"Rukawa ! Rukawa ! Love me Love me Rukawa !!!!!" screeched the Rukawa brigade as they cheered for their love idol.
Grrr… she thought. Why can't they let her watch the game in peace!! She can't even cheer for her love idol. Noisy, noisy, girls. Look at them ! The whole lot. How many are there anyway ? 50 over ? She tapped her feet on the floor as she glared at the Rukawa brigade. Why … why.. why ??!! Why must it be the Rukawa brigade ?!! She took a deep breath, trying to compose herself. Why can't it be-
Yeess… why can't it be - ??
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"Ooi !! Hikoichi !!" the voice echoed through the corridor of Ryonan High.
Hikoichi turned around to see his senior, Koshino coming towards him.
"Yes, Koshino san ?" Hikoichi nodded.
"Is it true ?!" Koshino asked impatiently.
"What is ?" Hikoichi asked back.
"About them !"
"Ooh.. err.. yeah," Hikoichi muttered.
"Why did you-"
"They..they forced me too !! They ganged up on me and threaten me !! I can't.. can't fight them all !!" Hikoichi cried out.
"I just can't believe it ! There are a whole bunch of them !" Koshino said.
"It is UNBELIEVABLE !!" Hikoichi replied.
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Back in Shohoku. . .
"Haruko !!" Fujii called out for her best friend right after class. Haruko stopped in her tracks.
"Eh ? Nani ?" Haruko asked Fujii. Fujii and Matsui walked over towards Haruko with a worried look on their face.
"Have you heard ?" Matsui asked Haruko. Haruko blinked.
"Heard what ?" Haruko asked, confused.
"It's all over the school, Haruko !" Matsui replied.
"What is ?! I've been cooped up in class since this morning. I don't know anything !" Haruko said as she frowned. It is so not nice for her friends to not share a little bit of a juicy gossip with her.
"It concerns the basketball team," Matsui responded. Haruko eyes widen. She imagines another 'Mitsui vs. Miyagi' type of scenario again.
"What.. what do you mean by that.. ?" Haruko asked worriedly.
"Maybe you should go and see the basketball team," Fujii said quietly. "You'll be surprised."
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Basketball practice at Shohoku was as normal as usual. With the antics of Miyagi trying to show off to Ayako, Mitsui trying to cheat whilst playing, Akagi raising his voice trying to lead the team and Sakuragi versus Rukawa.
"Nyahahaha !!" Sakuragi laughed. His hands were on his waist as he smugly laughed. "This tensai did it again !! A perfect rebound from the king of rebound himself, Sakuragi Hanamichi !!"
"Idiot," replied Rukawa. He turned around and head for the other end of the court.
"Stop with the tensai thing already !" Mitsui reprimanded. He passed the ball to Yatsuda. "Take care of Rukawa ! He's right over there !" Mitsui said as he points over to Rukawa who was already guarding under the basket.
"I know ! I know !" Sakuragi uttered. He ran across to the other side as quickly as possible. Yatsuda dribbled the ball while he scouted for an open team member. Miyagi was heavily guarding him, so it was a bit impossible to make the perfect pass.
"Sakuragi !" Yatsuda motioned as he jumped and threw the ball to Sakuragi. But as swift as a .. err.. fox, Rukawa managed to leaped in front of Sakuragi and took the ball.
"Temee , Kitsune !!!" Sakuragi growled as he chases Rukawa. Rukawa was closer and closer to the basket. Sakuragi was much faster. In a few seconds, he was already in front of Rukawa. Rukawa halted. He jumped and scored two points from the foul line.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!"
"What the hell ?" Miyagi frowned as he turned to look as the door.
"RUKAWA !! RUKAWA !! LOVE ME LOVE ME RUKAWA !!!!" The Rukawa Brigade screamed. They hugged each other as if to congratulate Rukawa, their.. 'god'.
Sakuragi does not like this. In fact you could say that he and the Rukawa brigade are enemies just like him and Rukawa. Sakuragi disliked those noisy girls and the Rukawa Brigade disliked the person who always fights with their dear Rukawa.
"That red haired, hot tempered guy should move away !" Ru cried out.
"He tried to hurt Rukawa several times, ne ? ne ?" Ka replied.
"He is mean towards our lovely Rukawa !!!!" Wa added.
By this time you could practically see smoke coming out from Sakuragi's ears. He was fuming.
"Uh-Oh, Sakuragi is angry," Yohei noted. The Gundan nodded worriedly.
"They are a scary bunch," Ookutsu said.
"Have you heard ?" Haruko suddenly appeared from behind the Gundan.
"Heard what ?" Takamiya asked.
"About the brigade," Fujii answered.
"Rukawa brigade ? What about them ?" Nomi asked. They were all standing just a door away from the Rukawa brigade.
"No, no, no. Not the Rukawa brigade," Haruko shook her head. The Gundan sweatdrops.
"Not the Rukawa brigade ?" Yohei sputtered out, unbelievably. "Then what brigade is it ?"
"SAKURAGI !! SAKURAGI !! LOVE ME LOVE ME SAKURAGI !!!!"
"The Sakuragi brigade," Haruko sighed as she pointed to the four girls who appeared out from nowhere. They were right next to the Rukawa brigade.
"SAKURAGI BRIGADE ?!!!" Everyone cried out in disbelief. They were equally stunned.
"There's a Sakuragi Brigade ?" Yohei said. His eyes were almost white in shock.
"YOU ?!! WE CAME HERE FIRST !!" The Rukawa brigade turned to their opponents, the Sakuragi brigade.
"WELL, WE CHOOSE WHEREVER WE WANT TO CHEER !!" The Sakuragi brigade shot back.
"YOU STOLE OUR CHEER !! STEALER !! UNORIGINAL CHEER !!" Ru shouted.
Sa, Ku, Ra and Gi glared at Ru, Ka and Wa.
"Well, we got out own cheer anyway !!" Sa cried out. With their school uniform, and bandanas tied around their head, symbolizing each of the respective hiragana character from Sakuragi, the Sakuragi brigade miraculously took out pom poms each. The Rukawa brigade glared at the Sakuragi brigade.
"SAKURAGI ! HANAMICHI ! FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT !! LOVE ME LOVE ME ALRIGHT !!" The Sakuragi brigade cheered. Ku and Ra finished the cheer by doing a split. Sa and Gi jumped as the four of them screamed.
"RUKAWA ! RUKAWA ! LOVE ME LOVE ME RUKAWA !!" The Rukawa brigade shot back. Ru and Wa did cartwheels as Ka stood in the middle. Ru, Ka and Wa raised their voice even higher when they screamed Rukawa's name out.
"SAKURAGI ! MY LOVE ! FIGHT ! FIGHT ! BE THE BEST, WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT !!"
"RUKAWA ! LOVE ME ! YOU ARE MY EVERYTHING !!"
"I can't believe this," Miyagi said stunned.
"Impossible," Mitsui said, his mouth opened.
"Noisy girls," Akagi grumbled.
"Sakuragi has a fan club ?" Ayako whispered.
"Ohohoho," Anzai Sensei said cheerfully.
"This is getting difficult," Kogure sighed.
"What the-" Yatsuda, Ishii, Kuwata, Shiosaki, Kakuta, and Sasuoga said in unison.
"Unbelievable," the Sakuragi Gundan uttered.
"They are just like the Rukawa brigade," Haruko, Fujii and Matsui said under their breath.
"I wonder how Sakuragi is reacting to this ?" Yohei wondered as he looked at his best friend on the court.
Sakuragi's shoulders were trembling. Drops of sweat trickled down his neck. His foot shifted. And finally he said,
"What the hell is going on?!"
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dir : ahahah.. silly ne ? What will the brigades do ?