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 7
New York...
"Hana!" somebody shouted.
"Vivian, what are you doing after school?" asked Hana.
"I'm in the school chess club, I'm going to play some chess," Vivian answered. "What about you?"
"I joined the basketball club, wanna watch me play?"
"No, it's okay, I don't understand a thing about basketball anyway,"
****
"Okay team, we've got a new member," announced Coach Anderson.
"Hi, I'm Hana Sakuragi, I'm the new exchange student. My position is point guard," Hana introduced herself.
"Why not try your skills on me?" asked a white girl. "Kerry Davidson, I'm a point guard as well,"
"Okay,"
"Coach, one-on-one, me against Sakuragi," Kerry said.
Coach Anderson nodded. The game begins.
"What are the rules?"
"The first person who gets six points win,"
"Okay," Hana answered.
Kerry began the first attack. Using her swift steal, Hana stole the ball, with just one stroke of her hand, and made a shot. It went in.
"Darn it!" Kerry muttered. It's her time to defend. Hana made a fake. Kerry fell for it. Hana went backwards.
"She's going for three points," Billie said to the rest of the team. "It went in, five points to Hana,"
But Kerry made a shot, making it 5-2. But Hana made another shot, after that. Thus winning the one-on-one.
"Okay, you are good, I admit it now," Kerry said after she lost.
"It's obvious that you play as good as Ryu. The only difference is that, Ryuen plays center and power forward," Billie said.
"But remember, captain, my brother and I are two different people," Hana reminded Billie. Billie smiled at that.
Even though it is shown that Hana is better than Kerry. Kerry is still one of the regular members, since Hana's just going to stay in the team for 2 to three months.
Hana got to know the other members of the team. The regular members, Kerry, of whom she just met, Billie, the captain, who played centre (not surprisingly, as she's very tall for a girl, taller than Hana), Sarah, the vice-captain, of whom Hana found out is a shooting guard, Maria, a black power forward, as tall as Billie, and Tina, a small forward, of whom reminded Hana a little bit of Rukawa. Hana also said 'hi' to the benchwarmers, Katie, Judy, Julia, Hope, Anna, Jessie, Sandy, Crystal, Honey, Farra, Angel, and Vanessa.
"I thought, my brother told me the basketball club is very big," Hana voiced out her surprise when there's only 11 extra members.
Billie smiled. "Actually there are more than 16 of us. The actual number of players who *actually* play in a game is 30, but the club took 40 members. So, as you may have guessed, we have 24 cheerleaders for the team,"
"Good for support,"
"Right,"
"Okay everyone, team practice!"
"Katie, Billie, Hana, Tina and Hope in Team A, Sarah, Vanessa, Anna, Kerry, and Jessie in Team B, the others do 70 push-ups!"
********
The first basketball game in America proved very hard for Hana. Billie and Vannesa do the jump. Billie got the ball first, and swished to Hana, who passed to Tina, who then passed to Hope and Hope did a three-point shot. It went in.
"Nice shot, Hope!" Billie praised.
"Well, it's due to Hana and Tina's passes," Hope admitted.
"Okay, guys, we'll get the next point," Kerry said to her teammates. She dribbled the ball slowly, and then, gradually changed her phase. Kerry tried to elude Hana, who's guarding her man-to-man. But during one of the tries, Hana stole the ball.and dribbled it to the offence area, Kerry ran after her.
Hana passed to Billie, who made a jump shot. It's 5-0. Team A - 5, Team B - 0.
***
At the bench...
"What do you think of Hana so far, Honey?" asked Coach Anderson. "You are a point guard too,"
The blond, Honey Cooper, watched Hana's play.
"She played recklessly, yet, very good. I think she's better than Kerry. Look at how many times Kerry had fell for her fakes," Honey commented.
"Think you could challenge her?" asked Coach Anderson. "She defeated Kerry in their one-on-one just now,"
Honey smiled, "Maybe, maybe not,"
******
Only Taka, Miyagi, Mitsui, Akagi, Kogure, Ayako, and Sendoh sent Kaede off.
"I know you don't expect us to be here, but good luck at the camp," Ayako said.
"Although what you did to Hana is quite unforgivable, but you are still our teammate, and so, good luck," Miyagi said.
"Take care of father, aniki," Kaede said before going to the departure hall. Taka nodded.
"Your father didn't want to send Rukawa off?" asked Ayako, when Miyagi and the others are well away from earshot.
"He's always busy with work, he just never had any time with Kaede. It's only when I came back from Hokkaido to live with them, that Kaede started to open up about his feelings," Taka explained.
"That explains his stoic behaviour," Ayako confirmed.
"Took me nearly 4 years to get him talking to me," Taka said, chuckling.
*****
New York...
Hana had just got a reply from Haruko.
~~~~~
Dear Hana-chan...
Rukawa-kun went to the camp today. Only Miyagi-sempai, Mitsui-sempai, Ayako-sempai, onii-chan, and Kogure-sempai went to see him off. I heard from Ayako-sempai that Rukawa-kun's aniki, and Sendoh also saw him off. I've no idea why Sendoh actually want to send him off. We in Shohoku miss you a lot. Please come back soon.
Haruko-chan
~~~~~
Hana smiled while reading the email. The whole of Shohoku team miss her a lot.
*****
Kennedy High....
Basketball practice...
Hana played against Honey Cooper, the other point guard in the team. Hana's team was down by a point when Billie pointed out, "Len and his team is looking at us,"
Hana saw the boys' team hanging around the gym, watching the game. The boys has separate gym to practice, but their presence gave Hana the encouragement to play better.
It's Hana's team offence, Hana dribbled the ball, passed it to Billie, who passed it back to Hana, whom Billie saw is just behind the three point line. Hana jumped to shoot. It went in!
Kerry, acting as the referee, whistled, ending the game. "Team A won 56-54,"
"Good play, Hana!" Billie praised.
"Thank you,"
"Ok, girls! End of practice, and Hana, meet Coach Troussier," shouted Coach Anderson.
"Hello, coach," Hana greeted.
"You are Coach Anderson's new find, eh?" asked the plump coach that reminded Hana a little bit of the 'white haired devil'. "I'm Coach Thierry Troussier,"
"I'm Hana Sakuragi,"
"I heard from Coach Anderson that you played in the boys' team in your home country,"
"That's right,"
"It must be quite a challenge, playing with boys,"
"Indeed, it is, but there's the fun in it as well. Nice to meet you, coach,"
"Nice to meet you as well, Sakuragi,"
Hana joined Billie and the others towards the showers.
"She's quite good," Coach Troussier commented.
"And she plays like a boy," Coach Anderson replied. "Not surprising, though,"
"Yeah, if she is taller, I'd probably take her in,"
"Even if you want to take her now, I'm not giving her to you," Coach Anderson answered. "She's one of the good point guard, whose raw, and yet smooth skill that I want to polish up,"
****
"Hana!" shouted Len.
"Oh, hey, Len," Hana greeted.
"Want me to walk you home?" Len asked. Hana nodded.
"Bye, Billie! Kerry! Honey!" Hana shouted. Billie and Kerry waved at her, while Honey scowled.
****
"I've been after R.Len for ages!" Honey scowled. "And everyday he walks Sakuragi home!"
"I think Len and Hana are suited for each other," Kerry said, chuckling.
"What? Are you insane? I *like* Len!" Honey replied.
*****
At Hana's apartment door...
"Hana..."
"Yes, Len?"
"Are you free on Saturday night?" Len asked. "There's a good movie showing at the cineplex,"
"Yup, I'm free,"
"Do you want to go to the cineplex with me?" Len asked.
"Sure,"
"Great! I'll pick you up at eight!" Len said brightly.
"Well, bye,"
"Bye,"
Hana opened the door and stepped inside. Her heart is thumping wildly. A DATE! With LEN!!!!! She went to her room, and again, her eyes fell at the motionless, smile-less face of Rukawa Kaede, hugging her close.
She went straight to the framed photograph, and pulled it close.
"Why? Why do you hurt me like this, Kaede?" Hana said to the picture, tracing Rukawa's face with her fingertips. "I found another guy to like, but he constantly remind myself of you,"
End of chapter 7 - please read and review
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 7
New York...
"Hana!" somebody shouted.
"Vivian, what are you doing after school?" asked Hana.
"I'm in the school chess club, I'm going to play some chess," Vivian answered. "What about you?"
"I joined the basketball club, wanna watch me play?"
"No, it's okay, I don't understand a thing about basketball anyway,"
****
"Okay team, we've got a new member," announced Coach Anderson.
"Hi, I'm Hana Sakuragi, I'm the new exchange student. My position is point guard," Hana introduced herself.
"Why not try your skills on me?" asked a white girl. "Kerry Davidson, I'm a point guard as well,"
"Okay,"
"Coach, one-on-one, me against Sakuragi," Kerry said.
Coach Anderson nodded. The game begins.
"What are the rules?"
"The first person who gets six points win,"
"Okay," Hana answered.
Kerry began the first attack. Using her swift steal, Hana stole the ball, with just one stroke of her hand, and made a shot. It went in.
"Darn it!" Kerry muttered. It's her time to defend. Hana made a fake. Kerry fell for it. Hana went backwards.
"She's going for three points," Billie said to the rest of the team. "It went in, five points to Hana,"
But Kerry made a shot, making it 5-2. But Hana made another shot, after that. Thus winning the one-on-one.
"Okay, you are good, I admit it now," Kerry said after she lost.
"It's obvious that you play as good as Ryu. The only difference is that, Ryuen plays center and power forward," Billie said.
"But remember, captain, my brother and I are two different people," Hana reminded Billie. Billie smiled at that.
Even though it is shown that Hana is better than Kerry. Kerry is still one of the regular members, since Hana's just going to stay in the team for 2 to three months.
Hana got to know the other members of the team. The regular members, Kerry, of whom she just met, Billie, the captain, who played centre (not surprisingly, as she's very tall for a girl, taller than Hana), Sarah, the vice-captain, of whom Hana found out is a shooting guard, Maria, a black power forward, as tall as Billie, and Tina, a small forward, of whom reminded Hana a little bit of Rukawa. Hana also said 'hi' to the benchwarmers, Katie, Judy, Julia, Hope, Anna, Jessie, Sandy, Crystal, Honey, Farra, Angel, and Vanessa.
"I thought, my brother told me the basketball club is very big," Hana voiced out her surprise when there's only 11 extra members.
Billie smiled. "Actually there are more than 16 of us. The actual number of players who *actually* play in a game is 30, but the club took 40 members. So, as you may have guessed, we have 24 cheerleaders for the team,"
"Good for support,"
"Right,"
"Okay everyone, team practice!"
"Katie, Billie, Hana, Tina and Hope in Team A, Sarah, Vanessa, Anna, Kerry, and Jessie in Team B, the others do 70 push-ups!"
********
The first basketball game in America proved very hard for Hana. Billie and Vannesa do the jump. Billie got the ball first, and swished to Hana, who passed to Tina, who then passed to Hope and Hope did a three-point shot. It went in.
"Nice shot, Hope!" Billie praised.
"Well, it's due to Hana and Tina's passes," Hope admitted.
"Okay, guys, we'll get the next point," Kerry said to her teammates. She dribbled the ball slowly, and then, gradually changed her phase. Kerry tried to elude Hana, who's guarding her man-to-man. But during one of the tries, Hana stole the ball.and dribbled it to the offence area, Kerry ran after her.
Hana passed to Billie, who made a jump shot. It's 5-0. Team A - 5, Team B - 0.
***
At the bench...
"What do you think of Hana so far, Honey?" asked Coach Anderson. "You are a point guard too,"
The blond, Honey Cooper, watched Hana's play.
"She played recklessly, yet, very good. I think she's better than Kerry. Look at how many times Kerry had fell for her fakes," Honey commented.
"Think you could challenge her?" asked Coach Anderson. "She defeated Kerry in their one-on-one just now,"
Honey smiled, "Maybe, maybe not,"
******
Only Taka, Miyagi, Mitsui, Akagi, Kogure, Ayako, and Sendoh sent Kaede off.
"I know you don't expect us to be here, but good luck at the camp," Ayako said.
"Although what you did to Hana is quite unforgivable, but you are still our teammate, and so, good luck," Miyagi said.
"Take care of father, aniki," Kaede said before going to the departure hall. Taka nodded.
"Your father didn't want to send Rukawa off?" asked Ayako, when Miyagi and the others are well away from earshot.
"He's always busy with work, he just never had any time with Kaede. It's only when I came back from Hokkaido to live with them, that Kaede started to open up about his feelings," Taka explained.
"That explains his stoic behaviour," Ayako confirmed.
"Took me nearly 4 years to get him talking to me," Taka said, chuckling.
*****
New York...
Hana had just got a reply from Haruko.
~~~~~
Dear Hana-chan...
Rukawa-kun went to the camp today. Only Miyagi-sempai, Mitsui-sempai, Ayako-sempai, onii-chan, and Kogure-sempai went to see him off. I heard from Ayako-sempai that Rukawa-kun's aniki, and Sendoh also saw him off. I've no idea why Sendoh actually want to send him off. We in Shohoku miss you a lot. Please come back soon.
Haruko-chan
~~~~~
Hana smiled while reading the email. The whole of Shohoku team miss her a lot.
*****
Kennedy High....
Basketball practice...
Hana played against Honey Cooper, the other point guard in the team. Hana's team was down by a point when Billie pointed out, "Len and his team is looking at us,"
Hana saw the boys' team hanging around the gym, watching the game. The boys has separate gym to practice, but their presence gave Hana the encouragement to play better.
It's Hana's team offence, Hana dribbled the ball, passed it to Billie, who passed it back to Hana, whom Billie saw is just behind the three point line. Hana jumped to shoot. It went in!
Kerry, acting as the referee, whistled, ending the game. "Team A won 56-54,"
"Good play, Hana!" Billie praised.
"Thank you,"
"Ok, girls! End of practice, and Hana, meet Coach Troussier," shouted Coach Anderson.
"Hello, coach," Hana greeted.
"You are Coach Anderson's new find, eh?" asked the plump coach that reminded Hana a little bit of the 'white haired devil'. "I'm Coach Thierry Troussier,"
"I'm Hana Sakuragi,"
"I heard from Coach Anderson that you played in the boys' team in your home country,"
"That's right,"
"It must be quite a challenge, playing with boys,"
"Indeed, it is, but there's the fun in it as well. Nice to meet you, coach,"
"Nice to meet you as well, Sakuragi,"
Hana joined Billie and the others towards the showers.
"She's quite good," Coach Troussier commented.
"And she plays like a boy," Coach Anderson replied. "Not surprising, though,"
"Yeah, if she is taller, I'd probably take her in,"
"Even if you want to take her now, I'm not giving her to you," Coach Anderson answered. "She's one of the good point guard, whose raw, and yet smooth skill that I want to polish up,"
****
"Hana!" shouted Len.
"Oh, hey, Len," Hana greeted.
"Want me to walk you home?" Len asked. Hana nodded.
"Bye, Billie! Kerry! Honey!" Hana shouted. Billie and Kerry waved at her, while Honey scowled.
****
"I've been after R.Len for ages!" Honey scowled. "And everyday he walks Sakuragi home!"
"I think Len and Hana are suited for each other," Kerry said, chuckling.
"What? Are you insane? I *like* Len!" Honey replied.
*****
At Hana's apartment door...
"Hana..."
"Yes, Len?"
"Are you free on Saturday night?" Len asked. "There's a good movie showing at the cineplex,"
"Yup, I'm free,"
"Do you want to go to the cineplex with me?" Len asked.
"Sure,"
"Great! I'll pick you up at eight!" Len said brightly.
"Well, bye,"
"Bye,"
Hana opened the door and stepped inside. Her heart is thumping wildly. A DATE! With LEN!!!!! She went to her room, and again, her eyes fell at the motionless, smile-less face of Rukawa Kaede, hugging her close.
She went straight to the framed photograph, and pulled it close.
"Why? Why do you hurt me like this, Kaede?" Hana said to the picture, tracing Rukawa's face with her fingertips. "I found another guy to like, but he constantly remind myself of you,"
End of chapter 7 - please read and review