** Is translation for the terms during speech.
Chapter 3
Two weeks ago, Sakuragi Hanamichi had no hopes of playing in the game against Ryonan, but then, with the help of his friend/enemy Date Kayura, he had gotten the essentials that he needed for the game. Now, he was in the heated match, the score was sixty-five to sixty-nine, they were losing, but they had high hopes for winning.
"Ryo-chin! Pass!" shouted Sakuragi as he caught up with the lightning guard. Miyagi looked to his left, saw the red head waving at him and passed the ball to his right, into the waiting hands of three pointer extraordinaire Mitsui Hisashi who raised their scores by another three points. Then, before they knew it, it was half time.
"Grrr…" growled Sakuragi as he approached the shorter boy, "Ryo-chin! Why didn't you pass to me? Huh? Huh? Huh?" Miyagi barely spared him a glance as he picked up his towel and took a drink.
"Hiki! Hiki! Hiki! Hiki!" *Favorite! Favorite! Favorite! Favorite!* said Sakuragi pointing to Miyagi.
"Nanio hiki? Baka." *what favorite? Stupid. * asked Miyagi.
"Hiki! Hiki! Hiki! Mitsui no hiki!" *Favorite! Favorite! Favorite! Mitsui is your favorite! * said Sakuragi.
"NANI??! Chigou! Iie da! Nanio Mitsui no hiki?" *WHAT?!! No! No! What is Mitsui my favorite? * denied Miyagi.
"You always pass the ball to him, Mitsui no hiki!!!" *Mitsui is your favorite* said Sakuragi persistently.
"Oh, you mean why I always pass the ball to him?" asked Miyagi, finally understanding what Sakuragi was getting at, "It's because they expect me to pass the ball to you, that's why I passed it to Mitsui you baka!" *stupid*
"Urursai. *Shut up* Kainan and Shoyo are watching," said Mitsui quietly. Looking up, the two found that he was right. Both teams had indeed come to watch the practice match. Sakuragi was about to open his mouth to shout something across to the Nozaru who was laughing at him, when Kayura walked up behind him and said quietly, "Urusai." *Shut up* Sakuragi turned around in surprise and said, "Huh?"
"Just shut up. Relax and shut up. Ignore them. Do not reply to them."
Miyagi smirked and Mitsui smiled. They understood what was going on. The idea was simple. If Sakuragi could shut up and pay attention to the game without shouting insults back to Kiyota, Kiyota was more likely to be annoyed by that then by the fact that Sakuragi was insulting him. the simple thing was called reverse psychology, they understood, every other member who was smiling understood, only the stupid red headed monkey did not understand.
"Huh?"
"If you want to irritate him, ignore him." Sakuragi looked her way before looking back at Kiyota who stuck his tongue out at him. carefully masking his anger, Sakuragi looked away and for the first time ignored the dumbfounded Kiyota.
Fifteen minutes later…
The game was in full swing and Shohoku was catching up with Ryonan quickly. The score was seventy-nine to seventy-eight.
Mitsui ran alongside Akagi and received the pass from him neatly. Stopping outside the three-point line, Mitsui jumped for his famous three pointer shot.
Mitsui tossed the ball effortlessly into the air and expected it to go into the hoop as it always did, when suddenly, Sendoh's hand appeared out of nowhere and actually touched the ball. The ball hit the rim instead of going into the hoop and bounced of the rim. Akagi, Uozumi, Sakuragi and Rukawa jumped for the ball.
Lashing his arm out, it was Rukawa who managed to snatch the ball away from the others. Looking across the court, he noticed Mitsui waving his hand. Realizing that he was too near the hoop and had no way out with Uozumi, Koshino and Sendoh guarding him he reared his hand back, and…tossed the ball lightly over his shoulder to Akagi.
Akagi caught the ball from Rukawa and smirked once before jumping for his famous gorilla dunk. The ball was slammed forcefully into the hoop and Shohoku was in the lead.
The game went on in this manner with the lead being thrown back and forth by the few point leads. Then something unthinkable, or almost unthinkable happened.
Rukawa jumped for the ball, that Miyagi threw at him, but missed it. Cursing, he turned to find Sendoh and Sakuragi jumping for it. And he wasn't very surprised when they both clashed into each other and fell to he ground.
Sakuragi reached for the ball and felt his body slam into Sendoh's as they tried to get the ball. The next thing he felt was the ball slipping away from both their hands and then crashing onto Sendoh's leg.
Sakuragi got off Sendoh and tired to stand up, but toppled down because of the ache in his ankle. He turned around, expecting to find Kayura there to help him, but she wasn't, Ayako was though, but she wasn't the one Sakuragi wanted to tend to him. Looking over his shoulder, Sakuragi realized that Kayura was attending to Sendoh instead of him.
Sakuragi watched as Kayura seemingly tended to a very seriously injured Sendoh. He watched as she fussed over him and tended to his leg with the utmost care and tenderness. He watched as she laughed smiling at something he said and noted how she stayed by his side for the rest of the game.
Turning to Yasuda, he asked, "Oi! Ya-chyan, why is Kayura over there, isn't she supposed to be over here helping me?" Yasuda turned and said, "I don't know, I only know that she asked Anzai sensei for permission to go over and help when the two of you crash landed. I don't know why she went to help him, but she seemed very worried for him. More worried about him then you definitely."
"So," thought Sakuragi, "She likes him eh? Well, he'll not beat me this time. Sendoh, ore wa taosu." *Sendoh, I'll beat you."
Chapter 3
Two weeks ago, Sakuragi Hanamichi had no hopes of playing in the game against Ryonan, but then, with the help of his friend/enemy Date Kayura, he had gotten the essentials that he needed for the game. Now, he was in the heated match, the score was sixty-five to sixty-nine, they were losing, but they had high hopes for winning.
"Ryo-chin! Pass!" shouted Sakuragi as he caught up with the lightning guard. Miyagi looked to his left, saw the red head waving at him and passed the ball to his right, into the waiting hands of three pointer extraordinaire Mitsui Hisashi who raised their scores by another three points. Then, before they knew it, it was half time.
"Grrr…" growled Sakuragi as he approached the shorter boy, "Ryo-chin! Why didn't you pass to me? Huh? Huh? Huh?" Miyagi barely spared him a glance as he picked up his towel and took a drink.
"Hiki! Hiki! Hiki! Hiki!" *Favorite! Favorite! Favorite! Favorite!* said Sakuragi pointing to Miyagi.
"Nanio hiki? Baka." *what favorite? Stupid. * asked Miyagi.
"Hiki! Hiki! Hiki! Mitsui no hiki!" *Favorite! Favorite! Favorite! Mitsui is your favorite! * said Sakuragi.
"NANI??! Chigou! Iie da! Nanio Mitsui no hiki?" *WHAT?!! No! No! What is Mitsui my favorite? * denied Miyagi.
"You always pass the ball to him, Mitsui no hiki!!!" *Mitsui is your favorite* said Sakuragi persistently.
"Oh, you mean why I always pass the ball to him?" asked Miyagi, finally understanding what Sakuragi was getting at, "It's because they expect me to pass the ball to you, that's why I passed it to Mitsui you baka!" *stupid*
"Urursai. *Shut up* Kainan and Shoyo are watching," said Mitsui quietly. Looking up, the two found that he was right. Both teams had indeed come to watch the practice match. Sakuragi was about to open his mouth to shout something across to the Nozaru who was laughing at him, when Kayura walked up behind him and said quietly, "Urusai." *Shut up* Sakuragi turned around in surprise and said, "Huh?"
"Just shut up. Relax and shut up. Ignore them. Do not reply to them."
Miyagi smirked and Mitsui smiled. They understood what was going on. The idea was simple. If Sakuragi could shut up and pay attention to the game without shouting insults back to Kiyota, Kiyota was more likely to be annoyed by that then by the fact that Sakuragi was insulting him. the simple thing was called reverse psychology, they understood, every other member who was smiling understood, only the stupid red headed monkey did not understand.
"Huh?"
"If you want to irritate him, ignore him." Sakuragi looked her way before looking back at Kiyota who stuck his tongue out at him. carefully masking his anger, Sakuragi looked away and for the first time ignored the dumbfounded Kiyota.
Fifteen minutes later…
The game was in full swing and Shohoku was catching up with Ryonan quickly. The score was seventy-nine to seventy-eight.
Mitsui ran alongside Akagi and received the pass from him neatly. Stopping outside the three-point line, Mitsui jumped for his famous three pointer shot.
Mitsui tossed the ball effortlessly into the air and expected it to go into the hoop as it always did, when suddenly, Sendoh's hand appeared out of nowhere and actually touched the ball. The ball hit the rim instead of going into the hoop and bounced of the rim. Akagi, Uozumi, Sakuragi and Rukawa jumped for the ball.
Lashing his arm out, it was Rukawa who managed to snatch the ball away from the others. Looking across the court, he noticed Mitsui waving his hand. Realizing that he was too near the hoop and had no way out with Uozumi, Koshino and Sendoh guarding him he reared his hand back, and…tossed the ball lightly over his shoulder to Akagi.
Akagi caught the ball from Rukawa and smirked once before jumping for his famous gorilla dunk. The ball was slammed forcefully into the hoop and Shohoku was in the lead.
The game went on in this manner with the lead being thrown back and forth by the few point leads. Then something unthinkable, or almost unthinkable happened.
Rukawa jumped for the ball, that Miyagi threw at him, but missed it. Cursing, he turned to find Sendoh and Sakuragi jumping for it. And he wasn't very surprised when they both clashed into each other and fell to he ground.
Sakuragi reached for the ball and felt his body slam into Sendoh's as they tried to get the ball. The next thing he felt was the ball slipping away from both their hands and then crashing onto Sendoh's leg.
Sakuragi got off Sendoh and tired to stand up, but toppled down because of the ache in his ankle. He turned around, expecting to find Kayura there to help him, but she wasn't, Ayako was though, but she wasn't the one Sakuragi wanted to tend to him. Looking over his shoulder, Sakuragi realized that Kayura was attending to Sendoh instead of him.
Sakuragi watched as Kayura seemingly tended to a very seriously injured Sendoh. He watched as she fussed over him and tended to his leg with the utmost care and tenderness. He watched as she laughed smiling at something he said and noted how she stayed by his side for the rest of the game.
Turning to Yasuda, he asked, "Oi! Ya-chyan, why is Kayura over there, isn't she supposed to be over here helping me?" Yasuda turned and said, "I don't know, I only know that she asked Anzai sensei for permission to go over and help when the two of you crash landed. I don't know why she went to help him, but she seemed very worried for him. More worried about him then you definitely."
"So," thought Sakuragi, "She likes him eh? Well, he'll not beat me this time. Sendoh, ore wa taosu." *Sendoh, I'll beat you."