Author's notes: Here is chapter 2, enjoy!

Note: In this chapter, there will be AND1 (Streetball) moves being described. They are moves I found on websites about streetball. Pardon me if there's any mistake of the moves because I don't really play streetball. The names of the moves will be italicized.

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ROUND 2

Hayate Tarumi

2 years have passed since our graduation from Odaiba High and everyone else is finally entering the working world of the adults. I'm currently studying in the university and working as a part-time photographer for the teenage magazine, OASIS. And also, in a week's time, I would be a new teacher at a kindergarten.

Daisuke's been overseas for a year already, attending special courses in hopes of becoming a great chef someday. Catherine is attending a music academy in France and of course, she's bound to be an amazing musician in the future. Takeru has been invited over to America to participate in a major basketball event.

Just when things are going well, I met him…

The bloke walked up and took a pink hairpin from the shelves. He pinned it up on Hikari's hair.

"You look cute with that on," He smiled. "Well, I better get going!" He walked away.

Yes, him.

"My name is Hayate Tarumi! Hope to see you around again!" He waved as he hurried off.

Hayate… Tarumi.

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1 week ago

The young man stood out of the car as he stretched. "Ahh…" He smiled. "Home sweet home!" He put his hands into his pockets and entered the mansion before him. Then, he walked on the carpeted floor all the way into the entrance where he could see two flights of staircases leading up to the second floor of the mansion.

There was a woman with brown hair standing on the second floor, watching the young man with a smile on her face. "It's been a while, hasn't it?"

The young man with silver hair nodded cheerfully. "Tadaima (I'm home)!"

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Yagami residence

"Tadaima!" Hikari said as she took off her shoes. She then made her way into the living room, smelling an aroma from the kitchen. "What's that?" She sniffed, traipsing her way into the kitchen. There, on the table were a plate of roasted chicken and several other dishes. "Whoa!!" She was drooling already.

Taichi went up and smack her on the head as he took a can of soft drink and went into the living room. "You're very noisy, you know that?"

"Who MADE these?" The brunette's eyes were twinkling as she spoke.

"I made those," Taichi said in a lifeless manner. "Me," He smiled and switched on the TV. Hikari jumped out and hugged Taichi from the back as he sat down on the couch.

"I LOVE YOU, BIG BROTHER!!" She had a wide grin on her face.

"Hey! Let go of me!!" Taichi yelled as he struggled with his sister. Just then, it was the news on the sports channel. "AH!" Hikari let go without hesitation, thinking that she injured her brother. Then she looked up and to her surprise, the blonde was on the news.

"…Ta…Takeru." She stared. The surroundings appeared to be in an airport. "He's reached America already…" The brunette picked up a pillow and hugged it as she sat down beside Taichi.

"It appears that Takeru Takaishi, the rising star of the Japan National Basketball Team, has finally arrived in America. Right now, he's on his way to the 17th streets Basketball Indoor Stadium!" A Japanese reporter announced on TV as many other reporters followed behind the blonde. Just then, the camera managed to catch Takeru smiling before the left for the exit.

"How long will you be there?" The brunette asked, followed by a heavy sigh.

"I don't know, maybe a week or two?" The blonde sat down beside Hikari on the bench. He looked at her and smiled. "I will get you a little something from there." He patted her on the head.

"Sure." She grinned. Then, they kept quiet. "You know, I'll miss you."

Takeru stared. He then put his arm over Hikari's shoulders as he said, "Don't be silly, it's only a few weeks."

"I mean it, I will." The brunette nodded. Takeru held Hikari's hand and smiled.

"I promise you, once I get back, we'll go on a date. Nobody else but us."

"Promise?" Hikari held out her little pinky.

"Promise." Takeru nodded as Hikari gave him a big hug.

"Hey," Taichi waved his hand before the brunette. "Hello?" Taichi then grabbed the pillow and smacked his sister right in the face.

"Hey!" The brunette woke up and stared at her brother. "What was that for?"

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Tarumi family

"It's great to have you back," The woman hugged her son. "I was so happy when I first heard that you're returning to Japan!"

"I'm happy to see you too, Mom." Hayate winked.

"I'll go make some food for you," The woman got up. Hayate smiled as he stood up.

"Sure! It's been a while since I last tasted your cooking!" The woman smiled and then walked away. Hayate took a glance of his surroundings, then, he started walking around.

He walked along the corridors and stopped before a room. He looked up and saw a name on the top, 'Satoshi Tarumi'.

He stood before it for a moment as he closed his eyes. Then, he took a deep breath before he held out his hand for the doorknob. Finally, he turned it and opened the door. Before him was a rather huge room. It had blue and white walls with tons of posters paste over it. There were five basketballs hanging beside the window and the posters were all of the famous basketball players in NBA. Hayate then took his first step into the room as he glanced around.

"So they've been cleaning the room eh?" He then walked up to a table. On the table was a photo frame. Slowly, Hayate picked the photo frame up and kept his eyes locked on the photo. On the photo were two boys, both with silver hair. "Nine years…" Hayate muttered.

"Hayate?" The woman called out from the living room. " Hayate?"

The silver-hair put down the photo frame immediately and made his way out of the room. He closed the door fast and went back to the living room. "I'm here." He smiled.

The woman asked. "It's been nine years since you last came home. Let's go for a stroll in the backyard."

Hayate nodded. "Let's go!"

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A week later

The spiky-head carefully slice the fish and cut them into equal pieces. He put down his knife and examined them. "Perfect!" Then a pan went flying on his head from behind. "Ouch!!"

"Bakayaro! (You idiot!) A chef must never feel that his dishes are perfect! He must always look up with higher expectations!" A man with his sushi chef walked up proudly.

"You didn't have to smack me so hard, you old man!" Hayato yelled. Then, the pan flew right into his face again, this time from the front.

"Bakayaro! An apprentice never talks back to his teacher!" The man smacked Hayato from the top.

"Darn it…" The bloke rubbed his head as he tried to get up. "Who's your apprentice? I have basketball… BASKETBALL!" He complained softly.

However, the man continued speaking with Hayato standing behind him. "Hayato, you have to understand. One day, you will take over this small sushi stall and be the chef of this place. That's why you must undergo such harsh trainings in order to become a promising sushi chef! Your father I have went through the same hardships and…"

"Psss!" A hissing came from the windows. Hayato turned and looked around until he saw two hands from the window. "Over here!"

The bloke turned around to look at his father who was still rambling with his stories. He chuckled softly and sneaked all the way to the door. "So long, old man!" He ran out and met with two of his friends. "Bandou and Eiichi! What took you so long?"

"Sorry!" Eiichi apologized. "I had tummy ache on the way so I…"

"Whatever it is, we better leave before his father finds out!" Bandou cut in as the three of them ran as fast as they could and got on their bicycles. Then, they rode off and soon went out of sight.

"… And that's why, Hayato, you must succeed!" The man yelled. "…Hayato?" He turned around and realized that his son was gone. He rushed out and saw the bicycle missing. "OGIWARA HAYATO!" The man shouted in anger.

-- -- --

The city, Basketball court – Falcon Streets 13th

The three boys rode as fast as the wind as they slide their bicycles before a basketball court. "Ho ho! Here we are, Falcon Streets 13th!" Bandou laughed as the boys got off their bikes.

Falcon Streets 13th, the basketball court that was founded in Odaiba two years ago after graduation, is a special court mainly used for streetball. Different players that lived in different parts of Odaiba would come here and play basketball. Ever since then, we've been playing streetball with many different people. This… is our second home!

"Hey," Bandou pulled Hayato. "Look." He pointed to the court. There seemed to be some commotion going on. Just then, Murai came out hastily from the crowd and waved at the three boys.

"Let's go check it out." Hayato said and the three boys rushed up to Murai. "Murai, what's going on?"

"Those four tall guys over there, they came here about and hour ago and started challenging us to streetball. But they had been playing dirty all along, doing dirty tricks on us. Look at Masato!" Murai pointed over to the benches.

"Masato!" Bandou and Eiichi ran up to check on their friend.

"Guys…" The short guy was rubbing his chest.

"What happened?" Bandou asked.

"I was injured… One of those guys elbowed me…" Masato spoke in difficulties.

"Those jerks…" Bandou got up furiously and stomped up to the four outsiders. "Which one of you jerks injured my friend over there?" He glared.

"And who are you?" A baldheaded walked up, snickering. "What's with that disgusting goggles on your head?" The gang laughed as they made fun of Bandou.

"HEY! I WAS ASKING A --- " Hayato held his hand out before Bandou could released his knuckles at the guys.

"We don't have to solve things the hard way," Hayato smiled. He picked up a ball and threw it hard at the tallest guy who had curly hair. "Let's do it the streetball way."

The curly-haired smiled as he stood outside the three-point lane with everyone else getting ready. "This will be a 3-on-3, first team to get 7 points wins the game." Then, he spun the ball and threw it up in the air, signaling the start of the match…

-- -- --

A few minutes later

A black Porsche stopped by the park. The windows lowered as Hayate looked out. " So, this is Falcon Streets…"

-- -- --

"Alright all streetballers! Right now we're having a tight 3-on-3 between Hayato's team and the opponents team who is led by the tall guy over there named Gap!" A skinny guy with a baseball cap came out of nowhere and started commenting. "I am Dennis the commentator!"

Gap was dribbling the ball very low and very fast. Hayato could not keep his eyes off the skilled player. "Right now, we're watching a very close 1-on-1 between Hayato and Gap! What tricks does Gap have up his sleeves?" Dennis commented.

Gap turned his back around and dribbled against Hayato, not giving any chances for Hayato to intercept his ball. "Come on, is that all you got?" Gap teased. Then, the tall guy deliberately dribbled the ball in rather open area by his left and Hayato reaches out for the ball. Gap held the ball up and threw it over their heads and then did some fake dribbling.

Hayato went back to his position and was fooled by the fake dribbling, thinking that Gap still had the ball. Stunned, Gap did a turn as he ran up to the ball and did a dunk. Hayato watched Gap in dumbfounderment. Gap stuck his tongue out and smirked at Hayato.

"Gap has just launched The Paralyzer on Hayato! Streetballers, this match is now 1-0!!" Dennis sounded high as many other streetballers from outside were gathering around.

-- -- --

Hikari was on her way to the kindergarten to report for her first day of work. "Finally, what I've been waiting for."

-- -- --

"Go Hayato!" The crowd cheered. The spike-head was doing tricks with the ball. He dribbled it under his legs back and forth and then between them. Gap was getting up close with Hayato, giving the spike-head no chance of shooting and freestyles. Hayato smirked as he held out the ball and brought it behind Gap's shoulders

Gap turned around, thinking that the ball was behind him. Hayato drew back the ball and Gap turned back in a hurry. However, before Gap could get back in play, Hayato bounced the ball between his legs and ran up to get the ball. The spike-head then went up for a lay-up, making the score even. He walked up to Gap and smirked. "Where u lookin?"

Then, the crowd cheered for Hayato as the game gets hotter and hotter…

-- -- --

About half an hour later

Then, Hikari's phone rang and she answered, "Hello?"

"Hikari? This is Murai!"

"Murai? What's wrong?" Then, Hikari's expressions changed…

-- -- --

The crowd was dispersing as they realized that the situation was worst than they thought. "Darn it!" A spiky-hair yelled as he dropped on the floor. Another boy with goggles on his forehead dropped on his knees as drops of perspiration fell from his chin.

"I can't take this anymore…" The goggle-head groaned as he wept his sweat away.

"Come on… We can't just…" Another big guy collapsed from exhaustion.

"But… But…Oww!" Hayato yelled in pain as a ball hit him from the back. "What the heck was that for?!" He stood up in anger. Before him were 4 huge and tall guys in fanciful basketball jerseys.

"You guys still playing or not?" Gap walked up in unhappiness as he grabbed the spike-head by the collar.

"If you want, you can just get your ass out of here!" A bald guy snickered as he crossed his arms.

"Damn it!" Hayato pulled the hand away as he yelled. "We haven't lost yet!"

"If only Takeru was here…" Bandou muttered.

"What are you saying? We can't always depend on him!" Hayato shouted.

Just then, a brunette ran into the court as she panted. "Hayato! Bandou! Eiichi!" She ran up to them as she checked on their injuries. "What happened?" She gasped in horror.

"Hikari… It's nothing!" Hayato denied as the curly hair ignored him and walked towards the brunette.

"Aren't you a pretty chick?" He touched her on the chin. The brunette swept his hand away in disgust and anger.

"Get away from me! Leave the guys alone!" She yelled back.

The four guys laughed as they heard. "Hey! I like your style!" The baldheaded walked up gleefully.

"Get away from me!" The brunette struggled and screamed. The spike-head got up in desperation as he pulled the bald away and punched him.

"Get away from her, you jerks!" He shouted but was pushed away. "Argh!" He groaned in pain. Three of the guys surrounded him and started kicking him. The curly hair continued to approach the brunette as she retreated.

"Come to me!" He snickered as he grabbed her by the sleeves. "Oww!" He yelled as he turned around. "What the heck…" He saw another guy standing before him. "Who the heck are you?"

"Leave her alone." The guy said as he walked up. He had rather long silver hair as he walked up coolly.

"Shut up and get lost before you get hurt, punk!" The curly hair barked.

Then, the silver-hair stopped. "Mind if I join the game?" He smiled gleefully. Hikari looked up in astonishment as she realized that the silver-hair was the same guy that she met a week ago.

-- -- --

Gap held the ball in his hand and he smirked at Hayate, who was at least one head shorter than him. "You're gonna regret it, shortie."

"Three points, 1-on-1." Hayate smiled and got into defense posture. Gap shook his head and laughed as he started dribbling.

"Hey Gap! Just shoot three balls and finish that guy off!" The bald-headed yelled.

Gap nodded in amusement as he jumped and just as he released the ball into the air, a hand shot out and smacked the ball back. Hayate had smacked the ball away, blocking the shot. The two guys landed on the ground as Gap turned around, not believing that a guy that was one head shorter than him had blocked his shot.

"…He… He blocked that… didn't he?" Bandou muttered.

"He… He did!" Murai jumped up as the guys started cheering for the silver-hair. Only Hayato and Hikari were still seated.

"He sure can jump…" Hayato twitched his eyes as he watched.

Hayate kept quiet and got back into defense posture. Gap took the ball in anger as he continued dribbling. He dribbled back and forth but he could not do anything to Hayate. The silver-hair reached out his hand and intercepted with ease as the game play soon belongs to him.

The silver-hair dribbled the ball fast in random directions, confusing Gap. Then he pulled his hands up, faking Gap and making him think that he had made a shot when he had placed the ball between his butt and his right leg. Then, Hayate took out the ball just before Gap turned back to face him and made a shot. The ball went in. Hayate raised 1 finger and continued the game.

Gap stared in annoyance, as he guarded Hayate even tighter this time. Hayate got close to Gap as he held the ball behind Gap's back and bounced it through both pairs of legs as the ball went back to his right hand behind his back. Gap turned around, thinking that the ball was behind him, and Hayate bounced the ball to the left side as he plant his right foot and spin around Gap. Gap turns back only to realize that Hayate bounced the ball through his legs again with his left hand. Hayate runs up with the ball and did a lay-up.

He then raised two fingers as he picked up the ball and stood before the tall bloke.

"Amazing…" The boys could not stop praising Hayate's skills.

"One more ball to go…" The other three guys were getting worried with Gap on the verge of losing the match. Then, the baldheaded did some hand signs secretly signaling Gap to play dirty.

Hayate started bouncing the ball with his left hand. Then, he rolled it off to the left side. Gap wanted to elbow Hayate and grab the ball but Hayate withdrew the ball with his right hand and did a spin on the spot. He jumped and made a shot as Gap falls to the ground in unbalance. Just as Hayate landed, he started running towards the ball. "Why is he running?" Gap panted as he watched.

The silver-hair ran and jumped up to grab the ball before it reached the rim. Then, he forcefully pushed down the ball through the rim, doing a one-hand dunk on the spot. Everyone else was astonished.

"…He… He just…" Bandou dropped his towel.

"He dunked… HE DUNKED!!" Murai added. Eiichi cheered as the rest of the guys jumped up in happiness.

Hikari was still seated and looking at Hayate, who made her remember Takeru. Hayate wept his sweat away as he walked up to Gap. "3-0, game over."

"…Damn… Damn it!" He got up furiously and got out of the court with his gang. Hayato and gang ran up to Hayate and started cheering for him.

"You were amazing! Who are you?!" Bandou started shooting questions.

"Thank you," The silver-hair felt rather uneasy as he answered. Then, he saw Hikari at the back. He waved. "Yo!"

Until Next Chapter!

A/N: Well, that's the end of the second chapter! Hope you enjoyed the chapter! Read and Review please!