Author's Note: I'm not entirely sure where this one came from, but it's the last of the Huh Brothers.
Summary: Kuroki finds himself in another fight….
A New Understanding
By: Bar-Ohki
It had always been clear, in Kuroki's mind, that Hiruma Youichi must do some pretty shady things with equally shady people either now or in the past. Hiruma had too many connections and too much blackmail to have not involved himself in some of the more ugly affairs in town.
Kuroki had always assumed that Hiruma was more than capable of taking care of himself despite the enemies he must have made.
It was Sunday, there was no practice so Kuroki had free time. Unfortunately for the lineman, his good friends were otherwise occupied (Togano was grounded while Juumonji was helping move his grandma into a nursing home). So Kuroki had gone down to the arcade to entertain himself. Upon arrival Kuroki sat down at one of the machines and started to kick the ass of whomever his hapless opponent happened to be.
A young man with a trench coat and particularly dark presence sat down next to Kuroki and began playing. Kuroki paid careful attention to the man in his peripheral vision, knowing that he was bad news. After a few rounds the man got up, stretched, and left the arcade. Kuroki watched him go and saw that Hiruma was waiting for man on the other side of arcade's doors. Curious, Kuroki finished his game and followed the two.
The two had chosen to stop in a particularly bad part of town.
"You wanted to see me?" Hiruma asked the man, looking very bored. Kuroki wasn't able to hear the man's response, but he was able to see the man tackle Hiruma before he had a chance to defend himself with the gun he carried. The man knocked the gun away and proceeded to punch Hiruma in the face.
"Give me the fucking book!" The man roared as he completely dominated the fight.
Kuroki knew exactly what book the man must have been referring to; Hiruma had a little notebook that was full of blackmail on other people. But Kuroki didn't care about the infamous Threat Notebook, what he cared about was some creep was beating the living shit out of his team captain.
Without anymore thought, the lineman charged the mono-focused man, smashing into the man and knocking the two of them off Hiruma. The quarterback was dizzy from all the punches, but despite that he was able to roll away and start looking for his gun. Kuroki delivered kicks and punches to the man without mercy, quickly taking control of the battle.
Hiruma got to his feet, with gun in hand only to see that Kuroki was clearly winning the fight. The quarterback stared at the lineman for a moment, watching the lineman beat this shit out of the man with the same drive Kuroki used in matches.
"He's unconscious." Hiruma commented after a few more minutes had passed.
"What the fuck were you thinking!?" Kuroki dropped the man and turned around to be right up in Hiruma's face. "You went and picked a fight without protection!"
Hiruma didn't say anything.
"You can't go getting yourself fucked up before games!" Kuroki ranted.
"…I'm not going to run around with my line like that fucker from Taiyo." Hiruma glared at Kuroki.
"I'm not saying you have to, I'm saying you shouldn't pick a fight without back up!" Kuroki was pissed. "If I hadn't been here you would have gotten mauled!"
"…You didn't have to do anything." Hiruma reminded Kuroki.
"You're my goddamn quarterback! It's my fucking job to protect you!" Kuroki yelled, still unable to calm his frustration and rage. Hiruma looked surprised by that exclamation, then he smirked.
"This won't happen again." Himrua assured the lineman. "If it does, you have permission to beat me up."
"Good." Kuroki nodded and the two made their way back towards the arcade.
"…My parents aren't home right now." Kuroki told Hiruma after a few minutes. "We have some ice and stuff." Hiruma nodded.
Later, when Hiruma had his next deal in the bad part of town, he had the Huh Brothers trail him as a duty to them both.
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Hiruma's lack of comebacks is mainly due to the fact you can't bluff your way out of the blunt truth when the evidence is too obvious. Let me know what you think.