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To Ellen, my friend.
The italic text represents Rukawa's thoughts.
Chapter One: Accident
Rukawa Kaede got onto his bicycle sleepily.
"Darn, I have to buy another alarm clock… must remind myself to get a stronger one this time…"
By stronger, he meant one which could still work after receiving a hard punch from him everytime it woke him up from his sleep.
Rukawa switched on his Walkman. He must hurry, otherwise he couldn't get to the practice match that Shohoku and Ryonan had on time.
If he couldn't get on time, he couldn't play against Sendoh.
Then received a scolding from Akagi (probably a knock on the head as well).
And finally that idiot Sakuragi would come and tease him.
Anyway, he must be faster.
1 km later…
Rukawa was still awake.
5 km later…
Rukawa couldn't open his eyes fully.
10 km later…
Rukawa had fallen asleep completely while still riding on his bike.
Then, Rukawa felt something bumped against his bike, even he was being thrown out of his seat.
When Rukawa opened his eyes, he saw his bike on the floor, and…
"Uh oh."
It wasn't a thing that Rukawa had knocked down, but a person.
Rukawa got up. After clearing his head, he walked to the person.
"Oi, are you all right?"
That person, the girl, didn't have any response.
"Is she dead…"
Then, he heard moaning of pain from her. Rukawa lifted the girl up and then he saw…
"That's a beautiful pair of eyes… just like the sky…"
It was then Rukawa realized that he was staring at the pair of eyes for a long time.
Quickly, he asked, "You all right?"
The girl shook her head slightly. "… I'm okay."
"She doesn't sound like a Japanese."
Rukawa helped the girl up, and all he heard was the girl giving a cry in pain and she fell back onto the floor. This was when Rukawa saw that her hand and leg were bleeding.
"Baka, if you can't then don't push it." said Rukawa coldly.
He looked at his watch. The match had just started, if he sent the girl to the hospital, he could still make it to the second half. Rukawa may be cold, but he's not cruel!
He lifted the girl up again. "Let me send you to the hospital."
"Thank you."
"Thank you? When is the last time anyone tells me that?"
Rukawa couldn't remember. When he heard the girl saying 'thank you' to him, Rukawa couldn't feeling a little pleased.
Rukawa waited until the girl was being taken care of, then he rushed to the match. But the distance between the hospital and Shohoku High School was too much, so when he arrived to the Sports Hall, the match was long over. The score was 80 – 60. Ryonan won.
"Rukawa Kaede! Where the hell have you been? Why are you so late?" shouted Aagi.
"Did you oversleep again?" asked Ayako.
Rukawa didn't respond, for he knew that no one would believe his reason even if he said it anyway.
"Oi, how dare you ignore Aya-chan!" yelled Miyagi Ryota.
"It's okay, Ryota."
"Aya-chan…"
"He must have overslept, that pig…"
Rukawa glared at Sakuragi.
"Darn, will he die if he stops insulting me for a day?"
"Don't act as if you know everything, idiot."
"You called me an idiot?! You darn fox!"
SLAP SLAP
"Aren't you two have enough?" asked Ayako, putting away her paper fan.
"Rukawa, if it wasn't for your lateness, we would have won." said Kogure Kiminobu, disappointed.
"Yes, yes, it's all my fault… happy?"
"Megane-kun, don't bother about that darn fox, it doesn't matter if he comes or not… what's important is me the tensai…"
"That bastard, if it isn't that I need to bring that girl to the hospital, I could come and play against you…" thought Rukawa as he glared at Sendoh. He was with the rest of the Ryonan team. He was drinking lemon juice and smiling at Rukawa at the same time. The words "I win again" was clearly on his face.
"By the way, how's that girl? Should I go and see her? I'm the one who caused her injury… maybe I should go and take a look…"
"Oi, say something, you fox!"
