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A/N: Most of you want to kill me but…You can't! Ya-ha! 'Cuz If I die so will the story! So please bear with me! I beg of you my dear readers…Anyways I do owe you all a rather long apology. So to make it up with you, this is gonna be a huge chapter, a bit focused on third parties but in order to understand upcoming things you should read this chapter.
Anyway you will have more stuff to read! I'm currently working on chap 6, but I had planned this to be only ten chapters long…perhaps shorter so, soon rather than late we might have its ending…THANK U ALL for your alerts, faves, comments and all your love!
One final note! In response to some reviews I tried to add a bit more of SenaSuzu, just to make things more interesting (I hope!)
Enjoy!
CHAPTER 5: THE BEAUTY AND THE MONKEY.
"Ha?"
"Haa?"
"Haaaaaa?"
"Monta…Are you really going on a date with Mamo-nee?" Sena and the others were speechless.
"Yes Maaaaax!" The catcher proudly stated. Sena and the rest of the team just couldn't believe it! Anezaki Mamori actually agreed to have a date with the monkey? That was way too bizarre. Mamori, who was just a few feet away from them, easily figured out the main topic of their conversation.
The young manager knew something like this would happen when Suzuna told Monta about the date-thing early in the morning. Mamori had planned to tell the monkey-guy to do an errand with her. But as always, Suzuna refused and gave Monta the news early while the football team was practicing.
Mamori sighed and tried to explain her true reasons.
"Uh, guys? I'm not going to have a date with Monta-kun, he just offered himself to accompany me to buy some stuff for the club" Mamori was embarrassed, the fact Monta was telling everyone in the whole club that they were going on a date, wasn't helping either; especially if the rumor reached certain devilish boy…
"What the fuck do you, bunch of idiots, think you're doing? Stop the fucking shit-chatting and get your asses right back to the field!" He fired his beloved pair of AK47, to emphasize his latter statement. And just as he expected everyone left the room almost instantly, Mamori felt relieved.
"So, a little fucking bird told me that miss perfect was actually going on a date with fucking monkey…Kekekeke! Is this your act of charity of the week?"
At least, she was relieved for a few seconds. Hiruma cackled loudly, he was so fucking enjoying her misery.
"Don't be mean Hiruma-kun! It's just as I said! We're going to buy some stuff at Kimidori's" Hiruma's smirk grew bigger. She was so damn lame…
"Oh? Is that so? Because I don't fucking remember asking you to buy anything for the fucking team, fucking manager…" Good heavens! It was so frustrating! He was being so annoying! He was Hiruma after all, and being the evil guy he normally was, the boy just couldn't resist the temptation to mock her… It was so fucking hilarious! Plus she was a perfect target for his teasing; she was rather amusing for him, especially every time she got pissed off.
Mamori tried to calm herself down. At any rate he would probably try to get the real reason for this sudden and out of character action. He was a very curious boy. It was one of the things she discovered after all this time of working along with him. Even if he did not demonstrate that part of him quite often, Mamori knew better.
However she couldn't tell him about the bet…Could she?
"It's just like I said! We're going to, uh…we're just going out like friends. We-we'll buy some creampuffs and drink coffee! What's so interesting about it?" She was nervous and like she thought, Hiruma was no fool.
"You're a very lousy liar fucking manager" Hiruma told her with his trademark smirk plastered all over his demonic face. She couldn't hold it any longer, if she wanted to get rid of Hiruma she would have to pull a trick of her own in order to get it. Oh, I just hope it works! She inhaled deeply and eagerly spited her argument.
"Alright! I'll tell you! … I'm going out with Monta because I lost a bet with Suzuna-chan! She said I could not spend an hour in the clubhouse without eating at least one creampuff…I ate the whole box!... Happy now?"
Sweet Creampuffs! She did it. She actually did it! Her face was red and she was breathing heavily.
Di-did Hiruma fell for it?
Mamori had closed her eyes due to all the previous excitement; it helped her to focus on what she was saying and not in the demon boy in front of her. That is how she managed to pull the lie off. She was quite unsure about Hiruma's reaction, so she opened her eyes slowly, waiting patiently for some hint that could warn her if the demonic captain actually believed her lie.
"What?" Mamori could not believe her eyes, Hiruma was nowhere to be seen! He left while she had her eyes closed! "That monster!" Poor Mamori felt even more embarrassed than before, Hiruma was always like that…He really enjoyed every time he pissed her off.
Meanwhile back at the field, Hiruma was cackling madly and firing his guns against his frightened teammates.
"Run fucktards! Run as if you've lost your mind! YA-HA!" Hiruma may have been overreacting with his hellish training session this particular time, but no one could ever tell what was really going through his mad-genius head.
"Hieee! I'm too young to die!" Sena screamed as he dashed around the field. However Monta wasn't nervous at all. You could easily tell the reasons of his odd behavior; of course, he was having a date with Mamori-san! Ah, he surely was the luckiest male student in Deimon.
"Monta? Um, where are you? Monta!" Sena wandered around the field looking for his best friend. Sighing heavily he gazed to the empty field once more time. "I get distracted for a few seconds and he disappears …Maybe he's at the club room getting his stuff to go home…" Sena reasoned after a couple of minutes, since it was the most logical option he could think of. With these thoughts in mind, the young boy walked off lazily back to the Clubroom.
The runningback walked slowly, his poor feet hurt like hell! And his knees! Don't forget about a runner's knees! His legs sore as if they would rip apart at any moment.
"Ouch, today's training was indeed a 'living hell' Hiruma-san made us train until we were completely worn out! Not that it was something unusual but, today's practice was a little different…"
The club room was probably empty, Sena thought, since the practice had finished and everyone left the school and went home. Damn, he wanted to go home too! But Monta had asked him to stay a bit longer, because he had something he wanted to share with the runningback. Sena being the nice guy he was, accepted; besides walking home with your best friend was funnier than going home all by yourself bored all the way.
Sena opened the door carefully; he didn't want to disturb whoever was in there… That is, if someone was really in there.
"Uh, Monta? Hello? Is anybody here?" Sena asked to the shadows in the room. 'I knew it, no one's here. Perhaps he went home already. Well, guess I won't find him here either. Then I'll just go home with Mamori-neechan…Though I wonder if she, too, left already…'
"Fucking monkey left a few minutes ago with your fucking girlfriend." A familiar yet scary voice came from the shadows.
"HIEEEEEEEEEE!" Sena almost peed on himself upon hearing the terrifying voice of his demonic captain coming out of the deep darkness.
"Hi-Hiruma-san?" Poor Sena was on the verge of suffering a heart attack. "I'm sorry! I didn't know you were still here…"
Hiruma calmly continued typing on his laptop as if nothing ever happened. Sena tried miserably to compose himself after the mortal shock of his life; he thought it'd be a good (yet stupid) idea to ask Hiruma about Monta's and Mamori's whereabouts.
"Umm, d-do you know where Monta or Mamori-neechan are?" Sena asked utterly terrified.
Hiruma lifted his emerald gaze lazily, poor Sena shivered. Maybe it wasn't a good idea after all!
"Told ya'. Fucking monkey left with your fucking girlfriend. And fucking manager left early today. Anything else you wanna know, fucking shrimp?" The young boy was petrified by the sudden calmness of his trigger-happy-usually-loud-and-violent senpai.
'I don't know what is scariest, the wicked and violent Hiruma-san or this calm and collected Hiruma-san! Hieee! I've got a bad feeling about this! I better thank him and leave as soon as possible; I don't want to be the one to trigger his annoyance into anger!
…Wait a second…That's right, rather than calmness is annoyance! Hiruma-san looks upset about something; his behavior was slightly different today…Something must be nagging him. Ah, I must leave now! And try to not get killed in the process…'
"Wha-? Ah, thank you Hiruma-san! So he left with my girlfriend, I see, well then I'm going to leav-" Realization came down to him at the speed of light!
WHAT? M-MY G-GIRLFRIEND? But I- Hiruma-sa- I don't-"
"Fucking skates"
"Eh? You mean Suzuna?"
"…"
"…"
"Just get the hell outta here Fucking shrimp!"
"HIEEE! YES SIR!" Sena ran away from the Club house as fast as his sore legs allowed him and a large cloud of dust was the only trace behind him. Hiruma just stared back at the closed door.
"That fucking…" He muttered as he chewed one of his sugar-less gum and began typing on his laptop again.
"Oh, man! That was close…" Sena gasped for precious air, his lungs almost collapsing and he felt his legs slowly become numb. A thought crossed his mind as he began to walk slowly again.
"Why did he…say Suzuna and I were-…" The young runningback flushed bright red, his heart raced uncontrollably; he didn't dare to complete the phrase.
"I-I mean, she's rather uh-pretty but…" He felt his cheeks grow warmer, could it be? No, that was impossible! He could never hope to get a girl like Suzuna. "She is popular and outgoing, and I'm…well, just me" His thoughts became more and more depressing, that was the precise reason why he didn't like romantic stuff. "I'm so hopeless…"
Sena was walking deep in thought when he heard some muffled voices. It was hard to hear what exactly they were saying, Sena tried to find the direction of those voices.
"-be ok. Trust me!" Sena recognized the eagerness and vibrant energy of that voice.
Suzuna!
"I suppose you're right" A male voice replied to the cheerleader. And Monta too! Sena approached where his friends where lively chatting.
"Oh, Sena! I thought you had left already" Monta said loudly. His excitement was pretty much obvious.
"Yeah I thought that too, but Hiruma-san told me where you guys were" Sena scratched the back of his neck nervously, recalling the obvious annoyance in Hiruma's eyes.
"So what's up? We both thought you were home already" The pretty cheerleader smiled brightly at Sena. The latter smiled sheepishly with lightly blushed cheeks.
"Uh, no, well…Monta said he had something to tell me, so I waited for him"
"Yessss Max! I forgot 'bout it. Well, there's something that you should know my friend, there're times when a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do…In the wise path of life, my friend there's love and war…" Monta talked vehemently as he grabbed Sena by the right shoulder as if teaching the runningback the odd ways of a man's life, you could see them both on top of a huge cliff with ferocious sea waves clashing onto the cliff (A manly yet stupid way to explain things…quite unnecessary if you must know…)
Suzuna stood there watching Monta's overreacted pose.
"Just tell him already!" The girl yelled; she was annoyed by all that 'manly' crap.
"All right! Sena, I'm going out with Mamori-swan! She came to me begging 'Oh dear Monta, I love youuu!' and I said 'I know' and-" Monta was lost in his own fantasies by now, imagining the most ridiculous things about his nonexistent relationship with Mamori.
"WHAT? He's not serious right?" A sudden thought crossed Sena's mind. He saw Mamori-neechan holding hands with Monta, walking happily down a path of flowers. And Shin was there too! (Just what the hell was he doing there lifting weights?) Sometimes Sena shivered at his own weird thoughts.
"I can't believe it!" Muttered Sena, he was incredulous. Suzuna rolled her eyes and sighed heavily. "It's not like that you dummy! I just told him Mamo-nee and I wanted to go out this Saturday. I only invited him to accompany us! But you know MonMon…-
"Oh, I see" The young runningback lowered his gaze; he looked rather disappointed. Suzuna's trained eyes didn't miss this revealing sign.
"I tried to ask you earlier before, but I couldn't find the occasion. So, you better have this Saturday free!" Suzuna said gingerly.
"Eh, yeah…Of course!" Sena smiled sweetly at the girl.
For some reason, his heart felt warmer.
It was finally Saturday, Monta had been waiting for this moment ever since he met Mamori. She was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen! Slender, gentle, beautiful! He knew she had something special about her. Was it her caring personality? Was it her beautiful face? Her marvelous blue eyes perhaps? Monta couldn't put his finger on it; he generally just liked the girl.
The monkey boy had always dreamed to have a proper date with her. Contrary to what people might think, Monta was a rather shy guy. He couldn't bring himself to asking her out, for two reasons. First off, he really appreciated the relationship they already held, being just friends and most importantly, he was well aware she might end up rejecting him. When Suzuna told him about some double date thing, he realized it was his golden opportunity…
"MonMon! I have something to tell you! It's about Mamo-nee!" Suzuna was waiting for him right at the school gates. Monta looked slightly puzzled.
"Something happened to her? I'll kill the bastard!" He posed ridiculously as if threatening to kill someone right on the spot.
"Don't be silly. Mamo-nee is just fine. Are you free this Saturday?"
"Eh? Yeah, why?" Monta was curious.
"Mamo-nee needs a date" Suzuna was petty blunt with her request, something a little out of character. Monta kept silent for a few seconds.
"You've gotta be kiddin' me max!" Monta waved his hand in a mocking kind of way. "Sorry, but I'll pass, I know you want to get revenge on me 'cuz of your favorite skates thing" The star catcher brushed past the young cheerleader, still not believing a word from her. He might have a simple brain but he wasn't stupid. Monta knew Suzuna quite well by now.
"It's not about that! I'm serious!" She slightly jerked Monta's uniform and shoot him a serious glance. Monta was surprised by this.
"So you're serious?"
"Of course I'm serious!" Monta looked back at the girl, she was pretty determined; he could see it in her flaming eyes. He hesitated for a few seconds, but his stupid illusions took the best out of him. He could see himself holding hands with Mamori looking dreamingly at each other under the caressing light of the sunset.
"So…A date with Mamori-san? LUCKY MAX! Well, you can count on the great Monta MAGIC!" He was terribly excited!
"All right, then it's settled then. By the way…" An evil grin spread through Suzuna's lips.
"What?" an unsuspecting Monta asked while he peeled a banana (his breakfast, actually). Suzuna's smirk grew even bigger anticipating the consequences of her evilness.
"Oh, nothing! I think Mamo-nee wanted to tell you herself. But I guess I spoiled the surprise…" She faked a sad face, Monta took the bait.
"Mukyaaa! My dear Mamori-swan wanted to ask me out?"
"Yeah, but I believe she wanted to be discrete about the whole thing…" Monta kept silence for a moment. Suzuna wondered if he had fallen for her little naughty trap.
"What exactly do you mean?" He gave up, quite easily and that was exactly what Suzuna wanted.
"I don't really know but I think she will ask you under a false excuse"
"A false excuse?"
"Yup! Something like 'Monta-kun could you please help me to do an errand?' or something like that. But I don't really know" Suzuna couldn't hold her evil grin anymore.
"Oh, I get it MAX! So if she asks me sumthing like that…"
"That's right!" Suzuna smiled back at the unsuspicious monkey-like-boy.
And just as Suzuna had said, later that day Mamori asked Monta to do an errand with her and Monta got a nosebleed right on the spot.
The Deimon's star catcher strolled along the street; he was supposed to meet with everyone at the Deimon's Train Station. "Today's gonna be the greatest date ever! I promise MAX!"
He arrived at the Train Station just in time, Mamori was already there.
-Continue, Chapter 6: The Date-