What If?
Amyza-chan: I'm upset that AXN's not showing the episodes of the Inter High matches, so, as a gift to all my reviewers, I've decided to post this chapter. I know everyone must be as upset as I am. *sob* I want to watch the Sannoh match!
Summary: What if Sakuragi Hanamichi is a girl? What if her name is Sakuragi Hana, and she has an older brother and a real family? What if she is the best point guard at her Junior High school? Non-yaoi!!
A/n: As usual, expect OOCs in this chapter. By the way, Anzai-sensei's not in the hospital in my story.
Disclaimer: Slam Dunk is owned by Dr. T, or more precisely, Inoue Takehiko. Thus, that means, it doesn't belong to me, except Hana and Keisuke.
Chapter 12
"Yes, Rukawa?" she asked again.
"Never mind," Rukawa answered.
And Sakuragi Keisuke came just in time to see Rukawa entering the locker room.
"Ok! I'm here already, let's go home," Keisuke said.
"Hai! Hai! Lemme change and shower first!" Hana said, and entered the girls' locker room.
******
"What is it that Rukawa wanted to talk to you about?" Keisuke asked.
They were in Keisuke's car, and Keisuke's driving towards the Sakuragi residence, and Hana's bike is strapped on top of the car.
"He wanted to tell me something, but he changed his mind after that," Hana answered. "The game against Takezato is in a few days' time, and I need all the practice I can get,"
"I don't think you'll enter in that game," Keisuke replied.
"Wanna bet?" Hana asked.
"Sure!" Keisuke answered. "If you can enter the game, I'm going to do all your chores in a fortnight, and you can use my credit card to buy anything you like, but if you can't..."
"What if I can't?"
"You'll have to flirt with Rukawa after the Shohoku match with Ryonan, and do all my chores this week," Keisuke answered, his eyes glinting with mischief.
"Deal!" Hana answered.
******
Hana didn't enter the game at all because Anzai-sensei didn't want Ryonan and Kainan to see how she improved thanks to the 1000 shots she did almost every day. Hana thought miserably, 'Now I've to flirt with the kitsune after the Ryonan match,' She turned red when she thought about it.
Shohoku won easily, it's a wonder how Takezato can enter Kanagawa Inter High when the score difference is 120-80.
******
Home...
"Don't forget, Hana," Keisuke taunted.
"Sure! Sure!" Hana answered him. Today's Keisuke's turn to wash the dishes, but instead, thanks to the stupid bet that they made, Hana had to do all that.
"Keisuke, I thought today's your turn," Mrs. Sakuragi said. She was confused why all of a sudden, Hana, who didn't like to do the chores, are doing Keisuke's chores!
"I'm being nice today to him, mom," Hana lied.
*******
Ryonan lost against Kainan with Kainan leading by 6 points. The sparks of hatred between Takato-sensei and Taoka-sensei was so intense that everybody noticed it.
Takezato lost against Kainan, with Kainan leading by more than 40 points, and it's only Kiyota who is the regular member still in the game. The others had been taken off by Takato-sensei.
******
It's Shohoku vs. Ryonan at last...
"Okay, this is now or never!" Akagi told them.
"This is our turning point, if we win, we are going to enter the finals, if we lose, then it's the last game for me, Akagi, and maybe, Mitsui," Kogure told them.
"Don't worry, megane-kun, Gori, the tensai will make sure that we win!" Hana said joyously.
Kogure smiled at Hana in a brotherly like manner. He had to admit, the girl's the spark plug of the team, her steals always changed the flow of the game, just like Miyagi, but she's a loudmouth, unlike Miyagi.
*******
At the Shohoku benches...
"Starting members: Akagi, Miyagi, Rukawa, Mitsui and Sakuragi," Anzai-sensei confirmed. "I have a feeling that Sendoh will play as point guard today,"
"Point guard?" asked Miyagi.
"Yes, that's why, Sakuragi, you guard Sendoh, while Miyagi, guard Koshino, Rukawa, guard Ikegami, and help Sakuragi guard Sendoh, Mitsui, you guard Fukuda, Akagi, you know what to do," Anzai-sensei said.
"Hai!" they shouted.
At the Ryonan benches...
"Okay, Uozumi, guard Akagi very tightly, Koshino, and Ikegami, if possible, do lots of zone defence on Sakuragi, and Miyagi, especially Miyagi, Sendoh, you know what to do, and Fukuda, get all the points you can get," Taoka-sensei commanded.
The Ryonan team nodded.
The players walked towards the court, Akagi and Uozumi took their place as centre.
"Game start! Shohoku vs. Ryonan," shouted the referee, and threw the ball.
Akagi got it first, annoying Uozumi at the same time, he swished to Hana, and at once, Koshino and Ikegami did a zone defence on her.
"Ah! Zone defence!" Aida Yayoi shouted.
Hana gave them a smile before passing the ball to Rukawa, they had done this in practice millions of time already. Rukawa got the ball, and dunked, giving the first point for Shohoku.
"Nice pass! Sakuragi-kun!" shouted Ayako.
As Anzai-sensei expected, Sendoh did play as point guard, and since Miyagi's too short for Sendoh, Hana's the one guarding him. He crouched low, ready to pass Hana, when Hana swished the ball towards Miyagi's direction.
Miyagi got the ball, and again, both Koshino and Ikegami blocked him using a tighter zone defence. He was able to elude them, and passed towards Mitsui, who did a successful three pointer, making Shohoku leading by 5.
However, Ryonan did a fast attack after that, and with Fukuda as a finisher, they got 4 points, Shohoku's only leading by 1. The score is 6-5 after that, Ryonan 6, Shohoku 5.
"Okay, we are gonna get this point!" Miyagi said to the team. Miyagi passed to Akagi, who passed to Mitsui, Mitsui faked, and Fukuda fell for it. Instead of eluding Fukuda, Mitsui stepped backwards, and shot the ball, earning three points for Shohoku. The lead went back to Shohoku.
By the end of the first half, Ryonan was leading by 2 points.
"Ryota, be careful afterwards, you have 2 fouls," Ayako said, reading from her book. Miyagi nodded.
"What about us, Ayako?" asked Akagi.
"Akagi-sempai, 2 fouls, Mitsui-sempai, 2 fouls, Sakuragi, 1 foul, and Rukawa, none," Ayako told them. They nodded.
******
Shohoku nearly lost, but, thanks to Hana and Kogure, they won. Hana got the ball, she was about to pass to Rukawa, but Ikegami and Koshino did a double team on Rukawa, and Uozumi and Sendoh's doing a double team on Akagi. She passed to Kogure, who's behind the three pointer line. He shot, succesfully, and got three points for Shohoku. The buzzer was sounded after that.
Shohoku managed to enter Inter High! Hana jumped up and down, and did high fives with Miyagi, Akagi was too happy, he cried! Haruko watched her brother cry, and she too, cried. Takamiya remarked, "Even gorillas cry,"
All the Ryonan team members cry, except Sendoh. Uozumi and Akagi hugged each other while crying (in monkey-face mode), while Sendoh shook hands with Hana.
"Congratulations, Hana," Sendoh said. "It was a nice game,"
"Hai!" Hana said. "We'll play together again sometime, Akira,"
Sendoh felt an icy cold glare directed towards him, and turned to Rukawa, who's the one giving him the glare.
"Well, Hana, I hope you will do well in your debut," Sendoh said. "And, please tell that boyfriend of yours not to glare at anyone who's shaking hands with you,"
"What boyfriend?" Hana asked.
"Rukawa,"
"The kitsune's not my boyfriend," Hana said softly, so softly that only Sendoh can hear her, and her cheeks turned red. "I mean, he didn't tell me he likes me, but I do like him,"
Sendoh smiled. These two idiots love each other, and yet, are not together. He walked towards Rukawa, intending to shake hands with Rukawa, but Rukawa slapped his hand again, just like after the practice.
"If you like her so much, tell her so, Rukawa," Sendoh said very softly. Rukawa turned his foxlike eyes towards Sendoh. "I think she likes you too,"
Kainan and Shohoku are presenting Kanagawa.
*******
The next day...
Hana, Fujima and Hanagata are going to watch the game in Aiwa prefecture when they met up with Kiyota and Maki at the train station.
"Oi, Nozaru!" Hana taunted.
"Hana," Fujima sighed.
End of chapter 12 - please read and review
Amyza-chan: I'm upset that AXN's not showing the episodes of the Inter High matches, so, as a gift to all my reviewers, I've decided to post this chapter. I know everyone must be as upset as I am. *sob* I want to watch the Sannoh match!
Summary: What if Sakuragi Hanamichi is a girl? What if her name is Sakuragi Hana, and she has an older brother and a real family? What if she is the best point guard at her Junior High school? Non-yaoi!!
A/n: As usual, expect OOCs in this chapter. By the way, Anzai-sensei's not in the hospital in my story.
Disclaimer: Slam Dunk is owned by Dr. T, or more precisely, Inoue Takehiko. Thus, that means, it doesn't belong to me, except Hana and Keisuke.
Chapter 12
"Yes, Rukawa?" she asked again.
"Never mind," Rukawa answered.
And Sakuragi Keisuke came just in time to see Rukawa entering the locker room.
"Ok! I'm here already, let's go home," Keisuke said.
"Hai! Hai! Lemme change and shower first!" Hana said, and entered the girls' locker room.
******
"What is it that Rukawa wanted to talk to you about?" Keisuke asked.
They were in Keisuke's car, and Keisuke's driving towards the Sakuragi residence, and Hana's bike is strapped on top of the car.
"He wanted to tell me something, but he changed his mind after that," Hana answered. "The game against Takezato is in a few days' time, and I need all the practice I can get,"
"I don't think you'll enter in that game," Keisuke replied.
"Wanna bet?" Hana asked.
"Sure!" Keisuke answered. "If you can enter the game, I'm going to do all your chores in a fortnight, and you can use my credit card to buy anything you like, but if you can't..."
"What if I can't?"
"You'll have to flirt with Rukawa after the Shohoku match with Ryonan, and do all my chores this week," Keisuke answered, his eyes glinting with mischief.
"Deal!" Hana answered.
******
Hana didn't enter the game at all because Anzai-sensei didn't want Ryonan and Kainan to see how she improved thanks to the 1000 shots she did almost every day. Hana thought miserably, 'Now I've to flirt with the kitsune after the Ryonan match,' She turned red when she thought about it.
Shohoku won easily, it's a wonder how Takezato can enter Kanagawa Inter High when the score difference is 120-80.
******
Home...
"Don't forget, Hana," Keisuke taunted.
"Sure! Sure!" Hana answered him. Today's Keisuke's turn to wash the dishes, but instead, thanks to the stupid bet that they made, Hana had to do all that.
"Keisuke, I thought today's your turn," Mrs. Sakuragi said. She was confused why all of a sudden, Hana, who didn't like to do the chores, are doing Keisuke's chores!
"I'm being nice today to him, mom," Hana lied.
*******
Ryonan lost against Kainan with Kainan leading by 6 points. The sparks of hatred between Takato-sensei and Taoka-sensei was so intense that everybody noticed it.
Takezato lost against Kainan, with Kainan leading by more than 40 points, and it's only Kiyota who is the regular member still in the game. The others had been taken off by Takato-sensei.
******
It's Shohoku vs. Ryonan at last...
"Okay, this is now or never!" Akagi told them.
"This is our turning point, if we win, we are going to enter the finals, if we lose, then it's the last game for me, Akagi, and maybe, Mitsui," Kogure told them.
"Don't worry, megane-kun, Gori, the tensai will make sure that we win!" Hana said joyously.
Kogure smiled at Hana in a brotherly like manner. He had to admit, the girl's the spark plug of the team, her steals always changed the flow of the game, just like Miyagi, but she's a loudmouth, unlike Miyagi.
*******
At the Shohoku benches...
"Starting members: Akagi, Miyagi, Rukawa, Mitsui and Sakuragi," Anzai-sensei confirmed. "I have a feeling that Sendoh will play as point guard today,"
"Point guard?" asked Miyagi.
"Yes, that's why, Sakuragi, you guard Sendoh, while Miyagi, guard Koshino, Rukawa, guard Ikegami, and help Sakuragi guard Sendoh, Mitsui, you guard Fukuda, Akagi, you know what to do," Anzai-sensei said.
"Hai!" they shouted.
At the Ryonan benches...
"Okay, Uozumi, guard Akagi very tightly, Koshino, and Ikegami, if possible, do lots of zone defence on Sakuragi, and Miyagi, especially Miyagi, Sendoh, you know what to do, and Fukuda, get all the points you can get," Taoka-sensei commanded.
The Ryonan team nodded.
The players walked towards the court, Akagi and Uozumi took their place as centre.
"Game start! Shohoku vs. Ryonan," shouted the referee, and threw the ball.
Akagi got it first, annoying Uozumi at the same time, he swished to Hana, and at once, Koshino and Ikegami did a zone defence on her.
"Ah! Zone defence!" Aida Yayoi shouted.
Hana gave them a smile before passing the ball to Rukawa, they had done this in practice millions of time already. Rukawa got the ball, and dunked, giving the first point for Shohoku.
"Nice pass! Sakuragi-kun!" shouted Ayako.
As Anzai-sensei expected, Sendoh did play as point guard, and since Miyagi's too short for Sendoh, Hana's the one guarding him. He crouched low, ready to pass Hana, when Hana swished the ball towards Miyagi's direction.
Miyagi got the ball, and again, both Koshino and Ikegami blocked him using a tighter zone defence. He was able to elude them, and passed towards Mitsui, who did a successful three pointer, making Shohoku leading by 5.
However, Ryonan did a fast attack after that, and with Fukuda as a finisher, they got 4 points, Shohoku's only leading by 1. The score is 6-5 after that, Ryonan 6, Shohoku 5.
"Okay, we are gonna get this point!" Miyagi said to the team. Miyagi passed to Akagi, who passed to Mitsui, Mitsui faked, and Fukuda fell for it. Instead of eluding Fukuda, Mitsui stepped backwards, and shot the ball, earning three points for Shohoku. The lead went back to Shohoku.
By the end of the first half, Ryonan was leading by 2 points.
"Ryota, be careful afterwards, you have 2 fouls," Ayako said, reading from her book. Miyagi nodded.
"What about us, Ayako?" asked Akagi.
"Akagi-sempai, 2 fouls, Mitsui-sempai, 2 fouls, Sakuragi, 1 foul, and Rukawa, none," Ayako told them. They nodded.
******
Shohoku nearly lost, but, thanks to Hana and Kogure, they won. Hana got the ball, she was about to pass to Rukawa, but Ikegami and Koshino did a double team on Rukawa, and Uozumi and Sendoh's doing a double team on Akagi. She passed to Kogure, who's behind the three pointer line. He shot, succesfully, and got three points for Shohoku. The buzzer was sounded after that.
Shohoku managed to enter Inter High! Hana jumped up and down, and did high fives with Miyagi, Akagi was too happy, he cried! Haruko watched her brother cry, and she too, cried. Takamiya remarked, "Even gorillas cry,"
All the Ryonan team members cry, except Sendoh. Uozumi and Akagi hugged each other while crying (in monkey-face mode), while Sendoh shook hands with Hana.
"Congratulations, Hana," Sendoh said. "It was a nice game,"
"Hai!" Hana said. "We'll play together again sometime, Akira,"
Sendoh felt an icy cold glare directed towards him, and turned to Rukawa, who's the one giving him the glare.
"Well, Hana, I hope you will do well in your debut," Sendoh said. "And, please tell that boyfriend of yours not to glare at anyone who's shaking hands with you,"
"What boyfriend?" Hana asked.
"Rukawa,"
"The kitsune's not my boyfriend," Hana said softly, so softly that only Sendoh can hear her, and her cheeks turned red. "I mean, he didn't tell me he likes me, but I do like him,"
Sendoh smiled. These two idiots love each other, and yet, are not together. He walked towards Rukawa, intending to shake hands with Rukawa, but Rukawa slapped his hand again, just like after the practice.
"If you like her so much, tell her so, Rukawa," Sendoh said very softly. Rukawa turned his foxlike eyes towards Sendoh. "I think she likes you too,"
Kainan and Shohoku are presenting Kanagawa.
*******
The next day...
Hana, Fujima and Hanagata are going to watch the game in Aiwa prefecture when they met up with Kiyota and Maki at the train station.
"Oi, Nozaru!" Hana taunted.
"Hana," Fujima sighed.
End of chapter 12 - please read and review
