Gale-Dragon: Finally got the time to work on this.
"Talking" Mostly
'Thinking'
(Author's comment)
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When the Chameleons kicked off, the ball hit the ground not too far from where was kicked. But due to the oval shape of the ball, it was bouncing all over the field going in nearly every direction; almost every Devilbat player was unable to catch the ball. Raimon was the only one who was able to catch the ball with ease. The Chameleons' team charged towards Raimon. Seeing Eyeshield 21 nearby, Raimon passed the ball or least attempt to. The ball went in the opposite direction, hitting the man in the business suit that was standing next to Habashira Rui. Hiruma was currently kicking the crap out of Raimon, Kurita ran towards Hiruma to stop her from really doing damage to the catcher, while the rest of the team simultaneously thought 'Why with the ball even fly in that direction?'
After Kurita got Hiruma to stop kicking the catcher, Raimon was in a slight depression due to embarrassing himself in front of the school. Sena/Eyeshield 21 tried to cheer up his friend. Mamori cheered towards Raimon that he did a great catch and not to worry about messing up but to keep up the good work. Raimon immediately cheered up. A few minutes later, Mamori was handing out flyers explaining the rules of Amefuto. As she was doing that, she glanced at the roof of the school, barely seeing Sena's head, and thought 'I can't do it right now, but Sena's already doing it on the roof, so I guess it's all right.' Unbeknownst to Mamori and 99% of the school, the "Sena" that was on the roof was actually a manikin with Sena's hairstyle and school blazer.
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The Devilbats were 60 yards (55 m) from the end zone. The Chameleons had a plan, prevent the Devilbats from rushing. They were gathering up in the front waiting for the opposing team to make a move. When Hiruma got the ball she immediately threw the ball over everyone's head. Habashira Rui used his extremely long arms to try to catch the ball, but it was just out of his reach. The only person who was able to catch that ball was Raimon. The monkey immediately ran towards the end zone only to be tackled to the ground, but he did gain 35 yards for the Devilbats.
The crowd was amazed by Raimon's receiving. The Chameleons, on the other hand, were not so happy. Habashira Rui told his team to prevent any rushing since he figured that Eyeshield 21 would take the field next. Meanwhile, with the Devilbats, Hiruma snickered and told Kurita "That guy is absolutely furious." Kurita wasn't sure what the female quarterback meant by that.
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The Devilbats were 25 yards (23m) from the end zone. Hiruma was about to pass the ball to Eyeshield 21, confirming Rui's theory. The captain of the Chameleons shouted at his team to stop Eyeshield 21. Only there was one problem, Hiruma didn't actually hand the balls to Eyeshield 21, it was a fake. Hiruma threw the ball high into the air.
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'Player Honjou… Although I haven't got any better in baseball, I'll make a promise with ya, I definitely will…' The ball was heading towards the end zone. 'I definitely will... Become a hero… Through Amefuto!' Raimon caught the ball and scored a touchdown. The catcher rolled on the ground and then struck a pose. The crowd cheered for Raimon… Okay, they were actually cheering the name Monta, thus making the catcher shout that his name was Raimon.
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The score was now 6-0 in favour of the Devilbats. Raimon and Eyeshield 21 gave a double high-fived to one another. Kurita was very happy. Hiruma gave a hard swift kick to Raimon's backside, Raimon let out a loud Youch. Noticing the Raimon was confused about the kick, Eyeshield 21 explained "If s..HE kicks you without saying anything, he's actually complimenting you. I've only realized that recently…" Okay, that was a little too close, Sena/Eyeshield 21 nearly told Raimon that Hiruma was a girl, again, and almost in front of Hiruma. That would have been very, very, very bad.
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The Devilbats got a chance for a try-for-point. Hiruma kicked the ball and the ball hit the man in the business suit, again. Hiruma Youichi's kicking success rate: 35%. Eyeshield 21/Sena couldn't help but think 'I have a feeling that that person has been very unlucky lately.'
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The Chameleons managed to score a touchdown and scored their try-for-point via kicking. The score was now 7-6 in favour of the Chameleons. As the Chameleons devised their plan for the next quarter, Kurita muttered that he wished that Musashi was here, Hiruma stated: "We'll just have to touchdown twice as much!" As both teams were getting into position for the next round, Rui stated "Changing tactics according to the enemy's strengths and weaknesses… Battles have always favoured the side attacking last!" Hiruma stated with a devilish grin on her face "Just anticipating the enemy won't do any good… The first side to see through the enemy's battle plans wins!"
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When Hiruma got the ball, the Chameleons plan when into action. Three of the Chameleons players have Raimon cornered, while the rest of the team tried to intercept Eyeshield 21. Kurita, along with the rest of the linemen, managed to hold off the maturity of the Chameleons. Hiruma pretended to pass the ball to Eyeshield 21, and then she passed the ball to a shadowy Devilbat. That shadow was actually Ishimaru, he ran straight towards the end zone. Rui managed to tackle Ishimaru with the help of his incredibly long arms, but the Devilbats managed to gain 10 yards (9m).
Kurita happily said "We did it~~~" towards Ishimaru. The #30 running back rubbed the back of his head and said "I didn't think he will be so easy. I was difficult to spot because Hiruma covered me." Chameleon #24 said "Shit… How come we didn't see him? That #30 is to obscure." Chameleon #52 said, "You can't really feel his existence." Rui, wearing the chameleon's jersey #42, stated "Watch carefully! How could you have totally ignored him?" Ishimaru was not even 15 steps away from them as they were talking; it looked like they didn't notice the track and field member at all (Does anyone else feel a bit of irony in the situation?).
Chameleon #63 stated "But that Hiruma guy… He's really good with faking a pass." Chameleon #62 said, "I think that fat-ass is tougher to handle, looks like we need to hold off the centre as well…" Rui looked like he was about to pop a vein.
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During the second quarter of the game, the Devilbats scored three touchdowns and the Chameleons scored only one touchdown. Making the score 20-14 in favour of the Devilbats. Rui told his team "No need to show any more mercy. Crush them!"
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In the next play, the Chameleons caused three Devilbats to lose consciousness and Eyeshield 21 was knocked across a quarter of the field. Eyeshield 21 was fine, thanks to the result of the funky neck stretching, but the other three weren't so lucky. Sena/Eyeshield 21 noted that the difference in power was too great because he played against a much stronger team, the Oujou White Knights. The three out of play players were taking up the field by structures. Hiruma simply stated that they needed to find three replacements. Rui said "You haven't got three reserves to fill your ranks? It must be tough to have a team without enough players. Brute force is also a strategy." There was no way Sena could ignore that.
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Togano, in jersey #53, said "Huh?" Jumonji, in jersey #51, said "Huuh?" Kuroki, in jersey #52, said "HUUUUH?" Hiruma stated calmly "It's your turn to play, Huh Huh Brothers." The trio immediately shouted back "WE AREN'T BROTHERS_!" The trio put on their Amefuto helmets and went on to the field. During the play, the three Chameleons tried doing the same dirty tactics that they used on the Huh Huh Brothers' predecessors, but the delinquent trio easily countered. Hiruma handed the ball off to Eyeshield 21, and the speedster broke through the centre, where Rui was waiting for him. The leader of the Chameleons shouted "YOU'RE FINALLY HERE! I'M GONNA TEAR YOUR BONES APART!"
The two players were running towards one another. Rui shouted 'YOU'RE GONNA WITNESS WITH YOUR OWN BODY… THE FACT THAT I, HABASHIRA, AM THE STRONGEST PLAYER THERE IS!" Rui had a look on his face that seems similar to a chameleon ready to strike. After seeing that look, Sena froze for only a second, but quickly remembered what Hiruma said to him the day before the game, "In Amefuto, you'll win if you scare the opponents out of their wits!". Sena remembered the game against Oujou and comparing that came to the current game, there was nothing to be afraid of. Eyeshield 21 raced out of Rui's range and scored a touchdown.
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The crowd cheered. Everyone was completely amazed at Eyeshield 21's running and everyone was wondering who this mysterious player was. Hiruma noticed the look of Rui's face. She smirked and muttered to Kurita "Teeheehee! Victory has been sealed." Kurita didn't know what his friend was talking about, but he figured that she meant that they were going to win.
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"HUT!" Kurita handed off the ball to Hiruma. The She-Devil handed the ball to Eyeshield 21. Rui shouted at his team to look carefully at Eyeshield 21. The speedster didn't have the ball in his hands, Hiruma still had the ball. Now the Chameleons were mad, there was no way they were going to fall for the same trick twice. One of the Chameleons' linemen shouted "HE'S GONNA PASS TO THE MONKEY! TACKLE HIM BEFORE HE DOES THAT!" Then the Chameleons' linemen were about to tackle the Huh Huh Brothers at full force, but before they could land a hit, the delinquent trio sidestepped the charge, one of the Huh Huh Brothers commented: "Feel free to break through." The Chameleons' linemen were about to tackle Hiruma, but she evaded them easily and tossed the ball in a completely different direction from where they thought she was going to throw it. Eyeshield 21 caught the ball with ease and grace through the broken chameleon line.
Eyeshield 21 was running right towards Rui. The crowd was biting their nails in anticipation. Hiruma then said to Kurita "Hey, F*ing fat-ass, you know when I said victory has been sealed?" Eyeshield 21 kept running towards Rui. The chameleon Captain tried to anticipate where the running back was going to run, so he stretched out his arms as wide as they could. But Eyeshield 21 easily got past the linemen and scored a touchdown. During the touchdown, Hiruma stated, "In Amefuto, you'll win if you scare the opponents out of their wits!"
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The game ended with a score of 46-28 in favor of the Devilbats.
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Since the Chameleons lost the match, they had to pay Hiruma ¥5 million, money that they didn't actually have. So, Hiruma "suggested" that the Chameleons use their motorbikes as payment. After a brief moment of begging from the Chameleons to spare their motorbikes, Hiruma agrees but all of the Chameleons had to be Hiruma's slaves in return. You could practically see female quarterback's shadow was in the shape of a devil. 'So that's how he increases the number of his slaves…' Raimon and Ishimaru thought, while Sena thinking along the lines of 'So that how she acquires slaves. Scary…' Kurita, on the other hand, was completely used to it.
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From the school's entrance, a figure could be seen leaning against the brick wall. She was 170cm (roughly 5ft 7in), was wearing what looked to be traditional Miko attire, her waist-long midnight black hair was tied back into a loose low ponytail but was hung over her left shoulder, she had soft black eyes, and was wearing a pair of black athletic shoes. She watched the entire Amefuto game from where she was. A smile appeared on her pale lips. 'The two of you haven't changed a bit. Ryokan, you're as strong as ever, perhaps even stronger. And Yoichi, you're still as brilliant as you are devilish,' The Miko thought as she watched Kurita trying to give Hiruma a hug and Hiruma retaliated by pulling Kurita into a chokehold, shouting at the bigger player to not to give her any hugs. The Miko couldn't help but chuckle at the two.
A member of the football/soccer (1) team was on his way to leave the school when he was the pretty Miko standing at the entrance. This guy had small black beady eyes, blond hair that was black at the roots, and was still wearing his sports uniform. Pink hearts appeared in his eyes. The blond player slicked his hair back and was about to go and talk to the Miko, but that was when the Miko decided to take her leave. The player was quite disappointed, at least until he saw a pretty female schoolmate pass by.
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As the Miko walked down the sidewalk, she couldn't help but think what could have happened if Hiruma and Kurita stayed at her school. 'Things would have been very different that's for sure. Perhaps he could have actually been friends with Kurita if he took the time to get to know him rather than forcing him out of the school,' The Miko thought as she made her way towards her school. 'It's a shame that he could never see the bigger pictures in life,' The Miko thought as she continued on her way.
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After the match, nearly everyone went home, with the exception of Sena and Hiruma; both of whom were in the Amefuto base. The She-Devil had an evil grin on her face, after all, her team won the match and she acquired a new batch of slaves. Sena was dragged into the base with the She-Devil because she said that they put the recordings in the safe. Mamori immediately opposed the idea stating that the Devil was going to bully Sena as soon as they were out of the Honor Student's sight until Hiruma told the auburn-haired student by saying that it wasn't going to take too long. Mamori eventually agreed, but if they weren't by the school's entrance in five minutes, she would hunt them down. The She-Devil nonchalantly stated that they'll be back in four.
Hiruma placed the VHSs in the hidden temperature controlled safe and closed the door. Sena was putting the video camera in another hidden safe. Both of them were about to leave when Sena stepped on a roulette ball, that was carelessly left on the ground, and started slipping and sliding on the little orb, trying to regain his balance. Before Hiruma could react, Sena collided into her, and both were on the ground with Sena on top of Hiruma.
The position that they were in, um… Well… Awkward… Hiruma's left hand was by her head while her right arm was off to the side and her shirt sank onto her figure (Meaning you can actually tell that she was indeed a she), Sena was on his hands and knees with the left hand near Hiruma's head while his right was next to her chest and his knees were practically side by side with the She-Devil's. Both of them had red staining their faces. Neither knew how long they were in this position. Sena finally piped up with an "Ano… Are you okay, Hiruma?" Hiruma got her voice back by saying in a stuttered tone "I-I'll be f-fine if a certain chibi gets off of me!" Sena quickly got off the She-Devil. With both of them sitting on the floor, still flushed red, Hiruma stated "Not a word about what just happened. Got it f*ing chibi?" Sena quickly nodded, not trusting his voice at the moment. They left the Amefuto headquarters soon after, and not a moment sooner. Mamori was just about to search for them. "Hmm?" Mamori noticed that the two were red and asked why they were. Hiruma stated without hesitation that they needed to get the new AC looked at in the Amefuto club because it was practically a sauna in there. Mamori easily believed that.
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Later that same night. Sena was lying in bed, under the covers, staring up at the ceiling of his room. His mind kept wandering back to that moment in the Amefuto club. 'She certainly didn't look like the devil she was,' Sena thought before rolling to his side. 'She actually looked kinda cute.' Sena immediately pulled the covers over his head. 'But it's Hiruma… I'm going to have that weird dream where Hiruma's my girlfriend again, aren't I?' Sure enough, Sena did, but this time around he sort of enjoyed it.
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Omeke Moments: (Topic Request from Dragonnotte for answering the trivia from the prior chapter. Enjoy)
'Damn it…' Hiruma clutched her abdomen in pain. 'Why now? Right before we were going to do the interviews. Ow… Damn it,' she thought, curling into a ball on her bed. 'And guys wonder why girls are cranky during That-Time-of-the-Month. Those bastards should really go through this kinda crap too. Ow… Damn cramps,' Hiruma thought as she attempted to get out of bed without doubling over in pain as she headed towards the bathroom. She opened the medicine cabinet and took a blue little pillbox. "Thank God for Midol, or else there would have been massacres every month," Hiruma stated before she popped one of the pills into her mouth. She swallowed the little pill and started to relax a bit. 'Now all I have to do is get through the day,' the She-Devil thought. A few minutes later, Hiruma emerged from the bathroom, looking a lot better. She got dressed in her usual school uniform. She grabbed her black notebook and trusty AK-47 on her way out of her room. Hiruma cringed a bit and said "Damn, I still feel like shit, but~ I know what's going to make me feel a lot better~," an evil grin appeared on her face.
The art club and newsletter club were working overtime on making flyers for that Devil. With an evil grin on her face, Hiruma stated to them in her cheery manipulative voice, "Now have all of those done by the end of the day and no one outside this room will ever know about all of those little-hidden cameras on all of your shoes." All of the members of both of the clubs nodded fearfully. With that, the She-Devil left, with her AK-47 in hand. Making the other students quake in fear always makes Hiruma feel better during That-Time-of-Month. Hiruma knew that Kurita would realize that within a couple of minutes after seeing that the school was about to piss itself, but he wasn't going to anything about it. The bigger player knew not to mess with Hiruma when she was PMSing, he's witnessed the result of doing so first-hand (Let's just say that that poor fella now lives with a constant limp in both legs). Right… She needed to deal with the team and practice too… Crap.
"Hiruma-san, why aren't you wearing your gear?" Raimon asked the She-Devil when he noticed that she was still in her school uniform. Hiruma replied almost immediately that it was at the cleaners and would be picking it up after school. Raimon bought the lie, but Sena had his suspicions. So, Hiruma did the practices in her school uniform.
Today of all days was the day that Sena and Raimon were off their game. Okay, Sena was off his game because he didn't want Mamori to find out that he was Eyeshield 21 and Raimon was off his game because he was trying to get Mamori to notice him. It was pretty logical, but thanks to the hormones raging through her body, Hiruma failed to notice. She was currently firing rubber bullets at them for messing up on the passes. Kurita noticed that his friend was being more trigger happy than usual. 'Wait a minute,' Kurita thought as he started counting on his hands, not noticing that both Sena and Raimon were running for their lives, Hiruma shooting at the two, and Mamori was chasing Hiruma and shouting at the devil to stop picking on Sena. Kurita finished counting and came to a conclusion. 'It's been approximately 28 days…Yup, Hiruma has her period…' Kurita thought as he watched the strange race. With a sweatdrop appearing on the back of his head, Kurita thought 'That would explain why Hiruma's being extra violent and cruel today.' Kurita knew what he had to do, making sure that everyone on the team doesn't get on the She-devil's bad side for the next 4 to 5 days.
Other than that, everything was fine, until, during the leg exercise, the Midol decided to wear off. Hiruma clutched her abdomen. "Damn!" Hiruma stated in pain, she needed to take another Midol pill and fast. "Hiruma-san, are you alright?" Sena asked when he noticed that the She-Devil was in pain. Hiruma needed to think of something quick. "I think the dinner I had last night's not agreeing with me. *Hiruma starts walking off the field with one hand on her abdomen, but turns her head to look at her team* You bastards better still be running by the time I get back, understand!" Hiruma stated before heading off. Kurita knew immediately that that wasn't the case and apparently Sena thought so too. It seems as though Raimon and Mamori were none the wiser. The team went back to running, but Sena lagged behind a bit so he could talk to Kurita without drawing suspicion. Raimon decided to use this opportunity to show-off for Mamori, and thus distracting her from Sena. Talk about a perfect opportunity. When Kurita caught up to Sena, the speedster asked in a soft tone, "Is Hiruma having her period?" Kurita nearly tripped over his own feet, but quickly recovered and looked to see if Raimon and Mamori were close, luckily they were quite a distance ahead. Kurita told Sena in the same whispering tone "She is, but please don't do anything to get on her bad side. She isn't the most pleasant person during this time," Sena nodded and whispered "Fine by me, but is it okay if I try something? Don't worry it's not going to hurt Hiruma or make her snap, hopefully." Kurita wished Sena luck.
By the end of the day, the posters were finished and ready to hand out for tomorrow. Hiruma already had everything ready for tomorrow's interviews, and quite frankly, she was glad the day was over. Her period this month wasn't too pleasant, for both her and the school. She closed her laptop and gave a sigh of relief. How was she going to get through the next few of days without ripping someone's head off?
She moved a hanging picture frame of an amefuto player, revealing a safe that she used for one of her laptops and other valuables. She keyed in the code on a number pad, it unlocked, and she opened the temperature control safe. She felt cold air coming out of the safe. Odd, Hiruma was sure that she didn't leave the inside of the safe that temperature. When she opened the safe completely, she saw a neatly folded paper and a plastic cup full of vanilla soft-serve ice-cream with a blue plastic spoon dug into the right of the cup. Hiruma looked at the objects for a few seconds wondering who put them here. I could have been Kurita, but there was only one cup of ice-cream and the giant didn't know the code for the safe. Hiruma changed the temperature, placed her laptop in the safe, took out the ice-cream and note, closed the safe, and moved the picture back in place. The She-Devil sat in front of the table and put the ice-cream on sed table and read the note.
"Hiruma, I know it wasn't your dinner that was disagreeing with you. Mamori-neechan gets cramps during her Time-of-the-Month too, so she eats soft-served ice-cream during that time to alleviate the pain a bit. I know you and she don't see eye-to-eye often, but maybe try doing what she does for those cramps. I mean it's worth a shot, right?
PS: I figured out you were having your period on my own, but I did have to ask Kurita if you liked any ice-cream flavours, so please don't be mad at him.
Sena."
Right… Sena knew the code for the safe. Hiruma read the note again and wasn't sure if she should kill the chibi or not. But she decided to give the ice-cream a try. She took the spoon out of the ice-cream, some of the soft-serve still sticking to the spoon, and placed the oval part of the spoon with her mouth. The ice-cream was actually pretty good, so Hiruma ate the rest of the ice-cream, slowly to enjoy the flavour and the chilled temperature. After taking the spoon out of her mouth, she looked at the note from Sena. The She-Devil placed her index and middle finger over Sena's name, not noticing that her cheeks were turning red. 'Guess I'm not going to kill that chibi,' Hiruma thought as a soft smile traced her lips.
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1: The sport that involves a white and black ball, getting said ball into goals with nets, and only the goalie is allowed to use their hands. Am I describing it right?
Gale-Dragon: Next up, The Interviews and Hell's Tower. Will anyone survive? Especially when Hiruma's PMSing?