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A.N./Sorry that this chapter took sooooooooooooo..... long.

A SISTER'S LIFE
by:
gin-gin

CHAPTER 5

"Demo, we're only 7 and can't form 2 teams." Ayako brought up. "Hai. I know that dakara..." Aika turned to Sendoh and "Onii-san."she said all knowingly "Onegai could you pick out 3 more people to play with us?" she asked Sendoh with the look of pity and puppy dog eyes. "Hai. Hai. Eto...desu..ah! Wakatta! Hikoichi, Miyamasu-san and Kogure-sempai. Ok?" "It is ok with you to play with the girls isn't it guys?" looking at the 3 guys whose names he's just suggested "It's ok with me." said Kogure "Me too." "And me." followed the other 2. "Satisfied."said Sumire as the 3 boys stepped forward. "Now the teams. Kisaru, Kaoru, Haruko, Ayako and Kogure-san in one team. And me, Hikaru, Aika, Miyamasu-san and Hikoichi-san in the other."annouced Sumire. "C'mon now that everythings done...LET'S PLAY!" said and excited Kaoru. And with that they left for the courts.

"Yosh. Playing time is 10 minutes. Hajime." shouted Akagi throwing up the ball. Playing center were Kogure and Hikaru. (A.N./I know that Kogure was not the best choice but with their players he looked the most sutable.) They jumped and Hikaru got the ball and slapped it towards Hikoichi who was already running, and was setting up for a shot. But before he could shoot he faced Kaoru. Not able to break in he passed to Sumire, who shot it hurriedly when she saw Hikaru guarding under the basket. Knowing that the shot wouldn't go in as soon as she landed she yelled "REBOUND!". Getting in to position Hikaru and kogure made a break for the ball. Though Kogure did not get the ball it was pushed up again by Kisaru. Kogure now ready, jumped and got the ball. Once on the ground he yelled "FAST BREAK!" and threw the ball to Haruko who was all ready running. She passed the 3-point line with ease but was faced with Sumire and quickly passed to Ayako, who shot *swish* went the ball into the basket. "Yes!" cheered Ayako.

"Aya-chan Sugoi." blushed Miyagi as ayako ran passed him and gave him a thumbs-up. Cheering and in awe were the guys at the girls skill, and so they kept their voices up. All except Rukawa kept cheering, brothers for their sisters. Showing their pride because they were the ones who taught them how to play in the first place.

Sumire tossed the ball to Aika, as they jogged to the other sideof the court where the others were readying themselves for defense. With a burst of speed Aika ran towards the basket evading Haruko and Ayako but was about to face Kogure. Defending her Kogure did well until he got distracted when Hikaru passed by and they faked a pass. This allowed Aika to shoot the ball, but did not andsaw that Miyamasu was open so she passed to him and he shot it for 3 points and getting the lead. The other team then countered with a 3 pointer too using Kogure. Now Hikoichi had the ball and was running to the other side when Kisaru stole the ball, truly proving that she was Fujima's imotou. Kaoru who was already running shouted "Oi!" and Kisaru passed it to her. Not wanting to lose any game, like her brother she ran to the basket and *slam* dunked it in.

With a loud cheer from the benches they took the lead 7-3. "Show off." muttered Rukawa 'She's improved' he tought at the same time.

Kogure ran up to Kaoru to congratulate her just like he would do to his teammates, which is slap them on the butt. 'She might think that I'm a hentai if I do that.' thought Kogure. So he just ran up to her and said "Good job." "Domo." was her reply. 'Definitely Rukawa's imotou.' he thought again. As the score stands 7-3 with Kaoru's team leading, this got Sumire agitated and impatient as well as Hikaru. "K'so. Hikaru!" Sumire looked towards Hikaru and winked. "Yosh." and Hikaru started to get excited.

Aika passed the ball to Hikoichi and he back. With a burst of speed Aika ran and broke through the first line of defense and passed to Sumire, who broke in the rest of the way and shot. But Kaoru saw this and jumped. "Fake." Kaoru said realizing her error as Sumire passed the ball to the awaiting hands of Hikaru and who shot. *swish* went the net as the ball passed. Sumire still wasn't satisfied with this and kept on stealing the ball and shooting, trusting hikaru to get the rebounds then passing the ball to someone open. This worked for a while. The game continued, each team showing all they got.

With 10 seconds left, the score was 21-19 with Sumire's team leading. Being determined to win, Kaoru walked up to kogure and said "kogure-san, I'll pass to you. Shoot a 3 pointer, okay?" "Ah." he replied believing in himself. So Kisaru, who was trying to elude Aika saw Kaoru, whose face read 'PASS TO ME!' so she did, trusting her. Then once she got the ball she faked a shot over Hikoichi and passed to Kogure. He immediately shot a 3 pointer, with time running out and the ball already in the air, all movement in the gym stopped. Everyone watched the ball soar smoothly through the air. Time seemed to hold still until the ball landed smoothly in the basket, just like a shot done by Mitsui. kogure jumped in joy. (A.N./just like when he did in I think the Kainan-Shohoku game in the first season.) Kisaru and Kaoru ran up to him and cheered because he won the game for them. Roars and cheers to erupted from th gym. What happened next no one thought would. Because of ther joy Kisaru and Kaoru gave Kogure a peck on each of his cheeks causing him to blush. They too did eventually when they got back their senses and realized what they just did.

Ayako and Haruko approached them and raised their hands up for a high 5 each from Kogure. As the others approached Mitsui muttered "Kogure always gets the good stuff." then caught of guard by Sumire saying "Oi! Mitsui-san what do you say now about girls and basketball?" "Hai Hai. I admit you girls are good." "No duh. We are the imotous of Knagwa's best players." "And that's why you owe us for your success." interupted Maki 'But who was the one who worked hard to learn?" "Who was the one who had to teach?" and with that strted the uasul sibling rivalry.

A.N./ Gome gome gomenasai minna for the loooooong update. but i got studies and stuff to do, and don't really have a lot of time to sit downa and type my fic. But even if i don't type it, I've done until chapter 10 already in my notebook. Hope that doesn't get you guys agitated. Okay...Ja ne got to go. Onegai don't forget to REVIEW.