As usual, there was always dinner at a traditional Japanese steakhouse of some kind. Anezaki and Emiko had hung back at the stadium, waiting for Hiruma to finish cleaning up and talking to the press. There were dozens of questions concerning his condition, why he hadn’t played all season and where he had been the last six years.

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Hiruma forced down a yelp and saw stars when he caught that snap. He didn’t stumble from the pain, but forcing his arm up into a throwing position was so very, very hard. His entire arm felt like lead.

Huh, under extreme exertion conditions, sweat is literally shoved out of your pours by the muscles tensing and ( Read more... )

“His hand really is injured.” Yamato confirmed with a pair of binoculars a few downs into the next offense. “He’s using runs because that’s the only thing he can use.”

“Except that even with only runs he’s still steadily advancing.” Banba observed.

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Part 6

( First trap )

Part 5

( First blood )

Part 4

( First exchange )

Part 3

( Kick off and game start )

Part 2

Rice Bowl, three minutes before player introductions
( And Hiruma's already causing a ruckus... )

Part 1

( Rumor confronting, with Clifford D. Lewis )

Author: bar_ohki

Title: Songs for Daddy

Rating: This chapter is rated T.

Summary: After receiving a phone call, Hiruma abandons his job, his football team, and his friends, disappearing into nothing. After several years pass, Mamori finds a strange girl in her Kindergarten class, a girl strange enough to have the only remaining ( Read more... )