Hey guys, sorry it's taken so long for another chapter but i've been doing other stuff. Anyways here is chapter two, and just letting you know now matches will be changed from cannon. So Touou will not play against Seirin in the first round. As for the pairing of the story i'm not sure honestly. Personally I think the best girl in the anime is Masako Araki the coach from Yosen. Will it be her idk possibly but it could be anyone you suggest. Now that that's out of the way let's get on with it.
-Sunday-
The rays of light manage to get through the small openings in the blinds of the hotel and shine directly in Naruto's face. Having no other choice than to get up he sits up and stretches. Looking around the room he notices that Sasuke is awake and on his laptop.
"How long have you been awake?" Naruto asks
"For about twenty minutes." He responds not looking up from his laptop.
"What are you doing?"
"Watching a video recap of the Spurs game from yesterday. This hotel doesn't get the channel it was on. How do you manage to beat the Warriors then go on to lose to the Hornets?" He asks himself aggravated.
Naruto scoffs hearing that. "They only beat the Warriors because they had an off night. It won't happen again." Let it be known that Naruto and Sasuke root for the best two teams in the NBA. Though they constantly argue who truly is number one. Naruto claims Golden State while Sasuke claims San Antonio.
"Right." Sasuke says sarcastically.
Their mini argument was broken by the sound of Naruto's stomach grumbling. Looking over at the clock the blonde sees that it's nine thirty in the morning.
"When we got here two days ago I saw that the hotel offers complimentary breakfast to the guests. Wanna go get food?" Naruto says already walking over to his bag to fish out some clothes.
Sasuke nods and does the same. Soon enough they were off.
They headed down towards the lobby where just to the right was their cafeteria. Once there, they looked over everything they had to offer and noticed that they had western style breakfast as well.
Last year the school had a trip to America and they loved the food, especially breakfast.
They ended up getting some pancakes, eggs, and some hash browns. The pair went to sit at one of the vacant tables. Naruto sat in a spot with a clear view through the door that leads to the lobby. Sasuke sat opposite of him.
As they were eating Naruto noticed something. Walking into the lobby were a group of people his age. Though from their height and the fact that they had the same type of luggage that he and his team had, he deduced they were also here for the winter cup.
He was about to get back to his food when he saw another person. She had a white long sleeve womens dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up a quarter of the way, black pants, and some white sneakers.
"Who is that?"
"...and that's how it happened." Sasuke finished his story. Not hearing a reply he looks at his friend and notices his attention is else where. Following his line of sight he sees the woman his friend is looking at.
The woman in question looks their way for a brief second before walking away. No noticeable expression on her face. Looking back at Naruto he could clearly see that the blonde had already formed a crush on this woman.
The black haired boy sighs proceeds to crush his friends dreams by pointing out facts.
"Forget it Naruto. She's easily 29 or 30. She's almost double your age. Why can't you find a nice girl your age like the rest of us."
"Come on man, did you see that look she gave me? She's at least interested a little." He defends.
Sasuke shook his head, his friend was seeing what he wanted to see. He remembered to the time when he found out about his friend's preferences in women.
Flashback
They had finally gotten a break after taking an exam. While their sensei went out to do something Naruto and Sasuke were hanging out near the window talking about girls.
"I just don't get it." Started Sasuke "Everybody knows Hinata likes you. All you have to do is ask her out and she'll say yes. People are starting to talk, and not in a good way."
"Let them talk all they want. I just have my eyes on someone else that's all." Naruto replies.
"Who?" Naruto doesn't reply. He looks like he's debating with himself on telling his friend.
"Is she in this class?" Sasuke pushes. He receives a nod in response
He immediately starts looking around the class and mentally crossing off each one.
Not Tenten she's too tomboyish, apparently not Hinata, Temari has a boyfriend, Ino does too, Sakura isn't interested.
"I've gone over every girl in class and none of them are it. The only other girl left is our sen…" He stopped his sentence as he saw the look on his friends face.
"You have a crush on Uzuki-Sensei?"
Flashback End
He remembered how devastated Naruto had been when he found out she had a boyfriend. Sasuke wasn't surprised as he had seen her before with Mr. Gekko.
While he felt bad for the kid he also thought it was a good thing. Naruto's skills improved tremendously during his little funk and only continued to improve. As terrible as it sounded, it was a good thing Naruto ended up sad about it.
"Come on let's go back. Everyone is probably up by now." With that they headed up to their room.
Sasuke had been right. Everyone was awake. It seemed that the entire team was in their room.
"Where were you guys?" Asked Kisame
"Down stairs getting breakfast." Naruto replies. That was all Kisame needed to hear before he started walking to the door, the rest of the team following him. When they opened the door they saw their coach standing there.
"Before you go anywhere, be sure you're back in two hours. I spoke to the hotel Manager and managed to reserve the gym's basketball court for two hours. Do not make me go looking for you." He says narrowing his eyes before going back to his room.
Two hours later everyone was heading down to the gym dressed in their practice clothing. When they finally made it there, the coach was sitting at one of the benches writing some things down in his clipboard.
Hearing us approach he stopped and stood up.
"Good, now that you're all here we can begin. We'll start by doing a warm up. Give me twenty suicides up and down the court." He commanded. Nobody bothered to complain as they'd end up doing more for sure.
After a few minutes they were all panting a bit and taking in large breaths.
They all heard the sounds of a cart getting near and saw that the coach had a small cart filled with the gym's basketballs.
"Everybody come get a ball." While they did that the coach went to one of the storage rooms he was given access to and came back with some cones and proceeded to place them in different parts of the court.
Soon enough there was a line of cones in front of all eight players.
"For the first ten minutes you will be crossing through the legs through each cone. You will cross from right to left and then left to right until you reach the final cone. Once you finish you will return to the beginning and repeat the process but starting with your left hand and so on until i blow the whistle." He ordered. He gave them a second to get ready and blew the whistle.
For ten minutes the team did as they were told and went up and down the cones practicing their dribbling. The sound of the whistle sounded and they stopped and looked at the coach.
Nodding his head satisfied with how they did he spoke. "Good, now you will be doing individual drills focused on your positions. Hoshigaki, you will be working with me on rebounding. Uzumaki, third year, I want you to practice jab step fakes, then cut into the baseline with one or two dribbles before doing a layup.
Tobi, you will have Omoi helping you. I've placed a cone near the wing of the court. You will run to the cone before going back to your original position and quickly shooting. Omoi will be in charge of tossing you the ball. You two will switch roles after one is done.
Uchiha, you and Gaara will also be doing the same drills to begin with. One will dribble with one hand four times before crossing through the legs while the other throws a second ball at you, then you toss it back while still dribbling and move around the three point line.
Uzumaki and Hyuga you two will be working on creating space. I want you to practice your step backs. Uzumaki, I know you can do them well but your shot release could be faster. Any larger player can still stop you. Hyuga, I know you're also good but we need to work on your footwork.
You have your instructions get to work. I'll be walking around monitoring your progress in a bit and will give new drills when I see it fit." He blew the whistle and everybody got to work.
By the time the two hours were up everyone had done at least seven different drills each all meant to improve an area they struggled in or to improve upon a strength.
After everybody went back upstairs they all took their turns showering and were looking forward to just hanging out before having to sleep and go to this new school tomorrow. They heard a knock at their door and saw the coach once again.
"Meet in my room, we're going over some footage of our first opponent and we need to draw up a game plan."
They played the tape. Their opponent was a school called Fukiage. They watched for twenty minutes observing and making a comment here and there about any weaknesses they saw, there were a lot of comments.
Once the tape had ended the coach turned to the team and asked, "So what do you guys think?"
Kisame spoke up first, "They're full of themselves. They focused so much on being flashy and trying to get the spotlight, their defense is almost non existent."
Nagato pitched in next, "I agree. It'll be easy to get some passes through and score. I noticed that they have a tendency to leave the key open. We can use that to our advantage."
"Their point guard also seems to not be aware of his surroundings as much as he should. I noticed he always dribbles the ball close to his right and bounces high. That's why they got the ball stolen so much. If we fake a double team one can steal the ball easily enough." Says Neji.
Everyone agreed with the assessment. "I agree with everything you said." Started Madara "With that in mind we'll run plays that are more pass oriented centering around the key. No need to show more than necessary."
With that everybody was finally able to go to sleep.
The following morning it was about 7:20 when everyone woke up to get ready for school. They all wore their school uniform which consisted of black slacks, a white button up with a black blazer along with a dark green tie.
Most of the boys wore it properly but Kisame and Naruto opted to leave the top unbuttoned along with their blazers opened.
They only took about twenty minutes to get dressed and head out. They listened to their coach's directions and sure enough there were plenty of people in the Touou uniform heading in a specific direction. The only difference in their uniforms was the tie color.
"You'd think that they'd at least try to be discreet if they're going to stare." Says Tobi talking about the Touou students giving them glances.
"It was to be expected" Starts Sasuke "We're from a different school tagging along with them."
"He's right. We just have to put up with it for a few days, until we go back." Says Neji
They walked for another ten minutes before the school building was within view. They walked through the gates and received even more stares. Ignoring them they walk to the administration building to get their homeroom number.
The lady behind the desk looks up upon hearing the door open and eight students walked in. She knew they were the temporary student from Konoha Gakuen.
"We're here for our homeroom." Says Kisame. The others shake their head at the blatant way Kisame said it.
The lady scowled but held her tongue and printed a sheet of paper before placing it on the desk for them to see. Looking over the sheet they spoke,
"Looks like I don't have the same homeroom as any of you guys." Says Naruto
"Omoi, Gaara, and I are in the same class." Says Sasuke
"Kisame and myself are also in the same class." Says Neji
"Tobi and I are in the same class." Says Nagato
"Damn." Says Naruto, he's not going to know anyone in his class. They head out and look for their respective classes. Naruto heads left while the rest go right. Eventually he found it and walked inside, the sensei looked at him with confusion before he remembered the memo.
"You must be the temporary student."
"Yes sir, Uzumaki Naruto." He says. Sensei nods and tells him to take a seat in the back.
He was staring out the window when the class had started and noticed that he was sitting next to some tall guy. Spiky dirty blond hair and scowl on his face.
"Being as tall as he is I'm willing to bet that he's on the basketball team."
The day went on uneventfully. No one talked to him unsurprisingly. This class was a bit behind in math so he had no trouble answering any questions he was asked. After math class it was P.E in which he obviously grabbed a basketball and took some shots.
He made sure to not do anything that would attract attention. He practiced his free throws for a bit before taking some shots from different areas on the court. He made sure to miss a few even on purpose, he was technically on enemy ground. Someone could be watching and they'd lose an element of surprise during the actual tournament.
The rest of the day passed agonizingly slow. With no friends in his classes he was forced to either pay attention or stare out the window. The only form of entertainment he had was thinking of different funny scenarios in class that wouldn't ever occur.
When class was finally over he received a text from his friends asking if he wanted them to wait for him since their classes were near the front of the school. He texted them back to go on ahead and he'll be there quickly.
Throwing his bag over his shoulder he headed out. He had higher expectations for class today but that all flew out the window. On the bright side the winter cup started today and they were finally able to compete.
He got back to the hotel and headed for the elevator, as he neared he noticed someone was inside. It was the lady from the other day. His day had just gotten better, "Now's my chance." He thought to himself.
He got in the elevator and didn't say a word. They started going up and he could hear the little dings every time they passed a floor. He looked at her out of the corner of his eye and she spoke.
"Is there something you need?" She asked in voice which was a combination of annoyed and curious.
"Think." He had a mini flashback from the time he had to proofread one of his godfather's books and remembered a line one of his characters had used that seemed good enough.
He noticed that there was only one floor to go before his so he went for it.
"I was just thinking that I definitely know you from somewhere. I don't think I would've forgotten you." He says as the bell dings and the doors open.
He walks out and continues to his room without looking back.
In the elevator Araki had raised an eyebrow at the young man's statement. "Was he hitting on me?" She thought before the door closed. She didn't know if she should feel flattered or amused.
Back with Naruto he was happy with how that went. But on the other hand "I can't believe i just used one of pervy sage's lines. Hopefully it goes as well as it did in his book."
When he finally got to his room he saw his three roommates watching TV. He decided to join them until it was time to get ready. They had their game plan set up so the only thing left was to wait until it was actually time to go to work.
After two hours there was a knock on the door and the rest of the team along with the coach entered the room.
"All right listen up, our first match is in an hour. Grab your gear and let's head on out."
The team quickly changed into dark green warm up pants with a black line running down the sides along with a matching jacket. On the back it said Konoha Gakuen in Kanji.
They didn't take long to get ready and they made it to Tokyo Gymnasium in good time. They walked through the hallways until they saw the locker room that had their school's name on it.
Walking inside they saw a sizable room with lockers all around. Not needing to be told what to do they all took of their warm up gear and changed into their basketball uniforms.
They were dark green jerseys with black lining around the neck and a thick line down the sides. (Like the boston Jersey's). They all wore the same style shoes that they use for practice only in all black.
"You all know the game plan for tonight. While this team isn't exactly a threat we can't underestimate them either. Just run the plays we went over and you will be fine." Says Madara.
The team nods and heads out to the courts for some warm up shots.
"Enjoy yourself while you can Akashi, because by the end of this week your little undefeated streak will come to an end. And you will be dethroned." Thinks Naruto as he heads out with his team.
That's the end of chapter two. Now as i said in the beginning Araki may not be the pairing but i just couldn't help myself as she's my favorite female in the series and she doesn't get enough time in my opinion. In fact I have a story I wrote about her and our favorite blonde that I just never bothered to put up. Should I upload it? Anyways the school interactions will be better after people witness the first match which will take place next chapter. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns feel free to leave them in a review or a PM. Later.