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Oh crud, forgot the disclaimer, lol: I don't own Bakugan…but wouldn't it be cool if they actually played basketball in the anime?
"So, Dan," started Dan's mom as the family ate at the dining table in the kitchen, "which sport did you decide to join?"
Huh, more like FORCED to join, thought Dan, but he answered anyways. "Basketball," he answered as if it was nothing.
"Nice choice. I used to play that when I was in High School," replied Dan's father.
"Were you good?" asked Dan.
"Not really," laughed Dan's father. "My team lost every game!"
Dan sweat dropped. Gee, I hope that doesn't happen to ME!
~Basketball Brawlers~
Tuesday, during lunch at school…
"Hey, Fabia! Over here!" cried Alice, waving to her best friend, Fabia Sheen.
A girl with long, midnight blue hair, who was at the moment looking around the cafeteria for a place to sit, smiled when she spotted her best friend and walked over to where Alice and the rest of the Brawlers were sitting.
"Sup, Fabia?" asked Dan. "Are you going to be busy this school year?"
Fabia shrugged. "Probably not." Why is he asking me this? Is he asking me on a date? I thought he liked Runo…
"Well, then, how would you like to join basketball?" Dan asked.
Oh, that's why, thought Fabia with a wave of relief washing over her head. She didn't like Dan that way. Heck, she didn't like ANYONE at school that way. Lots of boys wanted to go out with her, but she wasn't interested. Runo, Julie, and Alice would always ask her, "Why?" every time she rejected a boy, and she would always answer, "He's not my type."
"Um, basketball?" Fabia repeated with uncertainty.
"Yeah, Dan wants everyone to join," replied Runo.
"I thought Dan didn't play-" started Chan-Lee, but Shun interrupted her.
"I know, we all thought Dan wasn't interested in sports. But his parents forced him to join, so he's making us to join," explained Shun.
"Well, good luck with that," said Joe. "I was on the team last year, but we barely won any games, thanks to the Gundalians. Those guys are tough!"
"Hey, come to think of it, why don't you join too, Joe?" asked Alice.
"You too, Chan," added Julie.
"Why?" asked Joe and Chan at the same time.
"You said it yourself, Joe," said Runo. "You were on the team last year. You know more than basketball than any of us. You could help us out, since well, hardly any of us know much about basketball, especially Dan here, who didn't even know how many players are needed." She glared at Dan at the last sentence, who in return, gave her a nervous grin.
"But…my team lost…" replied Joe.
"So what?" asked Billy. "You still have a great deal of knowledge about basketball."
"Okay, but why do you want Chan to join?" asked Joe.
"Two reasons," replied Dan. "One, because I want every one of my friends to join. And two, since she's your girlfriend…well…you can figure out the rest."
Chan and Joe blushed a little, but agreed to join.
"Hey, wait a minute," said Jake. "If you want all of your friends to join, how come you didn't invite Julie, Marucho, or me to join? Aren't we your friends too?"
"Dan asked me and Julie yesterday after you left, Jake," explained Marucho. "But Julie told him that she and you are already taking a sport. And I need a lot of time to study for my tests."
"Well, when you put it that way…" replied Jake.
"Hey, Fabia, you still haven't given us your answer yet," said Alice.
Everyone stared at Fabia, making her a little nervous.
"Do I have to?" asked Fabia. "I mean Marucho, Julie, and Jake aren't."
"But they have reasons," Shun pointed out.
"Besides," added Dan, "you don't do anything after school anyway. You always go home early when the bell rings."
Fabia shrugged. "Well I guess it wouldn't be too bad since you guys are joining as well."
"AWESOME!" exclaimed Dan. "So now we've got…uh…how many people?"
"Eight," Runo answered. "Honestly, when are you ever going to learn math correctly?"
"Now we all know why Dan got that F in our last math test," Billy smirked.
Everyone at the table laughed, except for Alice.
"Alice, what's wrong?" asked Shun.
"Remember when I said that the signup sheet will be taken down after lunch today?" asked Alice. "Well…it's…two minutes until the bell rings…"
It was as if that last sentence set off a nuclear bomb. There was chaos everywhere at the table. Shun rapidly threw his text books into his backpack, Dan was quickly scribbling down answers to the last questions of his math homework, Joe, Billy, and Jake shoved their last bits of food into their mouths, Marucho was quickly scanning the pages of his science book to prepare for a quiz, and all the girls were busy cleaning up the table and throwing everyone's garbage into the trash can.
After Alice had tossed her banana peel into the trash can, she glanced at her watch in horror and shouted, "ONE MINUTE!"
Everyone glanced at each other for a split second and then bolted down the school hallway in search for the bulletin board.
"Over here!" yelled Dan as he led the group down the hallway.
They reached the bulletin board just in time to see their P.E. teacher take down the signup sheet for basketball.
"HEY, MR. HARBEN, WAIT!" shouted Dan. (A/N: I just made up that name right at the top of my head, lol)
"Oh, Hi, Dan," said Mr. Harben glancing at the list. "Ah, I see you've signed up for basketball. But I'm afraid we won't be able to play this year, seeing there's not enough-"
"Oh, I think we can!" exclaimed Dan. "These are my friends, and they (well, most of them) want to join basketball too!"
Mr. Harben's face lit up. "Well! Sign your names before I put this signup sheet away!"
Fabia, Joe, and Chan-Lee quickly added their names to the list while Dan was mentally screaming in his head, WHEW! THAT WAS TOO CLOSE!
"Eight people, eh?" asked Mr. Harben as he consulted the list after the last person, which was Chan, had added her name to the list. "I think that's enough to form a team. First practice is tomorrow, right after school, in the gym!"
"Yes, sir!" exclaimed Dan.
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1) I had some spare time, due to the three-day weekend.
2) (And this is the most important reason)
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