Author: Crystal Arie
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Hanamichi Sakuragi and Kaede Rukawa
Disclaimers: I don't own Slam Dunk. It belongs to Takehiko Inoue.
CHAPTER SIX
The Sakuragi gundan all watched with anxiety as Hanamichi held the ball tightly, he's knees bent.
"This is it."
"After a week and 3 days of hard training."
"One more shot."
Haruko held her breath, Yohei crossed his arms, and Anzai-sensei fixed his glasses. All eyes were focused on one person only, and all comments and such were silenced.
Hanamichi inhaled, arched his arms, jumped, and threw the ball. He watched it fly, roll, and finally, it bounced on the board, and fell in the hoop.
He gasped at what he did, and then he shouted, "YOSHA! I did it!"
The Sakuragi Gundan all shouted for Hanamichi and ran towards him, patting and praising him. Hanamichi felt tears threatening to fall, but he held them in. He settled for shouting at the top of his lungs. "Yatta!! Yatta ne!!"
"Sakuragi-kun." Anzai-sensei's voice broke through Hanamichi's shouts. Hanamichi turned and watched the coach. Anzai-sensei merely smiled and said, "Good work."
"OMEDETTO, HANAMICHI!!" Yohei cheered, patting him on the shoulder.
Hanamichi laughed out loud. "NYAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! ORE WA HONTO NI O TENSAI DESU! NYAHAHAHAHA...!!" He was grabbed by his gang and pats and slaps rained down on his back, but Hanamichi never noticed. He was too busy running the news towards his brain. I did it! 20,000 shots! I did it! "YOSHA!!!"
Just then , the gym door burst open, and the basketball team entered. Upon seeing Anzai-sensei, they all greeted him loudly.
Hanamichi jumped happily towards Akagi and squealed out his delight. "Nyahahahahahha! So, how was the camp without the tensai? Hah! You must have felt weak without me!" With that, he laughed out louder than ever.
Miyagi stepped forward. "Teme!"
Mitsui glared. "I expected this!"
Kaede glowered. Do'aho. I actually MISSED you?! He snorted in disgust.
As Hanamichi continued to laugh, Akagi came up behind him and bashed him on the head. As he groaned in pain, Kogure decided to distract Anzai-sensei from Akagi's favorite past time which happened to be pummeling Hanamichi into a pulp. "One win, one loss, and one even, Anzai-sensei."
"Ah...good, good." He answered.
Hanamichi rubbed his head, dully noting what Kogure said. "So, it was a draw."
Akagi glowered at him. "You finished your part, right?"
"Hmph!" Hanamichi jumped away to avoid Akagi if ever he was going to hit him again. He grinned arrogantly. "HEHE! The special training was a piece of cake for a TENSAI basketball man like me!" He reached up to rub his shoulder blade and kneaded the muscles as he smiled. "Ma...you wait and see."
In the background, the Sakuragi gundan jumped up and cheered.
"You did well!"
"You're entitled to say that!"
Akagi smiled. "Hmph. You look confident as usual."
Hanamichi laughed and went over to Anzai-sensei. He casually draped an arm around the shoulders of the coach and boasted, "Na, oyaji, I'll show it to them soon!" With that, he and Anzai-sensei started laughing together.
Miyagi stared. "What did he practice?"
Mitsui glared. "What is it?"
Kaede glowered. Do'aho.
Akagi broke the silence. All right! Everyone have a good rest tonight. Practice starts at 2 tomorrow. Understand?"
"HAI!!"
As everyone started to go home, Yohei nudged Hanamichi on the ribs. When Hanamichi turned to look at his best friend, Yohei nodded his head towards Rukawa. "Well? Talk to him!" He whispered.
"Eh!" Hanamichi glanced at Rukawa nervously and stuttered like a fool. "Ah-Yohei, ano...tomorrow! Yeah! I'll test it tomorrow!"
Yohei gave him a hard look. "Too late."
TBC