Disclaimer: I don't own Slam Dunk, or any of its characters.
A/N: This story is about the love of Akira Sendoh for Kaede Rukawa's twin sister. Before he met Rukawa's sister, Sendoh and Rukawa were already rivals. What would Akira Sendoh do get this girl.
CHAPTER 1: Conflict
A practice game held at Ryonan high, Shohoku vs. Ryonan. It was already the second half, and both teams will stop at nothing just to achieve victory. Ryonan is at the upper hand with the score of eighty-six against Shohoku with eighty-three points.
Loud shouts and cheers are heard inside the gymnasium, mostly for Rukawa and Sendoh. The two ace players are playing very soulfully against each other. None of them will let the other go ahead. The game was more like Sendoh vs. Rukawa rather than Ryonan vs. Shohoku.
"Nice game Rukawa, too bad you can't beat me!" Sendoh said in his usual confident smile.
"Hmph." was Rukawa's only response.
The two aces were on guard against each other, neither one of them wants to lose. The teams went head to head, and the score went on to a tie. Rukawa got the ball, but Sendoh was persistently guarding him.
"Hey! Kitsune, pass the ball here." It's was Sakuragi.
"Do'ahou." Rukawa said as he passed the ball to his red headed team mate.
"HAHAHA, I'll show you what a real slam dunk should be." Sakuragi boasted off.
Rukawa had no choice but to pass the ball to Sakuragi. He was more intact on beating Sendoh in the game than his differences on Sakuragi.
After a few minutes, Shohoku was on the lead with the score of ninety-seven to ninety-five. There were only two minutes left and Shohoku can't let Ryonan get the ahead. Right on the last minute Ryonan got the ball and went for a fast break. A few seconds was left until Sendoh made a graceful dunk on the ring. The score became tie with both teams have ninety-seven points.
An extension of the game was made.
"I'm gonna beat you, Sendoh." Rukawa said in his cold usual tone.
"We'll see." as usual Sendoh has full confidence on their victory.
The game was finished after a few minutes; it was ended by a three pointer by Akira Sendoh.
FLASHBACK
"A minute left, and I'm sure you will make it!" Ayako cheered for her team.
"Team, You heard what Ayako said. Don't let them be the best of us!" Captain Akagi shouted.
"In a minute, I'll be able to beat you." Rukawa stared at Sendoh very seriously.
"..." Sendoh just smiled as if he wasn't threatened.
END OF FLASH BACK
After the game, the Shohoku team went back to their school. A bit disappointed, they just accepted their defeat. But Kaede Rukawa can't accept his defeat; he swore that he will defeat Sendoh no matter what it takes.
The next day, the Ryonan basketball team practiced for the inter-high tournament. As usual, Akira Sendoh didn't go to their practice and decided to go fishing instead. On his way to the main gate he bumped into one of the students in their school, not just any student but the prettiest girl he as ever seen.
"Ouch..." the girl exclaimed.
"Are you alright, Miss?" Sendoh was mesmerized by the girls' sweet voice.
"Yes, I'm fine." the girl responded.
"I'm sorry, here I'll pick up your things." he picked up every single thing that the girl was carrying.
"Arigatou gozaimasu." she bowed to him and went away.
Sendoh was still mesmerized by her beauty; he stared blankly at the hall way where the girl went.
"Hey, there you are!" Hikoichi called on to Sendoh.
"Ehhhhh." Sendoh came back to his sanity.
"What are you looking at over there?" Hikoichi asked.
"An angel..." he said in his usual tone.
"....?" Hikoichi said nothing, but was really confused.
Sendoh was about to go fishing when he saw a card lying on the floor. It was the angelic girls' ID.
"Kairi Rukawa." Hikoichi read the name on the ID
"So that's her name." he said in almost a whisper.
"She must've dropped this. I'll give it to her tomorrow if you like-" Hikoichi's sentence was cut off by Sendoh.
"So, you know this girl?" he hurriedly asked.
"Ah, yes! She's one of my classmates." Hikoichi answered.
"Really? Let's go to the gym, tell me everything that you know about her." Sendoh said happily.
Hikoichi can't do anything but to agree.
"So tell me, what do you know about her?" Sendoh asked the rather confused Hikoichi.
"Well, she's an A student she's one of the best in our batch. She's very good at sports and she also has a lot of suitors."
"And..." Sendoh asked even more.
"That's it. That is all I know about her." Hikoichi faced Sendoh.
"What? That's all?" Sendoh said in his disappointment.
As they talk, they didn't realize that they were already inside the gym where Coach Taoka was assembling the whole team.
"Here we are coach." Sendoh entered the gym with a bright expression.
"You're late again! You, of most of the team members should know about discipline and responsibility." Coach Taoka shouted at the daydreaming team captain.
"What happened to him?" Koushino asked Hikoichi.
"I don't know. When I saw him he was talking about seeing an 'angel'." Hikoichi answered the question, which he was also confused of.
"Well anyway, I'm going to introduce to you our new team manager." Coach Taoka exclaimed.
"New...team manager?" Koushino asked.
"I'll introduce to you, Miss Kairi Rukawa."
The moment that Akira Sendoh heard the name he suddenly woke up from his day dream. She entered the room, as soon as she heard the coach called her. She was wearing a blue sleeveless hooded shirt with cycling shorts and a pair of snickers. Sendoh's eyes widened as he saw his angel. He couldn't stop at noticing her pale skin and her long raven hair and her pair of blue eyes, that seems to make him melt.
"Kairi, this is our teams' team captain, Akira Sendoh." Coach Taoka introduced.
"Oh, it's you." she smiled at Sendoh and bowed to him.
"Hi." Sendoh was controlling his self not to blush.
'She's so beautiful. I wonder what type of guy she likes? I made up my mind... I'll court her, nothing and no one will be able to stop me!'
Sendoh was so mesmerized of her beauty, that he wasn't paying attention to their coach.
A/N: Watch out for the next chapter. Let's see how the ace player Akira Sendoh make his move on Rukawa's sister.