Goal

Disclaimer: I don’t own Sena or anything that deals with Eyeshield 21. I do, however, own all these filler chapter thoughts.

Author’s Note: Wow, it's been a long time, hasn't it? I’m really sorry that I haven’t been writing or updating. High school’s super hard, especially with being a freshman. I’m pretty sure I’m close to failing a few of my classes. On the better note, I’m using this weekend to write as much as I can before I go back to school. So hopefully this isn’t the only update in the next few weeks!

Updates will be slow from now on, however, but I’ll try hard to write as much as I can.

Thank you, Shin-chan, for once again beta-ing for me!

“Oi, Sena-chan, why don’t you go and get us some food and drinks? We’re awfully thirsty.” A bunch of teenagers as young as twelve to the age of fourteen all looked down at the much tinier Sena, smirking at her. Boys and girls alike, they gave Sena no apparent other choice. They dragged her off into the courtyard by the banyan tree, acting as if they were good friends. Sena couldn’t help but feel more intimidated as everything seemed to tower over her.

Why do they still come after me and use me as a gopher? Sena thought despairingly. She dashed off to the cafeteria with the money they entrusted her with to buy them water bottles at the vending machines her school had. Sena glanced back, barely glimpsing them grabbing her lunch and devouring it. This isn’t fair!

Sena, however, knew that despite all the treatment that she received, no one would probably believe that at least five students were picking on her, much less the popular ones that were good students. After all, these students all had fantastic marks, were well behaved in front of teachers and had good backgrounds. They never left any evidence to be counted against them, and Sena never truly bothered to report any of them, especially if she took into account that sometimes, the teachers just didn’t care. Mihae had gotten on her case once before to report them, but backed off by Sena’s insistence. Sena heaved a sigh, gave a groan, and picked up her level of speed. She zoomed off to get what she needed to do, alone.

Why can’t the weekend come any faster? That way I’ll be able to see Ikkyu-niisan.

It took Sena a while before she got all she needed, approximately fifteen minutes. How she hated being a gopher! She headed back towards the group. But it’s also my fault. Sena realized. I never do stand up for myself. She weaved through the crowd before arriving back to the area that the group of bullies was waiting for her.

“Here,” muttered Sena. She watched as they took the bottles from her, all the while resisting the urge to frown. Sena steeled herself up as best as she could and not utter a single sound. If she could rationale things, Sena knew that she was much safer doing the bidding of others. Sena knew she wasn’t strong and that she was easily crushable - all she had was her speed. Even if she could outrun them, they’d come back with a vengeance and terrorize her in class and gang up on her outside of school. There was no point in running if there was nowhere to run to.

One of the girls who had a so-called nice smile and a pretty laugh pushed Sena roughly.

“Thanks a bunch for getting us our stuff!” She giggled.

The force of the push sent Sena falling to the ground. Squeaking in surprise, all she could do was throw her hands backwards, to stop her head from smacking against the cement only to scrape the skin off her palms. The group walked away all the while laughing, leaving a teary-eyed Sena on the ground.

Sena could feel stray tears trailing down from her eyes as her hands throbbed with pain. Sniffling, she went to the nearest girl’s bathroom to wash her hands and face. The scraps weren’t as bad as it could be, so Sena didn’t worry. The young girl tried her best to keep her mind blank as she washed her hands as best as she could. She winced as the water ran down onto her scraps. Even if it wasn’t all that bad, the scraps still hurt. At the very least, they weren’t all that visible. Sena sucked in a breath as she finished watching her hands and started on her face. She knew the bell was going to ring soon and hurried. Thankfully, the next class period marks the end of school, Sena thought dryly as she headed to her classroom as she heard the bell ring.

“Why does this keep happening to me?” It wasn’t as if Sena went out of her way to antagonize anyone. In fact, more often than not, Sena went out of her way to get out of their way in fear of getting hurt.

A light jog around the park, which was close to her home, was something Sena knew she needed. Convincing her mother to let her go was challenging, but she pulled through in the end. It was a beautiful day anyway. The leaves were bright and green and the wild animals that lived in the parks were lively. It was nearing the beginning of summer.

Sena enjoyed the breezes as she ran through the park. The wind made her fair fly all around, sometimes even whipping her when she ran as fast as she could. Ikkyu had been shocked to see such an amazing speed coming from her, especially when he learned she used it to be a gopher. However, she proudly told him how it all began, and how and why she continued to train. Just with those thoughts, a smile broke out on her cute face. She needed to keep up with the positive attitude if she wanted to stay sane. It was just looking for to the things she enjoyed that kept her happy. “Easy to please,” were Ikkyu’s words to describe her personality.

Sena ran faster, trying to make the wind go by and make it seems as if she could fly instead of it being only running. Unfortunately, because of that, Sena ran straight into someone, unable to stop herself. Even worse because she ran as fast as she could, momentum had been on her side and Sena slammed straight into the person, which sent the two of them flying. The swift girl landed on top and the person on the bottom with the person grabbing onto her protectively in reflex

Sena’s face looked like it caught on fire with how much she was blushing. She quickly jumped up and bowed repeatedly in apology. I can’t believe I wasn’t watching where I was going, Sena yelled at herself in her mind. She felt so embarrassed by her action.

“Sena-chan?” The familiar voice made Sena straighten in reflex and flinch at the two figures standing there in front of her. The sight of two tall and somewhat muscular boys towering over her intimidated her. If it weren’t for the fact that she recognized one, she would’ve bolted.

“Unsui-san!”

“Never knew you had it in you, Unko-chan.” The mocking tone of the person next to Unsui had Sena freezing up. She resisted the urge to frown at the nickname that person gave Unsui. It was inappropriate and terribly rude.

Unsui placed a hand on her shoulder as an effort to make her relax. He had seen her freeze and was hoping that his familiar presence would give her a sense of calmness. After their first initial meeting, they had met up a few more times after that and quickly became friends. He, like Ikkyu, felt the need to protect the frailer girl.

His gaze flickered between Agon and Sena. He had dreaded the day that the two would meet, but he knew it was inevitable with the times that Ikkyu dragged him over to his house to play with both he and Sena. The only relief he felt at that moment was that he was there to stop any unnecessary ‘happenings’ as Agon called them.

Sena gave an uneasy smile towards Agon, leaning in slightly towards Unsui. It confounded her that the boys looked almost exactly alike aside from the hair and skin tone. A memory arose, back to the time she first met Unsui, and she remembered the fact that he had a younger twin brother.

She could feel a thick tension in the air as Agon eyed her up and down. She gave a slight shiver as she caught his eyes and averted her gaze to a spot just above his head. Unsui pulled her behind him, a frown tugging at his lips.

“If you recall, Sena-chan here is Ikkyu’s proclaimed, ‘Imoto-chan!’ He’ll go ballistic if you try anything and we both know how he can get. I, for one, don’t want to deal with him, his parents, and hers.”

Agon let out a snort. “As if he’s a threat.” He blatantly ignored Unsui’s mention of the adults. Agon stuffed his hands in his pocket. “So why’re you protective of her, dear brother?” drawled Agon, his black eyes flashing maliciously.

Unsui’s grip tightened to where his grip on Sena became nearly painful. Sena looked back and forth between the twins, bewildered. She never gotten into such a tense situation like this with Mamori or Ikkyu. Sena shuddered as she peeked at Agon. He really looked scary to her. The aura around him wasn’t pleasant. In her opinion, he wasn’t anything like Unsui at all. Even with that revelation, it didn’t cease her fright of the younger twin. In fact, it served to heighten her fear. Sena tried not to fidget as Agon glared at the two of them.

Agon let out a scoff, turning away from them. “I’ve seen way damn better. I’m leaving. I, unlike you, Unko-chan, have a date tonight.” With those parting words, Agon walked down the path that led to the park’s exit.

“I’m sorry about that, Sena-chan,” Unsui apologized as he let go of Sena.

Sena let out a small nervous laugh as they moved a bit so they were face-to-face. “It’s no problem, Unsui-san. He’s…uh…very different.”

Unsui’s lips pulled back into a firm line with a weary expression taking place, looking much older than the mid-teen he is. “That’s the way Agon has always been. He’s not as bad as he makes it seem.” Despite the treatment that Agon displayed, Unsui’s heart told him that Agon was truly a good person under his ego. If it weren’t for the God Speed Impulse, Unsui could clearly see Agon with a 180 degree turn from his current attitude. At least, that was what he told himself.

Sena slowly understood Unsui’s meaning. It was hard having a sibling who acted as if he was king of the world, but there’s always a small part in you that still loves him. It was just more apparent because they were twins. Sometimes Ikkyu could get a bit annoying, but she liked that about him. She didn’t have a sibling and neither did he, making it much easier for the two to identify each other with. She could see Unsui cared for Agon. It was the matter of if Agon knew that himself….or even cared about Unsui in return.

Unsui shook himself out of his semi-pessimistic attitude. “How about I get you home?”

“Yeah…let’s go.”

Somehow I can’t help but think I made Sena OOC, which is weird.

I know this wasn’t what some of you might’ve been expecting as a first meeting with Agon, but I think it’ll take a while before he’ll warm up to her. And since Sena only met Unsui a few times and with Unsui’s somewhat distant attitude, I don’t think he’s close to being a nii-san just yet. With the Kongo twins, it’ll take a while to warm up. And that reminds me of the fact that I’m wanting to start a mini-series of adventures Sena has with the Kongo twins and Ikkyu before the Eyeshield 21 canon start.

Thank you, all of you, for being so patient with me. And I have a poll on my profile that I would love if some of you would kindly take.