*Warning! This chapter has a song in it (Again?) The title is Trust You by Hayashibara Megumi! I don't owe her song plus the song is an ED Theme to Shaman King (Whatever) Plus there are German language in it (don't worry they had translations!)





Chapter 19: Singing Veniz! Takezono vs. Kainan!

"Remember now, we're all here to watch the game of Kainan, to study how they play in a game!" Akagi exclaimed. Mitsui replied, "We got that Captain Akagi!"

Ryota nudged Hanamichi and asked, "Where's Veniz?" Hanamichi yawned and said, "She and Niki headed first! Veniz needs to prepare earlier since she'll be singing in the first intermission."

When they got inside the dome, the bleachers were almost full of students who wanted to see the game. Most of them were on the Kainan side. No one could blame them; Kainan is the best among the best. Kogure spotted a bleacher enough for the five of them and said, "That's one free"

As they went up, they bumped into Maki Shinichi, Jin Soichirou and Nobunaga Kiyota. Kiyota was the first to react, "Well what do you know? Team Shohoku! Are you here to cheer on Kainan?"

Hanamichi frowned and exclaimed, "Why would we?" Kiyota placed his hands on his hips and exclaimed, "That's because Kainan is the greatest team!"

"Stop bragging Nobunaga!" Maki exclaimed. He then stared at Akagi and said, "We'll win this game Akagi and we'll meet!" Akagi smiled and said, "I'll be counting on that!"

Kiyota then chided, "And you'll be playing against the best point guard there is in the whole of Japan!" Ryota's ear's perched up and demanded looking red, "AND WHO THE HELL IS THAT?" Kiyota smiled and exclaimed, "Who else but me, Nobunaga Kiyota!"

Mitsui frowned and asked, "Nobunaga who?" Kiyota went red, and cried, "NOBUNAGA KIYOTA! ONE OF THE ACES OF KAINAN! THE GREATEST POINT GUARD!" Kaede then replied, "Never heard of you!"

Mitsui took a glance at Jin and said, "Yeah! All I know the aces are Jin Soichirou!" then he stared at Maki and said, "And Maki Shinichi!"

Now, you can see steam coming out from Kiyota's head and exclaimed, "WHY YOU!" before he can clobber Mitsui Maki grabbed him by the back of his collar and dragged him away saying, "See you in our game Shohoku!" while Kiyota was crying, "I'LL GET YOU ALL! I PROMISE THAT!"

"Am I imagining things or he just sounded like Sakuragi?" Mitsui asked. "Maybe he's Sakuragi's evil twin brother!" Ryota replied.

"Sakuragi is already evil.. Kiyota is the nightmare version of Sakuragi!" Rukawa exclaimed. Hanamichi towered at them saying, "WHAT DID YOU SAY?" Akagi clonked him in the head and exclaimed, "Enough of that!"

As they sat on the bleachers, the opening remarks were starting. After the opening remarks, the emcee of that day exclaimed, "Everyone sit back and relax for now, because before the game we'll have someone to sing for us! PRESENTING.. MS. SAKURAGI VENIZ from SHOHOKU GAKUEN singing TRUST YOU!

Everyone applauded. Veniz appeared, making the boys drooled at her. She was wearing a spaghetti strapped summer dress and high-heeled sandals. Her hair was led down clipped by black barrettes. Then the intro music blasted on the speakers and she began to sing.

"Soyokaze yasashiku Watashi no kami wo surinukeru Kinou to kawaranu Shizuka na yuugure ni hitori Nani wo miteru no"

"Whoah.she's beautiful!" Nobunaga Kiyota thought as he watched her sing.

"Tooi manazashi Mitsumeteiru saki Furi kaera zu ni susunde"

"Tokidoki wa setsunakutte Tokidoki wa kurushikutte

Kakeyotte dakishimete tsutaetai

Demo ima wa iwanai no Anata ga jibun no yume Tsukamitoru sono hi dake shinjiteru"

"You're sister is really good Hanamichi!" Ryota commented. "Yeah! She's capturing everyone's heart in her singing!" Mitsui chirped in.

"Yeah, especially the boys!" Kogure replied. Sure do, many of the guys were dazzled by Veniz's voice especially Kiyota Nobunaga.

"Sakuragi Veniz.the controversial twin sister of Hanamichi Sakuragi! I never imagine she'll look like an angel!"

Sendo Akira

"My princess.she sings so beautifully!"

Fujima Kenji

"My dear Goddess! How enchanting your voice is!"

Hanagata Tohru

"My Sunshine! You're shedding light with your voice into my life!"

AND Rukawa Kaede????

"Veniz. why are you doing this to me? I don't understand what I'm feeling now!"

"Kizu tsuki tsukareta Hane wo yasumetai toki ni wa Jibun no kokoro ni Shizuka ni kiite mireba ii Kotae wa soko ni"

Rukawa's gaze turned to Sendo Akira who was seating near them, to Fujima Kenji and Hanagata Tohru who were seating 2 seats below them and thought, "KUSO! Those jerks are also here! TEME!"

Then his eyes gazed on Kiyota Nobunaga who was drooling in the sight of Veniz and thought, "Oh no! Please not also the nightmare version of Odahou!" Can't stand of what he is seeing he stood up and walked away.

"Hey Rukawa were you going?" Kogure asked. "To the men's room!" he answered irritably. "AAGGHHH! Can't stand this anymore!" Rukawa screamed in his mind.

"Urande mite mo Semetatete mite mo Kesshite hikari wa sasanai"

"Tokidoki wa miushi natte Tokidoki wa tachidomatte Kujike temo mayottemo ii kara Meguri aeta kiseki de

Atarashii kaze ga fuku

Kasanatta unmei wo shinjiteru"

Halfway towards the men's room Kaede stopped to watch Veniz. "Why can't I just go and ignore her singing there? I've done this many times before! I used to ignoring things lousy as this!" Kaede thought his eyes focusing on Veniz.

"But this is not lousy! This is Veniz! The only girl that keeps bothering my mind because of her smiles!" His mind exclaimed at him. "But why is she bothering me?" he wondered.

"Kono toki iki teiru"

"Nagusame wa shinai kedo"

"Tokidoki wa setsunakutte Tokidoki wa kurushikutte Kakeyotte dakishimete tsutaetai Demo ima wa iwanai no Anata ga jibun no yume Tsukamitoru sono sugata mieru kara"

Veniz took a bow and everyone applauded, the boys made a whooping sound and cried, "WE LOVE YOU VENIZ!"

Veniz smiled and went towards Niki and Haruko. "So how was it?" she asked, "You still ask? Look at the crowd asking for more!" Haruko exclaimed looking very happy. Veniz gazed at the crowd and spotted Sendo Akira who just winked at her. Then she spotted Fujima Kenji and Hanagata Tohru giving her their best smiles. Then her eyes stopped and gazed at Kaede Rukawa staring at her.

She then shook her head and stared harder, Kaede was giving her thumbs up sign. She blushed and thought, "Thanks Kaede!" then she felt another unusual stare of admiration. Her eyes gaze towards Nobunaga Kiyota. Kiyota was smiling at her coolly and was flashing a sign that says "You're hot girl!"

Veniz blushed deep red. If her brother saw that, that guy is dead!

The game between Takezono and Kainan started. Everyone was cheering. Veniz decided to join her brother in the bleachers. "Way to go Veniz!" Ryota exclaimed giving her a high five. "Thanks Ryota-kun!" Veniz replied.

The game was intense, at first they thought Takezono has the ball to win then suddenly; Oda Tatsumasa the ace player of Takezono seemed to go down. As the game went through it was found out that Oda had an injury. Hanamichi suddenly stood up rushing down the bleachers towards Oda. Veniz also stood up running after his brother.

"Now what that idiot is up to?" Akagi pondered gruffly.

"It's over, let's just admit it that we loosed!" a Takezono player exclaimed to Oda. Hanamichi then bellowed at them, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?"

Oda stared at him and said, "Sakuragi!" Hanamichi was fuming and Veniz was tagging along with the Sakuragi Gundan trying to stop clobbering Oda. "You can't give up now! So what if it's 200 points? SO what if they exceed to that? The game isn't over yet! STAND UP AND FIGHT YOU AHO! Can't you see that someone is so worried over you? Think of Yoko dammed it! Think of her and FIGHT! You can't give up! Not till the game is over! DO NOT GIVE UP!"

Oda stared at him and smiled and exclaimed, "You're right Hanamichi! The game is not over yet! This injury is nothing!" he then turned to his team and cried, "LET'S GO TEAM!"

At the bleachers, team Shohoku was stunned. "I couldn't believe Hanamichi said that!" Ryota exclaimed. "Yeah, I never thought of Hanamichi of a ego booster type but to what I've saw and heard, he is one hell of a ego- booster!" Mitsui commented.

"Hanamichi is surprising us bit by bit that it is shocking me!" Akagi replied. Kogure nod his head in agreement and said, "You're right Captain. First Veniz, next his tragic past, then to point that he is a composer now an ego-booster! His ability in basketball is beginning to shine too! I wonder was next!"

Hanamichi returned to his seat looking calm and very much cheerful. "Thank God he calmed down!" Veniz muttered under her breath. "I seldom see brother like that!" Kaede then said, "He did great!" Veniz smiled at this comment.

"But who's Yoko?" Ryota then asked. Hanamichi turned beet red, then the Sakuragi Gundan exclaimed, "That's the 50th girl that dumped him! FOR TATSUMASA ODA! HA! HA! HA!" with that Hanamichi head dunked them each except for Yohei who didn't joined into the comment. Everyone went sweat dropped.

After the game, Takezono went home half sad half happy. They lost to Kainan but they were happy that the tried to win thanks to Sakuragi of course. Along the way, they bumped into Oda and Yoko.

"Hanamichi! Thank you for what you have done!" Yoko exclaimed bowing down. "Oh that's nothing! He! He! He!" Hanamichi exclaimed scratching his head. Oda shook his hand saying, "I thought wrong of you Hanamichi! You're a good guy!" Hanamichi coughed and said, "As always!" ^_~;;;;

Veniz smiled and replied, "You played great Oda-san!" Oda stared at her and said, "Whoah, you looked like someone!" Yoko nod her head saying, "Your hair is so much like Hanamichi's!" Hanamichi went red and said, "Um Yoko, Oda.this is Veniz! My twin sister!"

Yoko and Oda both exclaimed, "TWIN SISTER?!?" ^^;; Hanamichi went edgy and replied, "Yeah.." Yoko then stared at Veniz closely and said, "You're the one who sang in the intermission! Hanamichi you got one talented twin sister!"

Veniz smiled even more saying, "That's right!" then she turned to Hanamichi and said something in German, "Recht bruder? (Right brother)" everyone went sweat dropped. They didn't understood what she had said but Hanamichi do and answered, "Ja Veniz! (Yes Veniz)"

"If I'm not dreaming! That was in German!" Yoko exclaimed. "Right Yoko-san! That's because were half German!" Veniz replied smiling still. "Man this girl is getting on me! How dare this girl dumped my brother!" Yoko and Oda's jaw dropped by this response.

Hanamichi grabbed Veniz by the waist and exclaimed, "We'd better go! JA NE!" With that he sped off like a torpedo. Yoko cried out to him, "WE'LL BE CHEERING FOR SHOHOKU!"

Oda went bonkers and cried, "What do you mean we'll cheer for them?"

Hanamichi stopped running when Akagi grabbed him by the back of his collar saying, "That's enough you idiot!" Hanamichi gasped for his breath as he put down his sister. He turned to her and cried, "YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TOLD THEM THAT!"

"Weil man bedarf bis gekannt! (Because they need to know)" Veniz exclaimed in German. Hanamichi sighed and said, "Kein! Man nicht bedarf bis gekannt! (No! they don't need to know!)" Veniz stomped her feet and exclaimed, "Es nicht materie! (That doesn't matter!)" Veniz exclaimed looking furious.

"Und dass girl abladeplatz ihr! (And that girl dumped you!) Sarah nicht geäfallt dass! (Sarah won't like that!)" Veniz exclaimed angrily. "Wenn Sarah. (If Sarah.)" Veniz stated her voice trailing off when she saw her brother's face looking so sad.

"Nicht gestresst sie tot! (Don't stressed she's gone!) Behagen! (Please!) " Hanamichi replied sadly. "Leitund bruder! (Sorry brother!)" Veniz explained hugging him. "I don't understand a word you're saying so quit the German thing will ya?!" Mitsui exclaimed looking annoyed.

"Sorry Mitchy, common let's just go!" Hanamichi exclaimed going back to his cheerful stature. Mitsui then turned to Veniz and asked, "You understand German right? Can you fill us in on what they had been talking about?"

Niki shook her head saying, "Sorry Mitsui-kun that is something that Hanamichi wouldn't like anyone of you to find out! It's kinda personal!" Ryota sighed and said, "I wonder what's more Hanamichi is hiding from us!" Yohei commented, "He may be my best friend but there are some things I don't know about him. Like he has a twin sister and he's half German. Right now to me, he's very enigmatic!"

They all went back Shohoku with that deafening silence.