Im only gunna put in two of the quarters for the match against Shuutoku.
The first bit, where they try to sort out Takao.
Then the bit where Riaka is injured, since she also played one-on-one streetball with Aomine.
x Riaka x
Chapter 7: Obvious Emotion. Unknown. 明らかな感情。不明。
Kise starts to figure the feelings he has for Riaka, after she is injured in the match against Shuutoku.
Aomine finds out, but does nothing, Momoi encourages Aomine to go and see her but he refuses.
Momoi knows about Riaka's feelings towards Aomine and tells Aomine.
Kagami, Himuro, Kise and Kasamatsu all visit her.
I wonder... Maybe she would be able to sort Aomine out... It would be good.
If I sort Aomine out he would just be the same as before,
Though he listens to Riaka.. So maybe she has the chance,
Maybe she is just what Daiki needs... To like basketball again, and going to class.
[Momoi talking about Riaka to a friend]
~Kagami's house~
The sunlight shone through the windows as I lifted myself up yawning a bit. Seemed like Kaga slept in his room, how did I not wake up when he moved me. Rubbing my eyes I swung my legs from the arm of the chair and carefully placed my feet on the ground. Streching I stood up and ruffled my hair, before walking though stopped, feeling a pair of eyes gazing at me. Turning around I gulped, seeing the boy and the girl standing in the doorway.
"Asa... Ri-san."
"Hello... Meinuri-chan"
I stood there confused, Meinuri-chan...? Yawning I again I waved and moved past them, before kicking Kagami's door, waking him up a little. I had to hurry up and get ready, Kasamatsu said something about a practice match with Shuutoku, though I don't think it had anything to do with the Interhigh Tourny. Either way, I don't want a repeat of yesterday.
"You know." I turned to the red head walking out of his room. Yawning, he leaned against the doorframe and pointed towards my foot. "You should rest that ankle."
"Ah. Be quiet... Baka."
"Stubborn."
I closed the door to the bathroom, and sighed turning the taps on, there was mumbles coming from the main room between Aida and Kuroko, after Kagami asked them why and how they had gotten into the apartment. I stopped the taps, and shoved my head into the water, I was attempting to forget everything that happened yesterday, it was only about a minute when I went to breath and coughed from swallowing the water, pulling my head out of the sink I fell back onto the floor, gasping for air as Kagami opened the door, and grabbed a towel, crouching next to me.
"You're such an idiot... Ria-chan."
I coughed and nodding, as he dried my hair, Kuroko stood in the doorway as we both turned to him. I smiled softly, and let Kagami finish drying my hair. Before he helped me stand up. I grabbed my school bag and sighed a little before turning to Kuroko.
"Ne, Ri-san.. Were you with Aomine-kun yesterday...?" I blinked a little and nodded. "Your bag reeks off him." I facepalmed and mumbled something under my breath. "He hugged you right?"
You're to observent. Shut up Tetsu! I grumbled and walked away as he smiled faintly. While Aida and Kagami stood confused.
"Meinuri-chan.. Was hugged by Touou's Ace?" Aida asked quietly. "Wow... That's new."
"Not really..."
"Oh... So this has happened before?" She asked looking at Kuroko.
"More than likely." He said, standing next to Kagami. "They were pretty close during junior high..." Aida raised an eyebrow, like asking him to eliborate 'pretty close' as he sighed. "After school matches... Walking home.. Mostly with Momoi-san... At the courts saturday nights."
I turned around to Kuroko shocked and curious to how he knew it all. "How?"
"Momoi told me... She tells me everything remember." My expression changed completely. "Like. Yesterday, she told me that she insisted Aomine-kun, to go after you. Forced it out of Aomine. That is how I found out about the hug."
"Of course... She gets everything out of him."
"Oh.. Aomine-kun also said.. You are not getting that Ice-cream."
I glared and smiled. "Oh really... We will see about that..." The others blinked as I stood there and folded my arms tapping my chin, thinking to myself mumbling sometimes.
"We should be leaving... Plus. Riaka... You gotta travel to Kanagawa yet." I raised my hand and smiled.
"Aomine won't be in classes... Or at practice... I could just say.. I was resting my ankle." I was talking to myself as I walked out of the main room heading for the front door. "Plus it means I wouldn't have to leave Tokyo... And I can kick that idiot's ass for not being in practice, its perf-"
"How you going to get into Touou?" Kuroko inturrupted me as I froze. I never thought about that... Crap. Thinking I turned around.
"Anyone got a spare Touou uniform."
"When's your match today..?" Aida asked.
"After school. I'll get there in time." I mumbled and looked away. How did she even know?
"Ask Momoi." I smiled at Kuroko and hugged him.
"You so awesome Tetsu-kun...!"
I sprinted out of the door, and headed to Momoi's. Straight past Aomine's the idiot probably wasn't even up it was so early. Skidding I slipped over, then tripped over the small fence surrounding her front garden, as she ran and opened the front door. I laid there on the floor, grumbling. She ran over to me and helped me up, trying to hold back her little giggles for my clumsiness. Then gave me a confused look of why I was here.
"You said you at least wanted Aomine to go practice right... Got a spare uniform?" She grinned as we walked into her house and straight up to her room.
"You know. You could get into serious trouble doing this Ri-chan."
"I know. I'll just tell the head, I was resting my ankle and went to take notes for the coach on your basketball team. Just in case we go up against you in the interhigh finals."
"Good plan. That's impressive. Since you were always with the two idiots all the time."
"What'd yah tryna say Satsu?" I gave her a confused look as she laughed and handed me a spare uniform. God the skirt was so short.
"Get dressed. We need to go and get Ahomine." I nodded and instantly headed for the bathroom, I knew where nearly every room in her house was, since we all used to bundle over there after school sometimes.
~Heading for Touou~
After I had changed, we ate something, I ate something small like Satsuki, and we both headed for Aomine's. Satsuki made my appearance look a little different to usual, and gave me different coloured contacts, as well as putting green and red hair extentions in my hair, and tying it into high scruffy pigtails with a few curls. So it made me look like a new kid. I stood at the end of Aomine's garden as Momoi knocked on the door and he grumbled walking out. Aomine knew straight away it was me, he could always tell.
"Why she in the Touou uniform."
"She is going to force you into practice today."
He looked at me as I smiled. "Why? Don't you have a practice match."
"It's got nothing to do with Interhigh, plus.. It's after school. It'll be fine. I'll get there in time." He groaned as I grinned... "Anyway... I can gaurentee.. The match will be troublesome."
"How so Ri-chan?" Momoi asked curiously.
"Midorima." I looked at Momoi curiously. "Did you know he watched the match between Kaijou and Seirin?"
They both looked at each other than back at me shaking their heads a little, as I looked in front of us and sighed, wondering why he would even if it was for the premilenries... He hated Kuroko, so why even bother. We could've easily told him today. We walked to the enterance of Touou. Momoi asked if we both remembered my name for the day. Groaning at the name we nodded. Why that name? Kanaruko, Chiruya. She had good names but. Geez Momoi.
Today apparently, it was mainly getting ready for the tournament matches, so they didn't have many lessons. During the lessons I sat in the outside courts, and when it was practice time. I was searching the school for Aomine, just to drag him there. After dragging the idiot from the school roof to the gynasium, for the second lesson which was switched in for practice I glared at him, as he grumbled and Momoi ran over to us.
"Arigatou Chi-Chi." She smiled as I blinked.
Chi... Chi.. Oh yeah. I forgot. Ugh. I smiled and chuckled nervously. "N-no worries. Momoi-san."
As we stood there talking, Imayoshi walked over I gulped and stood there with them as Aomine looked away, as I hid behind him, Momoi looked at me and smiled in her head, I was doing exactly how she explained I should react when in the gym with the basketball club. I leaned against Aomine as he sighed, thank god I covered the bandages around my ankle with the stockings.
"Momoi. Who's behind Aomine?"
"Chiruya Kanaruko. She's a friend of mine. Even though she is home schooled, she came to help out on getting Aomine to practice." Momoi smiled as Imayoshi nodded. "She's quite shy, and only talks to Aomine, and me... A little." The rest of the grouped looked round at our small group.
As I peered from behind Aomine and looked at them, the red contacts covering up my actual heterochromatic grey and cyan pupils. Stepping out a bit but still kept close. This was annoying me as much as it was annoying him. I waved a little, blushing. As Momoi smiled, and turned back to Imayoshi as they conversed leaving us two standing there.
"I anit liking this Dai." I mumbled and sighed.
"Yeah.. Well, you should've just gone straight back to Kanagawa..." He whisped slightly mixed with a growl.
"How was I mean to know this would happen..." I folded my arms as he grumbled. "You're gonna by me that ice-cream."
"Momoi told Tetsu...?"
"Yup." Sighing a little I looked at him. "Tetsu told me this morning... He came by Kagami's."
"You were at Kagami's?" He gave me a confused look.
"Mmh. I knew if I went home. Aunt would 'ave a go at me... For my ankle."
We both went quiet as Imayoshi came over with Momoi, while the other members looked at us again. I gulped a little again, looking at Aomine as he glanced at me, then both of us turned to Imayoshi and Momoi. I headed out of the gym dragging the lazy teen behind me as I let one limp out Imayoshi's look changed a little and became curious. He remembered hearing about one of the members of Kaijou being injured who knew Momoi and Aomine very well, and "Chiruya" otherwise know as me, matched teh girls discription apart from I was disguised with the Touou uniform, red contacts and the two coloured hair extentions in my curled scruffy pigtails. Maybe fooling Imayoshi was going to be a little harder than the three of us imagined, since Momoi noticed the expression on Imayoshi's face change, when she saw the small limp as well.
I sat on the bench on the outside courts as Aomine stood there yawning. He bounced the ball as I stood up, he was near the hoop, and I was near the otherside, and even though it killed, I would slowly walk before breaking into a fast run, and stealing the ball out of his graps, and dunked it into the hoop, and dropped onto the ground softly. As he blinked at me and I walked to get the ball. Yawning again, I launched the ball at him as he caught it, and smirked.
"If you play. I'll keep you outta classes... Deal?" I held my hand out as he smirked, taking my hand and, flung the ball into the hoop. "You won't get out of the Ice-cream though."
"Tsk... Damn you." He looked away and then pulled me into the headlock, as I snickered.
When he let go, I removed the jumper I was wearing and then went and grabbed the ball, standing in the center I smiled as he smiled at me. Just like Junior high. What we didn't know was, Imayoshi was watching from the Gym's fire exit doors as we both played a one-on-one. We began just like we did in junior high, though it was more advanced. He moved past me after bouncing the ball a couple of times, though I soon caught up with him, snatching the ball out of his hands and headed for the other, hoop as he chased me down the court, I spun behind him, swapping hands and then shot the hoop scoring first and stood there as he smirked. And soon left to get the ball, bouncing it from the hoop, I growled it was hard to play in the stupid school shoes. Wish I brang my trainers. I soon followed him across the court, as he went to do one of his formless shots, Intercepted it, after jumping knocking it from the hoop and stumbled slightly.
"You've gotten better.." He petted my head, as I knocked it away and grinned. "Lets make this... The end of the one-on-one that your two friends interuppted during Junior high."
"Fine. Go fetch... Ahomine." I stuck my tongue out as he growled.
"I anit a dog Ribaka."
"You growl like one."
It was a few more hours, and I totally had forgotten about the match against Shuutoku, as Momoi came to stop us. We both sat on the court floor panting, and sweating, laughing. The ball sat in the corner of the court as Momoi stood there, I leaned towards Aomine, and placed my hand against his cheek gently, as he smirked, we parted before even doing anything, while Momoi stood behind us and coughed a little.
"Chi-chi.. Did you forget... The time... You've got to be somewhere right.. Your mother told you to head to Kanagawa for a family meet up at one of the resturants there." We looked at her then I glanced at Aomine pulling out my phone, and soon stood up running to get my bag, as Aomine lifted himself up off the ground and stood there.
Soon we all headed out of the school grounds and for the bus stop straight to Kanagawa. I checked my bag sitting on the back seats with the other Aomine, as Momoi sat in front on one of the chairs. Looking in my bag, thank god, my trainers were in there. I didn't have to head for Kagami's again, and sneak in to steal his. As we arrived not far from Kaijou, the three off us got of the bus, as I walked removing the contacts, Momoi held the case out for them as I carefully placed them in. Then took my hair out of the pigtails brushing it a little, then put it into a high ponytail, I couldn't be asked to remove the extentions.
~Kaijou~
We reached the gates and all walked in, I headed straight for the lockers as Momoi and Aomine headed for the bus heading back to Tokyo, Aomine couldn't be asked to watch the match, and if I was in his shoes, I wouldn't blame him at all. Bursting through the door to the locker rooms the only one in there was Kise and I stood there blushing as he blinked at the uniform I was wearing. Quickly I went and got changed and stood sorting out the jersey as he walked over to me, he hugged me as I blinked a little.
"Where you been Riakacchi.. You werent at school. Why are you wearing the Touou uniform as well?"
I hugged back softly and smiled. "I was helping Momoi out with Daiki. He would go to class or practice. I wanted to help, since my ankle was still slightly in pain." I patted his head softly. "I didn't wanna be a burden to you guys to day. Since we're against Midorima." He looked at me and smiled.
"Did you practice a little against Aominecchi?" I nodded. "I guess his gotten better." I nodded again.
"You can't tell Yuki-nii.. It was a streetball one-on-one." I soon pointed to the door as we both headed out. "He banned me from streetball."
Kise nodded as we walked into the gym, I was sorting out my sweat bands as Kasamatsu looked at me, wondering where the extentions came from. I walked over to the bench and stood there, Moriyama was ill, Thank the lord, I don't have to deal with him hitting on me. The sad part was.. I had to take over for him, Kill the lord, my ankle is kiling me! Last time ever going against Aomine, unless needed to. We walked onto the court, it started of with Man-to-Man defence. This will fail. I stood there and looked around, my gaze caught the boy who was Midorima, the one that made me laugh so much. When I first saw him, something caught my attention about him. Something good or something bad, I just didn't know. What is it.. He... It's the same vibe I got from Izuki and Akashi. Kise look at me as I walked over to him. I pulled his jersey shirt and looked at him with a serious look.
"You know Aka..." He nodded "I would think the guy that was with Midorima... Has a similar ability..." He looked at me. "I felt the same vibe from Izuki from Seirin as well."
"Y-you sure?" I nodded, and let go of his jersey, tapping his arm, and headed to Kasamatsu to tell him.
The game started as I stood there, I was keeping an eye on the boy, as Kasamatsu passed to me. Bouncing the ball I swapped has as one of the opponants and started heading towards the hoop. I stopped after the ball was stolen, looking round, I had trembled, Kise looked at little shocked as well. Kobori blocked him. "Don't let Midorima get it!" I ran towards the ball as he passed it, Hayakawa intercepted passing it to me as I spun round and dribbled before passing to Kise. As Kise dunked it. I stood there and gulped, as Kise walked past patting my head. Kimura soon passed to Takao who instructed the team to go different places. Mainly striked on blocking Kise and myself, Midorima must have explained on how we both work. I growled and slipped out of the blocking and headed towards the Takao, standing in front of him as he bounced the ball growling a little.
"You piss me off.."
"How so?"
"You remind me of someone..."
He swapped hands as I swiped the ball from him and dribbled it towards the hoop. Spinning around Kimura as well as Miyaji, who both left their posts on gaurding Kise. I 'tch'-ed a little when the pain striked through my leg, making me stumble, as I ducked and then, gained my balance shot jumping, and even though it was slightly slanted, it still landed through the hoop, as I fell back onto the floor twisting my ankle. Screaming as Kasamatsu ran over to help me up. He picked me up and carried me to the locker rooms and laid me on the bench.
"You played didn't you?" He took my trainer off, removing my sock he lifted it up, causing me to flinch. "God why can't you just keep promises."
"I'm sorry, I was helping a friend, get back into practicing." he brang it towards him as I clenched up, growling a little.
He pushed it back towards me, I arched my back and trembled. "You've sprained it."
"I can still play. I'll just stay out a quarter... Rest it, then play."
"No. You'll just get in trouble with *Okaasan again." He helped me up as I stood up picking up my trainer and sock, walking with him back to the gym.
"Without Moriyama... Or Nakamura." I trembled limping. "We won't be able to continue... Yukio, you gotta let me play." I stopped and stood there staring at him. "You gotta... Or the game will be stopped." I put my sock and trainer back on as he growled a little and pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Fine. But you have to promise me. Until your ankle is properly healed. NO Streetball. Whether helping a friend or not!" I nodded as we walked back into the gym. I walked onto the court as the others stared at me. "If you feel like your going to collapse. Ask for a time out." I smiled as the whistle blew for the game to continue.
I stood there taking a deep breath and looked at Kise as he nodded. I quickly jogged over to him. Whispering to him.
"Please tell me you got my formless shoots mesmorized from practice. You might need them."
He nodded as the game started I ran for the ball just about to swipe it from Miyaji, though he swapped hands I spun behind him and pushed it out of his hands to Hayakawa. As Miyaji looked round I grinned and stepped in front of him, running towards the hoop along side Hayakawa. Haya passed to Kasamatsu, though Takao intercepted as I stepped in front of him. Midorima growled a little, as I smiled.
"I remembered that person..."
"Mmh.." He bounced the ball as I smiled sweetly.
"Yeah... His name was Seijuurou Akashi!" I swiped the ball from his hand. "And he was a total prick."
Kise grabbed the ball and shot from the inner circle as I stood there quietly panting a little. He walked up to me and held me up as I shook my head and smiled. His eye brows furrowed a little as he looked at Kasamatsu, who nodded at him, telling him to let me continue on playing, gulping I trembled a bit, as he let go. Moriyama.. Why'd you have to be ill! Most of the game had ended it was the last quarter, and every now and again I would limp. Even for a practice match, the score was :81-87: Shuutoku was winning but we could still win. I know we could, I deliberatly tried to make an effort as I scored as many as I could with in the quater along with Kise and Kasamatsu, but Midorima just kept getting all his shots, it was tiring. I jumped and trembled a littlethis was my last shot until the actual matches. The formless shot. Taking a deep breath the shot brang the score to :89-91: as the buzzer rang, I landed, and Kise quickly stood behind me, and caught me.
"I'm sorry... We... Didn't win again." I frowned a little as I sat down. I wapped my arms around my legs. "I'm always the mess up..." He lifted me to my feet and then I held the back of his jersey, feeling dizzy, I collapsed, as he caught me. Straight away Kasamatsu called the ambulance, as well as Momoi.
[*Okaasan - Mother (Japanese) like Otousan is Father]
~Momoi's P.o.V~
Soon as I heard, I went straight to Aomine's to tell him. I had to try and convince him to see her. It was resonable. I knocked on his door as he answered letting me in. He sat down as I stood up and gulped slightly. Trembling, panicking. He turned and looked at me.
"What is it Satsuki?"
"R-riaka... She's.. In hospital." I mumbled quietly as he turned away and let out a small 'che' I leaned over the arm of the chair. "You have to go and see her Daiki."
"Why?"
"Because. She's your friend right."
"Tsk. She is a rival."
"Apparently not." He looked at me as I looked at him. "I saw it. I'm pretty sure you wasn't going to pull away if I wasn't standing there." He turned away and sloached on the chouch. "Exactly. Go and see her."
"No..."
"Why... Why won't you?" I knelt down.
"'Cause.. It was mostly my fault she's there..." He mumbled.
I sighed and looked away lifting myself off the ground. Tetsu and Kise, were already at the hospital after Kise notified Tetsu. I'm guess Kagami would be there as well. I had to make him go somehow. I knew why Riaka was going to kiss him, but who knows if this idiot has noticed or not, and after what happened yesterday, would he believe what I said.
"Daiki..." He looked at me slightly while yawning. "Riaka loves you... More than a friend, rival, idol... Whatever you call each other." I stood in front of him, when he turned away. "She has done since Junior High. You both just didn't notice, because you were always quarreling." He let out another little 'tsk' as I smiled. "You liiike her as well.. Don't you? Even so.. Kise is quite the competition..." I looked at him seriously as he smirked.
"Kise... Wouldn't have the chance. You know that Satsuki."
"Maybe you're right... Go and see her..." I smiled and started to walk to the front door, but stopped. "Because, I sure she would be happy after she wakes up."
After that I left him to think about what he was going to do, just thought filling him in would be a good thing, who knows. Maybe it could have been a bad idea as well.
~Hospital Riaka's PoV~
Kuroko stood with Kise and Kasamatsu while the doctors sorted me out, I knew something was happening because even if I was tired, my eyes were still open just and I heard people telling me to stay awake. I'm guessing I really screwed up, and wore myself out so much. I was to tired and soon fell asleep, I wonder who would visit. Maybe Tats, or Gami... I don't know. Hopefully he might... Or not. A few hours after I arrived, or maybe something like that I woke up, and coughed a bit, the same as usual, the white ceiling, bright lights, I closed my eyes those lights hurt so much. I remember collapsing, that's all really. Anything before that I couldn't, though there was a certain part I remembered but it was slightly blurry. I opend my eyes again and slowly sat up, yawning, Kagami in one corner, Himuro in the other, they were sitting so far apart... Kuroko was standing next to Kise on my left side while Kasamatsu sat on the chair and was the first to notice I had woken.
"Riaka..." I nodded and rubbed my eyes. "You are an idiot!" I flinched a little and lifted my legs to my chest wrapping my arms around them. I wasn't listening to Kasamatsu's rant, and the others just stood there and groaned, yet Kuroko was looking at me curiously. He asked if he could speak with me alone, which they all agreed to, and left the small room that Kasamatsu had gotten his mother to pay for.
"Riaka-san...?" I turned to him as he had that same expression. "Did you. Kiss Aomine?" I blushed and looked away.
"No..."
"But you were going to?"
"I... Guess." I burried my head into my knees. "Momoi stopped us though."
"You really don't remember many things do you?" I glared up at him as he smiled a little. "Don't worry. You don't need to remember anything." His face went serious again. "Except, Kise has deep feelings for you, like you have for Aomine. It's obvious with Kise."
"Mmh... I noticed.." I mumbled resting my head on my knees again. "C-can. I be alone now. Tell the others to go..." He nodded leaving me by myself, leaving the hospital with the others, as I laid back down quietly and slowly fell asleep.