by Garnet Alexandria
One fair morning,
Rukawa and Sendoh played a one-on-one game in Basketball. And, as usual,
Rukawa lost. "Heh, heh... better train more Kaede!" Sendoh said.
So far, Sendoh
and Rukawa had been best friends for about... since kindergarten. Suddenly
it started to rain. "Let's just stay in my house. It's the nearest." Rukawa
suggested.
"Okay." Sendoh
agreed.
So, they ran
all the way to Rukawa's house. "Master Kaede, what happened to you?! You're
soaking wet!" Rukawa's care-taker exclaimed.
"It's not my
fault that I got wet." Rukawa retorted.
"Go to the bathroom
and take a bath or you'll get sick. You too, Akira." Rukawa's care-taker
ordered.
"Akira, come
on." Rukawa called.
Rukawa and Sendoh
went in the bathroom. "I hate my care-taker. She's always bossing me around."
Rukawa informed.
Sendoh just ignored
Rukawa and stared at their reflection in the mirror. "We look alike a lot,
don't you think? If only I cut my hair, no one could tell us apart!" Sendoh
said.
Rukawa looked
at the mirror as well. "Sendoh, will you switch places with me?" Rukawa
asked.
"Huh?" Sendoh
asked back, raising an eyebrow.
"If we look alike
a lot, no one could tell who's who. I really want to get out of this house.
Your house's more peaceful." Rukawa explained.
"Hmm... sounds
good! Good thing I brought my beloved hair gel with me. You just need to
cut my hair like yours."
Rukawa immediately
got scissors then trimmed Sendoh's hair. After a while, Sendoh looked like
Rukawa (it's just that he's smiling, and Rukawa's not). "Don't smile, will
you? It's creepy."
"Yes, yes. Now,
how do we explain your short hair?" Sendoh asked.
"Let's just say...
I had a haircut."
"As if your caretaker
would fall for that. Anyway, you have to smile Kaede, I mean it. Everyone
would be suspicious of a Sendoh with a blank expression." Sendoh told Rukawa.
"You, make your
voice soft and NEVER talk before someone else does. Just talk if someone
talks to you. One more thing, don't be friendly... especially with those
annoying girls. Just ignore them."
After taking
a bath, Sendoh made Rukawa's hair stand. After a few attempts, Rukawa's
hair finally stood and the two looked like twins (a/n: Siamese twins, to
be exact.. Joke!). Then, they put on their clothes. Rukawa got Sendoh's
bag then went out of his room. "Kaede, don't forget to do my assignment,
okay?"
"Got that." Rukawa
said then walked to the main door.
When Sendoh heard
Rukawa's care-taker's voice, he went down to see what happened. "Did Master
Kaede cut your hair, Akira?" Rukawa's care-taker asked.
"What made you
ask that?" Rukawa managed to ask, sounding like Sendoh.
"I know very
well how Master Kaede cuts things, and I know that you still have a shoulder-length
hair a while ago." Rukawa's care-taker replied.
"Okay, I'm going."
Rukawa informed, still sounding like Sendoh.
"Kae—I mean Akira,
I'm going with you." Sendoh called.
When, Sendoh
approached Rukawa, Rukawa elbowed him. "You're loud." Rukawa muttered as
they were about to go out of the house.
"Wait there you
two."
Rukawa and Sendoh
froze. "Uh-oh." Sendoh whispered, thinking that Kaede's care-taker must've
seen through their disguise already.
"It's still raining,
bring umbrellas with you." Kaede's care-taker said. Yes, the care-taker
have seen through their disguise but she decided that it wouldn't hurt
to play along with their game.
Rukawa and Sendoh
sighed in relief. "I thought it was the end of switching places" Rukawa
whispered back.
So, the two went
to Sendoh's house. "Okay Kaede, I'll leave you here. We'll change places
again tomorrow. By the way, don't sleep during classes, okay?"
"I'll try."
"Okay, see you!"
"See you."
Rukawa went in
Sendoh's room and put down Sendoh's bag. "I better do his assignments."
Rukawa told hiself as he grabbed a pencil from Sendoh's desk.
~*~
Back to Sendoh,
he walked back to Rukawa's house then stared at it for a while. "His house
is so big." Sendoh told himself.
"Master Kaede!"
Rukawa's care-taker called, her eyes twinkling.
"What?"
"What do you
want for dinner?"
"Anything nice
to eat."
"Beef stew or
curry?"
"Beef stew."
Then, Rukawa's
care-taker walked away. Sendoh went inside the bathroom then saw his beloved
hair gel. "I forgot to give this to Kaede!" Sendoh exclaimed.
Sendoh grabbed
the bottle of gel then raced to the main door. "Where are you going Master
Kaede?" Rukawa's care-taker asked.
'Why does
she just pop out of nowhere? Now I understand why Kaede can't take this
place anymore.' Sendoh thought. "To Akira's house. He forgot his gel."
Sendoh replied, making his voice really soft.
"That would have
to wait. You'll see each other tomorrow, right?"
Sendoh panicked.
"But, his hair—"
"No buts. Be
ready for dinner at 7."
~*~
The next day,
In Sendoh's house, Rukawa tried to wake up early. He tried to look for
Sendoh's hair gel but couldn't find it. "I forgot to bring it!" Rukawa
exclaimed.
Rukawa knocked
on Sendoh's parents room. "What is it?" Sendoh's mother asked.
"Um... do you
have a gel?" Rukawa asked back.
"Your dad has
one but it's unlike the gel you use."
"That's fine."
"Where's your
gel, Akira?" Sendoh's father asked as he handed his gel to Rukawa.
"I left it in
Kaede's."
"When did you
have a haircut? You almost look like Kaede."
"Yesterday. Thanks
for the gel."
Then, Kaede ran
back to Sendoh's room then tried to fix his hair. It took him an hour to
make his hair stand, but even a soft breeze would blow most of his hair
down. "Dad, do you mind if I bring your gel with me to school? My hair
keeps on falling down."
"No problem,
son."
Rukawa wore Sendoh's
school uniform, grabbed Sendoh's basketball uniform then stuffed it in
Sendoh's bag. As Rukawa was walking to school, one of Sendoh's friends,
Koshino, approached him. "Akira, you had a haircut?" Koshino asked.
"Yeah."
Suddenly, a breeze
came and blew most of Rukawa's hair down. "What happened to your spiky
hair? It became soft." Koshino said, touching Rukawa's hair.
"I left my..
uh.. beloved hair gel in Kaede's." Rukawa explained.
"Irresponsible."
Koshino muttered.
~*~
Back to Sendoh,
he woke up a bit late so he immediately grabbed his gel and Rukawa's basketball
uniform then stuffed it inside Rukawa's bag then he wore Rukawa's school
uniform. He immediately rode Rukawa's bike to Shohoku school. "It's nice
to live near a school... you don't need to wake up early."
During class,
the teachers were surprised because Sendoh was participating in class.
"Rukawa, what happened to you that you're participating in class?" one
of the teachers asked.
"I just like
to." Sendoh replied.
During basketball
practice, Sendoh took it seriously and Captain Akagi was amazed. "Rukawa,
if you keep that up, you'll beat Sendoh." Akagi commented.
Suddenly, the
Rukawa fanclub girls came and cheered Sendoh. Sendoh was about to smile
at them but he remembered that Rukawa's not supposed to smile so he just
ignored.
~*~
Rukawa, on the
other hand, tried not to sleep in class. Thank goodness Koshino was there
to poke his back whenever he was about to fall asleep. During basketball
practice, he kept on arranging his hair because it kept on falling down.
"Sendoh, will you stop arranging your hair and be serious?!" Coach Taoka
scolded.
"Sorry, coach!"
Rukawa apologized, cheerfully.
~*~
So, Sendoh and
Rukawa's day was that. After school, they met in a basketball court. "Time
to switch places again." Sendoh informed.
"Sendoh, never
forget your gel cause a normal gel won't hold your hair even if it's this
short." Rukawa said.
Sendoh smiled.
"You know, my hairstyle looks good on you. Plus, you look really, really
nice when you're smiling." Sendoh commented.
Rukawa grinned.
"Better smile from now on..." Rukawa said.
~END~
**DISCLAIMER** I do not own Slam Dunk or any Slam Dunk characters in this fanfiction. They are property of Inoue Takehiko.
Author's Notes: How was it?
*sigh* Yes, I know the story's stupid. But, please, I really want
to know what you think about this story... Anyway, I edited a few wrong
grammars I've spotted in this fic... but, if you find some more, kindly
tell me. (Here's my email: silvertears89@yahoo.com) And, oh yeah! Please
review! Thank you..