As the game starts, many teams were paired up. Everybody was pumped but Tomoko middle school and Sejii Mitarashi middle school were pumped up the most. Why were they pumped up the most, because the two captains had a rivalry going on.
The team that got paired up to play first was.
(I'm making up the names, so if it ain't Japanese don't fuss about it?
Section A, Gym 1
Tomoko middle school vs Sammimate middle school
Roland middle school vs Sierra Park middle school
Eagle Rock M.S vs 9th Street M.S
Section B, Gym 2
Sejii Mitarashi vs Mizuki Middle School
Frenshmont middle school vs Moda M.s
As the teams got paired up, Mikan had thought of a plan to defear Sammimate Middle School,
'Mmmm.. so it's Sammimate Middle school, I heard they got a strong defensive, it's going to be tough to score. I think I should tell the rest to fake it out and shoot.'
Mikan starts to head towards her teammates. She was very excited to lead her team to the finals again. Sure they can reach the finals but who said they were easy? The game with Sudani middle school was not easy. In fact they were a tough team, a team that had win They were so close of beating the other team. The score was 56-54.
Flashback
Mikan sweats dropped onto the floor and created a splash.
It was the final quater and Tomoko middle school was down by two points. They had possession of the ball. Just as Mikan dribbles the ball to the opposite court, someone sneaked up on her and tried to steal the ball. But that was what the other team, Sudani middle school, tried to attempt. Luckily, Mikan had fallen for their trick. Mikan had dodged the attempt to steal the ball but she wasn't able to keep the ball longer. She was then stolen by Sudani captain, Tsubasa. He had charged toward her while she dodged the other member of Sudani team.
"Hahahaha! You should learn how to keep the ball longer. How are you the captain of Tomoko Middle School?" Tsubasa is now in possession of the ball. He then ran and dribble the ball back to their court, the opposite side of where Mikan was heading.
"Ughhh!! You just got lucky!" Mikan was now furious and is racing back to the opposite side of the court to attempt to steal the ball.
"What do you mean lucky? It's called skills. Do you need me to spell it to you. It's called S-K-I-L-L-S!" Tsubasa had teased the woman captain.
There plans was to waste the clock down. Yes of course, they barely had like what, 10 seconds left in the final quater. Mikan was not awared that the time wasbeing wasted. Why, because she was furious of Tsubasa, He was teasing her.
"Mikan, stop being foolish and get serious, we have 10 seconds left to steal the ball. You know were racing against the clock." Kutso decided to knock some sense into Mikan.
He too was racing back to get the ball. Tsubasa was a tough opponent. He was an all- around player. He can run, shoot, and dribble. He was a defensive, shooting, passing, running, and a point guard. Many people had come to the final to scout him to their own high school.
"Omg! Your right" Mikan who was know snapped out of her own world and began to raced toward Tsuabasa. She was now behind him and was ready to steal the ball.
Mikan was an amazingly basketball player too. She to can do all that Tsubasa can do. She can run, shoot, dribble too. But she was not nearly at the level of Tsubasa. She was always attempting to try to beat him or at least achieve his level. She was trying nope, she was striving to be better than him.
The clock was ticking it was now 6- 5-4. Mikan didn't care about the clock but who was trying desperately to steal the ball from Tsubasa. The clock was ticking 3-2. Mikan had caught up with Tsubasa. Just was she tried to swipe the ball awayf from him, the buzzer clock was now at 1-0. The buzzer had buzzed and now the game was over. She was this close to steal the ball from him. Stupid clock, can't it be slow. She was this close of winning the championship but no there wasn't enough time left.
Just as the buzzer rang, Mikan had ran back to her team. She than faced them and said,
"I can't believe we lost. We were so close. I'm sorry I'm not fast enough."
"Pshht, yeah you were slow." Kusto was furious. He was never a good loser, so the thought of losing disgusted him.
Mikan eyes had bulged. Her eyes reddened, and it became watery. You can tell she was almost crying. But no one noticed because she was a fighter and a fighter fights, right!
"Pfft. Kutso, what makes you think you can do better. You ran frigging slow! I swear were you even trying to steal the ball or what?" Ami had sided with Mikan. She was of course not a sore loser but she too hated losing. But she can never blame Mikan for she was one of Mikan good friends.
"Yeah, yeah! Whatever, we'll just beat them back next year." Kutso had stopped the stupid arguments. If he had argued back like any ordinary person, things would've just gone crazy.
"Aw! Group Hug!" Mikan was now relieved. She was not a sore loser. She wasn't raised like that. She was a good captain and always have sportsmanship.
All the teammate had gather up to hug each other. After hugging, they now went separate ways. Just as Mikan was heading out of the gym, Tsubasa had spotter her. He decided to rub their victiory in Mikan face.
"Who lost now, huh? I was looking forward to a challenge but I guess you weren't one" Tsubasa had bragged about their victory.
He was walking along with Sakura who was heading out of the gym. He had a crush on Mikan but was never good at telling her. Of course falling with a rival who was on the opposite team was bad. And it was his final years before he starts as a freshman in high school. The best way he could express his feeling to Mikan was in a basketball game. When he's playing a game against Mikan, he really gets into the game.
"Well you know what. I'm not a loser right now am I. I can easily handle any braggin coming from you." Mikan had proclaimed.
They were now at Main Street. One more block and it was home for Mikan. Mikan had lived in a nice neighborhood. It was peaceful and quiet. She had loved the quietness because she can actually think of ways to form plays.
"Oh come on it wasn't that bad playing against my team. It's not a bad loss! You guys were the first team to be this close to us." Tsubasa had tried to calm down Mikan. But who said he was ever smooth?
"See your doing it again! Your bragging and I hate braggers." Mikan said coldy.
She than arrived at her house, she had walked up to the main entrance. She was now at her porch. Just as she went through the doors, Mikan yelled,
"If you can't stop bragging you can't ever get a date with any girl." She began to smirk. There was Tsubasa who stood there paralyzed. He was just about to confess but he just made her more angrier at him. Smooth Tsubasa, just Smooth.
End of flash back.
Mikan team was called to face against Sammimate.
(I'm just going to skip all these matches and head to the match of Tomoko vs Sejii Mitarashi)
"I see both team actually made it to the finals." Natsume had declared.
Well he actually knew that both teams would end up in the finals. Sejii Mitarashi is a school with an amazingly great basketball team. But having discovered that Tomoko middle school was a team who had gradually gotten close to beat Sudani.
Natsume still remembered their captain Tsubasa, but let's talk about that in the future chapters. Natsume knew that Tsubasa was a great, no fantastic basketball player. He was scouted into Adams High school, whose school always win at the National championship for basketball school. If there team came close to Tsubasa team than they must be a tough team to beat.
"I guess huh! But I never had a doubt that my team wouldn't make it into the finals" Mikan who came up to the court to face Natsume.
"So I heard you came close to beaten Sudani middle school." Natsume had replied.
He then began face to face with Mikan. Those two were in their own worlds. They hadn't notice that their eyes began to glisten, their aura appeared, and basicly they were yelling at each whose team was better.
"So I guess you heard, eh?" Mikan began to smirk,
So he finally recongnised that her team was rough. It was a wonderful feeling Mikan had felt. She likes to be recongnised.
The refree began to whistle to signale that the game was about to start. The two captain faced each other. It was a jump off and Mikan had received the ball for her team. She threw the ball to Kutso who was as the free throw lign. Just as she threw it, a spikey blonde hair appeared before them and stole the ball.
"Ruka great job! I knew you were going to steal it!" Natsume yelled who was at half court.
Ruka who has the ball threw it all the way to half court, for Natsume to receive it.
Mikan, who is amazed of how the blonde boy had cut in between the pass that Mikan had threw to Kutso.
'So, his name is Ruka eh? Well at least it'll be more interesting.' Mikan had thought.
She then raced toward Natsume who was at the half court line. Natsume was flabbergasted of how incredible Mikan speed was. It was no joke that they almost beat Sudani middle school.
'Well I guess it's time to show them what I'm made of!' Nastume thought to himself as he dribbled the ball to the basket.
Mikan than arrived their to block Natsume. The next thing Natsume did had surprised Mikan the most was a slam dunk. The basket went "swoosh" as he made the shot.
'So your not bad youself. I guess your really all- talk. But who said I don't have anything up my sleeves.' Mikan had thought to herself.
Sejii Mitarashi Middle School has now scored two points. And the score now is 2-0 with Sejii Mitarashi leading. It was now Tomoko middle school turn to take out the ball. Ami had passed the ball to Mikan. Luckily Ruka wasn't there to cut it in. She then dribble the ball all the way to her court. Of course it wasn't easy passing the opponent because they had great defensive skills.
She than met up with Natsume who was now guarding her. As Natsume came forward, who was attempting to steal the ball from Mikan, Mikan had faked left. As she dirbbled and dribbled, She threw the ball up at the basketbabut missed because it had hit the board. Natsume smirked because who would've missed that easy shot. Of course it was an easy shot, it was at the basket. But all the teammates of Mikan knew what she was heading for. So they weren't surprised that she missed the ball. She was in the air rebounding the ball. Just as she lands, she threw the ball into the the basket. The name of this style is called the 'ALEUT'!
Mikan smirked because they didn't know that she was capable of doing that.
Natsume started gawking at the outrageous move she pulled. Yes of course he'd seen it on t.v but never in person. It takes a pro to actually accomplish the technique. But for a mere middle schooler to actuall pull it off. It was simply fantastic.
The crowd was going crazy of Mikan move.
The crowd wanted more from Mikan so they decided to chant, 'Mikan,Mikan,Mikan!'
Mikan had ran passed Natsume and said, " I bet you didn't see that coming did you."
Natsume stood there still shock by the move she pulled off. Ruka came over and patted Natsume on the shoulder. Natsume was out of his own world when Ruka patted him.
"Never expect her to pull off something like that. Well you don't ever see that from a girl. That just why she is the captain of Tomoko middle school." Ruka who was just complementing the female captain.
Now things became very interesting. Things began to heat up after that little play from Mikan. It was now the final quarter and Mikan team was ahead of Natsume by 2 points. The score is now 56-58. All they palyers were worn out from the very competitive game, The clock was ticking and it was now 5-4-3-2-1. The winner of the tournament is Tomoko middle school.
Mikan was happy that she won, Natsume is feeling like a loser, Ruka who is know worn out because it was a tough match, and Kutso who was very ecstatic because they won, and Ami who just as ecstatic as Kutso.
The game was finally over and Mikan was heading home. Just as she arrived at her home, Mikan began to sit down on the sofa and play video games. In came her father who had news for them.
"Guess what?" Mikan father asked the family.
Mikan family was now shocked. He didn't do anything stupid as mistaking a guy as a girl right or was it that he finally gave up on finding his 70's disco skates. The 70's disco skate was hidden at the very end corner in the dusty, dark basement.
"You didn't mistaken a guy as a girl right? Remember last time" Mikan had asked
"It's not my fault I went to an appropriate club that let guys like guys" Mikan father tried to forget that incident.
"Then you finally gave up on finding your disco skate right?" Mikand asked as she stood up. She was the one who hid the skates away from her father. No way in life is she going to let her father go near that skate.
" Nope!" Mikan father had replied.
"I'm getting promoted and that means were going to move. Mikan your going to a new school." Mikan father who is now jumping up and down.
"Yah! Were going to move and go to a new what! What do you mean were moving" Mikan who was outrage by there father proclaiming that there moving.
Bacaforeva: HEHEHEHHEHEE.. how's it so far?
