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Chapter 15
A Game of Basketball.
"I got it! I got it! I got it" yelled Shantona on seeing the ball hurtling towards her in mid-air. Trishna ran towards her opponent trying to catch the ball before her. The ball was about 1cm from Shantona's hand when she suddenly ducked and avoided the ball. The ball oblivious to this continued on its path and finally made contact with Trishna's palm after which it was neatly placed into the hoop by Trishna. "Oh yeah! You certainly got it!" said Trishna sweetly to Shantona who was smiling sheepishly whilst receiving an onslaught of killer glares from the rest of her teammates. "I see that you still haven't gotten over your phobia of flying balls! Well there goes the rest of your sex life!" added Trishna who was now grinning madly at her blushing friend.
Michelle picked up the ball and dribbled it onto the court. Trishna immediately came over to guard her, she had expected this and so she scanned the court to find who she could throw the ball to. She winced when she realized that the only one who was free was Shantona, all good that would do! Out of the corner of her eye she saw Sunny make a break for it and she threw the ball to her other teammate. Sunny caught the ball and then performed a jump-shot and the ball landed neatly in the hoop. Preet collected the ball and started. She surveyed the court and to her dismay Trishna was being tightly guarded by Michelle and Sunny… unsure of what to do, she did the only thing possible and tossed the ball to Samantha. Sam on realizing that time was running out knew that the outcome of the game depended on her. She relaxed her body and took stance like she had seen Trishna do a thousand times before when she was shooting and then she allowed the ball to roll off her fingers.
Sunny watched in awe as Sam tried her best to make the shot… unfortunately she had misjudged her strength as per usual and so the ball flew above and past the hoop. Following the path of the ball Sunny winced when the ball had finally made contact.
Kogure looked up at his two friends who were staring at him in worry, and then he proceeded to rub his head and adjust his spectacles. He looked around for the object which had assaulted him and when his eyes finally found the basketball he looked up at his friends curiously and then proceeded to look at the court. Samantha was running towards him and when she reached him she knelt by him, worry written across her face.
"Kogure are you alright? Oh mi god! I am so sorry! I was aiming for the hoop and I kind of missed it slightly! Can you get up?" poured out an over concerned Sam. "Missed it slightly huh?" commented Akagi who was looking to and fro between the intended destination (the hoop) and the final destination (Kogure's head). "Oi! Gori! What did you say? Fine! So I missed it by a lot" answered a very irritated Sam. "Even Hanamichi could do better then that" continued Akagi not knowing he was digging his own grave. That was the last straw and Samantha lunged for Akagi but was prevented by Trishna who was holding her back with all her might. Samantha whirled around then looking at her friend yelled "This is all your fault! You knew that I can't play well but no… you had to force me saying that it'd be fun!" "My fault?" asked Trishna incredulously "Hey I just suggested playing since we all had nothing better to do! I had no other intention. I just thought it'd be a fun way to spend time together!"
Sunny ignored her two bickering friends and handed Kogure a bottle of water. "Here drink that! Maybe it'll help" said Sunny while eyeing the injured Kogure. "Thanks" murmured Kogure who was still a bit dazed. Michelle on seeing his dazed expression proceeded to give him an explanation as to why the six of them were here in the park court playing basketball. Finally when she had finished her explanation Akagi commented "You girls should be banned from playing in public! It is a health hazard!" Sunny and Michelle grinned at the comment while Preet shoved the ball in his face. "Ite! What was that for?" asked an enraged Akagi, but he was met with a pair of huge blinking Bambi eyes and a sweet voice "Oops! My hand slipped!" "Uh huh! Yeah right!" growled Akagi.
For the past 20 minutes the girls had been playing a three on three game which seemed to be dragging as in the end the score was 6-10 favouring Sunny's team. It was like heaven had heard her prayer and sent saviors in the form of these three guys. "Oi! How about you join us in our game?" chirpped Sunny excitedly. "I don't think that…" but Akagi was cut off by an eager Mitsui who nodded his head vigorously and said "Yeah! Sure thing! It'll be our pleasure!" Before Akagi or Kogure could protest they were hauled off by Sunny and Michelle. Samantha and Trishna had overheard the suggestion and they both realized that it'd be a nightmare. So united they stalked off to try and persuade Sunny to do otherwise.
Whilst Sunny and Michelle dealt with the raging Samantha and Trishna, Preet realized that they were one member short. She tried to think for an answer to their dilemma and finally it dawned upon her. Bidding Shantona a goodbye she hurried to the pond in the park.
Trishna couldn't believe that Sunny was so insistent on playing together with the guys. Couldn't she see that it'd be disaster in the making! She was about to voice another protest when "Are you afraid of being embarrassed when we beat you? Don't worry I'll play nice and promise not to embarrass you" said Mitsui cockily. Trishna whirled around and stared at him "On the contrary darling! I am afraid of the damage that your ego would undergo when I beat you!" answered Trishna coolly and for a period of time they stood staring at each other electricity flying between their eyes. Trishna was immediately for the idea and now Sammy was left alone to fend for herself.
She couldn't believe that Trishna was really all that easy to get at! Now she had to fight by herself and she knew that she was fighting a lost battle. "Hey there minna! I hear that you guys are one player short… may I offer my services!" Samantha whirled around on hearing that voice. She knew that voice and true enough there stood Sendoh next to a very short Preet. All her protestations died down and soon enough the game began.
Teams:
Group 1: Trishna, Samantha, Sendoh, Akagi, Preet
Group 2: Michelle, Shantona, Sunny, Kogure, Mitsui
They had continued where they had left off… meaning that Sammy's team was trailing by 4 points. But soon enough that lead was gotten over due to the great efforts of Sendoh and Akagi and now they were tied.
Mitsui had the ball in hand and he was being guarded by Preet although he inwardly wished for Trishna. He snapped back to reality and scanned the court thinking of what to do. He realized that Shantona was free and not knowing the reasoning for this he took advantage of the situation and passed her the ball. "I got it! I got it! I got it" yelled Shantona but true enough just before the ball made contact Shantona ducked! Mitsui stared at her his jaw touching the cement floor beneath him. Trishna grabbed the abandoned ball and dashed to the other side of the court and just as she reached Mitsui appeared in front of her. She smiled at him then passed the ball backwards to Sendoh who then made a three point shot. It was in and now Mitsui's team was trailing by 3 points. "Get ready for your loss honey!" whispered Trishna as she jogged pass him back to the other side of the court. Mitsui just grinned back.
The ongoing game had drawn a crowd and now people surrounded the court and were cheering wildly for both sides.
The game had been intense… although the six girls had provided more comedy value than help. Sammy had the ball in hand and she was dribbling it back to the other side. She really wanted to help win the game. She saw Preet free and she threw the ball to her.
Preet saw the incoming ball hurtling towards her and for once she understood why Shantona ducked. She cringed at the thought of her hands making contact with the ball that Sam had thrown so forcefully but she still stood her ground and waited for impact.
Trishna realized that the ball had been thrown too high and was on her way to retrieve it before the other team could get it.
Sammy cringed when she saw the ball past above her short friend's head and realized that it was on a collision path with one of the spectators head.
Trishna jumped and caught the ball in her hand and threw it back into the court.
"See! I told you that those girls… especially that one should be banned from playing in pub…" however the grumbling Akagi had been cut off as the ball made impact with his face. Shocked by the impact he stood still and Sunny took advantage of this shock to peel the ball off his face and pass it to Kogure who then proceeded to try for a goal. "Thanks Trish! That teaches him not to bad mouth us!" snickered Samantha as she ran pass her friend and then added as she passed Akagi "At least I can catch a ball and hold on to it!" Akagi just growled back at her then proceeded to defend the goal.
Kogure was being guarded by Sendoh and he knew that he had to pass the ball if he wanted to get the point. He saw Michelle make a dash and he passed it to her.
Michelle was free for the time being and as she dribbled the ball she contemplated what to do. She had no choice and realized that she had to do this by herself. She dashed to the hoop and jumped. For a few minutes she felt like she was flying but then she was brought out of her reverie by the most horrible monster looking creature who had jumped in front of her and looked like it was about to attack. Out of self defense she took the ball, completely forgetting her initial aim, and rammed it on the monster's head praying to save herself.
Akagi fell to the floor and groaned as he made impact with the cement. He could hear the crowd laughing /Not again! / he thought realizing that this was the second time someone had dunked the ball on him.
"Did I get it? Did I get that hideous monster?" asked a chibified version of Michelle frightfully as she looked at her friends. "What do you mean monster?" yelled an enraged Akagi on hearing her description of him. Michelle still oblivious of what she had done continued "You know… that monster that had jumped in front of me! It was hideous! It was this big gorilla looking…" but the words trailed off as she realized what had happened. She turned around and was confronted by a gorilla looking Akagi who had a few veins popping out of his forehead.
"I knew it! I knew that we shouldn't have played with these girls! They are seriously dangerous!" yelled an enraged Akagi. "Don't be so harsh Akagi! They didn't mean it" comforted Kogure but he was cut off by Akagi who went on "You didn't have the ball smashed in your face Twice!" his voice increasing with each word. "So the ball has a crush on you! Big deal! I think it is cute" said Preet innocently "Cute? A crush? What nonsense are you talking about!" sputtered Akagi "Hey! Don't take it out on us if the ball and you have a thing going on with each other! It ain't our fault if it is drawn to you… but if you were to ask me I would advice you to control your emotions for the ball until after the game… you are seriously disturbing the game!" stated Samantha coolly. Sendoh grinned at her answer and Kogure and the basket ball sweatdropped. Akagi whirled around stunned at this girls answer. //Hmm… what was it? S for stubborn and Samantha and T for trouble and Trishna. Why didn't I remember this before we started the game… oh wait I did but Preet had corned me into playing// on realizing that he ignored Samantha's retort and signaled the rest to continue the game but before they started he added in a deadly tone "If that ball makes contact with my face one more time… I swear that he/she who threw the ball won't live to see another day!" Kogure sweatdropped again and by now many sweatdrops had appeared on the basket ball.
"I take it then that the ball can make contact with any other part of your body other than your face" added Samantha matter-of-factly as she dribbled the ball to the other side of the court. Akagi was about to deliver a gori punch to Samantha when he was restrained by both Kogure and Sendoh. Samantha realizing the ongoing commotion at the other side of the court said cheekily "Oi! Gori! Could you stop wasting time and get here and play the game! Seriously… sometimes I wonder if you really are serious about this game" Mitsui ran to the other side of the court to help restrain Akagi who know really looked liked a gorilla.
Sammy passed the ball to Trishna and then taking advantage of the fact that all the guys were on the other side of the court she performed a perfect lay-up shot. Trishna high fived Samantha as they ran back to the other side of the court. When Samantha passed Akagi she added naughtily "See! we really can play perfectly by ourselves… we aren't all that dangerous" Kogure finally gave up and as for Akagi his whole forehead was now covered with popping veins.
It was the last thirty seconds of the game and Mitsui's team was leading by one point. Trishna threw the ball to Samantha and Akagi groaned on realizing that the faith of the game depended on that baka! Samantha felt the pressure mounting on her and she knew that she had to do something. She noticed that everybody was being tightly guarded and she had to do this by herself. She looked up at Sunny who was in front of her and noticed that both Sendoh and Akagi were under the hoop. She tried to throw the ball to them but Sunny was keeping her defense real tight. Finally Samantha decided to make this goal by herself. Somehow or rather by the grace of god she managed to bypass Sunny and she dashed for the goal. As she approached it she still didn't know what to do and finally she allowed her instincts to take over.
Trishna watched in awe as she saw Samantha jump onto Sendoh's back and dunk the ball in the hoop. Her alarm rang indicating the end of the game and she realized that they had won. She ran over to Sendoh, Samantha and Preet high fiving all of them whilst listening to the other team complain that it was a foul and that they had actually won. She looked at them and said "You were playing with us and we already told you that we don't play according to the normal rules… so according to us that is counted as a goal!"
Mitsui looked at Sunny and Michelle but they too knew about the rule thing and so they had to admit that they were defeated. Finally he gave up with a sigh and went over to congratulate the winners.
Trishna looked around "Uh… where's Gori?" she then heard a groan coming from behind her and on turning she saw Akagi lying on the ground with the ball in his face once again. Several sweatdrops had appeared on the surface of the ball and as for everybody else they stood rooted to their positions. "Aaargh! Where is that girl? She is going to Pay!" growled Akagi as he stood up shaking his head. Samantha on seeing the gorilla looking Akagi realized that she was in trouble and then decided to hide her head behind Sendoh's gravity defying hair do as she was still on his back.
Akagi saw her duck behind Sendo's hair and thought of it as a really stupid thing to do /but then again S was also for stupid, ne? / He approached Sendoh slowly contemplating what to do when he finally got his hands on that girl.
Sendoh watched in horror as the gorilla looking Akagi approached him and it seemed that the girl on his back had no intention of getting off //Oh! Why do I always get stuck in the most horrible situations when I am with this girl // he thought inwardly. Suddenly he felt somebody yanking his hair.
Samantha saw no way out of this and once again she trusted her instincts to get her out of this mess. She yanked Sendoh's hair and screamed excitedly "Giddy up horsie! Move! Hurry!"
Sendoh remained rooted to his position stunned at her commands. But soon enough he realized that she was increasing the force with which she pulled his hair and if he wanted to be left with hair he had no choice. So he dashed off carrying a very excited Samantha on his back.
Akagi stared at the cloud of dust that was in front of him whilst everybody else sweatdropped on seeing Sendoh charge off with Sammy on his back.
"Akagi… I really do think that the first and last time that the ball made contact with your face was an accident. Please don't be angry with her!" wailed Trishna trying her level best to protect her friend. Akagi looked at her and grunted. Trishna watched him walk away and was happy to see Preet join him /surely she would be able to calm him down! /
and with that thought she turned around and looked at Mitsui "So Hisashi… see I told you that I'd win!" she said victoriously then added cheekily "Come on… I'll walk you home and help you deal with the feeling of defeat" She heard Mitsui sigh and then she grabbed his arm and together they walked home following Shantona and Michelle who were ahead of them and Sunny and Kogure who were behind them deeply engrossed in their own conversation.
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Chapter 15
A Game of Basketball.
"I got it! I got it! I got it" yelled Shantona on seeing the ball hurtling towards her in mid-air. Trishna ran towards her opponent trying to catch the ball before her. The ball was about 1cm from Shantona's hand when she suddenly ducked and avoided the ball. The ball oblivious to this continued on its path and finally made contact with Trishna's palm after which it was neatly placed into the hoop by Trishna. "Oh yeah! You certainly got it!" said Trishna sweetly to Shantona who was smiling sheepishly whilst receiving an onslaught of killer glares from the rest of her teammates. "I see that you still haven't gotten over your phobia of flying balls! Well there goes the rest of your sex life!" added Trishna who was now grinning madly at her blushing friend.
Michelle picked up the ball and dribbled it onto the court. Trishna immediately came over to guard her, she had expected this and so she scanned the court to find who she could throw the ball to. She winced when she realized that the only one who was free was Shantona, all good that would do! Out of the corner of her eye she saw Sunny make a break for it and she threw the ball to her other teammate. Sunny caught the ball and then performed a jump-shot and the ball landed neatly in the hoop. Preet collected the ball and started. She surveyed the court and to her dismay Trishna was being tightly guarded by Michelle and Sunny… unsure of what to do, she did the only thing possible and tossed the ball to Samantha. Sam on realizing that time was running out knew that the outcome of the game depended on her. She relaxed her body and took stance like she had seen Trishna do a thousand times before when she was shooting and then she allowed the ball to roll off her fingers.
Sunny watched in awe as Sam tried her best to make the shot… unfortunately she had misjudged her strength as per usual and so the ball flew above and past the hoop. Following the path of the ball Sunny winced when the ball had finally made contact.
Kogure looked up at his two friends who were staring at him in worry, and then he proceeded to rub his head and adjust his spectacles. He looked around for the object which had assaulted him and when his eyes finally found the basketball he looked up at his friends curiously and then proceeded to look at the court. Samantha was running towards him and when she reached him she knelt by him, worry written across her face.
"Kogure are you alright? Oh mi god! I am so sorry! I was aiming for the hoop and I kind of missed it slightly! Can you get up?" poured out an over concerned Sam. "Missed it slightly huh?" commented Akagi who was looking to and fro between the intended destination (the hoop) and the final destination (Kogure's head). "Oi! Gori! What did you say? Fine! So I missed it by a lot" answered a very irritated Sam. "Even Hanamichi could do better then that" continued Akagi not knowing he was digging his own grave. That was the last straw and Samantha lunged for Akagi but was prevented by Trishna who was holding her back with all her might. Samantha whirled around then looking at her friend yelled "This is all your fault! You knew that I can't play well but no… you had to force me saying that it'd be fun!" "My fault?" asked Trishna incredulously "Hey I just suggested playing since we all had nothing better to do! I had no other intention. I just thought it'd be a fun way to spend time together!"
Sunny ignored her two bickering friends and handed Kogure a bottle of water. "Here drink that! Maybe it'll help" said Sunny while eyeing the injured Kogure. "Thanks" murmured Kogure who was still a bit dazed. Michelle on seeing his dazed expression proceeded to give him an explanation as to why the six of them were here in the park court playing basketball. Finally when she had finished her explanation Akagi commented "You girls should be banned from playing in public! It is a health hazard!" Sunny and Michelle grinned at the comment while Preet shoved the ball in his face. "Ite! What was that for?" asked an enraged Akagi, but he was met with a pair of huge blinking Bambi eyes and a sweet voice "Oops! My hand slipped!" "Uh huh! Yeah right!" growled Akagi.
For the past 20 minutes the girls had been playing a three on three game which seemed to be dragging as in the end the score was 6-10 favouring Sunny's team. It was like heaven had heard her prayer and sent saviors in the form of these three guys. "Oi! How about you join us in our game?" chirpped Sunny excitedly. "I don't think that…" but Akagi was cut off by an eager Mitsui who nodded his head vigorously and said "Yeah! Sure thing! It'll be our pleasure!" Before Akagi or Kogure could protest they were hauled off by Sunny and Michelle. Samantha and Trishna had overheard the suggestion and they both realized that it'd be a nightmare. So united they stalked off to try and persuade Sunny to do otherwise.
Whilst Sunny and Michelle dealt with the raging Samantha and Trishna, Preet realized that they were one member short. She tried to think for an answer to their dilemma and finally it dawned upon her. Bidding Shantona a goodbye she hurried to the pond in the park.
Trishna couldn't believe that Sunny was so insistent on playing together with the guys. Couldn't she see that it'd be disaster in the making! She was about to voice another protest when "Are you afraid of being embarrassed when we beat you? Don't worry I'll play nice and promise not to embarrass you" said Mitsui cockily. Trishna whirled around and stared at him "On the contrary darling! I am afraid of the damage that your ego would undergo when I beat you!" answered Trishna coolly and for a period of time they stood staring at each other electricity flying between their eyes. Trishna was immediately for the idea and now Sammy was left alone to fend for herself.
She couldn't believe that Trishna was really all that easy to get at! Now she had to fight by herself and she knew that she was fighting a lost battle. "Hey there minna! I hear that you guys are one player short… may I offer my services!" Samantha whirled around on hearing that voice. She knew that voice and true enough there stood Sendoh next to a very short Preet. All her protestations died down and soon enough the game began.
Teams:
Group 1: Trishna, Samantha, Sendoh, Akagi, Preet
Group 2: Michelle, Shantona, Sunny, Kogure, Mitsui
They had continued where they had left off… meaning that Sammy's team was trailing by 4 points. But soon enough that lead was gotten over due to the great efforts of Sendoh and Akagi and now they were tied.
Mitsui had the ball in hand and he was being guarded by Preet although he inwardly wished for Trishna. He snapped back to reality and scanned the court thinking of what to do. He realized that Shantona was free and not knowing the reasoning for this he took advantage of the situation and passed her the ball. "I got it! I got it! I got it" yelled Shantona but true enough just before the ball made contact Shantona ducked! Mitsui stared at her his jaw touching the cement floor beneath him. Trishna grabbed the abandoned ball and dashed to the other side of the court and just as she reached Mitsui appeared in front of her. She smiled at him then passed the ball backwards to Sendoh who then made a three point shot. It was in and now Mitsui's team was trailing by 3 points. "Get ready for your loss honey!" whispered Trishna as she jogged pass him back to the other side of the court. Mitsui just grinned back.
The ongoing game had drawn a crowd and now people surrounded the court and were cheering wildly for both sides.
The game had been intense… although the six girls had provided more comedy value than help. Sammy had the ball in hand and she was dribbling it back to the other side. She really wanted to help win the game. She saw Preet free and she threw the ball to her.
Preet saw the incoming ball hurtling towards her and for once she understood why Shantona ducked. She cringed at the thought of her hands making contact with the ball that Sam had thrown so forcefully but she still stood her ground and waited for impact.
Trishna realized that the ball had been thrown too high and was on her way to retrieve it before the other team could get it.
Sammy cringed when she saw the ball past above her short friend's head and realized that it was on a collision path with one of the spectators head.
Trishna jumped and caught the ball in her hand and threw it back into the court.
"See! I told you that those girls… especially that one should be banned from playing in pub…" however the grumbling Akagi had been cut off as the ball made impact with his face. Shocked by the impact he stood still and Sunny took advantage of this shock to peel the ball off his face and pass it to Kogure who then proceeded to try for a goal. "Thanks Trish! That teaches him not to bad mouth us!" snickered Samantha as she ran pass her friend and then added as she passed Akagi "At least I can catch a ball and hold on to it!" Akagi just growled back at her then proceeded to defend the goal.
Kogure was being guarded by Sendoh and he knew that he had to pass the ball if he wanted to get the point. He saw Michelle make a dash and he passed it to her.
Michelle was free for the time being and as she dribbled the ball she contemplated what to do. She had no choice and realized that she had to do this by herself. She dashed to the hoop and jumped. For a few minutes she felt like she was flying but then she was brought out of her reverie by the most horrible monster looking creature who had jumped in front of her and looked like it was about to attack. Out of self defense she took the ball, completely forgetting her initial aim, and rammed it on the monster's head praying to save herself.
Akagi fell to the floor and groaned as he made impact with the cement. He could hear the crowd laughing /Not again! / he thought realizing that this was the second time someone had dunked the ball on him.
"Did I get it? Did I get that hideous monster?" asked a chibified version of Michelle frightfully as she looked at her friends. "What do you mean monster?" yelled an enraged Akagi on hearing her description of him. Michelle still oblivious of what she had done continued "You know… that monster that had jumped in front of me! It was hideous! It was this big gorilla looking…" but the words trailed off as she realized what had happened. She turned around and was confronted by a gorilla looking Akagi who had a few veins popping out of his forehead.
"I knew it! I knew that we shouldn't have played with these girls! They are seriously dangerous!" yelled an enraged Akagi. "Don't be so harsh Akagi! They didn't mean it" comforted Kogure but he was cut off by Akagi who went on "You didn't have the ball smashed in your face Twice!" his voice increasing with each word. "So the ball has a crush on you! Big deal! I think it is cute" said Preet innocently "Cute? A crush? What nonsense are you talking about!" sputtered Akagi "Hey! Don't take it out on us if the ball and you have a thing going on with each other! It ain't our fault if it is drawn to you… but if you were to ask me I would advice you to control your emotions for the ball until after the game… you are seriously disturbing the game!" stated Samantha coolly. Sendoh grinned at her answer and Kogure and the basket ball sweatdropped. Akagi whirled around stunned at this girls answer. //Hmm… what was it? S for stubborn and Samantha and T for trouble and Trishna. Why didn't I remember this before we started the game… oh wait I did but Preet had corned me into playing// on realizing that he ignored Samantha's retort and signaled the rest to continue the game but before they started he added in a deadly tone "If that ball makes contact with my face one more time… I swear that he/she who threw the ball won't live to see another day!" Kogure sweatdropped again and by now many sweatdrops had appeared on the basket ball.
"I take it then that the ball can make contact with any other part of your body other than your face" added Samantha matter-of-factly as she dribbled the ball to the other side of the court. Akagi was about to deliver a gori punch to Samantha when he was restrained by both Kogure and Sendoh. Samantha realizing the ongoing commotion at the other side of the court said cheekily "Oi! Gori! Could you stop wasting time and get here and play the game! Seriously… sometimes I wonder if you really are serious about this game" Mitsui ran to the other side of the court to help restrain Akagi who know really looked liked a gorilla.
Sammy passed the ball to Trishna and then taking advantage of the fact that all the guys were on the other side of the court she performed a perfect lay-up shot. Trishna high fived Samantha as they ran back to the other side of the court. When Samantha passed Akagi she added naughtily "See! we really can play perfectly by ourselves… we aren't all that dangerous" Kogure finally gave up and as for Akagi his whole forehead was now covered with popping veins.
It was the last thirty seconds of the game and Mitsui's team was leading by one point. Trishna threw the ball to Samantha and Akagi groaned on realizing that the faith of the game depended on that baka! Samantha felt the pressure mounting on her and she knew that she had to do something. She noticed that everybody was being tightly guarded and she had to do this by herself. She looked up at Sunny who was in front of her and noticed that both Sendoh and Akagi were under the hoop. She tried to throw the ball to them but Sunny was keeping her defense real tight. Finally Samantha decided to make this goal by herself. Somehow or rather by the grace of god she managed to bypass Sunny and she dashed for the goal. As she approached it she still didn't know what to do and finally she allowed her instincts to take over.
Trishna watched in awe as she saw Samantha jump onto Sendoh's back and dunk the ball in the hoop. Her alarm rang indicating the end of the game and she realized that they had won. She ran over to Sendoh, Samantha and Preet high fiving all of them whilst listening to the other team complain that it was a foul and that they had actually won. She looked at them and said "You were playing with us and we already told you that we don't play according to the normal rules… so according to us that is counted as a goal!"
Mitsui looked at Sunny and Michelle but they too knew about the rule thing and so they had to admit that they were defeated. Finally he gave up with a sigh and went over to congratulate the winners.
Trishna looked around "Uh… where's Gori?" she then heard a groan coming from behind her and on turning she saw Akagi lying on the ground with the ball in his face once again. Several sweatdrops had appeared on the surface of the ball and as for everybody else they stood rooted to their positions. "Aaargh! Where is that girl? She is going to Pay!" growled Akagi as he stood up shaking his head. Samantha on seeing the gorilla looking Akagi realized that she was in trouble and then decided to hide her head behind Sendoh's gravity defying hair do as she was still on his back.
Akagi saw her duck behind Sendo's hair and thought of it as a really stupid thing to do /but then again S was also for stupid, ne? / He approached Sendoh slowly contemplating what to do when he finally got his hands on that girl.
Sendoh watched in horror as the gorilla looking Akagi approached him and it seemed that the girl on his back had no intention of getting off //Oh! Why do I always get stuck in the most horrible situations when I am with this girl // he thought inwardly. Suddenly he felt somebody yanking his hair.
Samantha saw no way out of this and once again she trusted her instincts to get her out of this mess. She yanked Sendoh's hair and screamed excitedly "Giddy up horsie! Move! Hurry!"
Sendoh remained rooted to his position stunned at her commands. But soon enough he realized that she was increasing the force with which she pulled his hair and if he wanted to be left with hair he had no choice. So he dashed off carrying a very excited Samantha on his back.
Akagi stared at the cloud of dust that was in front of him whilst everybody else sweatdropped on seeing Sendoh charge off with Sammy on his back.
"Akagi… I really do think that the first and last time that the ball made contact with your face was an accident. Please don't be angry with her!" wailed Trishna trying her level best to protect her friend. Akagi looked at her and grunted. Trishna watched him walk away and was happy to see Preet join him /surely she would be able to calm him down! /
and with that thought she turned around and looked at Mitsui "So Hisashi… see I told you that I'd win!" she said victoriously then added cheekily "Come on… I'll walk you home and help you deal with the feeling of defeat" She heard Mitsui sigh and then she grabbed his arm and together they walked home following Shantona and Michelle who were ahead of them and Sunny and Kogure who were behind them deeply engrossed in their own conversation.
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