A Fling - Does It Mean A Thing?
Disclaimer: Slam Dunk belongs to Inoue Takehiko. It doesn't belong to me at all, except probably the three Sakuragi siblings.
Summary: Rukawa broke up with Hana because he didn't want her to be a distraction to his Japan Youth Camp. Set after Akagi, Mitsui and Kogure went to take their entrance exams, Miyagi became captain, and Rukawa's going to leave.
A/n: Expect OOC
Chapter 5
It's only two days since Hana moved to the US. She hasn't met her brother's housemate yet, apparently, he's still in Japan.
Mr. Sakuragi had faxed to the administration of Kennedy High for the move, and all Hana has to do is go there and register herself.
"Here's your uniform at Kennedy, it just arrived," Ryuen informed, tossing Hana a package containing a school uniform and gym clothes.
"knee-length skirt, a tie, long sleeved shirt, and a sort of suit, the colour's okay, though," Hana said while opening the parcel, and taking out her uniform.
*****
School...
Hana went into the administration, and registered herself, according to the people there, she's a sophomore.
"Thank you," Hana said in English. She then proceeded to her first class, which happened to be, English.
She walked straight towards the English class.
"Come in," the English teacher instructed, after Hana knocked on the door.
"Excuse me, miss, I'm the new student,"
"So, introduce yourself,"
"Hello, I'm Hana Sakuragi, I'm the new exchange student from Japan," Hana started.
"You don't look Japanese," said somebody at the back.
"Mr. Adam! And, Ms. Sakuragi, you could sit at the window seat over there, that's the only empty seat, and I'm Ms. Cooper, Fiona Cooper,"
Hana went to sit next to a girl who looks bored, and a little bit Japanese. The small eyes, the dark hair and the porcelain skin made her look like a Japanese, or asian.
"Hi, you are Japanese?" the girl asked.
"Yes, I am,"
"I'm Japanese-American. Both my parents are pure Japanese, raised in the States, my name's Vivian Kishi," Vivian introduced herself. "I'm raised here as well, by the way, you don't look Japanese,"
Hana smiled and explained, "Both my parents aren't pure Japanese,"
Vivian formed an 'O' with her mouth and said, "That explains it,"
"Explains what?" Hana asked.
"Your hair and your height, I'm R. Len Xiao Tian Adam," said the guy with the purple hair. "That's why I said that just now,"
"You don't look Japanese either, Mr. Adam," Hana answered mockingly. Hana turned towards him, and a small shock passed through her, this guy looks JUST like Rukawa! Except, of course, the purple hair, which is spiky in style, a little bit like Sendoh's hair, but not as tall as Sendoh's spike.
Vivian passed a note to Hana, saying, 'I can't believe LEN *talked* to you,'
Hana replied, 'Why?'
Vivian answered, 'He's like, the hottest guy at school, he's the basketball star, ya know,'
Hana stay silent for a moment, not only does this Len guy look just like Rukawa, he's a basketball star as well, just like Rukawa!
At the chime of the bell, signalling the end of the lesson, all the students stand up to leave the class, Hana looked at her timetable again, and it said, 'gym'.
"Vivian, is it okay if I call you Vivian?" Hana asked curiously.
"Of course, we are not in Japan, Hana, here, it's okay to call somebody by his or her first name, unlike in Japan," Vivian answered, a little bit laughingly. "You have gym after this as well? Cool, I have gym as well,"
Hana and her newly found friend went to the gym together.
*****
"You are the new exchange student, eh?" asked the Coach. Hana nodded. Hana had to see the coach in her office first.
"I'm Coach Anderson,"
"Hana Sakuragi,"
"According to your files, you are a basketball player," Coach Anderson said, while looking at Hana's files. "And a squash player too,"
"I am, but I'm more concentrated with basketball,"
"According to this, your school defeated the reigning champions, that's very very good, and you played with the boys team," Coach Anderson said again, surprised a little bit that Hana played with the boys.
"I do,"
"Well, I do hope you are not disappointed that you'll be playing with the girls," the Coach said.
"I expected it, in Japan, I'm one of the tallest girls in school, but here, I'm like a dwarf compared to the other players,"
"That's true, okay, Sakuragi, I want to start the lesson," the Coach ended the talk and went into the gym with Hana.
Vivian approached Hana when she went out from the office.
"Coach always give pep talks to new students, how did it go?" Vivian asked.
"Okay," Hana answered.
"Girls! Warm up! And then, 50 laps all around the gym!" barked the coach.
"Coach, you are cruel!" Vivian gasped.
****
The others are panting, but Hana remained running, she still had that extremely high stamina, and she's one of the first few who completed the 50 laps.
"Still feel like running eh?" asked a black girl. She had been watching Hana run without tiredness, and concluded that Hana must have an extremely high stamina.
"Yup, that's right," Hana answered. "Hana Sakuragi, I'm the new exchange student,"
"Billie Hopkins, you seemed to be a good athlete, what sport do you play?"
"Basketball,"
"Really?" Billie asked excitedly. "I'm the captain of the basketball club,"
"Aah, Sakuragi, you've met Hopkins, the captain of the club," Coach Anderson said after she saw them talking to each other.
"Coach, do you think there's a vacancy in the club?" asked Billie. "We really need somebody who has a stamina like Sakuragi here,"
"I thought my brother told me that the basketball teams here are the best in New York," Hana answered.
"Who's your brother?" Billie asked.
"Ryuen Sakuragi,"
Billie's face lit up. "You mean, Ryu's your brother? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"Why didn't I draw up that possibility when I saw your files?" asked Coach Anderson to herself.
"You mean my brother's a basketball player here?" Hana asked curiously.
"Why yes, he is, before he graduated, that is," Coach Anderson answered. "He was our star,"
Hana tried to digest the information, she didn't know her brother played *that* well.
'But he lost when I had a one-on-one with him a few weeks ago,' Hana thought.
"So, do you want to join our club?" asked Billie excited.
"Aah, I'll think about it first," Hana answered.
"Okay, give me your answer in three days, okay?"
Hana nodded.
*****
Hana and Vivian, who seemed to be following her around, because they have the same classes altogether.
"And I can't believe Billie Hopkins, the girl's basketball team captain *talked* to you," Vivian said jealously when they are approaching the maths classroom. "Well, Hana, this is maths,"
"But I need to go to the advance calculus class,"
"I have advance calculus," said a voice behind them.
"Billie!"
"Hi!" Billie answered, next to her is Len, the guy who talked to Hana in English. "Hana, this is R.Len, one of our boys' basketball players, Len, this is Hana,"
"We've met," Len answered.
"Bye, Vivian, talk to you later," Hana said, and walked to advance calculus with Billie and Len.
*******
Back in Japan...
Rukawa was lying down on his bed. New York and Japan are 2 continents apart, and not only that, they are 14 hours apart as well.
"I kinda missed you, Hana," he said to the ceiling. "Do you miss me too?"
*****
Hana walked home. It's a relief to get rid of Vivian for a while, Vivian lives in Manhattan, and Hana lives in Upper East Side. It's quite far from each other, as Vivian had told her. By now, thanks to Vivian, Hana found out that Billie lives in Manhattan, while Len lives in Central Park West.
"Where are you going?" asked the purple haired guy, or Len, as Hana had been told.
"Home," Hana replied shortly.
"This is going to Upper East Side, you live over there?"
"Yup," Hana answered, while continued walking.
"I don't think we've introduced each other formally," Len said. "I'm R.Len Xiao Tian Adam, call me Len,"
Len took out his hand. Hana slapped it.
"And Watashi Wa Sakuragi Hana, yoroshiku," Hana said in Japanese.
"You think I don't speak Japanese?" Len asked in Japanese, surprising Hana. He laughed softly.
"I've been taking lessons, Japanese fascinates me, walk you home?"
"Arigatou," Hana answered.
*****
"Well, here's my apartment block, I live at the fourth floor," Hana said when they arrived at the apartment block. Hana nodded at the security, and proceeded towards the lift.
"Well, bye, Len, see you tomorrow at school,"
"Bye,"
****
Hana took her key out and entered the apartment.
"Who's there?" asked a voice.
"Onii-chan?" asked Hana.
End of Chapter 5 - please read and review
A/n: I'm leaving for Egypt tomorrow, dats why I posted two chapters at the same time. I'll be spending 10 days of holiday in Egypt, and even if I go online, I won't be posting any chapters. Gomen.
Disclaimer: Slam Dunk belongs to Inoue Takehiko. It doesn't belong to me at all, except probably the three Sakuragi siblings.
Summary: Rukawa broke up with Hana because he didn't want her to be a distraction to his Japan Youth Camp. Set after Akagi, Mitsui and Kogure went to take their entrance exams, Miyagi became captain, and Rukawa's going to leave.
A/n: Expect OOC
Chapter 5
It's only two days since Hana moved to the US. She hasn't met her brother's housemate yet, apparently, he's still in Japan.
Mr. Sakuragi had faxed to the administration of Kennedy High for the move, and all Hana has to do is go there and register herself.
"Here's your uniform at Kennedy, it just arrived," Ryuen informed, tossing Hana a package containing a school uniform and gym clothes.
"knee-length skirt, a tie, long sleeved shirt, and a sort of suit, the colour's okay, though," Hana said while opening the parcel, and taking out her uniform.
*****
School...
Hana went into the administration, and registered herself, according to the people there, she's a sophomore.
"Thank you," Hana said in English. She then proceeded to her first class, which happened to be, English.
She walked straight towards the English class.
"Come in," the English teacher instructed, after Hana knocked on the door.
"Excuse me, miss, I'm the new student,"
"So, introduce yourself,"
"Hello, I'm Hana Sakuragi, I'm the new exchange student from Japan," Hana started.
"You don't look Japanese," said somebody at the back.
"Mr. Adam! And, Ms. Sakuragi, you could sit at the window seat over there, that's the only empty seat, and I'm Ms. Cooper, Fiona Cooper,"
Hana went to sit next to a girl who looks bored, and a little bit Japanese. The small eyes, the dark hair and the porcelain skin made her look like a Japanese, or asian.
"Hi, you are Japanese?" the girl asked.
"Yes, I am,"
"I'm Japanese-American. Both my parents are pure Japanese, raised in the States, my name's Vivian Kishi," Vivian introduced herself. "I'm raised here as well, by the way, you don't look Japanese,"
Hana smiled and explained, "Both my parents aren't pure Japanese,"
Vivian formed an 'O' with her mouth and said, "That explains it,"
"Explains what?" Hana asked.
"Your hair and your height, I'm R. Len Xiao Tian Adam," said the guy with the purple hair. "That's why I said that just now,"
"You don't look Japanese either, Mr. Adam," Hana answered mockingly. Hana turned towards him, and a small shock passed through her, this guy looks JUST like Rukawa! Except, of course, the purple hair, which is spiky in style, a little bit like Sendoh's hair, but not as tall as Sendoh's spike.
Vivian passed a note to Hana, saying, 'I can't believe LEN *talked* to you,'
Hana replied, 'Why?'
Vivian answered, 'He's like, the hottest guy at school, he's the basketball star, ya know,'
Hana stay silent for a moment, not only does this Len guy look just like Rukawa, he's a basketball star as well, just like Rukawa!
At the chime of the bell, signalling the end of the lesson, all the students stand up to leave the class, Hana looked at her timetable again, and it said, 'gym'.
"Vivian, is it okay if I call you Vivian?" Hana asked curiously.
"Of course, we are not in Japan, Hana, here, it's okay to call somebody by his or her first name, unlike in Japan," Vivian answered, a little bit laughingly. "You have gym after this as well? Cool, I have gym as well,"
Hana and her newly found friend went to the gym together.
*****
"You are the new exchange student, eh?" asked the Coach. Hana nodded. Hana had to see the coach in her office first.
"I'm Coach Anderson,"
"Hana Sakuragi,"
"According to your files, you are a basketball player," Coach Anderson said, while looking at Hana's files. "And a squash player too,"
"I am, but I'm more concentrated with basketball,"
"According to this, your school defeated the reigning champions, that's very very good, and you played with the boys team," Coach Anderson said again, surprised a little bit that Hana played with the boys.
"I do,"
"Well, I do hope you are not disappointed that you'll be playing with the girls," the Coach said.
"I expected it, in Japan, I'm one of the tallest girls in school, but here, I'm like a dwarf compared to the other players,"
"That's true, okay, Sakuragi, I want to start the lesson," the Coach ended the talk and went into the gym with Hana.
Vivian approached Hana when she went out from the office.
"Coach always give pep talks to new students, how did it go?" Vivian asked.
"Okay," Hana answered.
"Girls! Warm up! And then, 50 laps all around the gym!" barked the coach.
"Coach, you are cruel!" Vivian gasped.
****
The others are panting, but Hana remained running, she still had that extremely high stamina, and she's one of the first few who completed the 50 laps.
"Still feel like running eh?" asked a black girl. She had been watching Hana run without tiredness, and concluded that Hana must have an extremely high stamina.
"Yup, that's right," Hana answered. "Hana Sakuragi, I'm the new exchange student,"
"Billie Hopkins, you seemed to be a good athlete, what sport do you play?"
"Basketball,"
"Really?" Billie asked excitedly. "I'm the captain of the basketball club,"
"Aah, Sakuragi, you've met Hopkins, the captain of the club," Coach Anderson said after she saw them talking to each other.
"Coach, do you think there's a vacancy in the club?" asked Billie. "We really need somebody who has a stamina like Sakuragi here,"
"I thought my brother told me that the basketball teams here are the best in New York," Hana answered.
"Who's your brother?" Billie asked.
"Ryuen Sakuragi,"
Billie's face lit up. "You mean, Ryu's your brother? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"Why didn't I draw up that possibility when I saw your files?" asked Coach Anderson to herself.
"You mean my brother's a basketball player here?" Hana asked curiously.
"Why yes, he is, before he graduated, that is," Coach Anderson answered. "He was our star,"
Hana tried to digest the information, she didn't know her brother played *that* well.
'But he lost when I had a one-on-one with him a few weeks ago,' Hana thought.
"So, do you want to join our club?" asked Billie excited.
"Aah, I'll think about it first," Hana answered.
"Okay, give me your answer in three days, okay?"
Hana nodded.
*****
Hana and Vivian, who seemed to be following her around, because they have the same classes altogether.
"And I can't believe Billie Hopkins, the girl's basketball team captain *talked* to you," Vivian said jealously when they are approaching the maths classroom. "Well, Hana, this is maths,"
"But I need to go to the advance calculus class,"
"I have advance calculus," said a voice behind them.
"Billie!"
"Hi!" Billie answered, next to her is Len, the guy who talked to Hana in English. "Hana, this is R.Len, one of our boys' basketball players, Len, this is Hana,"
"We've met," Len answered.
"Bye, Vivian, talk to you later," Hana said, and walked to advance calculus with Billie and Len.
*******
Back in Japan...
Rukawa was lying down on his bed. New York and Japan are 2 continents apart, and not only that, they are 14 hours apart as well.
"I kinda missed you, Hana," he said to the ceiling. "Do you miss me too?"
*****
Hana walked home. It's a relief to get rid of Vivian for a while, Vivian lives in Manhattan, and Hana lives in Upper East Side. It's quite far from each other, as Vivian had told her. By now, thanks to Vivian, Hana found out that Billie lives in Manhattan, while Len lives in Central Park West.
"Where are you going?" asked the purple haired guy, or Len, as Hana had been told.
"Home," Hana replied shortly.
"This is going to Upper East Side, you live over there?"
"Yup," Hana answered, while continued walking.
"I don't think we've introduced each other formally," Len said. "I'm R.Len Xiao Tian Adam, call me Len,"
Len took out his hand. Hana slapped it.
"And Watashi Wa Sakuragi Hana, yoroshiku," Hana said in Japanese.
"You think I don't speak Japanese?" Len asked in Japanese, surprising Hana. He laughed softly.
"I've been taking lessons, Japanese fascinates me, walk you home?"
"Arigatou," Hana answered.
*****
"Well, here's my apartment block, I live at the fourth floor," Hana said when they arrived at the apartment block. Hana nodded at the security, and proceeded towards the lift.
"Well, bye, Len, see you tomorrow at school,"
"Bye,"
****
Hana took her key out and entered the apartment.
"Who's there?" asked a voice.
"Onii-chan?" asked Hana.
End of Chapter 5 - please read and review
A/n: I'm leaving for Egypt tomorrow, dats why I posted two chapters at the same time. I'll be spending 10 days of holiday in Egypt, and even if I go online, I won't be posting any chapters. Gomen.