Disclaimer: Hiruma is going to kill me if I don't do this so here I go. I don't own Eyeshield 21!

4: First Bridge

She thought they wouldn't have anything to do with each other anymore. Who knew Sena would be their bridge when the devil had his eye on her childhood friend.

On the day of the entrance examination acceptances announcement, she accompanied Sena to check at his result. Luckily, he got accepted at the school and he was going to be her junior.

She remembered being happy with Sena. Her tears almost spilled out so she made an excuse to go and get him the new student's guide.

During the short moment she was away, she didn't know Hiruma had devised some plan to scout the new students for his club. So, she was shocked to see Sena had already been surrounded by Hiruma and Kurita.

She immediately ran towards them and stood in front of Sena, protecting him from any harm.

"Hiruma-kun," she stared straight into his eyes, "This is the only kid you are not allowed to extend your dark clutches to!"

She stood up straighter, trying to make her presence more imposing so he wouldn't realize how much he rattled her.

Hiruma leaned towards her with annoyed expression as his body towered over her. For a moment, they kept sending each other death glares with Kurita could only sweat-drop beside them. She didn't back away even his face was close to her. There was no way she would allow Sena got bullied by Hiruma. Not Sena!

"I did it! I got in!"

Another scream caught the devil's attention. He tore away their connection and immediately went to where the voice came from.

"You're accepted! Congrats! Ya-ha!"

Kurita and Hiruma was tossing the new victim into the air. Mamori could only hope the new victim would have some sort of sixth sense to not be involved with the devil.

"Who are they?"

Mamori immediately turned around to face Sena. "You listen carefully, Sena. That's the one person you definitely do not want to associate with! That one called Hiruma, he's like a demon! Once he gets his eyes on you, he'll drain all the life out of you until there's nothing left but skin and bones!"

She didn't mean to scare Sena, but it was better being safe than sorry. After all, Sena was powerless, feeble, brittle, and the weakest!

Even after giving Hiruma the warning, Mamori was still worried that he would still bother Sena. So, when she saw him at the field, practicing his throwing, she quickly approach him.

"Hiruma-kun," she called out.

"You, again?" Hiruma clicked her tongue, annoyance evident in his tone.

"Yes, me again," Mamori said with her hands on her hips. "Like I said, I don't want you to get involve with Sena."

Hiruma just raised his brows. "What are you? His fucking mother?"

Mamori twitched. Somehow, she got the feeling that this man really liked cursing. "I'm not! And, stop cursing!"

Her warning only earned his chuckle. "Make me to fucking stop."

She puffed her cheeks. This devil! "Anyway, just don't bother Sena."

"Is there any version of this fucking conversation that you don't sound like a fucking old granny?" he was clearly mocking her.

"I don't know. Is there any version you don't sound like an evil demon?" she said as evenly as she could.

Almost perceptibly, the corner of his mouth moved up, revealing the hint that he was up to something. It wasn't just that she amused him, Mamori sensed that he was thrilled with her. Like he had challenged her somehow and she fall for his trick.

"So, the goody two shoes fucking discipline officer knows how to get angry, huh. Kekeke. This is definitely going into my Devil Handbook," he said finally, chuckling gleefully.

She was struck completely mute, trying to think of some kind of clever response, but her mind refused to work. She had heard of the said Devil Handbook and she had borne witness to its effectiveness. And to think she would make her entries in there too, it sounded creepy.

"You know that it doesn't even count as a threat, right?" she said at last, but her words came out weak instead of convincing.

After all, she never knew how he would twist this fact. There was a high possibility that he would make her into some sort of a freak. There was no telling with this devil.

"A fact is a fact," he said, the grin kept plastered on his face.

She was glaring at him but it didn't faze him at all. He didn't stammer his words or flush with shame. He just kept looking at her evenly, and for whatever reason she found that admiring.

She couldn't come up with a witty retort, and Hiruma had already turned his back to continue with throwing the angular ball into distance.

Then, she realized that maybe she was interrupting his practice and she wondered why he didn't point it out or try to make her leave.

She'd got the feeling that when it came to American football, Hiruma would be a trusted person. When it came to football, Hiruma was serious about it. He was serious about winning.

She didn't know how she came to that conclusion, but she thought, maybe, just maybe, Hiruma wasn't as bad as she thought.

She decided to leave then. As she walked, there was a small smile made its way into her face.

So, when Sena said he entered the American football club, much to her chagrin, she didn't as opposed as she thought she would be.

The image of Hiruma and Kurita that were always practicing hard at the field came to her mind. That's why, although she had a slight doubt, she didn't try to convince Sena to quit the club right away.

She even held a tiny hope that perhaps Hiruma could fix Sena a bit. But then remembering Hiruma's ways of fixing people, which included firearms and a black book, she shivered. Okay, perhaps not.

-oo0oo-

Omake 4: How American Footbal Club in Other Schools Scout New Freshman

Bando Spider:

Because the team captain of the club had a presence rivalled to Ishimaru, Julie had tried using Akaba as a tactic to attract some new students to join the club. Unfortunately, it ended up into some sort of competition with Koutarou. Koutarou tried to challenge Akaba into who was the smartest between the both of them. Although the answer was totally obvious, somehow they were totally immersed with the competition and no longer cared about attracting new members. In the end, before the club made a fool out of themselves, Julie stopped with her tactic and continued distributing the student notebook that contained Akaba and Koutarou's support theme song made by the principal.

-oo0oo-

Zokugaku Cameleon:

It was all thanks to Megu that the club got so many applicants. Actually, she didn't do much. She just threatened to kick them between the legs if they didn't come to join American Football Club. Zokugaku Chameleon really did have a capable manager.

-oo0oo-

Oujou White Knight:

Because Oujou was a straight line from middle school to high school to university, there was no need to scout for new members in high school. But, sometimes, they used Sakuraba Haruto to scout for a few managers. As a result, there were lots of female students came to apply to become the manager. But, almost half was admitted to hospital for fainting after watching Sakuraba up close. The other half got scared or gave up as they couldn't handle Otawara's foolishness and Shin's regularity of breaking the machine. The rest quit while crying for the strictness of the strict Coach Shouji who strictly handle the club with his strictness.

-oo0oo-

Kyoshin Poseidon:

For some reasons, the senior players for Kyoshin Poseidon weren't that tall. But, when Kakei came back from America and became a part of the team, the seniors have a conversation like this, "Let's recruit tall players for our team!"

"That's a good idea! After all, there are a lot of tall freshmen this year!"

And, thus, they tried recruiting for tall players for the team, mostly with Kakei's effort, of course.

Author's note: I would like to thank the reviewers; crecentomoon, alucard77, Otakugirl41 and Shin Indigo. I don't expect people to still read HiruMamo so I'm a bit touched. Thank you. As Shin Indigo said, HiruMamo fandom never dies! Ya-ha!

Actually, I read the manga and saw the anime years ago but the thought about writing their story never occur to me. Then, I re-read the manga and re-watch the anime, and I feel that there aren't enough HiruMamo. I want more HiruMamo! So, I start searching for their story in the fanfiction and read a lot about them. Then, the muse comes and the rest is history.. So, here goes nothing..