Chapter 11: Best Friend! Niki Haruka!
3 weeks from now Shohoku would go up against Shoyo and because of that the Shohoku Team went into more strenuous training. From 5 in the morning up to 7 in the evening. The only break the got is lunch and a 15 minutes rest per game. Veniz, Ayako and Haruko decided to buy the things the boys needed. Food and Drinks.
"Man this is HEAVY!" Ayako exclaimed. Ryota's ears perched up and heard it immediately rushed to her saying, "Let me help you Ayako-chan!" Ayako smiled and handed 2 huge shopping bags at him saying, "Why thank you Ryota!"
Hanamichi took the bags away from Haruko and Veniz saying, "You girl's know how to treat us!" Hanamichi replied. Haruko smiled saying, "Of course! You boys have been training since 5 in the morning you know!"
Mitsui smirked saying, "Gori wanted to defeat Shoyo so we could face Kainan!" Veniz opened a bottled water for her brother and asked, "Is Shoyo that great?" Kogure wiped the sweat of his glasses and said, "Yes, they were second in the Nationals! Their strategy is amazingly unbelievable! Take note their coach is also a player and a student! Fujima Kenji!"
Before Veniz could respond to that, a cry was heard. "VENIZ! HANAMICHI!" it was a girl's voice. Everyone turned to the entrance of the gym. There stood a short-layered black haired girl with this cheerful red eyes smiling.
Veniz broke into laughter and cried, "NIKI HARUKA!" with that she ran towards the girl embracing her tightly. "Who the hell is that?" Ryota asked his eyes widening.
"She's Niki Haruka! Veniz's best friend in Germany! She's half American half Japanese!" Hanamichi answered. Niki Haruka eyed Hanamichi and said, "Hey Hanamichi! I never knew you were into basketball?"
"Nice seeing you Haruka-chan!" Hanamichi greeted giving Niki a high a five. "What are you doing here Niki?" Veniz asked. Niki gave Veniz a look and said, "I got bored in Germany and besides, I missed Japan and when I heard that the International Dance Company has a branch here.I decided to return here and of course to see my dear best friend!"
Veniz's smiled widened and exclaimed, "You mean you're staying here?" Niki winked at her and exclaimed, "Staying? You mean studying here too!" Veniz once again hugged her dear friend.
Mitsui coughed, "Ahem! Excuse me!" Veniz jolted and replied, "Oh sorry! Guys, this is my best friend from Germany! Niki Haruka!" Niki smiled and said, "Hello there!"
Ryota winked at her saying, "The name is Miyagi! Ryota Miyagi! The best Point Guard there is!" Mitsui, Kogure and Hanamichi stifled a laugh. Ayako snickered. Ryota went SD and cried, "BUT I AM!"
Kogure shook Niki's hand and said, "The name is Kogure! I'm the vice- captain of Team, Shohoku!"
"I'm Haruko Akagi and this is my older brother Takenori Akagi!" Haruko replied as Akagi walked up to them. "I'm the Captain of the team. Everyone calls me Akagi!"
Hanamichi eyed Akagi and replied, "Better still, you can call him Gori!" Akagi went red and clonked Hanamichi on the head saying, "YOU BAKERO!"
Niki giggled. Ayako the replied, "The name is Ayako! I'm the manager! The guy here is Rukawa Kaede! Ace player of Shohoku!"
Kaede just sat there, looking at Niki. "What a stare! It was like I've been stabbed by knives!" Niki thought shaking the feeling away. Mitsui approached her, handed his hand at her and said, "My name is Mitsui Hisashi! Nice to meet you Niki Haruka!"
Niki shook his hand and stared at him. Mitsui was smiling at her. Niki blushed as she broke the handshake. "My is he cute!" She thought.
Akagi then exclaimed, "Alright everyone! Training time!" Hanamichi groaned and replied, "Here we go again!" Veniz started rattling about the team.
"Ryota Miyagi like he said, a point guard and a good one! But about the thing he is the greatest point guard ever.it's exaggeration! But he has the potential to be one! He's cool, nice, friendly and really funny!" Veniz replied as they watched Ryota made a pass to Rukawa. Rukawa then made a shot.
"Not to mention, he had a huge crush on Ayako!" Haruko chirped in that made Ayako blushed. Niki laughed.
Veniz cleared her throat and replied, "Rukawa Kaede is the Small Forward of the ream. He's good in almost everything! To Lay-ups up to Dunk, because of that he is called the Ace of Shohoku and was also known as the Super Rookie!" Niki stared at her best friend and exclaimed, "Whoah! You know a lot! Bet you had a crush on him!"
"WHAT?" Veniz exclaimed almost choking. "Niki! I'm not out of my mind to like a guy who had a cold personality!" Veniz replied sarcastically the she withdraw saying, "Gomen Haruko-chan! I didn't mean too!"
Haruko reassured her by saying, "It's okay! You're right he does have a cold personality! I wish he could be friendlier! He's such a loner you know!"
"So your boyfriend is Mr. Anti-Sociable!" Niki exclaimed. Haruko went red. Ayako giggled and replied, "Rukawa doesn't have a girlfriend yet Niki! Haruko just had a crush on him!" Veniz nod her head saying, "Like all the girls in this school!"
Niki laughed and replied, "Okay, so tell me more!" Veniz pointed to Kogure and replied, "Like Kogure said, he's the Vice-Captain! Mr. Four-Eyes might be the kindest and the most considerate person I've ever met in the planet! He doesn't have any special skills in basketball. He's fairly average but he's really nice and does his best in every game!"
"That's why we love Mr. Four Eyes!" Ayako and Haruko replied in unison. "Next is Akagi!" Veniz replied. She the turned to Haruko saying, "Better you say this Haruko-chan! You know your brother better!" Haruko smiled and replied, "My brother is a good captain! His dream is to make Shohoku to the Nationals and win the championship! He gives his best in every game and he loves basketball so much that his life evolves in it. He's very strict but he's a nice and a loving brother!"
Niki stared at Akagi who just made a dunk saying, "Whoah! No offense Haruko! Your brother looks like a gorilla!" Haruko giggled and said, "That's why everyone calls him Gori!"
The three of them laughed. "So tell me, how about Hanamichi?" Niki asked. "No need to tell you what my brother really is Niki! You know him like I know him! He's power forward! He's good at rebounds! He jumps higher than Akagi!" Veniz exclaimed excitedly.
"No argue about that! But Hanamichi is still a rookie! He has a lot to learn, he's not really good at long shots but he is pretty good in lay ups now!" Ayako replied. Veniz nudged Haruko and replied, "Thanks to Haruko here who helped brother to learn it!" Haruko blushed again.
"But lately, I can see Hanamichi is going into dunk! He jumps so high he could make dunk! Hanamichi has potential to be a star player, that's according to Coach Anzai though.but to what I can see.he can make it!" Ayako replied. Niki smiled slyly and replied, "He always does! Right Veniz?"
Veniz just smiled. Niki then asked, "Do the team has a cheerleading squad?" Haruko nod her head saying, "There is, but it doesn't have a really good squad leader to lead and choreograph it!"
Niki beamed and said, "Well, looks like we're going to have a cheerleading squad in the Shoyo game!"
3 weeks from now Shohoku would go up against Shoyo and because of that the Shohoku Team went into more strenuous training. From 5 in the morning up to 7 in the evening. The only break the got is lunch and a 15 minutes rest per game. Veniz, Ayako and Haruko decided to buy the things the boys needed. Food and Drinks.
"Man this is HEAVY!" Ayako exclaimed. Ryota's ears perched up and heard it immediately rushed to her saying, "Let me help you Ayako-chan!" Ayako smiled and handed 2 huge shopping bags at him saying, "Why thank you Ryota!"
Hanamichi took the bags away from Haruko and Veniz saying, "You girl's know how to treat us!" Hanamichi replied. Haruko smiled saying, "Of course! You boys have been training since 5 in the morning you know!"
Mitsui smirked saying, "Gori wanted to defeat Shoyo so we could face Kainan!" Veniz opened a bottled water for her brother and asked, "Is Shoyo that great?" Kogure wiped the sweat of his glasses and said, "Yes, they were second in the Nationals! Their strategy is amazingly unbelievable! Take note their coach is also a player and a student! Fujima Kenji!"
Before Veniz could respond to that, a cry was heard. "VENIZ! HANAMICHI!" it was a girl's voice. Everyone turned to the entrance of the gym. There stood a short-layered black haired girl with this cheerful red eyes smiling.
Veniz broke into laughter and cried, "NIKI HARUKA!" with that she ran towards the girl embracing her tightly. "Who the hell is that?" Ryota asked his eyes widening.
"She's Niki Haruka! Veniz's best friend in Germany! She's half American half Japanese!" Hanamichi answered. Niki Haruka eyed Hanamichi and said, "Hey Hanamichi! I never knew you were into basketball?"
"Nice seeing you Haruka-chan!" Hanamichi greeted giving Niki a high a five. "What are you doing here Niki?" Veniz asked. Niki gave Veniz a look and said, "I got bored in Germany and besides, I missed Japan and when I heard that the International Dance Company has a branch here.I decided to return here and of course to see my dear best friend!"
Veniz's smiled widened and exclaimed, "You mean you're staying here?" Niki winked at her and exclaimed, "Staying? You mean studying here too!" Veniz once again hugged her dear friend.
Mitsui coughed, "Ahem! Excuse me!" Veniz jolted and replied, "Oh sorry! Guys, this is my best friend from Germany! Niki Haruka!" Niki smiled and said, "Hello there!"
Ryota winked at her saying, "The name is Miyagi! Ryota Miyagi! The best Point Guard there is!" Mitsui, Kogure and Hanamichi stifled a laugh. Ayako snickered. Ryota went SD and cried, "BUT I AM!"
Kogure shook Niki's hand and said, "The name is Kogure! I'm the vice- captain of Team, Shohoku!"
"I'm Haruko Akagi and this is my older brother Takenori Akagi!" Haruko replied as Akagi walked up to them. "I'm the Captain of the team. Everyone calls me Akagi!"
Hanamichi eyed Akagi and replied, "Better still, you can call him Gori!" Akagi went red and clonked Hanamichi on the head saying, "YOU BAKERO!"
Niki giggled. Ayako the replied, "The name is Ayako! I'm the manager! The guy here is Rukawa Kaede! Ace player of Shohoku!"
Kaede just sat there, looking at Niki. "What a stare! It was like I've been stabbed by knives!" Niki thought shaking the feeling away. Mitsui approached her, handed his hand at her and said, "My name is Mitsui Hisashi! Nice to meet you Niki Haruka!"
Niki shook his hand and stared at him. Mitsui was smiling at her. Niki blushed as she broke the handshake. "My is he cute!" She thought.
Akagi then exclaimed, "Alright everyone! Training time!" Hanamichi groaned and replied, "Here we go again!" Veniz started rattling about the team.
"Ryota Miyagi like he said, a point guard and a good one! But about the thing he is the greatest point guard ever.it's exaggeration! But he has the potential to be one! He's cool, nice, friendly and really funny!" Veniz replied as they watched Ryota made a pass to Rukawa. Rukawa then made a shot.
"Not to mention, he had a huge crush on Ayako!" Haruko chirped in that made Ayako blushed. Niki laughed.
Veniz cleared her throat and replied, "Rukawa Kaede is the Small Forward of the ream. He's good in almost everything! To Lay-ups up to Dunk, because of that he is called the Ace of Shohoku and was also known as the Super Rookie!" Niki stared at her best friend and exclaimed, "Whoah! You know a lot! Bet you had a crush on him!"
"WHAT?" Veniz exclaimed almost choking. "Niki! I'm not out of my mind to like a guy who had a cold personality!" Veniz replied sarcastically the she withdraw saying, "Gomen Haruko-chan! I didn't mean too!"
Haruko reassured her by saying, "It's okay! You're right he does have a cold personality! I wish he could be friendlier! He's such a loner you know!"
"So your boyfriend is Mr. Anti-Sociable!" Niki exclaimed. Haruko went red. Ayako giggled and replied, "Rukawa doesn't have a girlfriend yet Niki! Haruko just had a crush on him!" Veniz nod her head saying, "Like all the girls in this school!"
Niki laughed and replied, "Okay, so tell me more!" Veniz pointed to Kogure and replied, "Like Kogure said, he's the Vice-Captain! Mr. Four-Eyes might be the kindest and the most considerate person I've ever met in the planet! He doesn't have any special skills in basketball. He's fairly average but he's really nice and does his best in every game!"
"That's why we love Mr. Four Eyes!" Ayako and Haruko replied in unison. "Next is Akagi!" Veniz replied. She the turned to Haruko saying, "Better you say this Haruko-chan! You know your brother better!" Haruko smiled and replied, "My brother is a good captain! His dream is to make Shohoku to the Nationals and win the championship! He gives his best in every game and he loves basketball so much that his life evolves in it. He's very strict but he's a nice and a loving brother!"
Niki stared at Akagi who just made a dunk saying, "Whoah! No offense Haruko! Your brother looks like a gorilla!" Haruko giggled and said, "That's why everyone calls him Gori!"
The three of them laughed. "So tell me, how about Hanamichi?" Niki asked. "No need to tell you what my brother really is Niki! You know him like I know him! He's power forward! He's good at rebounds! He jumps higher than Akagi!" Veniz exclaimed excitedly.
"No argue about that! But Hanamichi is still a rookie! He has a lot to learn, he's not really good at long shots but he is pretty good in lay ups now!" Ayako replied. Veniz nudged Haruko and replied, "Thanks to Haruko here who helped brother to learn it!" Haruko blushed again.
"But lately, I can see Hanamichi is going into dunk! He jumps so high he could make dunk! Hanamichi has potential to be a star player, that's according to Coach Anzai though.but to what I can see.he can make it!" Ayako replied. Niki smiled slyly and replied, "He always does! Right Veniz?"
Veniz just smiled. Niki then asked, "Do the team has a cheerleading squad?" Haruko nod her head saying, "There is, but it doesn't have a really good squad leader to lead and choreograph it!"
Niki beamed and said, "Well, looks like we're going to have a cheerleading squad in the Shoyo game!"