"Chapter Two: Kanata? Isn't that a boy's name?"
A tap on her shoulder startled Hinata awake while she slept on her table a few moments before.
"Hey... it's time to go home." Rukawa said as he picked up his bag.
"Uhh... thanks..." she said, extending her right hand to shake Rukawa's hand.
"..." Rukawa shook her hand but said nothing. He just looked at her... into her blue eyes. He raised one eyebrow at her, as if suspicious about something, but couldn't exactly place what it was.
"... Do you know where I can find a basketball court around here?" Hinata said, avoiding his piercing eyes as she picked up her bag and another one that took the form of a basketball.
"You... like basketball?" Rukawa asked.
"Yeah! Its my favorite sport!" She grinned as she told him.
"There's one by the park over there..." He pointed in the direction of the court he used to practice in during weekends or days when there wasn't any class.
"Ooh! Thanks again!" Hinata said as she walked for the door.
"Uh... no problem..."
"I'm gonna go practice now... see ya!" Hinata waved goodbye as she ran out of the classroom.
'YES! A basketball court!' She thought to herself as she brought out her basketball.
"..." Someone silently watched her as she began to practice.
Hinata's shots were smooth and flexible. Her stance was perfectly balanced; she would glide along the court as if she were on ice skates. The person widened his eyes while he watched.
"Whoah..." another person came along and watched behind the bushes.
After one final three-pointer, she grabbed her ball and put it back in her bag as she threw a small towel onto her shoulder. She picked up both bags and walked out of the court.
'It's as if someone was watching me...' Hinata thought while she turned at the corner and bumped into Rukawa again.
"Oof..."
"... Gomen..." Rukawa said.
"Its ok..." Hinata replied.
"... You're done practicing?" Rukawa asked.
"Yup... I kept on having this weird feeling, as if I were being watched..."
"Oh..."
"Well, I gotta go home now..." Hinata boyishly ran her fingers through her short auburn hair.
"Sure..." Rukawa replied
"Ja ne..." Hinata walked away, slinging her backpack over her shoulder. 'Is it just me, or is he talking too much today?' Hinata thought while walking home. 'What am I talking about? I don't even know the guy! I'm sure he always talks like this to everyone.' Hinata decided.
She finally got home. She tossed her bags on the couch as she entered the room, ran up the stairs and got into the shower.
Finally done with all the other routines, she sat down in front of her desk, her schoolbag at her left hand, sodas, chips, ball pens, pencils and erasers at her right.
'Oh no... Assignments galore...' Hinata grumbled as she opened her biology notebook. She started to write down the date when her phone rang...
"Huh?" She picked up the phone
"Uh... Hello?" Hinata said as she placed the phone on her ear.
"..." The person giggled and hung up.
"OK... weird..." She mumbled under her breath.
Hinata sat down again to continue with her homework but as soon as she picked up her pencil, the phone rang again.
"Hello?"
"..." Nothing but giggles could be heard.
"Hello? Anyone there?" She could hear muffled voices talking in the background, as if they covered the mouthpiece of the phone. They put it down after a few seconds.
"Um... whatever..." She sat back down and opened her book. The phone rang again.
"WHAT THE HELL IS IT?!?!?!" She shouted as she picked up the phone.
"A... anou... i-is this the Kidou residence? T-this is K-Kogure Kiminobu s- speaking..."
"Ack... Gomen Kogure-san! You see, I've been having some prank callers lately..."
"Ah... so that's why you're so pissed off... Rukawa went through that, too... eventually, they stopped calling him... ki ni shinai." (Don't worry about it)
"Arigato..." (Thanks...)
"Um... so what was your name again? I didn't quite catch it..." Kogure asked as the phone suddenly got choppy.
"M-y n-m-e s kkkk-na-ta." She said, her voice hardly audible.
"Kanata? Ok..." Kogure said, misunderstanding what Hinata was trying to say.
"Its---..." The battery of Hinata's cordless phone went out before she could clarify her name.
"Oh no... Forgot to charge the stupid phone... now he really thinks I'm a boy..."
A/N: Thanks to Rie Yamada for all the Japanese phrases and for the boy's name that sounds like "Hinata" oh- and my disclaimer: I don't own Slam Dunk, or the song title "Never, Ever and Forever". This plot is totally original. So there. HAH! No flames please! ^^
A tap on her shoulder startled Hinata awake while she slept on her table a few moments before.
"Hey... it's time to go home." Rukawa said as he picked up his bag.
"Uhh... thanks..." she said, extending her right hand to shake Rukawa's hand.
"..." Rukawa shook her hand but said nothing. He just looked at her... into her blue eyes. He raised one eyebrow at her, as if suspicious about something, but couldn't exactly place what it was.
"... Do you know where I can find a basketball court around here?" Hinata said, avoiding his piercing eyes as she picked up her bag and another one that took the form of a basketball.
"You... like basketball?" Rukawa asked.
"Yeah! Its my favorite sport!" She grinned as she told him.
"There's one by the park over there..." He pointed in the direction of the court he used to practice in during weekends or days when there wasn't any class.
"Ooh! Thanks again!" Hinata said as she walked for the door.
"Uh... no problem..."
"I'm gonna go practice now... see ya!" Hinata waved goodbye as she ran out of the classroom.
'YES! A basketball court!' She thought to herself as she brought out her basketball.
"..." Someone silently watched her as she began to practice.
Hinata's shots were smooth and flexible. Her stance was perfectly balanced; she would glide along the court as if she were on ice skates. The person widened his eyes while he watched.
"Whoah..." another person came along and watched behind the bushes.
After one final three-pointer, she grabbed her ball and put it back in her bag as she threw a small towel onto her shoulder. She picked up both bags and walked out of the court.
'It's as if someone was watching me...' Hinata thought while she turned at the corner and bumped into Rukawa again.
"Oof..."
"... Gomen..." Rukawa said.
"Its ok..." Hinata replied.
"... You're done practicing?" Rukawa asked.
"Yup... I kept on having this weird feeling, as if I were being watched..."
"Oh..."
"Well, I gotta go home now..." Hinata boyishly ran her fingers through her short auburn hair.
"Sure..." Rukawa replied
"Ja ne..." Hinata walked away, slinging her backpack over her shoulder. 'Is it just me, or is he talking too much today?' Hinata thought while walking home. 'What am I talking about? I don't even know the guy! I'm sure he always talks like this to everyone.' Hinata decided.
She finally got home. She tossed her bags on the couch as she entered the room, ran up the stairs and got into the shower.
Finally done with all the other routines, she sat down in front of her desk, her schoolbag at her left hand, sodas, chips, ball pens, pencils and erasers at her right.
'Oh no... Assignments galore...' Hinata grumbled as she opened her biology notebook. She started to write down the date when her phone rang...
"Huh?" She picked up the phone
"Uh... Hello?" Hinata said as she placed the phone on her ear.
"..." The person giggled and hung up.
"OK... weird..." She mumbled under her breath.
Hinata sat down again to continue with her homework but as soon as she picked up her pencil, the phone rang again.
"Hello?"
"..." Nothing but giggles could be heard.
"Hello? Anyone there?" She could hear muffled voices talking in the background, as if they covered the mouthpiece of the phone. They put it down after a few seconds.
"Um... whatever..." She sat back down and opened her book. The phone rang again.
"WHAT THE HELL IS IT?!?!?!" She shouted as she picked up the phone.
"A... anou... i-is this the Kidou residence? T-this is K-Kogure Kiminobu s- speaking..."
"Ack... Gomen Kogure-san! You see, I've been having some prank callers lately..."
"Ah... so that's why you're so pissed off... Rukawa went through that, too... eventually, they stopped calling him... ki ni shinai." (Don't worry about it)
"Arigato..." (Thanks...)
"Um... so what was your name again? I didn't quite catch it..." Kogure asked as the phone suddenly got choppy.
"M-y n-m-e s kkkk-na-ta." She said, her voice hardly audible.
"Kanata? Ok..." Kogure said, misunderstanding what Hinata was trying to say.
"Its---..." The battery of Hinata's cordless phone went out before she could clarify her name.
"Oh no... Forgot to charge the stupid phone... now he really thinks I'm a boy..."
A/N: Thanks to Rie Yamada for all the Japanese phrases and for the boy's name that sounds like "Hinata" oh- and my disclaimer: I don't own Slam Dunk, or the song title "Never, Ever and Forever". This plot is totally original. So there. HAH! No flames please! ^^