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"I wonder if Shoyo could still make it..." Mika said worriedly. "Would they be able to score enough to gain back 20 points and more at just a short period of time? Specially with Sannoh?"

Naomi still too dazed, not speaking a single word...

"NAOMIII! ARE YOU STILL WITH ME!" Mika shook Naomi's shoulder, bringing her back to reality.

"Oh! Hahaha!" Naomi with a gleeful yet sheepish smile on her face finally spoke back. "Of course Im still here teehee!"


5 minutes left.

[Shoyo - 57 Sannoh Kogyo - 62]

"ALRRRRIIIGHT!" Takano screamed in glory, them being able to reduce the gap from 20 into just 5 points within just 4 minutes.

"GOOD JOB!" Fujima giving each one of them a high five before coming back to their posts.

"Time to end this match!"

"OU!"


"'tch... looks like they're catching up..." Doumoto-sensei muttered under his breath impatiently.

"Aren't we gonna call for a timeout? We needed to change plans..." Ichinokura who sat besides him suggested.

"A timeout is a mutual advantage. It would just mean more advantage to their side..."


"Sawakita!"

Fukatsu threw the ball forward underneath, him being guarded by both Nagano and Takano.

As the ball flew forward, Sawakita rushed to it, whilst Fujima as well ran to catch up to intercept. "I won't let you!"

Reaching his arm up to the ball, Sawakita then tapped it upwards, bouncing the ball unto the backboard...

THUD!

Swinging his arms, then swiftly shifted his body up, going for a jump... until his hands were able to reach the ball in the air...

SLAAAAAAAAAAMMMMM!

"WOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"

Once again, the crowd went wild, screaming Sawakita's name...

"Sa-wa-kita! Sa-wa-kita!"

Sawakita, still hanging on the ring, finally let go, leaving the backboard shaking.

"Nice..." Fukatsu then walked towards Sawakita giving him a high-five, then Masashi shook Sawakita's head with his hands... "Great job!"

"THE FUCK! T-that was...! UNBELIEVABLE!"

2nd HALF : 3:35 mins left.

[Shoyo - 57 Sannoh Kogyo - 64]

"Sa-wa-kita! Sa-wa-kita!"

The cheering started to get louder... even the Shoyo fans themselves had started to cheer as well.


"T'ch Show off..." Rukawa, agitated by Sawakita's previously spectacular move that shook the whole crowd.

"And morons going wild over something as trivial as that..."


"Sawakita...Eiji..." Naomi mumbling his name, too dazed to move and think of anything else... "So cool..."

"I told you! He's GREAT!" Mika in agreement, nodded her head with a smug grin in her face, nudging her friend on her sides.


"GRRRRRR! OI MEGANE!" Hanamichi blundered out once again to Hanagata. "WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN DOING LETTING THAT #9 MOFO SCORE LIKE THAT!"

"YEAH! HE WAS COMPLETELY UNGUARDED! WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU!" Kiyota from the opposite side of the balcony stood out and started wailing as well... until they realized...

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Screaming in unison.

"NOZARRRRUUUU!"

"AKAGE-SARUUUU!"

Pointing to each other, they both blurted out upon seeing each other. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE!" Once again in unison...

"Hmph!" Kiyota scoffed, crossing his arms unto his chest, "Of course! I'm here to watch as we are invited for a practice match against them next week... hohoho" With a gloating smile he bragged. "And you?"

"TCH! I was here because I was invited by them to watch and supervise their match cuz IM THE GENIUS! NYAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"SUPERVISE? WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU KIDDING! SOME RED HEAD MONKEY LIKE YOU? WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! DONT MAKE ME LAUGH! Youre just jealous cuz Sannoh didn't invite you WAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"YOU SHUT UP! THEY DIDN'T INVITE US CUZ THEYRE TOO SCARED TO LOSE AGAIN!"

"THAT'S MORE LIKE THEYRE UNDERESTIMATING YOU! RED HEAD MONKEY!"

KABLAAAAAAMMMMMM!

"SHUT THE FUCK UP! Stupid Monkey!" Both taken aback by Maki and Akagi, respectively, receiving another whack in the head.

"Youre too noisy you might distract the players..." Maki then went along to another corner, dragging Kiyota by the ear with him, with Jin tagging along behind.

"Shame on you! Talking so big like that!" Akagi once again, slapped Hanamichi in the head.

"DUDE! THATS THE FOURTH!" Hanamichi whined, hunching, mussing his head once again. "Stupid Goriii..." He mumbled.


SLAAAAAAMMMMMMMM!

Hanagata once again, in an offensive rebound shook the backboard like Sawakita did, throwing aback Nobe and Masashi behind, giving back hope to the rest of the team and and all of their supporters...

"Hana-gata! Hana-gata!" The cheering ensued.

2nd HALF : 1:04 min left.

[Shoyo - 62Sannoh Kogyo - 66]

Panting, Hanagata stood under the goal, before facing the rest of the team...

"I told you to trust us..." He addressed to Fujima who raised his fist inviting Hanagata for a brofist.

"We will win this..." Hanagata with a smirk, then tapped his fist at Fujima's.

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

The student-referee called out.

"CHARGE TIME-OUT - SANNOH!"


"So I guess that wasn't anticipated..." Doumoto-sensei supposed, clasping his hands together. "Apparently, they have gotten stronger than before..."

The rest speechless, still panting, stared blankly in thin air...

"How many fouls did each of them have?" He then turned to the guy in glasses who was their Team Manager.

"Fukatsu - 2, Nobe - 3, Minoru - 2, Masashi - 3 and Sawakita - 3... Apparently, from the other team, Fujima, Hanagata and Hasegawa got 3..."

Doumoto sensei sighed, before finally speaking out. "Sawakita... I always have reminded you to be careful!"

"Sorry..." Sawakita uttered in response.

"We cannot sub you out at this moment... So watch out with the fouls..."

"Hai..."

"Nobe... I'll sub you out with Mikio..."

"Hai..." Nobe said, taking a seat on the bench, tapping Mikio in the palm who walked past him. "Sorry brother..." Mikio then turned to Masashi, to apologize again, as his usual mannerism.

"But that's just for now... You'll be back in a few..." He looked back at Nobe then proceeding to the rest.

"Score as much as you can and never stop. You should never let them take the lead..."

"OOUU!"


END OF CHAPTER 11