Taxi Ride

'thoughts'/"Sena's male voice"

*sound effects*/"ANNOUNCER"

+time skip/scene change+

last time:

'of course i'm the one that demonic puppy calls'

"SENA! TIME FOR MORNING PRACTICE!"

Sena startled at the sound of her friend yelling. She rushed to get ready and out the door.

"We have a doorbell," she offered in greeting.

"I was trying not to disturb anyone so eary in the morning," Monta gave a thumbs up as she passed through the gate.

"Don't you think it's disturbing to shout?"

'especially this early'

"Is it?" Monta thought about it as they walked down the street to morning practice. "Yeah, you might be right."

Once they reached the club, they immediately changed and joined in practice. It wasn't until the team was in the middle of a lap along the running route that Mamori commented on the three missing players.

'of course the puppy had me call them'

Their response was expected, though the reaction to the word 'Photos' was interesting.

Once they all returned, the team divided to do seperate training. The line tackling each other and then weights, whereas Eyeshield, Monta and Yukimitsu did timed running and handling the ball.

Once practice ended eveyone changed back into their uniforms and met up in the clubhouse, catching part of Hiruma and Kurita's conversation.

"Oh yeah! Speaking of which, that reminds me...," Kurita pulled on his jacket. "Could the Spring Season Regional Tournament be going on today?"

"The Kanagawa Tournament just ended and... Well, it goes without saying who won."

"Let me guess, the Shinryuji Nagas?"

Hiruma raised a brow at Sena's comment. He still couldn't interrupt her phone calls with Agon.

'thankfully i was able to convince him not to call during practice anymore'

"So..." Hiruma gave her one last look before returning to his laptop. "The Tokyo Tournament... Hey! The finals are going on right now!"

Sena and Monta leaned over to see the screen.

"It's Ojo!" Sena wasn't surprised at all. "They're playing... Seibu? Wasn't that team just added this year?" She couldn't remember mention of the team from the previous year.

"The finals? I'd like to see that," Monta commented.

"Aren't they going to broadcast it? Like before?"

"Why don't we take the new guys to see their first game?" Hiruma offered as he climbed off the counter and ignored Sena's questions.

"Great idea! None of them have really seen two decent teams play before."

Everyone listened as Hiruma asked for five taxis as he walked through the door.

The taxis turned out to be Habashira and four of his team on motorcycles.

They rode three to a bike, except Kurita. Because of his size and weight, the lineman rode with just the bike's owner. Komusubi was between the driver and Mamori, much to the chagrin of Monta. Who was sitting behind Yukimitsu. Jumonji drove one of the bikes himself. Kuroki basically standing at his back while Togano faced backward and read manga. Sena was between Habashira and Hiruma.

The moment Mamori had looked away to climb onto the motorcycle, Hiruma had pulled Sena on to the bike facing him. She'd had no choice but to wrap her limbs around him as Habashira started to drive away. She spent the entire ride pressed against him trying not to think about anything.

'of course the damn puppy is sitting sideways on the bike. i try to put any space between us and i'll fall off'