BASKETTO NO SEKAI: LAY UP YOUR LOVE! SHOHOKU, KATTE KOI!!

(Means = Basketball World! Lay up your love! SHOHOKU, COME ON!!!)

DISCLAIMER: Slam Dunk is NOT ours, and never will be! We're just borrowing the characters and the locales so we can have fun with them. They will be returned to their respective owners when we're through. But whatever original characters we stuck in here are OURS, and you can't use them without OUR permission!

(=^_^=) Prologue (=^_^=)

REALITY REALLY BITES: Lady Harlequin A trademark of Lady Ice Dragon's fics is that they all contain an element of reality, especially her Mitsui fic. In continuing with that tradition, I have given my characters (Melina and Jesse) several flaws of their own, most physical, but there are some in the personality department too. But hell, this is only the prologue! You can judge when the rest of the fic's been added! Anyway, this part focuses on Melina and Jesse for a while. LID will add her own bits to the story later on. Well, that's it for now! Now go and read it!

~~ After what seems to be a long while…~~

L.I.D.[author]: All right! I've got the prologue done, and these will be the characters! Yours truly is inside as well, so… I'm like, in Hollywood mode! Whoo hoo! LOL Director slash actress! It doesn't get any better than this! Enough crap, I'm saving my finger energy for the fic! Let's get this party or fic started! *Whoosh! *

Chapter One: Student Files

A Collaborative Effort Between: Lady Ice Dragon and Lady Harlequin

A "Slam Dunk" Fic

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FILE NO.: 23458971

FILE TYPE: EXCHANGE STUDENTS

STUDENT # 1

NAME: Melina Alehandra Montoya-Eduque

AGE: 15

BIRTHDATE: June 6, 1985

GENDER: Female

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT: Incoming fourth-year student at the Rose of the Gold Cross Academy, Philippines

FATHER: Jesus Victor Valenzona-Eduque

MOTHER: Susan Montoya-Eduque

SIBLING/S: Maxine Leandra Montoya-Eduque

AGE OF SIBLING/S: 12

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINTMENT OF SIBLING/S: Incoming first-year student at the Rose of the Gold Cross Academy

OTHER NOTED RELATIVE/S OF STUDENT: Valentin Eduque (grandfather)

ACCOMPLISHMENT/S OF NOTED RELATIVE/S: Basketball player (retired, played for the Philippines during the ASEAN Games and clinched gold medal with team); Coach (semi-retired, coaches teams for the college, national and occasionally international leagues); Restaurateur (co-owner of the Triple V Corporation, which has put up restaurants specializing in both local and international cuisine)

SKILLS OF STUDENT: singing; writing; fluent in English with conversational knowledge of Japanese and French

ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF STUDENT: consistent champion in inter-school academic contests in Spelling, General Information, and Science; member of school paper since the first year in high school; has won two inter-school singing competitions

VERDICT: Accepted into third-year level, Shohoku High

NOTES: Check up on academic accomplishments ~Vice-Principal Uchida; Must interview with regards to connection with school paper and skills in English ~Ms. Yumiko, English teacher; Must ask about grandfather ~Coach Anzai, basketball coach

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STUDENT # 2

NAME: Jessica Maria Massena-Bautista

AGE: 16

BIRTHDATE: April 12, 1985

GENDER: Female

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT: Incoming fourth-year student at the Rose of the Gold Cross Academy, Philippines

FATHER: Nicholas Fuentes-Bautista

MOTHER: Anna Maria Dolores Massena-Bautista

SIBLING/S: Korin (younger sister); Joshua (baby brother)

AGE OF SIBLING/S: 12 (Korin); 5 (Joshua)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF SIBLING/S: Korin ~incoming freshman at the Rose of the Gold Cross Academy; Joshua ~incoming pre-school student at the Rose of the Gold Cross Academy

OTHER NOTED RELATIVE/S OF STUDENT: Juan Ricardo Massena (uncle); Martin Bautista (cousin);

ACCOMPLISHMENT/S OF NOTED RELATIVE/S: Juan Ricardo ~Basketball player (Olympic-level, part of international pool); Martin Bautista ~Basketball player (college, part of De La Salle Green Archers, champions of the UAAP [college league] cup)

SKILLS OF STUDENT: dancing (ballet and modern); writing (specifically scripts for stage-plays); athlete (specifically basketball and volleyball, but interested in other sports)

ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF STUDENT: Captain of basketball team since first year; Vice-captain of volleyball team since first year; member of school dance troupe since second year

VERDICT: Accepted into third-year level, Shohoku High

NOTES: Must check on playing skills ~Coach Anzai, basketball coach; Consider accepting her as temporary member for volleyball team ~Coach Takashi, volleyball coach; Check up on dancing talent ~Ms. Umizaki, dance troupe moderator

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STUDENT # 3

NAME: Ikuko Wang Ru Yu De La Cruz

AGE: 19

BIRTHDATE: June 6, 1983

GENDER: Female

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT: Incoming third-year student at Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore

FATHER: Juan B. De La Cruz

MOTHER: Keiko Wang Ru Xin

SIBLING/S: N/A

AGE OF SIBLING/S: N/A

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINTMENT OF SIBLING/S: N/A

OTHER NOTED RELATIVE/S OF STUDENT: Wang Xu Xin (Grandmother)

ACCOMPLISHMENT/S OF NOTED RELATIVE/S: Ex-Restaurateur (Owner of the Golden Fortune Company, which has put up restaurants specializing in both local and international cuisine), Sports Nutritionist

SKILLS OF STUDENT: A Linguist in English, Mandarin, Malay, Tagalog, conversational skills in Japanese, writing (poetry and songs), Dancing (Contemporary and Free Art) and Computer Literate.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF STUDENT: consistent champion in inter-school academic contests in Spelling, General Information, and Science; member of school paper since the first year in high school; has won two inter-school singing competitions

VERDICT: Accepted into third-year level, Shohoku High

NOTES: Check up on Linguistic and Technology accomplishments ~Vice-Principal Uchida; Must interview with regards to skills in various languages ~Ms. Yumiko, English teacher; Must check on (sports) nutrition skills ~Coach Anzai, basketball coach, cc to Ms. Chie, Home Economics teacher; Check up on dancing talent ~Ms. Umizaki, dance troupe moderator

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STUDENT # 4

NAME: Muly Binte Mohammad S.

AGE: 18

BIRTHDATE: February 6, 1982

GENDER: Female

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT: Incoming third-year student at Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore

FATHER: Johari Bin S.

MOTHER: Siti Binte Mohammad

SIBLING/S: N/A

AGE OF SIBLING/S: N/A

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINTMENT OF SIBLING/S: N/A

OTHER NOTED RELATIVE/S OF STUDENT: N/A

ACCOMPLISHMENT/S OF NOTED RELATIVE/S: N/A

SKILLS OF STUDENT: A Linguist in English, Malay, Japanese, computer literate. Good in IT and business management skills.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF STUDENT: Consistent in academic achievements; member of school IT club since the first year in high school.

VERDICT: Accepted into third-year level, Shohoku High

NOTES: Check up on Linguistic and Academic accomplishments ~Vice-Principal Uchida; Must interview with regards to skills in various languages ~Ms. Yumiko, English teacher;

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STUDENT # 5

NAME: Ringko Chiyu

AGE: 22

BIRTHDATE: 25/12/79

GENDER: Female

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT: Last Year at University of Southern Hemisphere, major in agriculture, Singapore.

FATHER: Chiyu Ichiro

MOTHER:  Seita Takaoka

SIBLING/S: One brother

AGE OF SIBLING/S: 25

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINTMENT OF SIBLING/S: Bachelor in Business Management University of York

OTHER NOTED RELATIVE/S OF STUDENT: nil

ACCOMPLISHMENT/S OF NOTED RELATIVE/S: nil

SKILLS OF STUDENT: Great in IT and business management skills.  However, did not go further as prefer to get close to nature more.  Translation skill (English-Japanese, English-Chinese)

ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF STUDENT: Owns a farm (and is a farmer) in Fukuoka, Kyushu Japan.  Quit playing basketball. 

VERDICT: Accepted into third-year level, Kainandai High

NOTES: Check up on academic accomplishments ~Vice-Principal Kuna; Check on basketball skills ~ Coach Takato, basketball coach; Must interview with regards to skills in various languages and translation skills ~Ms. Yukiko, English teacher

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(=^_^=) Meow!

Please do R&R! Lady Harlequin, do get back to me! ^_^