Rebounds and Fairytales by Chrynn
Disclaimer: SD does not belong to me. It belongs to its authors & company. I'm sorry for some grammatically wrong stuff. I'm just a novice writer so don't expect anything BIG. Blah. Blah. Blah. I'm not artistically inspired today and I'm writing for the sake of doing something.[Author's Note: I'm a bit biased, for Mitsui's my favorite character.] So on with the story. Oh, I remember, don't judge it yet. To anti Haruko-Sakuragi and/or anti Haruko-Rukawa people, don't get angry with me, I'm not finished with the story yet. Oh, I remember, it may look kind of mushy at the start but hey, give me a chance and just read on. Don't send me death threats till the stuff is through, ok? On to blah blah. ************************************************************************ Rebound: Prologue Haruko smiled as she stepped out of the school building; to the bright afternoon shine of the sun. She walked straight to the gym where the basketball team was practicing. It was her habit to watch the whole team on their afternoon practices. She opened the door and her smile grew wider as sunlight rushed in the gym and her eyes focused on a tall raven- haired, dark-eyed guy who was wearing a number eleven jersey. She was just in time for his famous lay-up. The ball went around the ring before it finally settled and went through the basket. She suppressed a shout of love for the handsome rookie. She pushed strands of stray hair beneath her ear and fluttered her eyelashes. It was very much obvious that she did not adore him for it was obvious she was obsessed with him.
"Go Rukawa!!!" she shouted with those heart eyes. Rukawa ignored her. It was very true that the rookie was a genius nonetheless; it was also true that he shirked away from women because he wasn't interested in them. Haruko seemed to have denied that fact to herself. Somehow, she thought someday he would learn to love her.
"Ore wa tensai!" she heard a familiar voice announce. It was Sakuragi Hanamichi. Another freshman. She had always thought he was good but she never thought he would improve so fast. Maybe he was really a tensai. Haruko giggled.
"Go Hanamichi!" she shouted again. Hanamichi waved his hands and laughed like a lunatic.
"Did you see my slam dunk a while ago?" he asked, quite proud of himself.
Actually, Haruko didn't arrive in time to see it but she resolved not to let it show. "You did great, Hanamichi!"
"Wahahaha!!!" Hanamichi laughed; fully unaware that Ryota was on his way to steal the ball from him. It was too late when he noticed for Ryota was already in possession of the ball.
"Ryochin!" he shouted but he was still standing idly on the same position. Mitsui, his teammate, yelled at him and in annoyance, ran over him to position himself in defense against Ryota.
"Micchy!" he said as he stood up and ran. "Do aho." Rukawa muttered as he caught up with him. Hanamichi's blood boiled and he seemed to be releasing some sort of aura (in Hunter X. it is called NEN). Ryota made a successful goal and Mitsui cursed.
"It's all your fault, Hanamichi!!!" Mitsui told him as he passed by. Sakaurgi didn't want to take the blame so he said, " It's your fault. You let Ryochin through your defense."
Mitsui grimaced and ran to make points when the ball was passed to him. He aimed the ball from the three-point line and let the ball fly smoothly into the basket. Their teammates jumped to their feet and cheered, for Mitsui was perfectly spectacular. Sakuragi docked his head in shame because he just produced two points and Mitsui, almost half of their score. Then Ayako blew the whistle, signifying the end of the game. It was 74-75 and Mitsui's team won by a sheer line.
Mitsui pumped his fist into the air and laughed. Ryota came to him to congratulate them. Meanwhile, Sakuragi regained his spirits and laughed wildly. "We won and we defeated Rukawa!"
"Do aho. You only won because of Mitsui." Rukawa said in his irritating monotone. Sakuragi stared at him as if he was to kill him. Ryota laughed and patted Sakuragi on the back.
"Anyway, if we do that as a team we'll sure take opposing teams down!" Ryota exclaimed.
"Nice three points Mitsui." Kogure smiled at his precious ex-MVP teammate and hit him softly on the back. Mitsui smiled back at him, feeling the victory of their own practice game. The team knew how to play against one another and it will be soon enough that they learn to play together.
" Nice play, Sakuragi-kun." Haruko smiled as she waved and 'flirted' with the tall redhead 'monkey'. She stole a secret glance at Rukawa who was wiping his sweat with a clean white towel. He is so cute. She felt herself blush scarlet red at the thought of romantic things with Rukawa. She hopped happily to her brother, wanting to tell him on how good the team is.
"Onii-chan!" she greeted him and sat beside him. "Everybody is really great. And have you seen their moves? Sakuragi's slam-dunk was nice, Miyagi's drive, Rukawa's lay-up, and Mitsui's three points.they're all great. I even think Mitsui is better than Jin and Rukawa is better than Sendoh." She told him enthusiastically like a six year-old girl telling her parents about her trip to the zoo.
Akagi nodded vigorously as he deep was deep in thought. "Still, we have to practice till we eradicate our weaknesses and better our good points." he said intelligently. "You'll never know what will happen." Haruko nodded knowingly, putting those things into consideration. "Ok. I see. Onii-chan, I've got to go home. Good luck on your next game. See you at our dinner table." She said that as she stood up and dusted herself. She looked sideways to try to look for Rukawa without being so obvious. Then, she felt her brother's gaze. "Onii-chan?" she inquired, very confused for she knew he didn't know about her feelings towards the 'super rookie'. "It's nothing. You should go home now." Takenori replied, not wanting to probe his sister's mind. "Ok. Ja ne." Haruko waved as she stepped out of the thoroughly cleaned gym and smiled at its ever-shining floor. It was a wonderful dusk, the orange rays of the sun were leaving and the shadow of the night was slowly overpowering Helios. The fresh looking leaves of trees were suddenly etched with shades of gray. She was walking by a walled street, which was lined by idle Nadesico trees on the side. Suddenly, she saw a figure move. Was it her imagination? Or did she really see a tall man leaning against a Nadesico tree on her left? She continued with walking and when she turned to a street on her left, she saw Rukawa walking in her direction. His face was half hidden in the shadows and his face seemed a little bit softer now and maybe she had all thought of it, but was there a slight hint of emotion in his ice-cold eyes? He was all too handsome for her to handle and she was almost drooling. Her head felt heavy. And like in a movie, she felt her world stop and then turn into slow motion as Rukawa parted his lips. It took a second for Haruko to realize what he was going to do. He was going to talk with her! Even though she had tried to get his small attention during practices, it was in vain. Maybe not all in vain. Her efforts were now paying off. A word from Rukawa! She was already swooning before he could say anything.
Author's note: ok. I know it's a lot more boring than you expected it to be, but I beg you to continue with the next chapters. Oh, please.Ok, so you don't want to, that's fine with me. I don't want any review yet, not until I finish the whole of it. Then you can judge it. Oh, I'm so sorry if I'm so stupid especially in the grammar part. Oh. I wish I were a native speaker of English. However, I'm not, so I have to deal with that fact and suffer all those humiliating things you're thinking about my vocabs and grammar. Just to remind you, I'm neurotic and I can break down.that is just a reminder. I'm so senseless. So what else? Adios. Ciao. Sayonara. Goodbye. For now. Ja mata.
Disclaimer: SD does not belong to me. It belongs to its authors & company. I'm sorry for some grammatically wrong stuff. I'm just a novice writer so don't expect anything BIG. Blah. Blah. Blah. I'm not artistically inspired today and I'm writing for the sake of doing something.[Author's Note: I'm a bit biased, for Mitsui's my favorite character.] So on with the story. Oh, I remember, don't judge it yet. To anti Haruko-Sakuragi and/or anti Haruko-Rukawa people, don't get angry with me, I'm not finished with the story yet. Oh, I remember, it may look kind of mushy at the start but hey, give me a chance and just read on. Don't send me death threats till the stuff is through, ok? On to blah blah. ************************************************************************ Rebound: Prologue Haruko smiled as she stepped out of the school building; to the bright afternoon shine of the sun. She walked straight to the gym where the basketball team was practicing. It was her habit to watch the whole team on their afternoon practices. She opened the door and her smile grew wider as sunlight rushed in the gym and her eyes focused on a tall raven- haired, dark-eyed guy who was wearing a number eleven jersey. She was just in time for his famous lay-up. The ball went around the ring before it finally settled and went through the basket. She suppressed a shout of love for the handsome rookie. She pushed strands of stray hair beneath her ear and fluttered her eyelashes. It was very much obvious that she did not adore him for it was obvious she was obsessed with him.
"Go Rukawa!!!" she shouted with those heart eyes. Rukawa ignored her. It was very true that the rookie was a genius nonetheless; it was also true that he shirked away from women because he wasn't interested in them. Haruko seemed to have denied that fact to herself. Somehow, she thought someday he would learn to love her.
"Ore wa tensai!" she heard a familiar voice announce. It was Sakuragi Hanamichi. Another freshman. She had always thought he was good but she never thought he would improve so fast. Maybe he was really a tensai. Haruko giggled.
"Go Hanamichi!" she shouted again. Hanamichi waved his hands and laughed like a lunatic.
"Did you see my slam dunk a while ago?" he asked, quite proud of himself.
Actually, Haruko didn't arrive in time to see it but she resolved not to let it show. "You did great, Hanamichi!"
"Wahahaha!!!" Hanamichi laughed; fully unaware that Ryota was on his way to steal the ball from him. It was too late when he noticed for Ryota was already in possession of the ball.
"Ryochin!" he shouted but he was still standing idly on the same position. Mitsui, his teammate, yelled at him and in annoyance, ran over him to position himself in defense against Ryota.
"Micchy!" he said as he stood up and ran. "Do aho." Rukawa muttered as he caught up with him. Hanamichi's blood boiled and he seemed to be releasing some sort of aura (in Hunter X. it is called NEN). Ryota made a successful goal and Mitsui cursed.
"It's all your fault, Hanamichi!!!" Mitsui told him as he passed by. Sakaurgi didn't want to take the blame so he said, " It's your fault. You let Ryochin through your defense."
Mitsui grimaced and ran to make points when the ball was passed to him. He aimed the ball from the three-point line and let the ball fly smoothly into the basket. Their teammates jumped to their feet and cheered, for Mitsui was perfectly spectacular. Sakuragi docked his head in shame because he just produced two points and Mitsui, almost half of their score. Then Ayako blew the whistle, signifying the end of the game. It was 74-75 and Mitsui's team won by a sheer line.
Mitsui pumped his fist into the air and laughed. Ryota came to him to congratulate them. Meanwhile, Sakuragi regained his spirits and laughed wildly. "We won and we defeated Rukawa!"
"Do aho. You only won because of Mitsui." Rukawa said in his irritating monotone. Sakuragi stared at him as if he was to kill him. Ryota laughed and patted Sakuragi on the back.
"Anyway, if we do that as a team we'll sure take opposing teams down!" Ryota exclaimed.
"Nice three points Mitsui." Kogure smiled at his precious ex-MVP teammate and hit him softly on the back. Mitsui smiled back at him, feeling the victory of their own practice game. The team knew how to play against one another and it will be soon enough that they learn to play together.
" Nice play, Sakuragi-kun." Haruko smiled as she waved and 'flirted' with the tall redhead 'monkey'. She stole a secret glance at Rukawa who was wiping his sweat with a clean white towel. He is so cute. She felt herself blush scarlet red at the thought of romantic things with Rukawa. She hopped happily to her brother, wanting to tell him on how good the team is.
"Onii-chan!" she greeted him and sat beside him. "Everybody is really great. And have you seen their moves? Sakuragi's slam-dunk was nice, Miyagi's drive, Rukawa's lay-up, and Mitsui's three points.they're all great. I even think Mitsui is better than Jin and Rukawa is better than Sendoh." She told him enthusiastically like a six year-old girl telling her parents about her trip to the zoo.
Akagi nodded vigorously as he deep was deep in thought. "Still, we have to practice till we eradicate our weaknesses and better our good points." he said intelligently. "You'll never know what will happen." Haruko nodded knowingly, putting those things into consideration. "Ok. I see. Onii-chan, I've got to go home. Good luck on your next game. See you at our dinner table." She said that as she stood up and dusted herself. She looked sideways to try to look for Rukawa without being so obvious. Then, she felt her brother's gaze. "Onii-chan?" she inquired, very confused for she knew he didn't know about her feelings towards the 'super rookie'. "It's nothing. You should go home now." Takenori replied, not wanting to probe his sister's mind. "Ok. Ja ne." Haruko waved as she stepped out of the thoroughly cleaned gym and smiled at its ever-shining floor. It was a wonderful dusk, the orange rays of the sun were leaving and the shadow of the night was slowly overpowering Helios. The fresh looking leaves of trees were suddenly etched with shades of gray. She was walking by a walled street, which was lined by idle Nadesico trees on the side. Suddenly, she saw a figure move. Was it her imagination? Or did she really see a tall man leaning against a Nadesico tree on her left? She continued with walking and when she turned to a street on her left, she saw Rukawa walking in her direction. His face was half hidden in the shadows and his face seemed a little bit softer now and maybe she had all thought of it, but was there a slight hint of emotion in his ice-cold eyes? He was all too handsome for her to handle and she was almost drooling. Her head felt heavy. And like in a movie, she felt her world stop and then turn into slow motion as Rukawa parted his lips. It took a second for Haruko to realize what he was going to do. He was going to talk with her! Even though she had tried to get his small attention during practices, it was in vain. Maybe not all in vain. Her efforts were now paying off. A word from Rukawa! She was already swooning before he could say anything.
Author's note: ok. I know it's a lot more boring than you expected it to be, but I beg you to continue with the next chapters. Oh, please.Ok, so you don't want to, that's fine with me. I don't want any review yet, not until I finish the whole of it. Then you can judge it. Oh, I'm so sorry if I'm so stupid especially in the grammar part. Oh. I wish I were a native speaker of English. However, I'm not, so I have to deal with that fact and suffer all those humiliating things you're thinking about my vocabs and grammar. Just to remind you, I'm neurotic and I can break down.that is just a reminder. I'm so senseless. So what else? Adios. Ciao. Sayonara. Goodbye. For now. Ja mata.