Hey people! Like I promised… Here's chapter 2 of 'Destiny'.
Chapter 2: Friends?
It was three days after the practice game with Kainan. Practice went on as usual. Akagi continued working them and scolded Sakuragi for his performance. Kogure continued breaking up the fights between the fox and the red head. The daily fights were becoming fewer and fewer everyday though. Sakuragi and Rukawa were indeed a great combination. Sakuragi with his great jump, speed and rebounding techniques and the fox eyed boy with his cool and calm attitude and blank expressions on his face, which could make his moves unreadable. Both ran fast and could jump high. Indeed, the pass that was done three days ago made the team stronger. Better. Maybe with a little more effort they could be unbeatable. That was what Anzai concluded.
"Oi! Kitsune! Pass! Pass!"
Sakuragi caught the ball and made a successful dunk.
Akagi blew his whistle to signal them to stop.
"Good work! We'll continue practice tomorrow at the usual time understood?"
Everyone in the Shohoku basketball gym nodded in agreement.
"Ha! As if this tensai needs to practice?! NYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"Do' aho…" came a voice behind him.
"Nani?! Rukawa! You dare call this tensai a fool?! Ha! Hm… you poor boy… you don't understand this genius's real abilities! NYAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Rukawa sighed and dribbled the ball that was in his hands. 'Idiot…'
"NYAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Ore wa te--"
Before he could finish his song, Akagi's large hand landed on his head.
"Grr! Oi! Gori! What did you do that for?!"
"How many times do I have to tell you not to call me GORI? You mindless-"
The gym doors opening cut off one of Akagi's famous 'Don't-call-me-gori-types -of-speeches.'
"Anzai-sensei…"
Silence was heard in the room.
"Oho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho!"
"Anzai-sensei?" repeated Shohoku's captain.
"Gather around, every one. I have a very important announcement to make."
"Hai!"
"Ne… old man! (Mitsui: "How many times did I tell you not to call him old man…baka!") Is the announcement about me being the official super rookie of Shohoku? NYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"Once an idiot always an idiot…"
"Rukawa! Grr…"
"Tomorrow," Shohoku's coach began. "I've arranged a game with Ryonan. Just for fun though. I want to see the extent of your abilities."
"Demo--"
"Daijoubu… Akagi-kun. Now that Sakuragi and Rukawa are finally 'working together' there should be no problem at all. Ja!"
Sakuragi went to the locker room right after practice and took a shower.
"Grr… Rukawa!" Sakuragi exclaimed. "Not you again!"
They were having a game with Ryonan.
"Now… Rukawa… let's decide who really is the best between us."
Rukawa just stared at his opponent with a blank expression on his face. Sweat was running down his forehead. He dribbled the ball as his opponent watched him carefully.
"Ike…"
He passed the ball to Mitsui, which in turn did a three point shot but missed.
"Kuso!" The ex-MVP exclaimed.
"Rikawa! Sakuragi! Rebound!" Akagi instructed.
Both jumped high and ran fast. No one can determine who would get the rebound. Such display of speed and stamina made the audience stare in disbelief.
"Unbelievable!" Hikoichi of Ryonan exclaimed. "I must check this!"
"Teme… Rukawa! I'm not letting you get the rebound for I am not called 'the king of rebound' for nothing!"
"…Do'aho…"
True enough… the raven-haired boy was the one that caught the rebound and did a lay up shoot…
"Nani?! Kuso! Rukawa… I swear I'm going to get more points than you in the next game! Grr… just you wait! You too… Sendoh!"
"He." Sakuragi laughed at himself. "Who am I kidding? As good as Rukawa and Sendoh? Hehe… dream on Hanamichi Sakuragi."
He turned off the shower and wrapped himself with a towel.
"Grr! Rukawa! Get out of my head!" He kicked himself for thinking about the rookie.
'Rukawa..' he thought again. 'Why the hell is he that good?'
"Aaargh! Get out of my head! Get out! Get out!" He bashed his head against the wall. "I am Sakuragi Hanamichi. A tensai in basketball! Comparing myself with that kitsune is not a sign of a true genius. NYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Meanwhile… at the court, Rukawa could here the voice of Hanamichi as he practiced. 'Such an idiot…'
Sakuragi emerged from the locker room and saw Rukawa staring at him like he was alien or something.
"What are you staring at?!"
"You sounded like an idiot inside the locker room. Talking to yourself. You seem like a little kid talking to an imaginary enenmy or somethin'. More like a retard actually."
"Nani?!" Sakuragi went infront of the rookie. "How many times do I have to tell you not to call this genius anything else except genius!"
"Well you are an idiot."
"Grr! Rukawa!"
"Admit it... the only stuff you can do is rebound and a dunk."
"Hmph. Well at least I play in a team!"
"What the hell do you mean by that? I play in a team too."
"What I'm trying to say kitsune..." His voice was in a much more serious tone. "Your selfish man. You shoot and shoot. You don't even open yourself to us... your team mates."
"Why should I open up to an idiot like you? I prefer working alone."
"Rukawa... look... I passed the ball to you the other day right? You know very well that I hate your goddamned guts but still... I passed it to you."
"What's your point?"
"My point is you damn selfish fox... we're not only team mates right? I mean... Micchy, Ryochin, Gori, Glass-man, me and the others are also your 'friends' right?"
Rukawa dribbled the ball in his hands once again. "Friends?"
"Uhh... yeah! Friends."
"Friends?" He repeated.
"Are you deaf man? Yeah... I said friends."
"Friends?... I like the sound of it." He said. His eyes meeting up with the red heads.
Sakuragi gave him a small smile.
"Now," he began. "One-on-one?"
"Yeah."
'Friends...' the rookie thought.
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Tell me if you liked it. If you did I'll add Chapter 3. If you don't... it depends on the reviews I get. :)
Chapter 2: Friends?
It was three days after the practice game with Kainan. Practice went on as usual. Akagi continued working them and scolded Sakuragi for his performance. Kogure continued breaking up the fights between the fox and the red head. The daily fights were becoming fewer and fewer everyday though. Sakuragi and Rukawa were indeed a great combination. Sakuragi with his great jump, speed and rebounding techniques and the fox eyed boy with his cool and calm attitude and blank expressions on his face, which could make his moves unreadable. Both ran fast and could jump high. Indeed, the pass that was done three days ago made the team stronger. Better. Maybe with a little more effort they could be unbeatable. That was what Anzai concluded.
"Oi! Kitsune! Pass! Pass!"
Sakuragi caught the ball and made a successful dunk.
Akagi blew his whistle to signal them to stop.
"Good work! We'll continue practice tomorrow at the usual time understood?"
Everyone in the Shohoku basketball gym nodded in agreement.
"Ha! As if this tensai needs to practice?! NYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"Do' aho…" came a voice behind him.
"Nani?! Rukawa! You dare call this tensai a fool?! Ha! Hm… you poor boy… you don't understand this genius's real abilities! NYAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Rukawa sighed and dribbled the ball that was in his hands. 'Idiot…'
"NYAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Ore wa te--"
Before he could finish his song, Akagi's large hand landed on his head.
"Grr! Oi! Gori! What did you do that for?!"
"How many times do I have to tell you not to call me GORI? You mindless-"
The gym doors opening cut off one of Akagi's famous 'Don't-call-me-gori-types -of-speeches.'
"Anzai-sensei…"
Silence was heard in the room.
"Oho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho!"
"Anzai-sensei?" repeated Shohoku's captain.
"Gather around, every one. I have a very important announcement to make."
"Hai!"
"Ne… old man! (Mitsui: "How many times did I tell you not to call him old man…baka!") Is the announcement about me being the official super rookie of Shohoku? NYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"Once an idiot always an idiot…"
"Rukawa! Grr…"
"Tomorrow," Shohoku's coach began. "I've arranged a game with Ryonan. Just for fun though. I want to see the extent of your abilities."
"Demo--"
"Daijoubu… Akagi-kun. Now that Sakuragi and Rukawa are finally 'working together' there should be no problem at all. Ja!"
Sakuragi went to the locker room right after practice and took a shower.
"Grr… Rukawa!" Sakuragi exclaimed. "Not you again!"
They were having a game with Ryonan.
"Now… Rukawa… let's decide who really is the best between us."
Rukawa just stared at his opponent with a blank expression on his face. Sweat was running down his forehead. He dribbled the ball as his opponent watched him carefully.
"Ike…"
He passed the ball to Mitsui, which in turn did a three point shot but missed.
"Kuso!" The ex-MVP exclaimed.
"Rikawa! Sakuragi! Rebound!" Akagi instructed.
Both jumped high and ran fast. No one can determine who would get the rebound. Such display of speed and stamina made the audience stare in disbelief.
"Unbelievable!" Hikoichi of Ryonan exclaimed. "I must check this!"
"Teme… Rukawa! I'm not letting you get the rebound for I am not called 'the king of rebound' for nothing!"
"…Do'aho…"
True enough… the raven-haired boy was the one that caught the rebound and did a lay up shoot…
"Nani?! Kuso! Rukawa… I swear I'm going to get more points than you in the next game! Grr… just you wait! You too… Sendoh!"
"He." Sakuragi laughed at himself. "Who am I kidding? As good as Rukawa and Sendoh? Hehe… dream on Hanamichi Sakuragi."
He turned off the shower and wrapped himself with a towel.
"Grr! Rukawa! Get out of my head!" He kicked himself for thinking about the rookie.
'Rukawa..' he thought again. 'Why the hell is he that good?'
"Aaargh! Get out of my head! Get out! Get out!" He bashed his head against the wall. "I am Sakuragi Hanamichi. A tensai in basketball! Comparing myself with that kitsune is not a sign of a true genius. NYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Meanwhile… at the court, Rukawa could here the voice of Hanamichi as he practiced. 'Such an idiot…'
Sakuragi emerged from the locker room and saw Rukawa staring at him like he was alien or something.
"What are you staring at?!"
"You sounded like an idiot inside the locker room. Talking to yourself. You seem like a little kid talking to an imaginary enenmy or somethin'. More like a retard actually."
"Nani?!" Sakuragi went infront of the rookie. "How many times do I have to tell you not to call this genius anything else except genius!"
"Well you are an idiot."
"Grr! Rukawa!"
"Admit it... the only stuff you can do is rebound and a dunk."
"Hmph. Well at least I play in a team!"
"What the hell do you mean by that? I play in a team too."
"What I'm trying to say kitsune..." His voice was in a much more serious tone. "Your selfish man. You shoot and shoot. You don't even open yourself to us... your team mates."
"Why should I open up to an idiot like you? I prefer working alone."
"Rukawa... look... I passed the ball to you the other day right? You know very well that I hate your goddamned guts but still... I passed it to you."
"What's your point?"
"My point is you damn selfish fox... we're not only team mates right? I mean... Micchy, Ryochin, Gori, Glass-man, me and the others are also your 'friends' right?"
Rukawa dribbled the ball in his hands once again. "Friends?"
"Uhh... yeah! Friends."
"Friends?" He repeated.
"Are you deaf man? Yeah... I said friends."
"Friends?... I like the sound of it." He said. His eyes meeting up with the red heads.
Sakuragi gave him a small smile.
"Now," he began. "One-on-one?"
"Yeah."
'Friends...' the rookie thought.
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Tell me if you liked it. If you did I'll add Chapter 3. If you don't... it depends on the reviews I get. :)