BECOMING POPULAR
*CHAPTER ONE*
~Largest Gossip~
Author's Notes: Greetings! Well, Chapter 1 is mostly about the life of Rukawa. So I guess you can understand Chapter 2 without reading the first one. Ummm… But no! Read them both. So you'll understand everything. But ugh! It's up to you. Review please…
Chapter Advertisement: I really love the pairing of Miyagi and Ayako (a/n: I don't really know the reason why I wrote this fic. Maybe just to write something about the handsome Super Rookie). The first fic that I've read of Miyagi & Ayako was entitled: To Be Loved By You, by: Lor-hime. It's bit drama in the middle that I nearly cried (a/n: NEARLY!!!! 'Cause if I'll cry, my family will see me and they'll be shocked with the crap of mine that I'm crying).
Disclaimer: Lor-hime said that Slam Dunk was made by Takehiko Inoue or otherwise known as Dr. T. So I therefore conclude that he's the guy with the cap that interrupts the show, explaining to us something about basketball.
JAPANESE TRANSLATIONS
(I pity people—I'm one of them—trying their best to understand the Japanese Words cruel writers write, don't they understand that many people have no time to listen to the voice behind the subtitle? Or read English to Japanese dictionaries?)
Konban Wa - Good evening
Hai – Yes (a/n: duh!!)
Arigatou – Thanks
Nani – What?
Kitsune – Fox
Tensai - Genius
Gomen – Sorry
Gomen nasai – I'm very sorry
Ja ne – Good-bye!
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Kaede woke up, blinked and stared at his alarm clock. 7:45. He'd be late for school!!!! Rukawa stood up and immediately took a bath. He ate his breakfast and left. He cycled and saw a 3rd yr. girl staring at him.
"Don't look at anyone!" he ordered himself.
With his lack of sleep, he accidentally (or rather purposely) slept while cycling. As expected, he bumped into an innocent parked car and run with the bike, trying to get away from the owner before he realized that a clumsy teenage boy whacked his car.
He drove fast and reached Shohoku High in a matter of minutes. He parked his bike and went to his room. In a matter of seconds… ZZzzzzzzz…
At the practice game against Ryonan, Rukawa made a three-points shot. The RUKAWA BOOSTERS cheered loudly that it echoed through the whole gym. When Miyagi got the ball, he passed it to Rukawa quickly. Sakuragi, who was obviously free when Miyagi got the ball, glared at Rukawa. Rukawa tried to make a fake shot and eluded Sendoh easily. He went under the basket and Shoot! Another cheer from the BOOSTERS.
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After the game, he had a quick shower and left. He was really tired. When he was about to leave, he bumped into a 3rd year girl—the one he saw that morning.
The bag of the girl fell out of her hands and fell on the floor. The make-up kits, comb, mirror, cologne, celphone, sanitary napkin and anything that you can see inside a girl's bag went out. Rukawa looked at the things and stared at the napkin. His face turned red. And so did the girl's.
"Gomen nasai!" Rukawa mumbled.
He helped the girl with her things but didn't dare to hold the napkin. The girl quickly grabbed it and placed inside the bag.
"It's all right… I'm Renaka. Yume Renaka I'm a--" she explained but was interrupted by Rukawa.
"Junior," he said.
"Rukawa" he introduced himself and left.
"I know! Do you think there's a girl in this school who doesn't even know your name?" Yume asked as she tried to catch up with Rukawa.
"Why are you so cold?" Yume she asked another question again, trying to bring out a topic.
"If I'm cold, I should be dead," Rukawa simply answered as he looked for his bike.
"Oh my! Rukawa's talking to a girl," exclaimed Mire loudly, who seems to belong in the RUKAWA BOOSTERS.
Rukawa heard her but as usual—she was ignored.
"That's Yume Renaka, a junior. Uh-oh! I think I don't like this scene…" a friend of Mire added. Rukawa ran away from Yume, grabbed his bike and left.
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The next day, Rukawa thought of seeing himself. It wasn't in a mirror though. He was cycling when he saw it. But he didn't really see it clearly—he needed a second look. Today is… Tuesday! It's the day when "Gs" the Girl's Gossip Newspaper, is published.
When he reached Shohoku High, many girls looked at him. Not drooling this time but out of curiosity. Rukawa walked directly to his room and slept.
At lunch, he again saw his face. But it was clear this time though. He was in the front page of "Gs".
"Not again!" he said to himself.
He looked if no one can see him. There were some girls. But not quite. So he snatched a newspaper from the BOOSTERS' official table and ran to the nearest restroom and read.
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RUKAWA KAEDE talked to a GIRL
This is really fishy. For the first time in the history, Rukawa talked to a girl. Well, of course he can talk, duh! But the G's are assuring you, the girl's not Ayako. It's a junior named: Yume Renaka. Yeah, yeah! She's pretty (according to my brother). But she doesn't belong to the RUKAWA BOOSTERS or G's. So who gives her the right to talk to him? Yuck! "He just helped me because he accidentally bumped me and all the things inside my bag fell out," Yume reasoned out. But who will believe her? She might have bumped him for a reason. Maybe to catch his attention or something. Poor Rukawa, we have no idea what happened to his bumped-shoulder.
Mire Sutaka
PRESIDENT OF RUKAWA BOOSTERS
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Bumped Rukawa for a reason? No one can do that. He can elude the person quickly as he could. As if he's playing basketball. Rukawa was the one who bumped her. He was really tired and sleepy that he hadn't realized someone was in front him.
"Hmmmm… Why don't I make this Yume a bit more popular? I bet I can do that!" he dared himself.
He left the newspaper near the faucet and left. He went to the locker area where there are a lot of girls—drooling at him. He got his books and left.
When he was about to enter his room, he saw Yume. Looking for some audience, he saw Mire, Mire's friends, some of the G's and a lot of girls. This would do all right!
He went to Yume who was walking while listening to a Disk Man. He placed his hand on her shoulders.
"Hi!" he greeted loudly that many girls heard him. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw many girls looked at them.
"Perfect!" he thought.
"Any plans on Saturday night?" he asked.
"Nothing really," she said and added, "Why?"
"Just wondering if we can go to the movies or something," he suggested, trying to make his voice more loudly and clearly for much more people to hear.
"Sounds great!" she exclaimed.
"So I'll pick you up at around 7?" he asked.
"Whatever you say," she said and smiled.
Rukawa lifted his eyebrow as a sign of "good bye". And headed off.
No matter what Rukawa tried to do, he's still cold as ever—but what he did probably worked a little.
He slept again in his next class and after that, he went to his basketball practice.
Rukawa went home right after the practice, ate dinner and slept. No wonder he got a very sexy body! He plays basketball and sleeps all the time.
Author's Notes: Now, now, now. I'm telling you, YOU CANT GET AWAY FROM THIS CHAPTER WITHOUT REVIEWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Press the 'REVIEW' button. Please???? Ugh! If you don't, I'll—I'll.. I'll go watch Lulu. Well, I bet you wouldn't press it so I'm off. I'll just watch Lil' Lulu and I'll continue to write this fic, k?
P.S.: Can't you see that this elementary student who is writing this fanfic, is still a 'girl'. So don't ever bother me while watching some kiddie shows. Ja ne!