AUTHOR'S NOTE:
So I've been writing and writing and writing. I've almost got the third chapter done, but my sister-in-law gave birth today and so I only finished like 75%. I know it seems like the pace of my story is agonizingly slow, but I promise that once Mamori joins the team as manager it will start to move much faster. It's just the beginning bit with all the introductions and descriptions are time consuming.
And again I apologize if there are any grammar errors (I was writing this on my cellphone while sitting in a car), except for in speech/thoughts, because I don't really follow grammar rules there.
Also thanks for all the people who reviewed. It really helps me! Here are some follow up answers.
itachisgurl93: Yeah I totally know where you're coming from with the height thing. Back in Japan I was like the tallest person in school (I'm like 5'9"). Even the guys were shorter than me. The reason I put Sena at 5'7" is because I'm kind of writing this for a friend who played Football back in my high school days. She's a little over 5'10" and I wanted to model Sena after her, but only a LITTLE. She's also the one who recommended I read Eyeshield 21 in the first place
Everyone who asked a question or said something about the pairing: I've decided to do a harem with around 5-ish guys. However, it's going to end with one of them becoming the main guy. I already choose people for it, but I'm not going to reveal who because I think the mystery draws people in hahaha.
END OF AUTHOR'S NOTE
Chapter 2:
Sena began walking to school. Her mom thankfully used some safety pins to tighten her school uniform and now they fit perfectly around her slender form. Soft flowery brown hair rested on her shoulders with straight bangs (that her mom gave her the previous night) in the middle.
"Good morning Sena!" It was Mamori nee-chan, pretty as always.
"Ah Good morning Mamori nee-chan"
"You look pretty good in that uniform Sen-chan! I bet all the boys will be lining up for you" Mamori said while beaming at her own remark.
Sena sighed inwardly. She was pretty sure that Mamori nee-chan made it somewhat of a goal to find her a husband or something. This was really bad because Sena didn't feel like anyone would want to date her.
"Umm I don't think so nee-chan…."
"Don't be shy Sen-chan" Mamori elbows Sena slightly on the shoulder, "You know there aren't a lot of girls around here that are your height. You're even taller than me now!"
"Urgh… I know" Sena was really unhappy about standing out too much. Hopefully none of the other kids would make fun of her height like back when she was short and scruffy.
"And you know…" Mamori goes into a whisper, "You finally grew out of you size A".
"EEK! NEE-CHAN!" Sena begins chattering uncontrollably, "Don't say stuff like that in public PLEASE!"
"Ha ha ha ha, but it's true". Awwww she's so cute when she's flustered.
"SIGH". Sena was beginning to believe that her life was about to take a downward spiral.
"Oh yeah, Sena, do you know what club you're going to join? There's a lot of cool stuff to do at school".
"Hmm I haven't really given it a lot of thought" I actually haven't given it any thought. Oh man….
"You should join the disciplinary club with me. This way I can watch over you" And protect you from bullies.
"Nee-chan I'm already in high school, that's way too old to be watched over by you!" Please God no; I can't let Mamori nee-chan baby me anymore.
"But I'm scared you'll be bullied!"
"Don't worry; I'm definitely going to make real friends starting today!" Sena hoped that this would be true.
"That's the right attitude Sena! Go out there and make some cute girlfriends. This way we can all go shopping together!"
"Haha right… shopping…" Sena dreaded even thinking about it. Shopping was one of the many things she was awful at. In fact, Mamori helps her pick out most of her outfits these days.
"Ah! I see the clubs gathering at the front entrance. Go on and join them!"
"Yeah okay" Just as Sena is about to go the club fair outside the school Mamori suddenly stops her.
"Sena, there's one thing I forgot to mention" She was very serious. So serious that Sena was kind of scared.
"Yes?" She squeaked.
"There's one person that you MUST avoid at any cost. His name is Hiruma and he is the worst person you can ever imagine. They say that he can suck out your soul just by staring into his eyes!"
"Eek! Someone like that exists?" I should remember his name. What was it again? "Hi – Hiruma?"
Suddenly everyone walking to school stopped simultaneously.
"HIRUMA?"
"AHHH HIRUMA, WHERE?!"
"Oh GOD, please no not him!"
"Noooo don't tell anyone that secret!"
"Uwaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!"
"My life is in danger! HE'S COMING!"
"…." Was all Sena could think.
A few hours later….
It was finally lunch and Sena took this time to look around school and see what clubs she should join.
There was Tea Ceremony Club, which Mamori nee-chan recommended, but Sena didn't think she'd fit in there. Next was Sewing Club, but the only time Sena ever sewed anything was back in kindergarten when she sewed her name into her jacket. So that was a pass as well.
Oh man, I guess there's really nothing I'm good at after all… "I think there's a gardening club?" Yeah maybe I can plant flowers around the school or something.
Soon after thinking that and wandering around the campus she was lost. It was definitely a Sena thing to do, getting lost in a small school like Deimon High. Soon she found herself passing by a large shed like building.
"I'm sorry! Please spare me!" cried a voice from inside a large shed.
Curious, Sena went to check it out. She peeked inside and saw four male students. Three were really scary and looked like delinquents. They were big, tall and looming over a small frightened boy.
"Che! You dumbass couldn't even buy us some bread" Said the first delinquent. He was blonde and had a small "X" scar on his face.
"Yeah! I guess we need to beat some sense into him after all" Said the second delinquent. This one was scruffier, had wild hair, wore sunglasses and was beating the little guy with a copy of Shonen Jump.
Finally, the third guy, with dark hair and a terrifying loud voice spoke, "Hey Jumonji, Togano, look at this!" The third delinquent was wearing some kind of rugby outfit with a big helmet on his head.
"Ooooh hey that looks pretty good on you Kuroki" Said the man named Togano.
"Ha ha ha, okay enough messing around. Let's teach this squirt a lesson" Said Jumonji.
Sena felt a horrible feeling in her stomach. She felt really bad for the kid that was getting bullied. She knew this feeling too well and it looked like he was about to get beat up bad. There was no way she could watch this happen. Gathering all the courage she could muster Sena was just about to open the door when someone else appeared behind her. Someone BIG.
"Can I help you?" asked the giant man.
"Eek!" Was all Sena could say. She turned around and saw that it was the gigantic guy that was cheering for her success the previous day. Looking at him closely he had a big onion shaped head and tiny little eyes, but his huge round body was the one thing you couldn't miss. Sena was so surprised that she almost forgot about the poor defenseless freshman about to get pulverized. That was until the door opened from the other side.
"Who's there?" cried Kuroki.
"Ahh!" Oh shoot I forgot about the bullies!
"Oi Jumonji! Togano! Looks like we have some ease droppers here."
"Wha? Let me see!" said Jumonji
Sena was speechless. All the courage she had mustered quickly fell away and suddenly all that was left was a big empty hole. She opened her mouth to say something.
"umm" she could only squeak, but was suddenly interrupted.
"Hah?"
"HAH?!"
"HAAAAAAH?!"
"Eeeek!"
Then another surprised happened. The giant student behind them began to stir. Sena felt a chill run down her spine.
"You guys… it can't be…" He looked really scary until – "NEW CLUB MEMBERS?!" All of a sudden his eyes were sparkling with glee.
"Eh?" Sena was practically speechless; couldn't this guy tell what was going on? But it's so obvious!
"Tsk! Who the hell is this fatty?" Said Jumonji
"Whatever, just hit him over the head and knock him out" said Togano
"Take this fatty!" Kuroki rushed towards both Sena and the large 2nd year student.
Sena quickly jumped out of the way and landed in a pile of boxes. The big guy wasn't as lucky as Kuroki rammed into him at full speed. But nothing happened. He just stood there and smiled even wider.
"So does this mean you want to be a lineman?!" said onion head.
"Whoa this guy… he's tough" said Kuroki still aimlessly trying to push him.
"Let's get this guy!" Cried Jumonji.
And they were off. All three delinquents desperately tried to push the gigantic student out of the way, but to no avail. Who is this guy! Everyone thought together.
"Haha you guys are doing it wrong. When you want to push you have to do it with the palms of your hands. Like this!" Onion head said just before Jumonji, Kuroki and Togano were thrown out of the shed and into a big chaotic mess.
"Scccreeeeeeh" was all Sena heard as the delinquents landed on the ground and tumbled towards the wall.
"Oh no! Are you guys alright?" cried the big man.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!" screamed the three delinquent brothers as they ran away. The small unfortunate soul they were bullying took this opportunity to run away as well, leaving Sena all alone in the shed.
Well, at least they're gone now….
"Sniff sniff…. And that was the first time we've had new recruits too" The big onion head guy came back looking very somber. That is until he saw Sena lying in the pile of Football gear. "There's still someone left!" And almost instantly Sena found herself sitting on a chair in front of a small table while onion head began serving tea and cake.
So FAST! Sena thought while in disbelief. Oh man… how do I tell this guy that I'm not here to join his club?
"Would you prefer coffee instead?" He asked.
"Um no that's okay… cause um… you see, I'm not here to be a new recruit… So sorry…."
Silence.
And then, Sena found herself looking at the ultimate face of despair. The big onion head student slumped into a chair while his soul slowly drained out of him. Wow he's taking this pretty badly…
"Oh… no it's okay, want some tea anyways" He offered. Sena couldn't say no because he looked too pitiful at the moment.
"Um sure".
"How many sugars would you like" He said while pouring about 2 dozen sugar cubes into his own tea.
Holy S – that must be sweet. "Err just one please" Sena said as she took time to actually look around the shed. This is definitely a sports club. SIGH, which means it's not for me. The only sport I've ever played is dodge ball…
"Even after everything that happened today we still only have two members" He sighed.
"You can't pay rugby with two people?"
"You can't have just two and it's not rugby it's American Football" He corrected.
"So how many people do you need to recruit?"
"We need at least 11 to play a game. Oh I know! Watch this video and you'll see how fun American Football is!"
Sena watched as the big student put in the video and saw the horror that was American Football.
"BAM!" "CRASH!" "POW!"
"This guy's in bad shape!"
"Quick! Someone get a stretcher!"
"Two guys got knocked out cold. It's was our first loss…" Said onion head
Sena's eyes were literally spinning. This sport is DEFINITELY not for me.
"But with the way our club is moving the Christmas Bowl is beginning to look more and more like a dream" He sighed again.
"Christmas Bowl?" Sena asked. Sounds like a television game show.
"It's the finals of the high school football league! It's played once a year inside the Tokyo Dome with replays shown on their Aurora Vision".
"Wow" That actually sounds cool.
"Only the best get to play there, but it's every American Football player's dream!" The big guy was beaming now. "Even though we lost our first game, I know out team will make it there this year! Just thinking about it makes me fired up."
I wish I could talk about something with that much feeling. Too bad I can't play football though… If only I wasn't so weak. Actually can girls even play this game? Definitely impossible. Sena nodded to herself.
"Huh?" Sena notices a fancy poster hung up on the wall. What's this poster say?
"Currently Looking for a Team Manager!"
"What does the team manager do?"
"Huh? Manager? Well they do a lot actually, from scouting out other teams to setting up practice games, it's a tough job" He explained.
"You should do something for yourself Sena" Mamori nee-chan's voice echoed through Sena's head for a moment. This manager job might be hard, but I think I might be able to do it if I tried.
"Um do you think I could be the team manager?"
"EEEEHHH! Of- of course you can!" Onion head was ecstatic, "Let's aim for the Christmas Bowl together!"
After school…
"So his name is Kurita Ryokan" Sena said as she just finished entering Kurita senpai's phone number into her phone. He seemed nice, maybe I'll make friends after all. Sena smiled to herself as she walked home.
"Look who it is?" said a loud familiar voice.
"Huh?" Sena looked up and practically froze. It's the guys from before! Oh no! What do they want? Should I run away? Dozens of thoughts buzzed through her mind until the blonde haired leader stepped up to speak.
"You're friends with the gigantic fatty from before right?" He asked
EH? "Wel – um not exactly"
"Che! Don't lie. We saw you being buddy buddy with him earlier after school" said Jumonji, "Give us his phone number and we'll let you off the hook sweetheart"
"Yah, you wouldn't want us to scratch up that pretty face of yours right?" said Kuroki
"Hee hee hee" Togano laughed from behind his Jump comic book, "What are we gonna do with the fatty when he comes?"
"What'll ya think? Teach him a lesson of course" Jumonji smirked and took out a big metal bat, "I even brought this to use".
"A bat? Don't you think that's too harsh?" asked Kuroki.
"Maybe you're right. We already have a record with the police. Let's just say that the fatty attacked us with this bat and we fought back".
"That would definitely get his stupid American Football team shut down" said Togano.
Shut down the football team? Sena thought about those words and remembered how happy Kurita senpai was when he talked about playing in the Christmas Bowl. There was no way in Hell she was gonna be the one who ruined it for him.
"Alright honey, give up his number now" Said Jumonji
"No" was all Sena could say.
"Hah?"
"Haaah?!"
"Haaaaaah?!"
"I'd never let you destroy the American Football team! You can beat me up if you want to, but I'll never cooperate with you!" Sena screamed with all her heart. This was the first time she'd ever screamed at anyone, especially three big bullies.
"Che! I see how it is. Well then I guess we're just gonna have to take it from you!" Jumonji said as he rolled up his sleeves.
Oh no! Mamori nee-chan's number is in there too. I can't let these guys hurt her or Kurita senpai. What should I do?! Sena was about to cry until she realized what she needed to do. There was no way on Earth she could fight one bully let alone three. So she ran for it.
"Shit! She's getting away!" Jumonji, Togano and Kuroki ran after her, but she was too quick.
"Yes! It looks like I'll get awa – OH NO!" Sena halted with a screech. Crowds of people suddenly showed up and were in her way. There must be some kind of festival today! How do I get away? I'm trapped for sure!
"Guys look! She's totally trapped, let's get her now" cried one of the delinquents.
Meanwhile…
A certain spiky blonde with pointy ears walked out of the continent store.
"Shit, today was a total bust for recruiting" We'll never make it to the Christmas Bowl at this rate. Fuck! If only we had a running back or something. We'd at least win some games.
"OH NO!" a frightened voice cried out.
"Eh?" What's that noise? Hiruma looks out and see the lanky brunette from the other day. "Oh it's that chick".
"What do I do? I need to get to the train station" Are there any detours? Can I lose them in the crowd? URGH Hurry brain! Decide something right NOW!
"Stop!" "Get her!" The three delinquent brothers were close now.
"Almost got her –" Kuroki reached out to grab Sena's arm, but suddenly she wasn't there anymore.
"WHOOOSSHH" And she was off. Sena buzzed through the crowd as if it wasn't even there. She was so fast that the bystanders thought a small breeze must have just blown through them.
"Holy Shit…" What was that? Hiruma was speechless as Sena blew past him as if he were nothing.
Cut. Cut. Turn. Cut.
"Bam!" "Ouch!" "Get out of our way!" The three delinquent brothers were caught in the crowd and were currently fighting their way through.
"Look at those cuts! And that carry!" Hiruma was impressed. Really impressed. The only time he's ever seen a run like that was– Eyeshield….
Meanwhile, Togano took a small detour and somehow made it in front of Sena, but it didn't matter as she spun right past him.
"Spin move!" Cried Hiruma. He was in the chase as well now, but for a different reason.
Sena burst through the turn stalls of the train station and jetted down the staircase.
"I'm not gonna make it!" The doors of the train were just about to close.
"No. You'll make it… with those legs" Said Hiruma.
Sena got closer and closer. She was at the last step now and then –
"FLY!" Yelled Hiruma.
And she did. Sena took a small dive from the end of the stairwell to inside the train just as the sliding doors closed shut.
Jumonji and the others weren't so lucky.
"Ahhhh!" The three cried as they tumbled down the stairs and landed face first into the cement.
Step. Step. Step. Step. Hiruma nonchalantly walked down the stairs, to the three bros and sat on Jumonji's face like there was nothing wrong.
"TOUCHDOWN! YAHA!" Hiruma crackled into the sky as Sena's train left the station.
The Next Day…
"I got us a new recruit just yesterday" Said Kurita.
"Oh yeah? I found someone too, this guy's gonna be our golden legged running back. She's so full of energy I just had to make her join"
"Really! I can't wait to meet her!"
"Kekekeke that can be easily arranged" Hiruma said while opening the door to their football shed and revealing a tied up Sena hanging from the ceiling.
"Kurita senpai, help me!" Cried Sena.
"Sena-chan!"
"Kekekekeke here she is, now prepare the recruitment form" Hiruma spoke as he shot dozens of bullets into the air.
"Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! Nooooo!"
Kurita hurried and untied Sena from the ceiling.
"Oi brat! Put this on quick" Hiruma said while throwing a jersey and helmet at Sena.
"Umph! Ouch! What is it?" asked Sena. Who was still grasping for air after being hung from the ceiling.
"It's your uniform dumbass!"
"EHHHHHHHH!?"
"Hey the number 21 would look cool in a game with that eyeshield" Said Kurita.
"Game? But I'm just the manager!" Hiruma loads his gun again. "EEP!" Oh Kamisama help me!
"Listen here, from now on during games you will not be known as Kobayakawa Sena" Hiruma explained.
"Huh?"
"Instead, you'll be known as EYESHIELD 21!" He finished will a yell.
"But I just wanna be the manager!"
"Kekekeke then you can be both" Hiruma continued to crackle into the air. Today was a good day for the American Football team after all.
Meanwhile…
Jumonji, Kuroki and Togano were staring at the humiliation of the century. Dozens of posters lined the walls of Deimon High School and all of them had the same nude picture of three familiar delinquents. Thankfully their faces and privates were censored….. But for how long?
The posters all read: "Leave her alone if you know what's good for you. YA-HA!"
"….."
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
So I realized that I needed to make chapters longer or else I'll end up writing like 500 chapters! Yikes! So basically every chapter will be around this length from now on unless something weird happens.
Also I'd like to note that though I am following the canon I'm also adding in my own parts to make the story less predictable. So let's say I'm following 85% of the canon instead of the full 100%.
Reviews are appreciated. Ya-ha!