A/n: As usual, expect a lot of OOCs in this chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own Slam Dunk at all.
Ice Queen
Chapter 11
Dinner, the next day...
Amyza and Rukawa walked towards the dining room holding hands, Kaede has a smile on his face, which is, a bit weird, coz he never smile before.
"Ah, Kaede, Amyza, you have settled your difference, eh?" asked Hediaki.
"Oni-chan, Kaede proposed to me, and I've accepted!"
"Took her three days to decide, Hediaki-kun," supplied Kaede.
"Very good, Kaede, you had finally made your move," said Heidi-san. "Let's eat dinner,"
Dinner turned out a very happy experience for Rukawa, for the first time, he joined in the laughter and the teasings of the Heidi family.
*****
After dinner, at the Heidi gardens
"Next week, the Inter High starts, you are going to watch me play, aren't you?" Rukawa asked. "It's against Ryonan,"
"Uhuh, I'm going to, your match is in the morning, while my squash match is in the afternoon," Amyza answered. "You are going to watch me, aren't you?"
"Of course, I will, Amyza-chan," Rukawa answered, and pulled her close.
******
Basketball practice - locker room
"Oi, Kitsune, had Amyza spoken to you?" asked Sakuragi softly, when they are out of earshot.
"How do you know?"
"Met her at the beach, and told her to follow her heart," Sakuragi answered. "Has she accepted your proposal?"
Rukawa nodded, Sakuragi thumped Rukawa at his side, and replied, "Make her happy, Rukawa, she loves you too,"
Practice starts 5 minutes after that...
"Okay, the second years and the third years on one team, the first years on another team," Miyagi instructed.
Sakuragi and a freshman, Naoko went to the center, while Ayako became their referee.
"Game start," Ayako commanded, throwing the ball in the air. Both Sakuragi and Naoko jumped, but the former swished the ball towards Miyagi before Naoko has any chance to get it.
Two of the freshmen tried to block Miyagi, but the lightning quick captain easily passed them, and passed the ball towards Touki, who was just behind the three pointer line, and shot the ball, which entered the net beautifully.
*******
Amyza's squash practice
"Yuuki and Heidi in court 1, Utada and Kanzaki in court 2, do a 5 minute warm up, and 4 sets of game, while the others, 3 sets of push ups, Lee, you referee Yuuki and Heidi's match, while Shingoji, you referee Utada and Kanzaki's match," commanded Yuuki-sensei.
"But sensei, Kanzaki is my partner!" Yui-chan protested.
"And Utada's mine," Amyza supplied.
"You know your partner's way too well, you need to play with other people," Yuuki-sensei answered them.
Amyza and Yui entered court 1, and did a 5 minute warm up before the actual game.
"Yuuki-san, serves to Heidi-san, love ball," said Shingoji Sumire above them.
Yui threw the ball towards the wall and when it came back, she hitted it powerfully, towards Amyza's backhand. Amyza hit it back with equal strength, this goes on for about 2 minutes, and after that, Amyza missed the ball.
"1-love,"
After that, Yui missed the shot, though its a very unfortunate miss because the ball grazed the top of her racket.
"Serve changeover,"
In the end, Yui won, with the score, 10-9, 9-7, 8-10, 9-8.
"Your backhand improved, you beat me in one set, you just need to be faster, and of course, improve your forehand, you could have won the last set if the serve is not down, and win the first one if the ball is not out, Amyza-chan," Yui commented.
"Yeah, shame that the ball got into the pit, and Yui-chan, you need to watch the ball very carefully, there's where I took advantage," Amyza agreed.
"hai, I must watch the ball carefully, let's watch the game between Ida and Maria,"
Just a while after Yui said this, Rukawa came in.
"Rukawa Kaede, what are you doing at the squash court?" asked Yuuki-sensei.
"I was going to see Heidi Amyza, she's one of your players, right?" Rukawa replied monotonely.
"I understand that practice is over,"
Amyza walked towards Rukawa who's talking with her coach, just in time to hear the coach answer, "Well, practice is going to be over in four minutes time, Heidi had just finished her game with her captain,"
Yuuki-sensei turned to look at Amyza and said, "Okay, Heidi, go to the locker room, and then, after that, you could go home, but tomorrow, come here at 7 a.m. You need to improve your forehand,"
******
Haruko found out about Amyza's relationship with Rukawa, it was pretty obvious, the guy is always at Amyza's side, sometimes carrying Amyza's books for her. Haruko didn't feel jealous or irritated, well, she did, at first, but after looking at how Amyza gazed at Rukawa and how Rukawa smiled and laughed softly with Amyza, so soft that no one but Amyza could hear the laughter, Haruko knew that she'll never make Rukawa smile and laugh the way Amyza make him smile and laugh. Her crush on Rukawa faded away, just to develop into a crush to her loud friend, Sakuragi. She had finally noticed he's quite handsome when she heard a group of girls gossipping about him.
"Did you see that guy, that redhead?" whispered a freshmen girl when Haruko and her friends walked past them.
"he is so cute! Isn't he?" whispered the freshman's friend.
"Yeah, I wish he's mine,"
And after that, the Sakuragi brigade was formed, and is always at the gym everytime Shohoku has a practice game, although relatively small in number, the Sakuragi brigade *always* pick up fights with the Rukawa brigade, which is becoming smaller in number after Rukawa is constantly being seen with Amyza.
Inter High- Shohoku versus Ryonan
The Sakuragi gundam, Fuji and Matsui sat at the very front seats, they had saved seats for Amyza, the three ex-shohoku players and Hediaki. Ayako had approached both Amyza and Haruko for the position of the team manager but Amyza declined, because she's also a player for the school's squash team, and she couldn't fit two games in her schedule. Haruko accepted it, and this could make her even closer to Sakuragi, or so she thought.
*****
Inside the locker room...
Amyza gave Rukawa a kiss on the cheek, the boy was sleeping, as usual.
"Amy-chan, if you want me to kiss you, then do so," Rukawa said, opening his eyes.
"Okay, one kiss, as my token of good luck to you," Amyza replied, before Rukawa could say that he don't need luck, he'll win the match. Rukawa nodded, and they shared a kiss, in front of Miyagi, who gave Ayako searching looks, and puppy dog eyes, in front of Sakuragi and the rest of the team, and in front of Haruko who blushed, because thoughts of Sakuragi kissing her came.
After they broke off the kiss, Amyza took a red handkerchief out of her pocket, and said, "In the olden days, the knights had their ladies' cloth on their weapon, as a token of luck, and so, I'm giving you this. But do you want it?"
Rukawa nodded and asked her to tie the hanky to his right forearm. "Red symbolises Shohoku," she said.
"And red also symbolises our love," he continued, while Sakuragi butted in, "Red also symbolises my hair! No offence, Amyza-chan, kitsune,"
Both Amyza and Rukawa said, "Do'aho," at the same time.
"I'm going to the spectators' area, best of luck, my Kaede,"
"Aishiteru, my Amyza,"
******
"Amyza-chan, we saved you a seat!" shouted Takamiya.
"Thank you, Shohoku will win for sure,"
"They should," growled Akagi.
"The Ryonan team," and out comes players decked in blue.
"The Shohoku team," and out comes players decked in red.
******
Sendoh gave Rukawa a smile, while the latter gave him a blast of icy cold glare. 'Rukawa, I'll get Amyza for sure, and win this match,' he thought.
"Starting line-up is Miyagi, Sakuragi, Rukawa, Touki and Koji. Touki, you get the three pointers, Rukawa, balance out Sendoh, Sakuragi, you back up Rukawa's defence, and block Fukuda, Miyagi, you balance out Koshino, Koji, back up Miyagi's defence, and Rukawa, you play center today," commanded Anzai-sensei. The team nodded, although Sakuragi's a bit peeved coz he have to work with Rukawa.
"But Oyaji!" Sakuragi protested. Sakuragi always play center, because he could jump higher than anybody.
"Ite! Ite! Shohoku! Hote! Hote! Shohoku!" shouted the other players, and the spectators.
Rukawa took Sakuragi's position, next to Sendoh and gave him the icy cold glare again.
"I'll win this match, and win her," Sendoh stated.
"No, you won't, I won't let you," Rukawa hissed. "Besides, I won her already, just look at her,"
Sendoh turned his head to look at Amyza, who was cheering on for Shohoku.
"She's cheering for Shohoku,"
"Look and listen carefully, she's cheering for me,"
Sendoh couldn't believe his eyes, Amyza *is* cheering for Rukawa, and of course, Shohoku. Does that mean she made up her mind already?
"If you want to talk to her, come over to the Kanagawa Squash Centre, she's playing today, at precisely 1.00 p.m. in the afternoon," Rukawa said just before the referee said, "Game start, Shohoku Versus Ryonan,"
End of Chapter 11 - Please read and review
Disclaimer: I don't own Slam Dunk at all.
Ice Queen
Chapter 11
Dinner, the next day...
Amyza and Rukawa walked towards the dining room holding hands, Kaede has a smile on his face, which is, a bit weird, coz he never smile before.
"Ah, Kaede, Amyza, you have settled your difference, eh?" asked Hediaki.
"Oni-chan, Kaede proposed to me, and I've accepted!"
"Took her three days to decide, Hediaki-kun," supplied Kaede.
"Very good, Kaede, you had finally made your move," said Heidi-san. "Let's eat dinner,"
Dinner turned out a very happy experience for Rukawa, for the first time, he joined in the laughter and the teasings of the Heidi family.
*****
After dinner, at the Heidi gardens
"Next week, the Inter High starts, you are going to watch me play, aren't you?" Rukawa asked. "It's against Ryonan,"
"Uhuh, I'm going to, your match is in the morning, while my squash match is in the afternoon," Amyza answered. "You are going to watch me, aren't you?"
"Of course, I will, Amyza-chan," Rukawa answered, and pulled her close.
******
Basketball practice - locker room
"Oi, Kitsune, had Amyza spoken to you?" asked Sakuragi softly, when they are out of earshot.
"How do you know?"
"Met her at the beach, and told her to follow her heart," Sakuragi answered. "Has she accepted your proposal?"
Rukawa nodded, Sakuragi thumped Rukawa at his side, and replied, "Make her happy, Rukawa, she loves you too,"
Practice starts 5 minutes after that...
"Okay, the second years and the third years on one team, the first years on another team," Miyagi instructed.
Sakuragi and a freshman, Naoko went to the center, while Ayako became their referee.
"Game start," Ayako commanded, throwing the ball in the air. Both Sakuragi and Naoko jumped, but the former swished the ball towards Miyagi before Naoko has any chance to get it.
Two of the freshmen tried to block Miyagi, but the lightning quick captain easily passed them, and passed the ball towards Touki, who was just behind the three pointer line, and shot the ball, which entered the net beautifully.
*******
Amyza's squash practice
"Yuuki and Heidi in court 1, Utada and Kanzaki in court 2, do a 5 minute warm up, and 4 sets of game, while the others, 3 sets of push ups, Lee, you referee Yuuki and Heidi's match, while Shingoji, you referee Utada and Kanzaki's match," commanded Yuuki-sensei.
"But sensei, Kanzaki is my partner!" Yui-chan protested.
"And Utada's mine," Amyza supplied.
"You know your partner's way too well, you need to play with other people," Yuuki-sensei answered them.
Amyza and Yui entered court 1, and did a 5 minute warm up before the actual game.
"Yuuki-san, serves to Heidi-san, love ball," said Shingoji Sumire above them.
Yui threw the ball towards the wall and when it came back, she hitted it powerfully, towards Amyza's backhand. Amyza hit it back with equal strength, this goes on for about 2 minutes, and after that, Amyza missed the ball.
"1-love,"
After that, Yui missed the shot, though its a very unfortunate miss because the ball grazed the top of her racket.
"Serve changeover,"
In the end, Yui won, with the score, 10-9, 9-7, 8-10, 9-8.
"Your backhand improved, you beat me in one set, you just need to be faster, and of course, improve your forehand, you could have won the last set if the serve is not down, and win the first one if the ball is not out, Amyza-chan," Yui commented.
"Yeah, shame that the ball got into the pit, and Yui-chan, you need to watch the ball very carefully, there's where I took advantage," Amyza agreed.
"hai, I must watch the ball carefully, let's watch the game between Ida and Maria,"
Just a while after Yui said this, Rukawa came in.
"Rukawa Kaede, what are you doing at the squash court?" asked Yuuki-sensei.
"I was going to see Heidi Amyza, she's one of your players, right?" Rukawa replied monotonely.
"I understand that practice is over,"
Amyza walked towards Rukawa who's talking with her coach, just in time to hear the coach answer, "Well, practice is going to be over in four minutes time, Heidi had just finished her game with her captain,"
Yuuki-sensei turned to look at Amyza and said, "Okay, Heidi, go to the locker room, and then, after that, you could go home, but tomorrow, come here at 7 a.m. You need to improve your forehand,"
******
Haruko found out about Amyza's relationship with Rukawa, it was pretty obvious, the guy is always at Amyza's side, sometimes carrying Amyza's books for her. Haruko didn't feel jealous or irritated, well, she did, at first, but after looking at how Amyza gazed at Rukawa and how Rukawa smiled and laughed softly with Amyza, so soft that no one but Amyza could hear the laughter, Haruko knew that she'll never make Rukawa smile and laugh the way Amyza make him smile and laugh. Her crush on Rukawa faded away, just to develop into a crush to her loud friend, Sakuragi. She had finally noticed he's quite handsome when she heard a group of girls gossipping about him.
"Did you see that guy, that redhead?" whispered a freshmen girl when Haruko and her friends walked past them.
"he is so cute! Isn't he?" whispered the freshman's friend.
"Yeah, I wish he's mine,"
And after that, the Sakuragi brigade was formed, and is always at the gym everytime Shohoku has a practice game, although relatively small in number, the Sakuragi brigade *always* pick up fights with the Rukawa brigade, which is becoming smaller in number after Rukawa is constantly being seen with Amyza.
Inter High- Shohoku versus Ryonan
The Sakuragi gundam, Fuji and Matsui sat at the very front seats, they had saved seats for Amyza, the three ex-shohoku players and Hediaki. Ayako had approached both Amyza and Haruko for the position of the team manager but Amyza declined, because she's also a player for the school's squash team, and she couldn't fit two games in her schedule. Haruko accepted it, and this could make her even closer to Sakuragi, or so she thought.
*****
Inside the locker room...
Amyza gave Rukawa a kiss on the cheek, the boy was sleeping, as usual.
"Amy-chan, if you want me to kiss you, then do so," Rukawa said, opening his eyes.
"Okay, one kiss, as my token of good luck to you," Amyza replied, before Rukawa could say that he don't need luck, he'll win the match. Rukawa nodded, and they shared a kiss, in front of Miyagi, who gave Ayako searching looks, and puppy dog eyes, in front of Sakuragi and the rest of the team, and in front of Haruko who blushed, because thoughts of Sakuragi kissing her came.
After they broke off the kiss, Amyza took a red handkerchief out of her pocket, and said, "In the olden days, the knights had their ladies' cloth on their weapon, as a token of luck, and so, I'm giving you this. But do you want it?"
Rukawa nodded and asked her to tie the hanky to his right forearm. "Red symbolises Shohoku," she said.
"And red also symbolises our love," he continued, while Sakuragi butted in, "Red also symbolises my hair! No offence, Amyza-chan, kitsune,"
Both Amyza and Rukawa said, "Do'aho," at the same time.
"I'm going to the spectators' area, best of luck, my Kaede,"
"Aishiteru, my Amyza,"
******
"Amyza-chan, we saved you a seat!" shouted Takamiya.
"Thank you, Shohoku will win for sure,"
"They should," growled Akagi.
"The Ryonan team," and out comes players decked in blue.
"The Shohoku team," and out comes players decked in red.
******
Sendoh gave Rukawa a smile, while the latter gave him a blast of icy cold glare. 'Rukawa, I'll get Amyza for sure, and win this match,' he thought.
"Starting line-up is Miyagi, Sakuragi, Rukawa, Touki and Koji. Touki, you get the three pointers, Rukawa, balance out Sendoh, Sakuragi, you back up Rukawa's defence, and block Fukuda, Miyagi, you balance out Koshino, Koji, back up Miyagi's defence, and Rukawa, you play center today," commanded Anzai-sensei. The team nodded, although Sakuragi's a bit peeved coz he have to work with Rukawa.
"But Oyaji!" Sakuragi protested. Sakuragi always play center, because he could jump higher than anybody.
"Ite! Ite! Shohoku! Hote! Hote! Shohoku!" shouted the other players, and the spectators.
Rukawa took Sakuragi's position, next to Sendoh and gave him the icy cold glare again.
"I'll win this match, and win her," Sendoh stated.
"No, you won't, I won't let you," Rukawa hissed. "Besides, I won her already, just look at her,"
Sendoh turned his head to look at Amyza, who was cheering on for Shohoku.
"She's cheering for Shohoku,"
"Look and listen carefully, she's cheering for me,"
Sendoh couldn't believe his eyes, Amyza *is* cheering for Rukawa, and of course, Shohoku. Does that mean she made up her mind already?
"If you want to talk to her, come over to the Kanagawa Squash Centre, she's playing today, at precisely 1.00 p.m. in the afternoon," Rukawa said just before the referee said, "Game start, Shohoku Versus Ryonan,"
End of Chapter 11 - Please read and review