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Sorry the update is so late; I caught the swine flu and was busy catching up on the homework I missed.
Oh gosh I love you guys, thank you my reviewers! I do not respond to all of them because I don't know what to say except a small 'Thank you'... which I felt wasn't right so I just left them alone.
This chapter explains the whole 'Romeo and Juliet' thing.
Pairing votes:
Hiruma/Sena- 10
Agon/Sena- 8
Kakei/Sena- 5
Yamato/Sena- 5
Shin/Sena- 2
Riku/Sena- 2
Akaba/Sena- 1
Juumonji/Sena- 1
Unsui/Sena- 1
Chapter 6- Names
Sena was utterly amazed at what was unfolding before her eyes.
While she watched the players beginning to play, she couldn't help but smile bigger than she had planned while she watched the players assemble on the field. As soon as the game began and the linemen crashed together, Sena gasped eyes wide but quickly reverted to her wide smile again. Kurita crashed through the line with no difficulty and crushed the quarterback of the other team with his massive weight.
It was at that moment Sena winced and her head twisted to the left ever so slightly, letting her get a good look at Shin and Sakuraba. Okay, that's nice and all but back to cheerleading-
Wait... oh.
Sena blinked twice and rubbed her eyes. Well she definitely wasn't hallucinating, nor was she dreaming that they were both staring at her intently. She knew Sakuraba because, well, who didn't? He worked for Jari-Pro, that famous celebrity company, and he was handsome. But that wasn't how she knew him. He was closest thing to a friend to Shin.
Oh and Sakuraba had a camera in his hand, which was probably meant for scouting but it was pointed directly at her. Her eyes twitched; the Oujou Knights were going to watch that tape.
The exact thought that rolled across Sena's mind was: 'Oh god, oh god, oh god, oh god-' It was so much worse than being asked out by Agon.
During the time that she nervously went back to shaking pompoms (it wasn't really considered cheerleading since she didn't do any fancy moves, just shake her arms and hips and she had a cheerleading dance), Hiruma had thrown a pass to Ishimaru, however the newbie to football only dropped it in return.
This diverted Sakuraba's attention and he muttered: "Nice pass!"
Shin silently commented: "But his team are a bunch of amateurs."
Sakuraba sighed: "What a waste, it's the same as last year, only Hiruma and Kurita is good..." His voice trailed off, thinking that the quiet Shin wouldn't respond to such an unnecessary statement but to his surprise Shin did: "It would be better if they had a fast running back."
"Well, too bad they don't..." Sakuraba replied, happy that he was making some form of conversation with the most silent of his team members.
"... but she's there." Shin replied silently while Sakuraba ran a hand through his hair.
Sakuraba unconsciously directed the camera to Sena again. "But they wouldn't let a girl play, would they?"
There was no reply from Shin as if he knew something that Sakuraba didn't.
Sena, having forgotten completely about the video camera, began to cheer with more enthusiasm, hoping she would never need to be summoned upon the field if they kept winning in the game. Although a bit of her enthusiasm did rub off on the players, Hiruma didn't share such happiness as he had noticed the disturbing presence of two players.
"Fucking fatty, get your ass over here!" Hiruma called out during the break from one half of the field to the other, startling all the players and cheerleaders. When Kurita made his way over, Hiruma rudely pointed at Shin and Sakuraba. Kurita gasped: "It's Jari-Pro's Sakuraba-kun!"
Hiruma's eye twitched.
"Fuck no!" He kicked Kurita and stepped on him. "I could care less about him, next to him!" Hiruma shifted his attention to Shin. "Shin from the Oujou White Knights, the strongest and fastest linebacker. He's so fucking strong he isn't human."
"Ah, that's true; I felt that last year when I played against him." Kurita said, gulping at the memory.
Sena was silent as she listened to Hiruma.
She was thinking back.
Shin, on a particular day, told her about something.
"A certain devil challenged me, which is why I must train. I'll be waiting for this 'Eyeshield 21'."
Sena now realized just who Shin was talking about.
She was going to fight Shin.
Sena twitched and suddenly yelped at Hiruma: "You didn't!" Confusing the majority of the group (or perhaps all of them) when Hiruma turned to Sena, raised an eyebrow and Sena stomped up to him and whispered in his ear: "You told him that you were going to get a certain 'Eyeshield 21' to defeat him in field!"
Hiruma smirked, annoying Juumonji and his gang and just whispered back to her: "Fuck yes I did."
Sena just stood there for a second, took a step back and decided on whether or not she should slap Hiruma which she then decided against- then attempted to kick him between his legs.
Did not work.
Hiruma just glided to the side, chuckling, dodging her attempt of a kick.
Sena was absolutely furious; had she not realized that she was this 'Eyeshield 21', she would... she would've lived on in happy ignorance! Well, that wasn't so much better. She would never get used to Hiruma's antics, ever, so hopefully he'll never do anything too out of hand, which he definitely will.
During the split second that Shin had noticed Sena was even remotely angered, he was already right next to her and placed a hand on her shoulder, shocking her until she knew who he was, but she became red faced immediately.
"A-ah, S-Shin-san," Sena stuttered. "Is anything troubling you?"
"Eyeshield 21," Shin said and Sena twitched, had Shin developed super-human hearing in the year they were separated from each other? "Is he here?" Sena breathed a sigh of relief.
"U-Un, you'll have to ask Hiruma about that." Sena waved a hand rudely at Hiruma, still angry at what he had proposed and smiled heart-warmingly at Shin before realizing: "Oh, the game is about to start, you better go back to your... spot..."
Hiruma was there.
Between the two of them, one hand firmly placed on Shin's wrist, which he had wrenched away from Sena and one placed on her shoulder.
"Oh, fucking robot, I bet I know what you want." Hiruma smirked deviously as he held Shin's wrist.
Before any of them had a chance to say anything, the game resumed.
Shin returned to his spot next to Sakuraba, although there was a grim air around him, almost as if he was... perhaps angered by what Hiruma had done. Sena on the other hand, was still. She didn't move as she rested on the bench, she just stared at Hiruma long and hard, who was completely oblivious to her stares.
There are many times when you have to stop and just think for a moment.
Sena was thinking, quite vigorously about a very strange topic.
'Names',
She was thinking about names.
Hiruma was a special name, when people hear it; fear is stricken into their hearts because they know Hiruma as the devious human who had dirt on everyone. But what if his name was not Hiruma, what if it was Cauliflower; would it have the same effect?
That was the first of many times that Sena thought about 'names'.
Sena then got up and joined the cheerleaders 20 seconds before the end of the game.
Both teams had yet to score; having a big fat zero remain on the scoreboard disturbed Sena.
Plus they were so close to the goal that they could just kick it in, which was what they were discussing at the moment and Sena knew that they were going to gain the first points.
Inevitably, they scored the first few points, even though Ishimaru tried so hard to get to them before they could kick the ball but tripped instead-
Wait, he twisted his foot.
Hiruma made his way to Ishimaru grabbing his ankle roughly in a way that caused more harm and inspected his shoe.
Sena knew where this was leading.
"What the hell? These aren't artificial turf spikes, who gave you these?" Hiruma growled as he continued to twist his foot.
Sena took one step forward: "I-I did." She squeezed her eyes shut and held her pompoms together in fear of Hiruma's reaction. The one and only thing she had learned from her parents were to always be honest, and yes, honesty isn't going to reward you and might harm you but Sena was a woman of her word.
Hiruma's reaction was far worse than she had expected.
He turned around and glared at her. Have you ever been glared with murderous intent before? I hope not, because it will be one of the most terrifying things you'll ever experience.
"Che, fucking chibi, come here! Death penalty," Hiruma ran towards her and dragged her away much to the dismay of half the crowd, and Shin debated whether or not he should rescue her.
While she was beginning to get dragged away, she was thinking, not of her life, but of something else. She was replaying Romeo and Juliet in her brain. Romeo hadn't mind Juliet's name, names were strange things; having pushed aside his name just to be with the one person you love. Then Sena thought of her own name.
Aren't names something that is a stereotype after awhile? When people hear her name, they all think about the pure weak and timid girl she was. It was pitiful.
Where was her 'Romeo' to tell her that names didn't matter?
Then Hiruma flung her into the bushes, snapping her out of her thoughts too quickly, making her feel light-headed as she came to rest comfortably in the safety of the bush. She blinked twice at Hiruma when he flung something at her and she chirped like an endangered animal: "A-ah, I'm sorry!!"
What he flung at her was a helmet.
"You must repent for you sins!" Hiruma chuckled, pointing a finger her wide, scared and shocked eyes that stared at him as if to say: 'Are you insane?'
It was going to be a long day.Hiru
