Chapter 2
Sakuragi Hanamichi felt that his luck could not get any worse.
Three weeks ago, Rukawa's baka onna of a cousin Date Kayura had turned up for practice and had actually managed to out argue, boast and annoy him. For the next two weeks she kept turning up saying that she had nothing better to do and wanted to help out. She often brought food and it was, unfortunately, very good.
He really couldn't stand that baka onna. She had red hair like him, but her's was long and very silky, as he had found out when she had 'accidentally' whacked him with it. She was rather tall, way taller than Haruko and taller that Miyagi even. She was almost as tall as Kogure, almost. She had a pretty well muscled body and was very strong. He had found out about her hidden strength when she had whacked him on the head. She was definitely better looking than Haruko and had a shapelier body.
Wait a minute, what was he thinking? That baka onna was his enemy for crying out loud. So why was he sitting and thinking about her? Still, her voice wasn't all that bad, as long as she didn't scream at him and her cat green eyes were pretty unique as well. She was pretty nice to everyone, including him, and was a great cook. But she was still his enemy and no matter what, she would always remain his enemy just as Rukawa would always be his enemy.
Sakuragi looked up in question as the girls in his class, namely and mostly, the Rukawa shinetai, came in crying buckets of tears. Looking across to Youhei, he asked, "What happened?" Youhei turned to him, smiled and said, "Oh nothing much, just that Rukawa came to school with Kayura on his bike."
Sakuragi groaned. Things could not get worse. First Kayura had to be Rukawa's cousin, then she turned up fro practice every day and now she was in his school. Things could so seriously not get worse.
But when the teacher entered the classroom for class, he found out and things could, would, and did get worse. Kayura was in his class, worse she was sitting next to him. Even worse, she was to be his tutor and even worse, he was to be tutored with Rukawa and could not play basketball till he passed his next few tests.
Soon school was over and Sakuragi headed for the courts as usual. Then, he found out that things were at the point that if they got any worse; he might just have to kill himself. What happened? Well, Akagi had asked Kayura to join the team as their medic because of her field experience as a nurse and she had agreed.
Later, when Anzai sensei came to watch practice, Sakuragi nearly died of shock. Because Kayura was living in another part of Kanagawa, near Ryonan, which was near Sakuragi's house as well, he wanted him to send her home and to see her to school each day because he thought it wasn't safe for her to walk home herself and he didn't want to bother Rukawa who lived in the opposite direction even though Rukawa was her cousin. This meant that Sakuragi not only had to see her in the morning, but during lessons, after lessons at practice, but after practice as well and after dinner because he had to go for tuition at her house. That meant that Sakuragi would be seeing her almost twenty-four seven. Thank goodness for the few hours when he would be at home, sleeping or otherwise, if not, he didn't know how he'd survive.
A week later….
Sakuragi Hanamichi was the happiest man alive. He had gotten passing scores on his physics, chemistry, math and English retests. It was too amazing, what was even better was that he had gotten a B for both sciences, a B+ for math and an A+ for English and it was all because of the tuition that Kayura was giving him. For someone with an I.Q of nearly 250, it wasn't a surprise that he had managed such scores with her help. He could just hug her for helping him get the scores.
He had to admit that Kayura was a good influence on him and it helped that he got to eat breakfast and dinner and supper at her house since he was there at all the meal times. And now that he had such super scores he would be able to participate in the up coming Shohoku verses Ryonan game.
As he walked to the gym, he spotted Kayura and ran to her smiling all the way.
"Hey! Kay-chyan!" shouted Sakuragi as he neared her. Kayura smiled and waved at him. The two still argued and fought in the presence of the others, but when they were alone, they were more like old, close friends.
"Mi-kun how did it go?" asked Kayura. Sakuragi grinned and waved the papers in front of her. Kayura's smile got wider and she said, "All right!! You did it! I did it! WE did it!!" laughing, she threw her arms around Sakuragi and hugged him. Sakuragi wrapped his arms her around her in response to her hug before he knew what he was doing.
The two laughed and hugged each other before they realized what they were doing. Stopping the hug, the pair stared at each other, blushed furiously, unwound their arms and turned away. Still blushing, the duo smiled shyly at each other and Sakuragi took Kayura's hand in his and said, "Come on, let's tell the others."
As they ran to the courts together, the pair could not believe what they had just done and were still running thought about it through their heads.
Sakuragi's POV
*I wonder why I did that. I mean, I use to hate her. well, not exactly hate, but something along that line. I mean she used to be so irritating. Now she's so…nice and she's really…pretty too. I mean I know that she's beautiful and everything on the outside, but she's not too bad on the inside too. She's warm too, and fuzzy on the inside as well. She's cuddly and affectionate… I…why am I thinking about this? The one I love is Haruko-san. Right? I mean the one I want for a girlfriend is Akagi Haruko right? Haruko's nice too, and sweet and kind and pleasant and naive and…and…and in love with Rukawa. I'll never stand a chance against him, but I told myself never to give up right? I mean…I mean…okay…I don't know what I mean. I seriously don't know what I mean. I mean I love Haruko and I hate Kayura right? Okay… I don't hate Kayura but I don't love her right? Or maybe…I am falling in love with her…but that's impossible! She's related to the stupid Kitsune, the one who's standing in my way all the time. But maybe…just maybe…if Haruko won't return my love, then maybe I can love her too…but will she love me? Does she love me? Does she even care? …*
Kayrura's POV
*I wonder why I hugged him like that. I mean I hate that stupid red headed monkey…right? I mean he's so stupid, following me around and making me give him tuition and making me cook his meals. But still…I mean I know he doesn't have to follow me home or send me to school anymore so why is he still doing it? Maybe it's because I cook for him, maybe it's because I tutor him or maybe…maybe he cares? But I hate him! He and me, we'll always be enemies! We're always bickering and fighting and arguing and…and… who am I kidding? I think I'm falling for that stupid idiot. And I can't help it…don't know why I can't…but I just can't. But why? Why? Why? WHY?! I mean he's always so mean and always making fun of me and always picking on me and always…always…standing up for me and helping me when I get into trouble on the streets…but still! I can't fall in love with the enemy! It's not right! I can't, I won't and I have. Sorry Kaede but I think I really am falling for that big stupid monkey.*
The two entered the gym together with triumphant smiles on their faces. Everyone was glad to hear that Sakuragi was allowed to play in the game and that he had gotten such high scores. So no one bothered to ask either to shut up when they bragged and boasted about their scores. No one knew what had happened between the two, but it was clear that something did and it changed the way the two looked at each other.
Sakuragi Hanamichi felt that his luck could not get any worse.
Three weeks ago, Rukawa's baka onna of a cousin Date Kayura had turned up for practice and had actually managed to out argue, boast and annoy him. For the next two weeks she kept turning up saying that she had nothing better to do and wanted to help out. She often brought food and it was, unfortunately, very good.
He really couldn't stand that baka onna. She had red hair like him, but her's was long and very silky, as he had found out when she had 'accidentally' whacked him with it. She was rather tall, way taller than Haruko and taller that Miyagi even. She was almost as tall as Kogure, almost. She had a pretty well muscled body and was very strong. He had found out about her hidden strength when she had whacked him on the head. She was definitely better looking than Haruko and had a shapelier body.
Wait a minute, what was he thinking? That baka onna was his enemy for crying out loud. So why was he sitting and thinking about her? Still, her voice wasn't all that bad, as long as she didn't scream at him and her cat green eyes were pretty unique as well. She was pretty nice to everyone, including him, and was a great cook. But she was still his enemy and no matter what, she would always remain his enemy just as Rukawa would always be his enemy.
Sakuragi looked up in question as the girls in his class, namely and mostly, the Rukawa shinetai, came in crying buckets of tears. Looking across to Youhei, he asked, "What happened?" Youhei turned to him, smiled and said, "Oh nothing much, just that Rukawa came to school with Kayura on his bike."
Sakuragi groaned. Things could not get worse. First Kayura had to be Rukawa's cousin, then she turned up fro practice every day and now she was in his school. Things could so seriously not get worse.
But when the teacher entered the classroom for class, he found out and things could, would, and did get worse. Kayura was in his class, worse she was sitting next to him. Even worse, she was to be his tutor and even worse, he was to be tutored with Rukawa and could not play basketball till he passed his next few tests.
Soon school was over and Sakuragi headed for the courts as usual. Then, he found out that things were at the point that if they got any worse; he might just have to kill himself. What happened? Well, Akagi had asked Kayura to join the team as their medic because of her field experience as a nurse and she had agreed.
Later, when Anzai sensei came to watch practice, Sakuragi nearly died of shock. Because Kayura was living in another part of Kanagawa, near Ryonan, which was near Sakuragi's house as well, he wanted him to send her home and to see her to school each day because he thought it wasn't safe for her to walk home herself and he didn't want to bother Rukawa who lived in the opposite direction even though Rukawa was her cousin. This meant that Sakuragi not only had to see her in the morning, but during lessons, after lessons at practice, but after practice as well and after dinner because he had to go for tuition at her house. That meant that Sakuragi would be seeing her almost twenty-four seven. Thank goodness for the few hours when he would be at home, sleeping or otherwise, if not, he didn't know how he'd survive.
A week later….
Sakuragi Hanamichi was the happiest man alive. He had gotten passing scores on his physics, chemistry, math and English retests. It was too amazing, what was even better was that he had gotten a B for both sciences, a B+ for math and an A+ for English and it was all because of the tuition that Kayura was giving him. For someone with an I.Q of nearly 250, it wasn't a surprise that he had managed such scores with her help. He could just hug her for helping him get the scores.
He had to admit that Kayura was a good influence on him and it helped that he got to eat breakfast and dinner and supper at her house since he was there at all the meal times. And now that he had such super scores he would be able to participate in the up coming Shohoku verses Ryonan game.
As he walked to the gym, he spotted Kayura and ran to her smiling all the way.
"Hey! Kay-chyan!" shouted Sakuragi as he neared her. Kayura smiled and waved at him. The two still argued and fought in the presence of the others, but when they were alone, they were more like old, close friends.
"Mi-kun how did it go?" asked Kayura. Sakuragi grinned and waved the papers in front of her. Kayura's smile got wider and she said, "All right!! You did it! I did it! WE did it!!" laughing, she threw her arms around Sakuragi and hugged him. Sakuragi wrapped his arms her around her in response to her hug before he knew what he was doing.
The two laughed and hugged each other before they realized what they were doing. Stopping the hug, the pair stared at each other, blushed furiously, unwound their arms and turned away. Still blushing, the duo smiled shyly at each other and Sakuragi took Kayura's hand in his and said, "Come on, let's tell the others."
As they ran to the courts together, the pair could not believe what they had just done and were still running thought about it through their heads.
Sakuragi's POV
*I wonder why I did that. I mean, I use to hate her. well, not exactly hate, but something along that line. I mean she used to be so irritating. Now she's so…nice and she's really…pretty too. I mean I know that she's beautiful and everything on the outside, but she's not too bad on the inside too. She's warm too, and fuzzy on the inside as well. She's cuddly and affectionate… I…why am I thinking about this? The one I love is Haruko-san. Right? I mean the one I want for a girlfriend is Akagi Haruko right? Haruko's nice too, and sweet and kind and pleasant and naive and…and…and in love with Rukawa. I'll never stand a chance against him, but I told myself never to give up right? I mean…I mean…okay…I don't know what I mean. I seriously don't know what I mean. I mean I love Haruko and I hate Kayura right? Okay… I don't hate Kayura but I don't love her right? Or maybe…I am falling in love with her…but that's impossible! She's related to the stupid Kitsune, the one who's standing in my way all the time. But maybe…just maybe…if Haruko won't return my love, then maybe I can love her too…but will she love me? Does she love me? Does she even care? …*
Kayrura's POV
*I wonder why I hugged him like that. I mean I hate that stupid red headed monkey…right? I mean he's so stupid, following me around and making me give him tuition and making me cook his meals. But still…I mean I know he doesn't have to follow me home or send me to school anymore so why is he still doing it? Maybe it's because I cook for him, maybe it's because I tutor him or maybe…maybe he cares? But I hate him! He and me, we'll always be enemies! We're always bickering and fighting and arguing and…and… who am I kidding? I think I'm falling for that stupid idiot. And I can't help it…don't know why I can't…but I just can't. But why? Why? Why? WHY?! I mean he's always so mean and always making fun of me and always picking on me and always…always…standing up for me and helping me when I get into trouble on the streets…but still! I can't fall in love with the enemy! It's not right! I can't, I won't and I have. Sorry Kaede but I think I really am falling for that big stupid monkey.*
The two entered the gym together with triumphant smiles on their faces. Everyone was glad to hear that Sakuragi was allowed to play in the game and that he had gotten such high scores. So no one bothered to ask either to shut up when they bragged and boasted about their scores. No one knew what had happened between the two, but it was clear that something did and it changed the way the two looked at each other.