Chapter 2
A Do'ahou for a seatmate
The following day was beautiful for Chiara. She was finally staying home and studying at her brother's school. Her family was finally together. She was really glad she got accelerated for she had missed her family terribly.
Glancing at her back to check on her brother, she saw Sakuragi turn red, her eyes glued on someone. Following her brother's gaze, she saw a brown haired girl walking towards them, talking to her two friends. Finding his expression funny, she turned towards his direction and teased him.
"Yo! Hana-kun!" she shouted passing her hands in front of her brother's face "He!he!he! Youhei-kun said that you're courting your 51st heartbreak!"
When she saw that her brother is still in stupor , she started pulling him towards the girl's direction. At this, Hanamichi turned quite RED, very RED indeed! For you couldn't recognize where his scalp and his hair meet.
Hearing the noise, the girl glanced at their direction and upon seeing Hanamichi, she waved at them. Chiara took that as an invitation and went towards them with her brother in tow.
"Hanamichi-kun!" the girl exclaimed "Ohayou!"
Looking at the dazed expression on her brother's face, Chiara decided to take matters on her own. "Ohayou minna! I'm Chiara, Hana-kun is my brother," she said prettily and elbowed her brother in the process.
"Ohayou Haruko-san! Gomen my sister and I really have to go!" and with superman's speed began to run, dragging his sister along. He only slowed down when he realized that they were quite a distance from Haruko.
"He!he!he! Onni-chan you're still a baka! Geez, you could have talked to her and escorted her to her room , you know!" she exclaimed.
"Mind your own business! What's your class anyway?" he demanded.
"Oh, my first class is Physics, room 316 and we're not classmates so Ja! I can find my own room unlike some baka here!" she teased and ran as she saw his expression.
When she reached the classroom, she took a deep breath for she always gets nervous during first days. She opened the door and saw everyone glance at her unfamiliar face. She slowly walked towards the teacher's table to talk to him.
"Ano, umm...sumimasen sensei, I'm Chiara Sakuragi. I just transferred this term." she said uncertainly to the professor.
The professor turned towards her and smiled. "Ahh, so you're Chiara, the genius who got accelerated from Junior High. Welcome!" he took her hands and asked everyone to settle down on their respective seats.
"Class, this is Chiara Sakuragi. She just transferred after being accelerated. I want all of you to make her feel welcome. Chiara, go take a seat." the professor said.
Chiara looked around and realized that the only desk unoccupied was near a guy who was sleeping. She slowly approached the desk, irritated as she heard the words "nerd" being whispered. She sat down and glanced at the guy near him and knowing that class is already starting, she decided to wake him up.
"Ano, Gomen, but class is already starting so you better wake up," she whispered, gently nudging him.
Irritated when she got no response, she began shaking him harder. When that earned no response either, she was really pissed. Greatly irritated and frustrated, she resorted to drastic actions. Her fingers clasped the guy's ear and she shouted at the top of her voice.
"WAKE UP!!!"
At that, the room grew silent and everyone stared at her...
"Whoops!" she said, embarassed "I was just trying to wake him up. eheheh!"
When she got no response from them, she realized they weren't looking at her at all! They were looking at HIM with fearful eyes! Confused, she looked at the guy she was trying to wake. His head turned towards her, his eyes blazing!
"YOU!!!" they both exclaimed.
"BAKA KITSUNE! I should've known," she said.
Everyone was shocked at her statement and they glanced fearfully at Rukawa, who was having his nap, as he always does, when Chiara woke him up. Rukawa, on the other hand was really irritated. This girl was getting on his nerves and he would have punched her. The only problem was he could never hit a girl.
"Do'ahou! Don't wake me up." he said glaring at her.
"NANI! You baka kitsune! I'll wake you up whenever I want coz you're sleeping in class! Baka!" she retorted.
"That do'ahou brother of your was right. You are a bakemono." he replied exasperated at her.
"NANI!" she shouted back.
The professor, seeing the two quarrel, smiled inwardly. During his whole teaching career, he had never been annoyed with someone as he was annoyed with Rukawa. Everytime he saw him during class, he was always sleeping. His blood boiled at this guy and at long last, he finally found his perfect revenge. That girl was his perfect card!
"SILENCE!" he shouted.
When the room grew quiet, he lowered his voice and announced, " Chiara-san is right. I'm giving her the right and the RESPONSIBILITY of waking Rukawa-san everytime, he starts to doze off," he said gleefully.
Everyone gasped at this command and glanced uncertainly at Rukawa who glared at the professor and then promptly took a seat and closed his eyes. As he did, someone kicked his legs which jolted him awake. Knowing the owner of the legs, he glared at Chiara who was giving him a smug look.
And so this went on the whole period. As Rukawa starts to doze off, he gets kicked. This greatly annoyed him and seeing the futility of sleeping, he settled to another glaring contest with Chiara. He sighed in joy when the bell rang, looking forward to his nap on the second period. That was why he was surprised when the professor asked him and that do'ahou to stay. He sighed in exasperation as the professor started talking.
"Rukawa-san, I am greatly concerned with your grades. You have failed the last two quizzes and if this continues, i may have to suspend you from playing basketball," seeing Rukawa's expression at this, he smiled. Now was the time to give the killing blow, "I have therefore decided to assign you a tutor. And I believe that Chiara-san is the perfect candidate for this!"
"WHAT!" Chiara exclaimed, " I am not teaching that baka!"
"Do'ahou who would want you as a tutor anyway." Rukawa countered.
"SILENCE both of you! That is my decision. Chiara-san, I want results. Now leave, I believe I heard the bell ring for the next class." he shouted.
The two of them glared at each other and stalked off to their next class in the same direction.
"Hey baka, why are you following me?" Chiara demanded.
"Do'ahou. I'm going to my next class."
"What do you mean? My next class is Chemistry, room 204!" she exclaimed.
"Geez, I get a do'ahou in basketball and I also get another one in class."
"Nani? Baka kitsune TEMEE!"
And so the day went on and
to Rukawa's dismay, he got stucked with Chiara for she was in all of his
classes. He was glad when school was over and he could finally practice
for basketball.
Author's notes: About the seatmate thingy, i've based that from a certain
fanfic i've read. I forgot who wrote it but I hope it's okay for me to
borrow it for my fanfic, onegai? Hmmm...Rukawa seems to be talking too
much...Please bear with me. I'm really a novice when it comes to writing
Slam Dunk fanfics, actually I'm a novice when it comes to writing period!
Eheheh! sorry if this is boring.
Anyway R & R's greatly appreciated! ^_^
