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"Kade, did you do something with your hair?" Koike asked, seeing Kade was looking quite different as they sat on their usual roof top.
"I had my hair cut, since it was growing too long" Kade said, his hair was now much shorter and didn't look sloppy and flat but it actually had some volume to it, some parts of his hair carved downwards. "Jeremy took me to this weird place"
"It looks good" Kade said, wishing he had some money to change his hair style.
Zeus had his fur fluffed and it showed, it was softer and didn't look like he had been through mud and rain like usual.
Kade smiled at the compliment, he hadn't been really sure since he had grown so used to seeing his hair so flat and shabby looking before he remembered. "Oh and Jeremy gave me this" taken something out of his pocket.
"He said, he thought I was ready for this"
The object was black and small, it had a small screen.
Koike know what it was but he was convinced his eyes were playing tricks on him.
After all, why would Kade, a person who had never shown any interest in technology have one?
He yelled.
"YOU HAVE A CELLPHONE!"
Ch 10: New changes.
Kade winced at the loud tone, Koike quickly calmed down.
"Sorry about that" Koike said, before smiling. "This is great, we can now contact each other and people don't have to go through me to get to you!"
Kade, assumed whatever was happening was good.
Koike got out his phone and flipped it open and said. "We, still have some free time left until the next class, let me give you, my phone number" he was happy before he realised, Kade was still holding the phone looking like he had no idea, what to do with it.
Koike sighed and said. "Didn't you read the manual?"
"I got this phone before school started, I didn't have time" Kade said.
"Well let me give you a quick tutorial, after all. All phones are similar to one another no matter the designed" Koike said, taking Kade phone and becoming the sensei for once, teaching Kade the joys of having a cell phone.
Kade seemed to be on the verge of interested and terrified, as if, he was fighting one of his own beliefs.
"Kade" Koike suddenly said, mid-way.
"Yes?" Kade said.
Koike looked down at Zeus who was sitting comfortable and eyeing, a tomato slice from Kade lunch and said. "Why is Zeus allowed in the school?" he had been wondering this for a while.
"Well at first the teachers were hesitant" Kade said, "But once, it was proven that Zeus was toilet trained and could be quite in lesson's, they let him be by me"
Isn't this some kind of violation of the school rules? Koike thought, what kind of school allows a Wolf not a dog, but a Wolf, to be within centimetres of their pupils!?
Just than the bell rang.
"Lunch is over already!?" Koike wined, "At least, the school day is almost over" he began walking in the direction of his next class.
"Bye, Koike" Kade said, while Zeus stole the left over, tomato slice from Kade lunch.
#after school#
"The school day is over! And now I can do the things I need doing!" Koike said, as he changed out of his school uniform and into his PE clothes, Kade had gone on a head, after changing lightning fast.
How Kade does it, Koike would love to know.
"Hey, Koike" Izumi said, poking his head through the door.
"Yeah, Caption?" Kade said, finally putting his shorts on.
"Do you know why the coach was so different around Kade when he told you all off?" He said, many of the guys had been wondering about it and hoped, Koike would provide some answer.
Koike mind went back to the yelling and the weird quietness from the coaches voice, than he thought back to all the oddities that he had noted about his friend, as much as he wanted to peep into the tall player's life and find out everything so he could solve the mystery that was Kade.
He would have especially, loved to know about the tattoos on Kade front and back but he wanted Kade to open up to him and tell him, instead of violating his privacy and replied.
"Don't know, I think Kade sensitive to noise" He said, and other things, he mentally added. "Maybe he can't handle a certain level of noise" knowing there was more to it and hoping that Izumi would leave it be.
Izumi seemed to accept it.
For now.
"If that's the case" Izumi said, "We may need to get some special hearing aids to reduce the noise around him especially on the court"
Koike just nodded, full dressed and walked out of the room while Izumi trailed behind, Isiah had met them mid-way to the hall.
When the door was opened, they noticed everyone was gathered around something.
Or someone.
"What's going on?" Koike asked.
"We've got a new manager" one player said, who had blond hair.
Koike rose an eye brow and went to squeeze passed the cluster of players while Kade just looked down since he was the tallest out of them all and Koike had never envied the teenager more than at that moment.
Damn him and his ridiculous height!
They were all gathered around a small girl, she had orange hair and a dotted bow on top and wore a regular tracksuit, she looked flustered at the attention she was getting and finally went to introduce herself.
"H-Hi. My name is Rin Satoko" she bowed. "Nice to meet you."
"She's my junior in training for when I'm gone" Natsumi said, with a smile placing her hand on her junior shoulder. "She shy so play nice" glaring at anyone was dared to look at Rin strangely.
They all nodded quickly except for Kade who just nodded for the sake of it.
"Okay, we've all met her" The coach said, "Now get back to practise"
"Hai, coach" they all said at once, they all didn't notice how Rin eyes were immediately fixed on Kade.
"I wonder where I've seen that girl before" A guy said, something about her tugged at his memory.
"Isn't that Stalk-Chan Supreme?" Isiah said.
STALKER-CHAN SURPREME!? Koike eyes went wide before asking. "Hold on, how do you even know her?"
"Don't you, know?" Isiah said, with a raised eyebrow. "You and Kade are pretty popular with the girls around the school. You both have fan club and several girl stalk you around the school, sometimes up to three."
"HUH!?" Koike said, he had stalkers!?
"At first, you were too scary for people to approach" Isiah continued. "Dude, you seriously scared even the guys but when you started hanging out with Kade, people started to see you weren't really all that bad, on top of your looks, I'll say your rank 8 amongst the boys"
"…..I see…." Koike said, trying not freak out about having several people tailing him without him knowing or realising it. "So what rank is Kade?"
"He's currently battling for third in the school" Izumi said.
THIRD! Koike thought, why the hell was it that high!? "Hold on, why is it that high!?"
"Well, why wouldn't it be?" Izumi said, "He's tall, he's got brains, his an animal lover and he's got looks to match not to mention his personality used to be seen as super weird but girl eventually started to find it cute that he's so clueless about everything."
Are you a judge!? Koike thought.
"We, call her Stalker-chan Supreme, because she's been stalking you guys the longest" Izumi said.
"And how long was that?" Koike dared to ask.
"I think, it's going onto 6 months, now" Isiah said, "but the only reason why, she stalks you guys is because of Kade. It's really not secret that she like him and recently the gap between him and her has been decreasing. Just yesterday she was just a couple of centimetres away from you, the whole day."
Just than Rin summoned up for courage and walked up to Kade.
"So Stalker-chan is finally making contact with her target" Izumi said, "Nice."
"Why are you two, so casual about this!?" Koike couldn't help but say as he just had to sweet drop, he had just found out that he had no privacy in the school, what so ever and those two were talking about this like it was an everyday thing.
Rin, stopped in the front of Kade, who looked confused about why the Manager in training was in front of him while everyone could only hold their breaths.
Rin face was a colour of a tomato and Kade wondered if she was sick.
"K-K-Kade, W-Would you like to H-Have L-Lunch with M-Me T-Tomorrow?" she asked, her voice was a stuttering mess and her face went several shades darker.
Everyone couldn't help but wait to see what Kade reaction would be.
Kade eyes light up like a Christmas tree, he was going to have another friend to have lunch with! He clasped her hands.
"I'll love to Rin-chan!"
HE'S SO HAPPY! Everyone couldn't help but sweat drop, clearly Kade didn't fully understand the situation.
The poor girl fainted.
Kade looked around, troubled, he clearly didn't know what to do.
Had he accidently killer her?
"Kade, she would be fine" Koike said, having read his friends trouble thoughts and Kade couldn't help but relax, as he watched Natsumi drag the girl away.
"Koike, I've got a new friend!" Kade said, obviously happy and Koike couldn't help but feel sorry for Rin.
Of all the people to like, it had to be Kade who was clueless, adorable but clueless.
"So who are we playing?" Koike asked.
Everyone turned to Natsumi who had forgotten that she was supposed to tell them, when they all first came in.
"Sorry" She said, apologising, before she took out a piece of paper from her folder and turned it around for them all to see, the sheet had been updated with the names of all the schools who had been successful so far.
Their eyes were all drawn to the school name and went along the line to a single name.
Tōō Academy.
Those in their second and third year, who were still in the basketball club, couldn't help but review what they saw last year.
They all know they were screwed without Koike and Kade there, there was no contest.
"Coach, are they playing?" Izumi asked, and they all wished desperately that he would say yes, it was the only way they could think of ever winning against such an incredible team, with or without Aomine Daiki.
Everyone turned to the man with the same expression seeing if coach would throw them to dogs without some life insurance.
"….Alright" The coach said, he saw some of the players rejoicing. "However, we won't relay on these two too much. At the start of the game, we'll go without them. This is a good chance to see how our team has grown since last year. We will only include them if we are in some serious trouble"
They all said, nothing.
They all know, that they were already in serious trouble but the question is how long can they keep themselves afloat without crashing and burning?
Zeus gave a whelp, as if he could understand that his owner was finally going to debut in the Basketball world with him by his side.
This was his chance to be glamourous.
Koike grinned.
"Koike, your expression is too scary" Kade pointed out.
"And why aren't you happy?" Koike said, ignoring Kade comment. "This is our chance to finally get on the court and play with the big boys! Our entrance is going to specular, I tell you. Specular!" he started laughing manically and those near him took a step back.
"Can't we just walk in?" Kade said.
"No" Koike shut him down fast before grabbing a hold of Kade and turning him around and said "Now, here's what we'll do. I've got a buddy who could get us the stuff ….."Koike voice was suddenly quite so only those who were close to him could hear.
After a moment, Kade said.
"Koike, that's illegal"
And scene!
Finally finished! I've been having some trouble writing this chapter but I pushed through. Next chapter Willow High Vs Tōō Academy, will they be victorious? Or will they crash and burn so hard that Kade and Koike can do nothing? Review/ Fav and follow! Look forward to next chapter when Kade finally gets to play.