Picture this: You are watching the all-star basketball games of the season. You have the best seat in the lower box, just behind the bench of your favorite team, which is a mix of players from 3 different teams voted via SMS and thru the official website of the all-star games. You could actually hear your favorite player's voice every timeout when he talks to the coach.

As he makes a beautiful three-point shot, he immediately turns to the audience and, the next thing you know, he sends you a secret signal, which could only mean that the shot was for you! Unfortunately, the signal turns out to be not-so-secret, as everyone has noticed, and the cameras are all focusing on you! Mr. Ace Player takes a second look at you and the look on his face changes. That signal wasn't for you! But everyone else has misunderstood. What would you do in that situation?

Disclaimer: Slam Dunk (and all of its characters) belongs to Dr. T. Idol ko 'yan!

A/N: I don't know if this is exactly a good idea, but I will redo this story all over. Kind of like giving it a makeover, because the way it was turning out did not please me at all. One major change is the name of the OC. Back then I really liked Battle Royale's Minamura Yuko, the cutesy guide. Using her name sort of made my character become all cutesy as well, which I really find annoying in OCs, which is the reason why I came up with Ishizu Chiharu. It sounds like such a gutsy name, which is what I intended my OC to be like from the beginning :)

I hope previous supporters will still continue to support this story :) and I hope that new readers will like this made-over story too!

Original Character: Ishizu Chiharu. She is an ordinary basketball fan and a sophomore with an ordinary student life. But everything changes when an incident happens that one fateful day, on the Kanagawa All-Star Games.

Chiharu couldn't be any more ecstatic. After all, she had been saving up for the All-Star Games ever since basketball season started. Convincing her parents to let her come by herself was a breeze, and she had extra money left to get a new haircut a few days before the event. She had secretly hoped to be seen on TV.

She looked at her ticket. On it were the teams that the North and South teams were consisted of. "North Team," she read under her breath. "Ryonan, Shoyo, Miuradai… good." She looked up for a bit to see what was going on in the court. The game had not begun yet, but she saw familiar faces, faces of the players who were not included in the North and South teams. There was Hikoichi, chatting up his short-haired journalist sister.

From across the stadium-turned-basketball court, she saw Rukawa's infamous, ever-present fangirls. She had always seen them on TV (the cameras would shoot them every now and then), but this was her first time seeing them in person. Squinting her eyes, she tried to read what their banner said.

"Let's… f…" she read silently. "Fig…fighti… What the hell?!" She stopped, interrupted by a girl who took a seat in front of her.



She was wearing one of those scandalous-looking dresses, the really short ones that barely cover one's thighs, and bright-colored pumps, the ones that look really uncomfortable they make you wince. Add to that a pair of oversized sunglasses that rested on top of her Audrey Hepburn hairstyle.

Chiharu waited for her to take her seat, but instead of sitting, she was still standing; talking on her phone as if sitting down would cut off the call.

"Wow," she thought, rolling her eyes. "So even princesses like her show interest in basketball." She sighed and gave up, and picked up her ticket again. "South Team," she read to herself. "Shohoku, Kainan, Takezono. Ooh, interesting."

Not long after, the audience's buzzing excitement silenced, and everyone's attention was diverted to the dugout. The announcer had called the teams onto the court. Chiharu held her breath. This was the moment.

The South Team came out first, team players looking real pumped. "Holy shit, that Sakuragi dude's one hell of a giant," Chiharu thought in awe. Following Sakuragi was Rukawa, then Akagi, then Mitsui and Ryota. After him came the Kainan players, Jin, Maki and Kiyota. Chiharu was starstruck. One more player from the South Team came out as well: Oda from Takezono. They proceeded with their warm-up.

Then, out came the North Team.

"Oh my effing god. Is that Sendoh?" Chiharu thought, obviously impressed. "Nice hair!"

Once again, her ogling was interrupted by the girl who sat in front of her. She once again stood up, this time waving to Sendoh. "Wow," Chiharu thought, "this girl's pretty desperate." She smirked.

By the time the 'princess' sat down, Uozumi and Fukuda had already come out. Hanagata was now coming out as well, with Fujima following behind.

"Ohmygodohmygodohmygodthisisit!! Shiett!" Chiharu, who was practically trembling from the chills Fujima gave her, was smiling from ear-to-ear, watching his every move, not even noticing that the rest of the North Team had also come out.

The game had begun, but let's not delve into that. What's important here is the incident that would soon change Chiharu's life forever.

By the end of the first half, South was winning over North by a measly two points. Yet Coach Taoka (North Team's coach for the event) was screaming his tonsils out, blaming things on players just so he would have someone (or something) to blame their losing on. Chiharu, eyes still on Fujima, couldn't even bring herself to go for a restroom break; she didn't want to miss a single thing.

Come third quarter, North was losing by four points. Ryota seemed to be a scoring machine today, Chiharu noticed, and Sakuragi was in control of most of the rebounds. North Team fans were obviously wishing for a miracle.



With only two minutes remaining, North was now in the lead by a single point, 89-90. Just one wrong move and South team would end up winning. Chiharu was on the edge of her seat. The Rukawa power fangirls were screaming their tonsils out, along with Coach Taoka who kept yelling from beside the court.

Once again, the 'princess' ruined the moment for Chiharu. She stood up, hesitated for a few seconds, sat down, and stood up again. She took her purse, and hesitated again. Chiharu was fed up. "Excuse me, miss," she started, tapping her shoulder.

The miss, in high ice queen fashion, spun around, with a glare that obviously meant she didn't want to be disturbed. Chiharu backed down a little. "Hey, umm, listen… I know you're pretty much as nervous and worked up about this game as I am – I mean, as everyone…but, uh… can you just…please, stay on your seat?"

The miss glared at her, colder this time. "The nerve!" she said. "Excuse me, but I have no business talking to desperate fangirls like you." She took her purse and left, leaving Chiharu feeling like cold water had just been poured on her. "Wow," was all she could say.

Meanwhile, South had scored another two-pointer and was now in the lead. Nervous, Chiharu looked at the clock. "Shit! Less than a minute! North, come on now!" She continued to watch Fujima, hoping that if she stared at him and him only and focused at it, it would make him get a hold of the ball faster and make a sure shot.

To the fans' delight, Sendoh stole the ball from Jin, and was now attempting a three-pointer. Now, if he would only make it! Everybody held their breaths. Four seconds remaining on the clock.

Three…

Two…

One…

The fans went ballistic. Sendoh made the shot, and the rest of the North Team, who was with Coach Taoka on the benches, was jumping for joy, chest-bumping each other.

Sendoh stared at the hoop, grinning. Chiharu was also smiling big now, delighted that even if it wasn't Fujima who made the miracle shot, North Team still won. Chiharu was smiling, smiling at Sendoh and the way he was satisfactorily grinning at the basket.

Then, Sendoh turned around. Turned around to the audience. The area in the audience where Chiharu was seated. Chiharu was still smiling, but less big this time. "What's he doing?" she wondered.

Then, Sendoh looked straight at her and did a heart sign with his hands, which he brought to his chest. Then he smiled a really, really cheesy smile at her. Everyone hushed. The cameras zoomed in on Chiharu's confused face.



"Huh?! What? Who, me?" She looked around, hoping to see someone with a nay-saying look, but she did not find anyone.

Sendoh, still with his heart pose, now saw who he really gave the heart move for. On the big screen that showed what the main camera was capturing, he saw Chiharu who looked really, really humiliated. Surprised, he slowly brought down his hands.

The cameras were zooming in on someone else now. Shown on the big screen was the miss who sat in front of Chiharu, clutching her purse in one hand, her sunglasses on the other, looking absolutely insulted. If we looked closer we might have seen her trembling in rage.

"AAAAARRRRGGGHHHHHHH!!" she screamed now, stomping her way out of the stadium. Sendoh hurried his way out of the court as well, obviously running after the girl.

The cameras were back to Chiharu, who could not get a grasp of what was happening. When she saw her face in the big screen, she immediately took her things and went home.

Taking the bus ride home, she was relieved that no one in the bus knew about the incident yet. She just knew that it would be in the news.

As she got off at the stop and walked home, she couldn't help but wonder how the incident just a while ago would affect her. Well, she definitely knew she would be hated by the Sendoh fangirls, but what else?

"EFF!" she screamed as she walked. Most of the people were already inside their homes, but Chiharu still acted like everyone could hear her.

"What, don't I have the right to scream as well? The hell, Sendoh! I'm not even your fan! Grrr!!"

When she got home, her parents fussed over her.

"Honey, we saw on TV…" her mom started. "Are you all right? I mean…" She tried to continue, but she was lost for words.

"Mum. I'll be fine. Don't worry."

"See? What did I tell you about letting her go alone too easily?" her dad commented from the kitchen. Chiharu heaved a sigh of defeat, and with heavy feet, went to her room.

When she checked her phone, she was barraged with texts from friends, asking if that was her on TV. After all, she did get a new haircut. Sighing again, she flipped her phone closed and lay flat on the bed, with her arms spread out. Above everything else, she was worried about the girlfriend. By now, Chiharu had figured out that the heart signal was a wrong send to her. Sendoh probably looked the wrong way. Or the girlfriend was probably seated behind her.

Chiharu shut her eyes, hoping all this would go away when she opens them.



A/N: I decided to not delete, or rather, I decided to keep the first version of Anything but Ordinary. I don't know, I guess I just don't want people thinking that I'm a perfectionist or crap like that. And maybe, just maybe, there might be some out there, who actually want to compare the new one with the old one. So just in case, I'm keeping it :)

So, as always, tell me what you think! Maido ari :)