Right so I thought... I'll just give you a heads up. My computers broken, so chapters might be late.. Again. Sorry. .
Though.. Good news.. We can finally move on to chapter 7 xD
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x Riaka x
"There just like before. Matches and more matches galore."
"Well lucky us that it's not Aominecchi right."
"What? Yah I guess, but ya gotta remember, its Kuro-kun..."
"Oh. Misdirection, I remember Riakacchi, this will be fun"
"Time for the match then"
The end of the first quarter whistle blew. Meanwhile Momoi stood up on the second floor watching and frowned slightly, she saw be stumble in the faintist way as I landed. She would've messaged someone or two people, to head for Seirin after the match had ended, maybe the person could talk to her about it all. Kise walked over to me and tapped my shoulder as I looked up to him, and smiled at me as I looked confused slightly and headed to the bench with him. Kuroko and Kagami sat with the others, conversing with Aida.
"Um..." I mumbled quietly "W-we may have a slight problemo..." The all looked at me as I averted my gaze nervously. "I..."
"She stumbled..." Kasamatsu mumbled after getting me in the headlock. "I told you not to use formless shots or even streetball Ri."
"I-i'm sorry... Y-yuki-nii." I gripped his arm as he let go, and I gasped for air, before punching his arm gently. "Anyway... I can still play... Just... Gotta calm down.. That's all."
"We'll do a man-to-man defence. Don't mess up." The coach glared at me I gulped.
The whistle blew for the start of the second quarter.
[Second Quarter]
I stood on the court and sorted out my sweat bands, taking a deep breath, my ankle shouldn't play up just for one game right. 'It has to survive these last three quarters. If it doesn't, then coach wont let me play in the next match.' Thinking to myself and gulped a little, as Kobori and Kagami started in the center again. Kobori got the ball once again, as Kasamatsu took the ball and passed it to Hayakawa. As I stood there I took a deep breath, and backed up to Kise. Haya passed it back to Kasamatsu, who passed it to me. I bounced it a little and cursed under my breath quietly, and headed to Seirin's hoop, before being blocked I passed it to Kise, who soon took the shot. Izuki soon grabbed the ball as it hit the floor, and instructed the team, while I turned around I headed straight for our hoop, as Izuki passed to Kuroko who directed it to Hyuga, I cursed slightly under my breath, as he took the shot, and it hitting the ground after going through the hoop. Kasamatsu walked up to me and gently placed his hand on my shoulder.
"Imoto-chan... You need to concentrate.." I looked at him as he smiled. "Only pass, till you get used to running on your ankle again... Okay. Then during practice.. Practice your jumping and shots. Promise me no more streetball till then." His gaze turned serious.
"B-but.. Kasa-nii..."
"No more. Okay." He walked away as I sighed and nodded.
As Kobori passed the ball to Hayakawa, I looked at the people blocking the Kise and growled. 'Probably been told to block Kise and myself. Fuck.' I looked for an opening between the three blocking me, as Haya passed to Kasamatsu, I looked at Hayakawa, and gestured my head towards their hoop, as he made his way down the court, the three people hitching off me and heading to stop them, I would head straight for their hoop, and stopped as Kasamatsu passed me the ball, gulping. I jumped and flung the ball towards the hoop, as Kise got past the people, and dunked the ball into the hoop, making the score :29-39: A ten point difference. I landed on the ground, and stepped back a little, as Aida blinked, wondering why I stumbled. As Kuroko looked at me with Kagami.
"She starting to feel the damage again..." Kagami mumbled to Kuroko as he nodded.
Kise walked up to me as I slapped his hand before walking away. Two of our players blocked Hyuga, as he passed to Izuki, as I blocked him, he then passed to Kagami, swiftly moving pass Izuki, Kise went and blocked Kagami as I headed for the hoop with Kobori. Kagami started a fast drive down the court, with Kise following as I blinked and let out a small 'che' when he passes back to Kuroko. 'They're... Co-ordinating together... This could be trouble.' Thinking to myself, Kuroko directed the ball behind Kise, back to Kagami, as he scores, I cursed as Kobori grabbed the ball and Kasamatsu explained to Kobori that it was trouble now that the two of them are passing to each other, and not Kuroko only passing to the others. This made the point difference lower since the score was now :31-39: I turned to the coach as he was seriously getting pissed off. Kobori passed to Kise, as Kuroko intercepted, Kagami took the ball, passing it back to Kuroko, as Kise, went to intercept it, Kuroko passed to Hyuga, and even though I didn't get there in time, I headed to intercept Hyuga's shot, but he gained three more points, closing the point difference to a 5 with :34-39: I took a deep breath trying not to lose my cool.
Taking the ball, I bounced it, and passed it to Kise, as he would dribble the ball down the court, just to be stopped by Kuroko, they talked a bit as I stood there and gulped, he couldn't go against Kise, he was to weak. Though, as Kise swiftly passed by Kuroko he was stopped by Kagami, and soon, Kuroko would knock the ball from Kise's grip, using the back-tip skill, and Izuki took grasps on the ball, as I headed straight for him, though once again the team scored, with the help of Izuki, gaining the points.
"Riaka! Keep your cool!" I turned around to Moriyama and nodded a little. As I headed back towards Kise, after Kasa passed the ball. Passing the ball to Kise, he was stopped by Kuroko again, and as he went to shoot a three pointer, Kagami had used Kuroko, to intercept the shot, which caused me to growl, if Kuroko was any weaker, Kagami would've crushed the poor teen. Kagami goes to make a fast break, as Kise spun round, he would've smacked Kuroko and out of instinc I ran over to Kuroko with Hyuga and Kagami, helping him up. I didn't care what any of the others said. Momoi stood horrified at what had happened to 'her' Tetsu.
"Tetsu.. You okay?" I asked worried holding his arm to keep him steady and let go as he nodded, but soon fell over. "Tetsu!"
I looked round at Kise, as he frowned trembling a little. Meanwhile Midorima and Takao, made their way to Kaijou using a rear car, and due to Midorima and his obssesion on horoscopes and fortunes, it was gauranteed that they were going to be late to the match. If lucky they would probably make it just before the end.
The last two quarters were fast paced like the first quarter, and I had to admitt it was straining my ankle harder than it already hurt. Hyuga would dribble, and sometimes I would intercept his shots but other times it would've been Kobori or Hayakawa, maybe Kasamatsu soemtimes. Before I could even take in what was going on fully, the score was already :48-52: The coach was even more pissed off during this quarter than the second quarter. It was only a four point difference. Hyuga kept scoring and it was starting to irritate me, we hardly got the ball, Kise wasn't tired at all, I was worried about my ankle, Kuroko and the results on this game. All this had left me standing at the side of the court panting, my ankle was hurting, and I couldn't concentrate properly.
Momoi was standing in the stands worried. Before long it was :68-74: six point difference, but it was still to small off a point difference, and I stood there wiping the sweat from my head, going straight towards Hyuga, I got a few shots in my it I would stumbled whenever I landed, the pain was seriously starting to get to me. Even Kagami was noticing. After a few more seconds of the third quarter I looked at Aida as she was trying to stop Kuroko from joining again. Though it failed, but if she didn't feel Kuroko was in a better condition, she was going to take him out of the game, and he agreed, resonable decision. I stood there next to Kise, as he walked over to Kagami.
"Kise.. This is really starting to take a toll on my ankle.. We've got to finish it up." Kise looked at me worried as I gripped the side of my shorts. "I don't want to leave the rest of the games up to you and Kasamatsu... I want to help, but if I'm taking out of the last quarter I can garuentee coach won't let me play in anymore games."
"What are you saying Riakacchi. If it's hurting then swap out with Moriyama-san." I shook my head as he sighed and rubbed the back of his neck. "You so stubborn. Try and take it easy. I don't want you collapsing like last time." I nodded and punched his arm gently, heading back to my spot but stopped.
"Oh Kise.. This is between you and me. Got it." He nodded as I smiled.
Once again it was more fast pace movement, Hyuga had scored again, then it was Kise scoring for us. I looked carefully as Mitobe passed to Kuroko, as I went to intercept it, he directed it to Kagami as I cursed and 'tch'-ed again, before heading after Kagami, going to stop his shot, I stopped as he flung it into the hoop. I stood there panting. 'Bakaiga! Bakaiga! Kusogami!' I clenched my fists, as Kuroko directed the ball to Hyuga after I had passed it back to Kasamatsu, and Izuki had knocked it, towards Kuroko, which meant Hyuga could score again taking the score from what was :80-82: making us tie with :82-82: I stood there and trembled, as Kise looked shocked. Himuro was right, Kagami has gotten a lot stronger... Since our last one-on-one match during Junior High. I turned to Kise as his face was covered by his fringe and gulped a little. He was pissed off. Kasamatsu shouted at him, passing him the ball as, he soon passed Kuroko in a flash, while Kuroko attempted a back tip, he had swapped the ball to his other hand, and slamdunked. I let that breath I was holding it out, and smiled panting a little still, as he told them that he wouldn't lose to anyone.
I passed the ball to Kasamatsu, as he passed it to Kise, after Mitobe tried to stop him by blocking, Kise had the ball, but everything was going so fast my eyes were struggling I was getting tired. Kagami soon scored, as well as Kise making the score :91-93: after it being :82-84: I gulped two point difference, this was starting to get really bothersome, and it was tiring us all out. Kuroko misdirected a bit more, and Hyuga score. After that practically nearly everyone scored it was kind of funny, though I stumbled pretty badly, but Kise quickly covered it up by standing behind me, so I fell against him. Mumbling thanks, the score changed and we were tying again. :98-98: Both of us growled and stood up as Kuroko and Kagami looked at us.
Kasamatsu went to shoot, after Hayakawa had passed him the ball, which only lead to Kagami intercepting it, by blocking his shot. Then Hyuga passed to Kagami, though I noticed before Kasamatsu went to shoot, Kuroko had stopped to talk to Kagami and they were planning something, looking at the time it was either another alley-opp or something like that or a buzzer beater, but they were pretty difficult to do, and Kagami had only actually successfully achieved a buzzer beater a few times in his life. Kise went to block Kagami, though Kagami passed to Kuroko, we all knew Kuroko couldn't score, but he still shot for the hoop, as Kagami headed for the ball jumping, Kise jumped at the same time.
I gulped alittle. As they all thought it was an Alley-oop, but I was right... It wasn't an Alley-oop.
He's still climbing? How far will he go? We jumped at the same, but I'm falling first. How can you stay in the air so long? Kise thought to himself, as Kagami announced it was over.
"It's.. A.. B-buzzer Beater." The buzzer rang announcing the end of the match, as I fell and Kasamatsu ran over to me. I was tired, and my ankle hurt, I probably strained it too much again. It was a bad idea to play, wish I listened to the coach more often. Hayakawa and Moriyama helped me to my feet, as Kasamatsu went to sort out Kise. He... Was crying. We never lost once, and.. Kagami beat us. I looked at Kagami as he stood with Kuroko and the others, and let out a silent chuckle. 'He has grown stronger... Your right Tats.' I walked over to bench as Kobori sorted out my ankle for me. Kasamatsu had kicked Kise for crying, no surprises.
Kise would turn the tap of the fountains off, after the match, probably to call himself off. I headed over there to find Kise, for Kasamatsu. Though stopped when I heard someone talking. Sounded familiar by who.
"Gemini horoscope predicted terrible luck for you today, but I didn't think you'd actually lose."
"You came to watch, Midorimacchi."
'Midorima..? What?'
"Either way it was an unfourtante game. Even a monkey could have managed those dunks. It's no wonder fate didn't choose your side."
I walked from the underpart of the bridge and stood there blinking a little as they looked round at me. "Frog...?" I limped a little and stood next to Kise. We both grinned. "I haven't seen you since middle school." Both mumbling together. "It's good to see you again." He groaned at the nickname I gave him as I let out a soft chuckle, when he pushed his glasses up.
"I see you haven't stopped taping your fingers." Kise mumbled as I blinked.
'He still does that... What an idiot.'
"Anyway, who cares if I dunk. As long as it goes in?" Kise sighed, leaning against the fountains as I sighed and washed my faces before, pushing him out of the way, and hopping onto the flat surface, sitting on the top, dangling my legs over the edge.
"That's why you're no good. Getting the ball in crom up close is easy. Getting it in from far away has true value."
'Only because you can shoot from afar.. Baka!'
"Didn't anyone ever teach you to "do the likeliest and god will do the best"? Optional effort makes you worthy of fate's grace. I always do my best, and I always keep the Oha-Asa horoscopes lucky item on me." He holds up the toy green fron as I grinned and smirked at him.
"Frog... It's your little brother." I pointed at the frog in his hand.
"By the way, today's item is a toy frog." He ignored me completely and I layed back on the flat surface and groaned, before sitting up and looking at Kise, then back to the green haired idiot in front of us. "That is why, my shots never miss."
"I never understood that last part. This is the Kiseki no Sedai's number one shooter." Kise thought to himself with a confused look on his face, that made me giggle.
'Midorima Shintarou. aka, Frog.' I thought to myself while snickering.
"Shouldn't you be talking to Kurokocchi, instead of me?" I nodded agreeing with him then looked at Kise.
'The bastard forgot about me!
"There's no need." We both looked round and blinked before giving him another confused look, as he continued. "B Blood types like myself and A blood types like him, never get along." He sighed a little. "I not only acknowledge his style, but respect it."
'You better you frog faced green hair-' I was cut of as he continued, mumbling under my breath.
"I cannot accept that his decision to attend an obscure school like Seirin. I simply came because well play them in the divisions preliminaries."
"But honestly, they're not good enough."
"Umm.. They just beat us Kise-kun... By two points yeah but still.. They beat two of the Kiseki no Sedai."
We were all cut off from shouting and a kid driving up from the school gates with a rear car, as much as I tried to hold my laughter in I couldn't and fell of the fountains platform, just for Kise to catch me. Thanking him while laughing still. It was just to funny not to laugh at.
"MIDORIMA YOU BASTARD!" He was fuming, and I was pissing myself with laughter. "You left me alone in the middle of traffic! Do you know how embarrassing that is?!"
'Oh my days... This is just to histerical!' I thought to myself some of the words escaped my mouth like 'histerical' and 'oh my' while he still fumed at Midorima.
"I just came to watch teh game today. But allow me to apologize. There is no way we'll loose to Seirin. I regret to tell you that you should give up on revenge." I stopped my laughter and scowled at his comment as Kise frowned a little while he left and Seirin left the school grounds, Kuroko checking his head, which lead me to frown myself.
After the confrontation with Midorima I started to head towards the gates, and looked up seeing Aomine standing there and blinked slightly. Before looking round and gulped. He had the same lazy posture by his expression wasn't happy. 'I know Momoi was at the game and all, but she better not have told this idiot about my ankle... I'll kill her if she did. God sometimes I hate her.' I started walking as he walked next to me, it felt seriously awkward. "She told me Ria-chan." He mumbled breaking the silence that had risen between us.
"Don't call me that Aomine." I frowned and sighed thinking to myself. 'Next time I see that girl.. She is dead.' I gripped the handles of my bag, and gulped quietly. "I guess... You skipped out on practice like always."
"Yup. Momoi told me to head straight down here, to knock some sense into you about playing games... Blah blah blah." He yawned as I couldn't help by chuckle quietly.
"Figures. Why don't you ever go to practice." I held my hand up to stop him from answering. "Wait. Stupid question. It's because there is no one strong to go against right?" He stayed quiet as I sighed and smiled. "Thought as much."
"You lost to Tetsu right."
"Don't remind me."
"She said meet her at Maji's."
"I'll pass. I'm heading for the courts."
"You know she will just get pissed. Ria."
I stopped and glared at him. "I told you not to call me that!"
"Well I'm not going to call you by your last name.. It's to long. Ribaka."
"Shut up! Ahomine."
I sighed and frowned. Walking with him to Maji's instead of the courts, I need to eat, I need to sit down. I didn't need fights or Momoi asking me so many questions. I wish he was never waiting at the gates, honestly, why did she get him of all the ones she knew.
"You know.." I mumbled as he looked at me, after I broke the second lot of silence. "One of Satsu's mates told me to stop being so full of myself. After Momoi mentioned something about you liking me.. Probably because I was the only one who could just keep up with you during practice."
"Mmh. We have the same way of playing." He mumbled as I sighed and looked up. "Though... You are stubborn."
"Thanks.. Not like I've been told that before."
"Momoi said you slapped Kise's hand away... After he tried to help you."
"So?" I looked at him with a confused look. "I was able to stand on my own to feet, I didn't need him."
"That's your problem. You care for others more than yourself Ria."
I shoved him softly and smiled. As he shoved me back. "Sorry.. I don't me to be so protective of what friends I have... Ahomine." When we reached Maji's i stopped to see Momoi with her friends again, softly growling under my breath. "Maybe you should start going to practice... I mean.. Come on. If you don't yer just gonna get rusty." There's the american.
"Your american is showing."
"Shuttap! Baka." He smirked as I growled and punched him. He rubbed his arm a little as Momoi just laughed looking round at us. "By the way.. You owe me an ice-cream."
"What.. Why?"
"Because I helped you that one time... When Tetsu shoved his down your shirt... I was in so much trouble, because I came back all sticky." He grumbled as I smiled, then turned to him, pouting a little as he looked at me then averted his gaze, gulping a little.
"F-fine..."
"Thank you Daiki~" I chimed as we reached Momoi.
"How's your ankle Ri-chan?" I nodded as she hugged me tightly.
"I-it's fine.. Honestly. Don't worry." I stood there as she let go.
"And.. Tets-kun...?" She asked worried as I shrugged, frowning.
"Still need to hit Ryou.. For that..." Momoi shoved me as I raised my hands and laughed. "I'm kidding.. Sheesh.. But this idiot would kill Kise..." I pointed to Aomine who once again just grumbled.
"So.. You're Riaka..?" I turned to face the girl and nodded staying quiet. "I wonder... Are you really as good as they say." I blinked and looked at Momoi then back at the girl.
"Sorry.. But... What the hell're you talking 'bout.. And if you don't mind.. I was kinda having a conversation with Satsuki." I asked with a confused look as she looked at me.
"You're... Not from Japan are you."
"What's it to you?" I frowned. "I don't think.. My brithplace, has anythin' to do with a stuck up bitch, like yourself." Aomine covered my mouth as Momoi apologized to her friend. I growled, blushing a little.
"I heard from Himuro.." I glared at her. "You know.. I got to the same school as him." Clenching, my fists a little. "Is he still in hospital.. Such a pity." Aomine let go of me. "Apparently you used to have a crush on him... Sucks fo-" as I soon backhanded her, as Momoi gasped a little from the red print forming on her friends face.
"S-sorry..." I held my hand close to me, and trembled. "I sh-should get back." Walking away, Momoi looked towards Aomine as if to say go after her.
I stopped on the corner from Kagami's house, and turned to Aomine and sighs. Trembling still. He would forcefully pull me into a hug, which caused me to blush a heck of a lot, as I still trembled, though soon squirmed out of the hug and stood there looking away, since my face was so red, from being so close to him. "I-i.. Gotta go... Sorry." I would walk off before looking round at him and smiled. "Thanks.. Dai... You still owe me that Ice-cream though." He growled a little at the last part but smirked, and waved a bit, as I turned the corner, then he headed back to get Momoi.
I ran up the steps to Kagami's apartment, walked straight in, sliding down the door, as he walked out of the main room and looked at me. I was exahausted. He walked over and helped me up, and dragged me to the couch, as we both sat down, I would fall to the side laying my head on the arm of the couch as he looked at me.
"You gonna tell me what happened?"
"I ran into the girl again... The one that said I shouldn't be so full of myself."
"What about her?"
"She brought up about Tats-kun being in hospital, as well as that crush I had on him. Either Tats told or someone else did." I frowned and sighed.
"How's your ankle."
"Hurts. I'm staying here again."
"Don't fall asleep on me.. I'm a concrete floor remember."
"Bakaiga.. I'll try not to." Smiling I looked at him. "Anyway.. Yer like my brother... Nothing else."
He smirked as I sat back up, and leaned against him, lifting my feet, and throwing them over the edge of the couch, falling asleep as he just sat there again bored, staring at a screen, like nothing was happening until he fell asleep as well.