
pKurita dug through a bag, pulled out the oval-shaped pigskin, and stated that he would explain the rules of Amefuto before the game started. "In short, hold the ball and run to the end zone and score 6 points," Kurita explained. Hiruma activated the sprinklers that were closest to the end zone and stated that the end zone was where the sprinklers were squirting water. Then Sena asked about the post at the end zones. Kurita explains that too as he kicked the ball gently to Sena, who caught it with ease, "You can also kick the ball through the posts, but that's worth only 3 points." Sena looked at Kurita and said "So, there is an advantage to run… Because you get six points." Then Hiruma stated, "When you can run." Kurita continued to explain "But since the opponent will try to stop you by tackling you like this.." And started to rush toward Sena, who gave a yelp, then Kurita added "You have to somehow avoid him…" And somehow, Sena managed dodged Kurita. Hiruma grabbed Sena the by the collar and stated: "Let's put him in today's game after all." Sena obviously protested while Kurita stated that she couldn't force him to join in the game. The She-Devil dropped Sena and stated to him, "If it looks like we're going to win, we won't put you in, we don't want our secret weapon to break into pieces, but it looks like we're in trouble, even by one point, you're in." Sena looked nervously at the opposing team. Yeaaaah, the cupids were definitely mad, Sena could just picture them breaking him into tiny pieces. Sena covered his stomach and said in a soft voice "Huh? Suddenly my stomach... O wow… I wonder if it's cancer... I may have over-exerted myself, today. Uh…" Hiruma called a huddle, completely ignoring the speedster. Tears streamed down Sena's cheeks as he thought 'She doesn't listen and it's useless to tell her anything.' Then Sena cheered up when he thought 'That's right. If we win, I don't have to play. Do your best, Devil Bats!'/p
pIn the huddle, Hiruma told the team "Are you ready? If you bastards lose, it's the end of the tournament. Don't think about playing a good game, think only about bringing them down!" Ooookaaaay, That wasn't the kind of pep talk Sena expecting, but this was Hiruma after all. "KICK…. THEIR… ASSES! YEAH!" All of the Deimon Devil Bats shouted in the huddle. The only thing Sena could think of was 'What… A… Huddle shout.'/p
p"The game between the Deimon Devil Bats and the Koigahama Cupid will begin. Good luck!" Stated the sportscast announcer over the speaker./p
pGame: Devil Bats vs. Cupid Begin. The Devil Bats kicked off and the game started./p
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pTwo figures approached a building that was connected to the school. One of the two figures said, "What's the point in scouting our games between small and weak teams?" The other replied "Don't speak nonsense. That's a bad habit, Sakuraba. There is no certain victory if you don't look everywhere for possible recruits." The first figure, Sakuraba, merely stated yeah. A girl overheard the conversation at the top of the stairs of the building and was surprised that she heard the name Sakuraba. The girls slipped and fell over the edge. The figure that was talking to Sakuraba darted towards the falling girl and caught her before she could hit the ground./p
pCharacter Data :;: Team; Oujou White Knights, Name; Haruto Sakuraba, 40-yard dash; 5.0 seconds:;:/p
pCharacter Data :;: Team; Oujou White Knights, Name; Seijuurou Shin, 40-yard dash; 4.4 seconds:;:/p
pAfter coming out of her daze, she spotted Sakuraba and fainted. Sakuraba suggested that they lay her down, Shin complied./p
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p(Just to save space and time, I am not going to write up the entire games in the story, just the main events. Like the touchdowns, scores, the techniques, and maybe even a few main lines here and there.)/p
pIt was the Cupid's offence. The players lined up. Sena watched in amazement as the game began. Kurita easily broke through the Cupid's defence and tackled the quarterback. There was a lot of dust being kicked up and one of the referees wondered why the sprinklers weren't turned on and the other referee stated that someone hacked into the computer controls for the sprinkler system. Sena immediately knew who was. As Sena continued to record the game he was trying to get the rules. 'First, you set a formation and a person on the offensive team, placed at the centre, pops the ball behind him from the inseam. In that instance, the game starts. Then you either pass, run, or kick!' Sena thought doing his best to understand the game and then he thought 'So, somehow or other, it's good to keep the ball moving forward, but I still need to understand more.' Then Sena moved the handheld camera to the scoreboard and noticed that it was the end of the second quarter (note; 1 game = 4 quarters)./p
pWith Shin and Sakuraba. The blonde stated "Both teams are still scoreless. Hmmm… The Cupid's offence is powerful, in its own way…" Shin commented that Kurita would not stop. Sakuraba stated "Kurita-kun even gave us trouble, didn't he? The Cupid's soft line is no match for him. Compared to the Devil Bats' offence…"/p
pHiruma now had the ball and managed to throw it through a very narrow opening between the linemen. The receiver bumbled and the Cupids managed to tackle him to the ground. "Incomplete pass!" Stated the referee. Hiruma was pissed, she was kicking sand at the so-called receiver. Sakuraba commented that the pass was nice and Shin stated: "But his teammates are a bunch of amateurs." Sakuraba added "It's the same as last year after all, isn't it? Only Hiruma and Kurita are good. What a wasteful team." Shin agreed and said, "Yeah, just one more person…" The handheld camera that Sakuraba was holding was aimed indirectly as Sena, who was sitting on the bench drinking a soda. "It may be a different story if they also had a fast running back," Shin also added./p
pIt was half-time and both teams were taking the opportunity to rest up for the second half of the game. Hiruma squeezed her cup stating that Sena shouldn't take too long to change the camera's memory. Hiruma pointed at the stands and stated if either Kurita or Sena could see what she was pointing at. Kurita saw what Hiruma was pointing at in said "Ah! It Sakuraba-kun!" Hiruma immediately used her legs to get Kurita into a chokehold and said "Sakuraba? I could care less about him. Next to him! Shins from the White Knights. The strongest and fastest linebacker in high school. He's too strong. He's not human." Kurita gulped and stated "Yeah… I felt it during the practice game last year." "A linebacker?" Sena asked looking very confused. Kurita explained "It's a defensive position. It's the essence of defence. He stops both a run and a pass." Hiruma stated while inconspicuously pointing at Sena, "It's him that I don't want to show our hidden gem too since he'll work on a countermeasure. When he leaves, were put amid immediately." Sena stated nervously, "That sounds like a very selfish scheme." As the Devil Bats went to the field as the referee blew his whistle, Sena thought with tears streaming down his face, 'Uwaaah! If I go in like this, I'll be killed… Somebody save me…'/p
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pIt was the fourth quarter with 20 seconds left on the clock and no one has scored a single point. Sena wondered if the game will end in a draw. "FUNNURABA!" Kurita tackles one of the Cupids a little too close to Sena. "This is bad! It's close to the goal!" Kurita stated when he realized that he was at the 10-yard line. Cupid player Hatsujou pointed at the goalpost and stated "Alright! If it's this distance, we'll kick it. If the kick goes in, it'll be 3-0 with several seconds remaining. It's already our victory!" "If we don't stop that kick…" Kurita said nervously and Hiruma replied with an "I know." The She-Devil pointed at the trackman, who was wearing the number 30 jersey, and stated "The fastest person in the track club, is you! Kurita will pry an opening at the centre of the wall. Somehow or other, rush in before the ball is kicked. It's okay if you can't touch the ball just apply some pressure!" The trackman replied with an ordinary okay./p
p"Set !" The pressure was so intense you could cut it with a steak knife. Cupid's ball and the Devil Bats' linemen went into action to open a path for number 30. Cupid number 19 was about to get the ball when Devil Bat number 30 slipped and twisted his ankle. Cupid number 19 kicked the ball, the referee blew his whistle. The score was 0 to 3 in favour of the Cupids. The crowd for the Cupids roared. 'A few seconds… Did we lose the game? Is it over?' Was the only thing that Sena could think of. Devil Bat number 30 was still on the ground in pain. Kurita called "Ishimaru-kun" as he rushed over to number 30, Ishimaru's, side. Ishimaru stated that he twisted his right foot. Hiruma looked at the shoes that Ishimaru was wearing, got annoyed, twisted the twisted ankle, and stated "What the hell are these? Aren't these artificial turf spikes. You know these make you slide, didn't you? Who's the idiot who gave you these?" Poor Ishimaru was howling in pain the entire questioning. Sena remembered that he was the one who gave the shoes to Ishimaru./p
pSakuraba scratched his head and stated "And now their ace runner is out of the game, huh? It's game over!" Shin said nonchalantly "We don't know that yet. There is still one more play."/p
pHiruma was annoyed when she said "Damn it! It's not the time to be saying I want to hide it. I have no choice!" The She-Devil turned to Sena and shouted: "YOU F*ING SCOUT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DAMN SPIKES." The only thing Sena could do was say he was sorry as tears started sprouting from his eyes. Hiruma started dragging Sena, who started screaming, behind a nearby building still shouting "ANY WAY. YOU GET THE DEATH PENALTY!" Kurita timidly said, "Hey, we're still in the middle of a game…" Hiruma tossed Sena into a bush. Sena stated that he was innocent until he felt Hiruma drop something into his lap. The object made Sena scream silently./p
pIshimaru was taken off the field on a stretcher. Hiruma came out from behind the building and stated that Sena was put the death, the other players weren't really sure if they should say anything or not because they didn't want to get on Hiruma's bad side. Kurita was the first one to say anything "So, what about Ishimaru-kun's substitute?" Hiruma gave her, or from the other player's point of view, his devilish grin and stated: "A hero will come at a critical moment." At that moment a player in the Devil Bats' colours and had a number 21 on it sped to a halt in front of the team, startling everyone but Hiruma, who stated: "Let me introduce you to The Speed of Light Running Back Eyeshield 21!" Yep, Hiruma forced Sena into the uniform./p
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pMamori met up with two of her friends and were eating at a diner. The friends are having a blast, but Mamori kept worrying about Sena. 'Somehow I have… A really bad feeling about this…' Mamori apologized to her friends and left. She had to get to the Amefuto game as soon as possible./p
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pBack on the Amefuto field. All the Devil Bats, minus Kurita and Hiruma, were talking to each other about the Eyeshield person. The referee told Hiruma that coloured eye shields weren't allowed, Hiruma presented the referee with a (forged) permission slip from the Association. The referee read the slip, it looked legitimate, so he allowed the eye shield. Kurita was excited and ran to Eyeshield 21 saying "Have you become motivated…" That was when Hiruma shocked Kurita with a stun gun. (Wait a minute, when did she get the thing in the first place?) Kurita fell over and Hiruma stated very loudly "WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR BACK? DOES IT ITCH? THEN USE THE GROUND TO SCRATCH IT!" The other Devil bats were confused by this action. Hiruma kicked Kurita in the head and said in a tone that only Kurita could hear "You f*ing fatso! What are we going to do with the other athletes find out? Ishimaru came only because of those scouts!" Hiruma stopped kicking Kurita and stated "Besides… Shin is also here at? I don't want to give them any info about Sena if I can help it. We've got at least hide his identity." Sena/Eyeshield 21 wondered what Hiruma was going to do. The She-Devil started walking towards the cheerleaders and said: "Well, let's get rid of Sakuraba at least, using a simple missile." Kurita and Sena were really hoping that Hiruma wasn't actually going to use a missile to get rid of the White Knights model. When the She-Devil was right behind the cheerleaders she put her rights hand to her brow and stated loud enough for all the cheerleaders to hear, "Hey, That's Jari-Pro's Sakuraba-kun!" When the girls heard that name they quickly looked at Hiruma and look where 'he' was looking, then every single cheerleader ran in the direction where Sakuraba was, almost like a missile./p
pSakuraba saw them coming and said in a panic "WOAH, CRAP! Sorry, I'll leave the rest of the video to you!" He handed the handheld video camera to Shin and then darted off to avoid the cheerleaders. Fact: Shin + technology = broken gadget. Yes, Shin accidentally broke the camera. Shin ran off after Sakuraba, grabbing him, telling him that something was wrong with the video camera, and got away from the cheerleaders. In doing so the two White Knights ran past Mamori and then the cheerleaders ran past Mamori, who was in utter confusion as to why they were running./p
p"Hm? Somehow Shin has disappeared too!" Hiruma stated gleefully and then turned her attention to Eyeshield 21 and stated with an evil grin "Alright, run to your heart's desire! Eyeshield 21!" The She-Devil's right index finger was literally on top of the eye shield when she stated "Nine seconds left! This is the one last play, so you'll either laugh or you'll cry! It starts with a kickoff from Cupid, but the sketch is impossible for you. Instead, I'll catch and I'll toss it to you like that, so you'll receive the ball, and then dash into the end zone (goal)! That'll be six points! 6-3, the table is turned and will win!" Kurita stated that he didn't think it will work out perfectly and Sena nervously stated that 11 people were going to tackle him. Hiruma shouted at the two "WE'VE GOT NO OTHER CHOICE! You don't want it to end here, do you?" Sena looked at Hiruma and then looked at the Cupid team, that team looked like it was possessed by demons. "It'll be completely impossible to reach the goal without falling~~!" Eyeshield 21/Sena stated in fear. Kurita tried to encourage Sena to do his best, but Sena stated that he couldn't hold down any opponent. Hiruma said in annoyance "Who said anything about holding down your opponent? No one expects anything from your physical strength." Kurita added that Sena-kun had the legs. Hiruma pointed at Sena/Eyeshield 21 and stated: "Hold down the field!" Sena was definitely shocked by that statement./p
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p"Nine seconds left, Cupid is kicking off." The sportscaster announced. Cupid number 19 kicked the ball really high into the air. Yet the Cupids commented that they'll tackle as soon as the opposing team catches the ball. Hiruma caught the ball with ease, but before she was tackled she tossed the ball to Eyeshield 21/Sena, who caught it rather clumsily. Hiruma shouted for Sena to go. With his lightning legs, he started to run, in the wrong direction. Hiruma instantly shouted "THE OTHER WAY-!" The speedster skidded to a halt to turn around, but instead, he started to slip, causing a lot of dust to kick up. Hiruma shouted that Sena was wearing sneakers, the wrong kind of shoes to wear on the turf they were on. Cupid number 19 struck a pose as he said "Hmmm~~!? Does he know that it's over if he falls?" The next thing anyone knew was that Eyeshield 21 bursting through the cloud of dust and running straight towards the right end zone./p
pEyeshield 21/Sena kept running and dodging all of the Cupid players, four out of the 11. The Cupid players who weren't on the field stated that that was in the speed of a high school student. Cupid number 19 shouted out his team to stop Eyeshield 21 and they tried to do so. To the speedster's eyes, he could see the best path to dodge the oncoming players and he followed that route, now seven out of the 11. Time was running out. Cupid number 19 shouted at the remaining four defenders to stop the speedster. The four managed to box the speedster in. Sena couldn't see any opening for him to the run-through. There was a blur of red, but Sena managed to see a white 1 and 77. Kurita and Hiruma blocked two of the Cupids and managed to open a path for Eyeshield 21. The speedster can now see the path to run very clearly. He passed all 11. 'There's nobody left! No one can stop me!' Eyeshield 21 past the line to the end zone./p
pThe referee shouted "TOUCHDOOOWN." And blew his whistle. The game ended 6-3, Devil Bats' win. Hiruma shouted "YA~~~~~HA~~~!" using her pocket light to light the cannons that shot up the fireworks into the sky. The Cupid thinking to their knees in utter defeat. Kurita happily tossed his teammates in the air shouting that the Devil bats have won the first game. Sena/Eyeshield 21 smiled, and it lasted until he slipped in the mud that covered the end zone. Riiiiight, Hiruma used the sprinklers to show Sena where the end zone was before the game started, that's why it was so muddy. Eyeshield 21/Sena heard the sound of many running feet, when he turned he saw all the temporary recruits for the Devil Bats running towards them, asking him to join the club that they were originally part of. Hiruma shouted at Kurita to block their path, Kurita did so with ease. Hiruma kneeled down near Eyeshield 21/Sena stated calmly "If they find out about his real identity… To become a violent kidnapping battle, right? A tiring high school life with no rest or leisure time, constantly being USED… Well, I guess there are perks to that too?" Sena practically pictures the image of all the Deimon High clubs trying to recruit him./p
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pNear the sidelines for the Cupids, Mamori just stood there in amazement. 'There's an amazing athlete that's just a small as Sena. It Sena works hard too…' Mamori thought before she realized that she needed to find Sena right away. Mamori spotted Ishimaru on the bench and asked him where Sena was. Ishimaru explained "Hiruma said something about him making mistakes as a scout… He's in the back getting his ass kicked." Hiruma saw that and stated in an annoyed tone "Damn it, a bothersome person is here." The temporary Devil Bats players broke through Kurita's defence. Hiruma kicked Eyeshield 21/Sena and shouted "HURRY UP AND GET BACK THERE! I'LL F*ING KICK YOUR ASS IF YOU GET DISCOVERED!" The speedster darted away from everyone and rounded the building to get back to the spot where he originally changed into the Eyeshield 21 persona. Mamori was worriedly calling out Sena's name as Sena quickly changed out of the Eyeshield 21 persona./p
pMamori turned a corner, still calling out Sena's name, and that's when she saw in the bush with his uniform dirty and 'unconscious'. Tears swelled in Mamori's eyes, she buried her face in her hands and said "…I'm sorry… It's all because I told you to join a club…" Mamori pulled Sena into a hug, his face being planted directly on top of her breasts, and she added, not knowing the awkward position she put Sena in, "Sena heeded your best! I'm sorry!" Mamori was mad when she moved from behind the building, pulling Sena along with her. "HIRUMA-KUN!" Mamori shouted, getting the blonde quarterback's attention. Mamori glared at Hiruma, who was merely glancing at her as if she was just an annoyance. Sena tried to tell Mamori that she got the wrong idea. Meanwhile, the rest of the Devil Bats were cowering behind some kind of barrier, mentioning that this was the first time they saw Mamori Anezaki mad./p
p"Your brutality towards Deimon High's first years, even if no one talks about it… Or even if the school disciplinary committee has given up. TODAY I WON'T LET YOU GET AWAY WITH IT!" Mamori stated towards the Devil of Deimon High. "Ho~~~~~won't let me get away huh?" Hiruma stated, almost in a pleasant mood, as she (or from Mamori's point of view, he) walked over to her duffel bag. Mamori started off with "I won't let you… And…" But then she got quiet, not sure what else to add. Hiruma pulled out a black notebook that had the words 'Devil's Handbook' etched onto the cover as s'he' added: "So you're going to make an appeal for the removal of the sports club?" Mamori got a voice back when she said "That's not what I meant. I will have you… Disqualified from the tournament." Hiruma didn't say anything per se, she just tossed the notebook back into her duffel bag. Mamori pointed at Hiruma and stated "Whatever it is, you will stop picking on Sena! Sena is none of your concern!" Mamori grabbed Sena's right hand and started walking away with him as she told him "I'll look for a nicer club for you. Let's go, Sena!" Kurita started crying, not only for the fact that he was losing a friend but also a member of the Amefuto club./p
pSena looked at Mamori's hand that was clutching his own. Memories flooded back from the past. Mainly of little Mamori holding little Sena's hand as the other children teased him, but they ran off as soon as Mamori glared at them. Sena cried as he told Mamori-neechan that he was a weakling. Mamori tried cheering him up by saying that he didn't have to be strong. Mamori also stated "Sena is already cool the way he is! And also_" she paused, not knowing what else to say, so she just repeated that Sena was cool the way he was. That didn't help him at all. 'Mamori-neechan. Someday… Neechan will no longer need to hope hold onto… My hand.' The image of Mamori's hand holding Sena's hand slowly faded into Sena holding onto an oval-shaped ball and Sena running down the field for a touchdown./p
pSena let go of Mamori's hand. "Sena…?" Mamori said as she watched Sena pickup amefuto ball. "It's all right. I'm sorry, Mamori-neechan. I'm going to stay here, in the football club." Sena said as he looked up from the ball and smiled. Kurita now had tears of joy streaming down his face. "But… What is keeping you here?" Mamori questioned Sena. Hiruma had a brilliant idea within seconds after Mamori asked her question. The quarterback suddenly appeared behind Sena, padding him on the shoulder, and stating "Nothing… Sena-kun's places here. No one is forcing him to stay. There is no doubt about it! Being a manager is his task…" Then Hiruma did put a hand to her chin and added nonchalantly, "But being the manager could be overwhelming. We could only somehow decrease workload…" Mamori stared at the trio for a bit before saying "Manager? Is a female one all right? Is there anyone else that wants the job?" Kurita didn't say anything, indicating the answer was that the job was open. Mamori stated "It's settled. I'll do it!" Both Kurita and Sena shouted the word What rather loudly. Mamori was happy and told Sena that everything would be okay, while Sena was trying to tell Mamori that she was being fooled. Kurita was overjoyed that another person has joined the Amefuto club. Hiruma cackle softly, happy that Mamori took the bait, and stated softly "Got another free working person for us."/p
pKurita was twirling around as he happily said "We got our first win and we have four members as well! At the rate, we're going this year… We're going all the way to the top! We can finally compete against the Oujou White Knights." Sena dug through his bag looking for the tournament rooster but pulled out a burnt piece of paper. Oh right, it was burnt to a crisp by Hiruma. Kurita suggested that they ask Hiruma who their next opponents were. Hiruma nonchalantly replied "The Oujou White Knights." Both Kurita and Sena screamed in terror. Hiruma really was a She-Devil. At the same time, the temporary Devil Bats were kind of hitting on Mamori; although, it didn't look like she knew that./p
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pAt the Oujou Private High School (*Looking at a picture of the school* That's a really big private school), more specifically, in the Amefuto club. The coach of the White Knights was shouting at the team, mainly Sakuraba and Shin, for not recording the entire match between the Devil Bats and the Cupids. The coach was a man who appeared to be in his late 60s with short white hair and wrinkles. The coach shouted at Sakuraba that it was his responsibility to record the game. Sakuraba said timidly "Tha…. That's right boss….Coach Shōji, isn't it? I had to run 'cause I was being chased…" Shin interrupted by saying "No. It was my responsibility as well. I ran for my responsibilities as well." Sakuraba was surprised that Shin was taking the blame for his mistake. Coach Shōji knew this when he thought 'Uuu… Everyone here clearly listens to you when you speak. Let's see how you deal with the punishment….' Coach Shōji turned away from the team at and stated loudly "Shin! You're not going to start against the Devil Bats." That surprised the entire team. Shin reluctantly stated that he understood. Coach Shōji was still in his thoughts 'Well, it'll be enough to let Shin play from the middle of the game against the Deimon High School. It'll be good practice for the others, too.' Sakuraba was also in deep thought, 'This guy is already like that in junior high….Why is he taking the fall for my mistake…' One of the younger members of the White Knights noticed that the camera was completely broken and practically shouted when he asked you broke it. Shin stated that he didn't know, even though he was the one who did break it unintentionally (mental note; never give Shin any technical gadgets, EVER), Sakuraba did shout that it was Shin who did it. Coach Shōji nearly shouted "Recently, you guys have been slacking off. We can't afford to let the enemy gain on us. You need to be mentally strong! Zero points allowed means that a single point can win the game! The most important thing in Amefuto is defence! The White Knights' defence this year will take charge around this time! We will definitely bring home the championship!"/p
pAfter the coach's speech, Shin practically locked himself in the exercise room with all the training equipment. He started working out almost immediately, starting off with sit-ups. 'I will not fail. I will not lose stamina. I will not fail myself,' Shin thought to himself the entire time he did the sit-ups. When Shin was done with the sit-ups he thought to himself 'I am not yet good enough. I am still not content being an average person… I still have to seize it!' Shin balance himself on both with his thumbs and started to do push-ups on those two thumbs. I have to prove to her I can support her' Shin thought with determination in his eyes. (… Is even possible in the real world? And this guy still thinks he's not good enough….Wait? Who's he talking about?... Umm…. Back to the story…)/p
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pBack with the Deimon Devil Bats, who were now on the train back to their school. Kurita was trembling with nervousness as he slowly said the name of the Devil Bats next opponent, which made Sena wonder if they were really that strong. Hiruma said "We'll get revenge after last year's 99-0. But this year we have Eyeshield 21." Two of the temporary recruits asked Hiruma who that Eyeshield guy was, Hiruma practically replied with a sinister grin "Who knows…?" Yeah, Hiruma wasn't giving them any crumbs on Eyeshield's identity, but Hiruma did give them a little bit of Eyeshield 21's history, "After finishing the Basque training at the distinguished Retsukafu PE school in Russia. He went to Notre Dame College to study Amefuto. Every match he would score 100 points. He's that type of guy is telling you." Sena was practically breaking into a sweat when he heard that, making the poor freshman wonder how long it took Hiruma to come up with those lies. That was when Hiruma finally said "If they scored 99 points, you win the game by scoring 100 points. The most important thing in Amefuto is an offence! I will set a block to open up a route to run on. Then the Eyeshield 21 guy will take care of the rest. This hand will score is 100 points!" That was when all of Hiruma's pointy teeth were showing as she grinned. Sena wasn't sure if he should be nervous or excited./p
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p2nd Down: Ended./p
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pOmake Moments:/p
pSena looked at his right hand. The hand that let go of the hand of his elder sister figure, who had protected him from bullies and generally everything bad. Sena just looked at it and has done so for about five minutes or so. Sena's face turned crimson red as he remembered the feeling of Hiruma's breast under that hand. Seeing Hiruma's breasts was one thing, being able to feel them in his hand was another thing. 'Small and soft,' Sena turning red at that thought. He felt like a pervert. If Hiruma caught him thinking about that kind of stuff about her, she'll fire real bullets at him. Sena cried, 'How did things turn out like this with Hiruma? Come to think of it, why is she keeping her gender a secret?'/p
pHiruma sneezed. She sniffed a bit and looked up at the fluffy white clouds. 'Wonder if someone's talking about me?' she thought before pulling out her trusty AK-47 and gave a sinister smile. 'Oh well,' she gave the assault rifle a loading click as she thought with that smile still on her face, 'I think I'll go gather some more information for my Handbook.'/p
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pGale-Dragon: Hello valued readers. I have an announcement, I have chosen five teams (from picking their names randomly from a hat) and I will gender-bend one person from each of the chosen teams into a girl for this story./p
pHere are the teams: Oujou White Knights, Taiyō Shinx, Seibu Wild Gunmens, Hakushū Dinosaurs, and Shinryūji Naga./p
pIf anyone wants, you can leave your suggestions one who you want to be gender-bent in the comment box. Since the Devil Bats are facing off ageist the White Knights next, please leave suggestions for them first. And don't suggest Sakuraba or Shin, since I already confirmed that they are guys in this story. The Nagas will also make an appearance, so leave suggestions for them too./p