I do not own Slam Dunk or its characters. They belong to Takehiko Inoue. I only own Hikaru Izumi and some other minor characters not found in the manga or anime.

Chapter 1

"Aya-chaaaan!"

"Hurry, or we'll be late"

"I'm sorry. I had this amazing dream that's why I woke up late"

"It's your first day of junior high. You don't want to make a bad impression now, do you?"

Hikaru Izumi, Height: 148cm. Age: 12 running 13.

Hikaru put on her shoes clumsily and followed her big sister out. She was entering Tomigaoka Junior High with her big sis Ayako. Ayako was a basketball fangirl while Hikaru stuck with her baseball. She could never understand why her sister loved that orange ball and how people dribbled and tossed it around.

"Aya-chan, are the people in your junior high nice?" asked the young and curious Hikaru

"Depends if they'll like you or not" Ayako laughed in reply. Her little sister looked worried. "But don't worry. I'm sure you'll be fine. They've got a baseball team for boys and for girls too"

Hikaru's eyes widened and brightened upon hearing this. She knew the first club she'd join.

Now Hikaru's baseball skills were not exceptional but she wasn't too bad. She had only started about a year ago and now she wanted to push through with the sport.

In Tomigaoka Junior High…

"You'll find room 1 class 5 easily. That was my room last year too" Ayako instructed her sister and went on to her floor.

Hikaru was nervous now that she was alone. Will I make friends? She thought to herself as she arrived at her classroom's doorstep. Inside, there were still only a few students on their seats and Hikaru made her way to the back seat, leaving the chair beside the window empty. No distractions… After a while, a black-haired boy with pale skin arrived. He looked really sleepy as he slumped on the seat by Hikaru's left; the seat she left empty. And before she could say a word, he fell asleep on his table.

The boy slept for the most part until waking up when his name was called for attendance.

"Kaede Rukawa, are you here?" the teacher called

"Present" the boy replied sleepily, yawning as well. He didn't hear anybody else's name earlier for he was asleep. He scanned the room full of students and saw the girl on his right. She had shoulder-length black hair and pale-ish skin as well.

Hikaru did well in her academics but not well enough to make some friends of her own. Every lunch hour, she'd spend her time sitting under the shade of the school's rooftop without anyone bothering her at all. She had the same lunch for two weeks now (rice, boiled eggs with sushi and wasabi) inside her bento. One Tuesday morning, she sat in her sanctuary and gazed at the clear blue sky with her bento on her lap. Today was the day she'd try out for the girls' baseball team. Fingers crossed, and a hope high, Hikaru ate her lunch to fuel her for later's tryouts.

Unknowingly, she fell asleep in the middle of her lunch….

Scrunching her eyes and stretching her back, Hikaru woke up. Was her vision playing with her or was there really someone in front of her. She squinted for a bit and rubbed her eyes. Nope, there really was someone there. A boy sat just across her, elbows on his crossed legs and chin resting on his palms.

"You've been asleep for half an hour and you didn't finish your lunch" the boy spoke in a low, lazy voice.

"Ru-Rukawa-kun? How did you find me here?" Hikaru asked, straightening her back

"Do'aho, I wasn't looking for you. I just happen to sneak up here to get a nap"

A visible vein emerged from Hikaru's forehead. Do'aho? You dare call me a do'aho?! She screamed inside her head. Steam was coming from her head.

The boy stood up and Hikaru realized how tall he was, for a twelve-year old. From then on, she envied his height and worked hard to be nearly as tall as him. Suddenly, the silence was broken by a sound. The sound of stomach grumbling… It was Kaede's grumbling stomach.

"Pfff…" Hikaru tried hard to hold her laugh. "You haven't eaten lunch yet, have you?" She smiled.

Kaede ignored her comment and headed for the door but Hikaru stopped him halfway.

"I can't finish my lunch. Here, you eat it" she smiled, handing him her bento. He could see that she had only eaten half of its contents but he was too shy to accept help.

"Stop insulting me. I'm not hungry" was all he replied.

She grabbed his hand and placed the bento upon it. "It's a friendly gesture. Try to tell the difference" With that, she headed for the door and left Kaede all alone. He stared at the half-eaten lunch consisting of rice, boiled egg and sushi with a bit of wasabi left. Do'aho…

so far, still not that interesting... but hope you guys will keep posted. Promise to try to make it more interesting :)

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