Thank you for the correction, Blue6_Blood66, I'm so embarrassed for
overlooking that mistake.. ^^;;
Best O Kanagawa Team
Chapter 2: Team Assemble!
Sendoh was holding two things in his hands, and either item was sure to give him a busy day. In his right hand was a clipboard with a few pieces of paper attached to it, and in his left hand was a handphone.
The clipboard held the names of the top thirty players of the Kanagawa prefecture, with six names highlighted. The names were "Miyagi", "Jin", "Rukawa", "Sakuragi", "Fukuda" and "Kiyota". There were a number of other names all through the list, and many had little notes scribbled against them, but only those six were highlighted clearly in bright yellow.
The handphone was blue, not really the petite model that girls preferred to use, nor was it bulky. It was a respectable sort of phone, made for usage and not for look. Except that there was a sticker of a chibi hamster on the back. The screen was not lit up, as the phone was switched off as it had been for the past two days.
"So what are you going to do now?" Koshino asked, noticing how Sendoh was looking from one item to the other. "Aren't you supposed to go to Shohoku now? Or are you going to Kainan first?"
"Give me a moment," Sendoh told him. He looked at the phone for a long while. He hadn't switched it on as he had figured that he didn't have the right, since it wasn't his phone, but he was sure that the owner, that strange girl whom he still didn't know the name of, was frantically looking for it.
Finally deciding, Sendoh switched on the phone. The little screen lit up, and a giant CHECK passed over it before settling down to show him that the phone had half its battery left and enough reception. Sendoh stared at it as the glow disappeared again, then sighed and pocketed it.
"Well, let's go to Shohoku first then," Sendoh told his friend.
It was only after they had settled into their seats on the train, the little innocent-looking blue handphone screamed shrilly, as though reflecting the anger of the caller. Sendoh scrambled with it frantically, the little vibrating motion causing his jacket to whirr uncontrollably. It was after Koshino finally took control of things and calmly plucked the phone out was Sendoh able to take it properly.
"Moshi moshi?" Sendoh spoke into the phone.
"Hey!" a voice squealed in his ear. "You took my phone you---"
"You left it on the bench," Sendoh said, quickly cutting her off before she was able to say something she'd probably regret, even if she wouldn't admit it.
She went quiet for a while. "I want it back."
"Of course you do," Sendoh said. "The question is how."
"Where are you?" the girl grumbled.
"I'm going to Shohoku."
There was another pause. "Shohoku?"
"Yes, as in *the* Shohoku," Sendoh said, smiling into the phone. "As in the home of the second best basketball team in Kanagawa."
"Shut up. I want my phone."
"I have an appointment with the coach of the Shohoku basketball team," Sendoh told her. "So I can't see you today. Tomorrow perhaps?"
The girl sputtered. "No! No, you see it's um. It's an emergency and I *really* need that phone by today the latest, I've already lost two days!"
"Well I'll be at Shohoku for a few hours, and then I'll be going to Kainan afterward."
"Kainan?"
"Yes, Kainan. Unless you don't mind meeting me at either school, you can take your phone back easily," Sendoh leaned back into the seat of his train, feeling quite amused with the turn of events.
"Why are you going to those schools?" the girl asked, trying her best not to sound curious.
"I'm rallying up the best players in Kanagawa into one team," Sendoh told her. "There's to be an inter-district league some weeks from now. First time it's ever been done, so not that many people know about it yet."
The girl was quiet. "Well, whatever. I just want my phone back."
"Either school? Meet me?" Sendoh said.
"Shohoku. You're going there first, right?"
"I'm going there right now."
"In forty minutes I'll be at the gate. Don't expect me to enter."
Sendoh, feeling strangely cheeky, said, "Why?"
"Guess."
"You hate basketball?"
"Yup."
"And because of a game you hold a grudge against an entire school? Or schools?"
The girl growled, and it was a strangely adorable sort of sound. "Forty minutes. In the front gate." And she hung up.
Sendoh placed the little blue phone in his jacket and turned to Koshino, who was looking at him with a curious expression. Sendoh shrugged, then glanced at his watch to start timing the forty minutes the girl had said she'd take.
To be continued..
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Best O Kanagawa Team
Chapter 2: Team Assemble!
Sendoh was holding two things in his hands, and either item was sure to give him a busy day. In his right hand was a clipboard with a few pieces of paper attached to it, and in his left hand was a handphone.
The clipboard held the names of the top thirty players of the Kanagawa prefecture, with six names highlighted. The names were "Miyagi", "Jin", "Rukawa", "Sakuragi", "Fukuda" and "Kiyota". There were a number of other names all through the list, and many had little notes scribbled against them, but only those six were highlighted clearly in bright yellow.
The handphone was blue, not really the petite model that girls preferred to use, nor was it bulky. It was a respectable sort of phone, made for usage and not for look. Except that there was a sticker of a chibi hamster on the back. The screen was not lit up, as the phone was switched off as it had been for the past two days.
"So what are you going to do now?" Koshino asked, noticing how Sendoh was looking from one item to the other. "Aren't you supposed to go to Shohoku now? Or are you going to Kainan first?"
"Give me a moment," Sendoh told him. He looked at the phone for a long while. He hadn't switched it on as he had figured that he didn't have the right, since it wasn't his phone, but he was sure that the owner, that strange girl whom he still didn't know the name of, was frantically looking for it.
Finally deciding, Sendoh switched on the phone. The little screen lit up, and a giant CHECK passed over it before settling down to show him that the phone had half its battery left and enough reception. Sendoh stared at it as the glow disappeared again, then sighed and pocketed it.
"Well, let's go to Shohoku first then," Sendoh told his friend.
It was only after they had settled into their seats on the train, the little innocent-looking blue handphone screamed shrilly, as though reflecting the anger of the caller. Sendoh scrambled with it frantically, the little vibrating motion causing his jacket to whirr uncontrollably. It was after Koshino finally took control of things and calmly plucked the phone out was Sendoh able to take it properly.
"Moshi moshi?" Sendoh spoke into the phone.
"Hey!" a voice squealed in his ear. "You took my phone you---"
"You left it on the bench," Sendoh said, quickly cutting her off before she was able to say something she'd probably regret, even if she wouldn't admit it.
She went quiet for a while. "I want it back."
"Of course you do," Sendoh said. "The question is how."
"Where are you?" the girl grumbled.
"I'm going to Shohoku."
There was another pause. "Shohoku?"
"Yes, as in *the* Shohoku," Sendoh said, smiling into the phone. "As in the home of the second best basketball team in Kanagawa."
"Shut up. I want my phone."
"I have an appointment with the coach of the Shohoku basketball team," Sendoh told her. "So I can't see you today. Tomorrow perhaps?"
The girl sputtered. "No! No, you see it's um. It's an emergency and I *really* need that phone by today the latest, I've already lost two days!"
"Well I'll be at Shohoku for a few hours, and then I'll be going to Kainan afterward."
"Kainan?"
"Yes, Kainan. Unless you don't mind meeting me at either school, you can take your phone back easily," Sendoh leaned back into the seat of his train, feeling quite amused with the turn of events.
"Why are you going to those schools?" the girl asked, trying her best not to sound curious.
"I'm rallying up the best players in Kanagawa into one team," Sendoh told her. "There's to be an inter-district league some weeks from now. First time it's ever been done, so not that many people know about it yet."
The girl was quiet. "Well, whatever. I just want my phone back."
"Either school? Meet me?" Sendoh said.
"Shohoku. You're going there first, right?"
"I'm going there right now."
"In forty minutes I'll be at the gate. Don't expect me to enter."
Sendoh, feeling strangely cheeky, said, "Why?"
"Guess."
"You hate basketball?"
"Yup."
"And because of a game you hold a grudge against an entire school? Or schools?"
The girl growled, and it was a strangely adorable sort of sound. "Forty minutes. In the front gate." And she hung up.
Sendoh placed the little blue phone in his jacket and turned to Koshino, who was looking at him with a curious expression. Sendoh shrugged, then glanced at his watch to start timing the forty minutes the girl had said she'd take.
To be continued..
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