1.1 Chapter 3 – I-Can't-Think-Of-A-Title
Mitsui hummed as he strolled through the corridors. He cursed silently as he looked at his watch. Damn that teacher! He promised we'd be back before basketball practice!
He sighed. Oh boy.
Emerging from the changing room five minutes later, he headed to the gym.
Hearing the familiar sounds of his teammates, he smiled slightly.
He slid open the door at the wrong time. "Yo," he was all he could say before a basketball crashed in his face.
~~
"Oops…" Ryota said uneasily.
"That must have hurt," Ayako muttered.
"What was that for?!" Mitsui yelled, rubbing his forehead.
"Sorry!" Ryota backed away quickly. "I really didn't mean it, really didn't mean it, so how was your history excursion?"
"Bah, forget it." Mitsui tossed the ball towards him. "It was boring. Absolutely nothing at all. Something about a rebellion I think. I didn't even take down notes. So where are the others?"
"Others?"
"You know, the usual trouble-makers,"
"Oh, Rukawa and Sakuragi? They're at remedial."
"Hmph. They'd need it."
"You'd need it too, Mitsui," Ryota said, swiftly ducking to avoid an extremely hard clap on his shoulders. "You failed your college entrance exam!" Ryota promptly took off, Mitsui hard on his hells shouting, "I'LL GET YOU FOR THAT, SHORTY!"
WHAP.
Ayako rubbed her fan appreciatively as she walked back to the sidelines.
"Okay, now that we are all, ah, warmed up, we shall have a game!" Ryota divided the members into two groups and chose the starting members. One team consisted of Mitsui, Yasuda, himself and two new players, Yosuke and Kyoiichi. The other team entirely of new members.
"Don't you think you're a bit biased, Miyagi?" Mitsui questioned, seeing that their team had three senior members.
"Not at all! This is our chance to see how good they are!" Ryota rubbed his hands gleefully. "Okay! Start!"
~~
"Well, that wasn't too bad, Kaede," Hikari said thoughtfully. "At least you passed your Maths by five points."
"Hn." Rukawa stared at his practice paper.
"It's an improvement from your failure of twenty-four marks, at least."
"Hn." He stuffed it in his bag.
"And you," Hikari turned to Sakuragi. "You didn't make any improvement at all." Sakuragi shrugged. "So?"
"You won't be able to play in the Inter-High if this continues."
"I know," Sakuragi scratched his head thoughtfully. "It's just the way I am, I guess. I can't help it!" Sakuragi insisted, seeing Hikari glare at him.
"If Kaede can pass, why can't you?" Hikari pointed out.
"BAH! THE GENIUS CAN DO EVERYTHING BETTER THAN THE KITSUNE!" Sakuragi scowled at Rukawa.
"Okay. Basketball time!" Hikari opened the gym door.
BAP.
"OW!" Sakuragi howled, clutching his forehead.
"Your fault again, Miyagi." Mitsui chided the captain.
"Sorry! I keep throwing out of the court today!" Ryota apologized ruefully.
"DAMN YOU RYO-CHIN!"
"Hey, who's this?" Mitsui noticed Hikari standing beside them.
"Oh, this is Rukawa's sister, Hikari." Ryota introduced. "Hikari, this is Mitsui Hisashi." Spotting Mitsui's quizzical look, he filled him in. "She's joining the girls team. You know, that subject Aya-chan raised a few weeks back?"
"Yeah, I heard something about that…" Mitsui rubbed his scar thoughtfully. "What position do you play?" he asked Hikari.
"Well," Hikari thought about it for a moment. "I can play any position, but my favorite is shooting guard."
"Hey! I play shooting guard too!"
Ryota nudged Mitsui. "She does great three-pointers too,"
"Really? I don't believe you. Prove it!"
"Pass me the ball," Hikari called to Rukawa, who threw a ball to her.
Heading towards the hoop, she stopped behind the three-point line.
"Hmph. I don't believe she can do it." Mitsui thought.
In one swift move, Hikari jumped and threw the ball through the air. The ball fell in a perfect arc into the hoop.
"Nice!" Ayako called to Hikari.
"Well?" Ryota laughed. "Was that good or was that good?"
Mitsui shrugged. "Well, it could have been better."
"Just admit she's better than you."
"RUKAWA!" Mitsui whirled around angrily. "I'm the MVP and I will not be beaten by a girl!"
"She's already beaten you in accuracy."
"I AM ACCURATE IN MY SHOOTING!"
"Whatever."
Rukawa did a lay-up shot, ignoring Ryota, Yasuda and Ayako's attempts to calm the raging Mitsui.
"Let's continue with the game," Ryota declared.
The gym door opened a crack. Ayako noticed it. "Yes?" she asked, sliding it open.
Three girls stood outside the gym door. All three seemed thoroughly embarrassed and kept shifting around.
"Yes? Ayako repeated.
"Well, we…" one of them said.
"We…" another echoed.
Ayako noticed that two of them were twins, identical in every way she could see.
"We want to join the basketball team!" they blurted out at the same time.
Ayako blinked, surprised. "Oh. Okay. Come in."
"Just one reminder."
"Yes?" the three chorused.
"I hope you're not joining just to get close to Rukawa," Ayako said nonchalantly.
"Of course not!"
"We wouldn't want to get close to - "
"That walking ice-block!"
Ayako sweatdropped. This is a first, she mused. They entered the gym just in time to see Hikari shoot a fade-away shot.
"HIKARI!" one of the girls shrieked.
"Huh? Whoops…" Hikari slipped upon landing on the floor. "Oof! What is YOUR problem, Sakura?"
"You know her?" Ayako questioned the girl.
"RUKAWA HIKARI YOU LITTLE…" Sakura stormed over to Hikari and pretended to throttle her.
"GACK! What?!"
"You never told me you transferred over from Ryonan!" Sakura protested.
"Fine, fine. My fault." Hikari picked herself up from the floor. Noticing the puzzled looks everyone was sending them, she introduced Sakura.
"Everyone, this is Sakura Yamasaki. She's my…" Hikari ticked off on her fingers. "Best friend, childhood playmate, worst enemy, rival academically and in sports, romance instructor and mess-up-what-I've-cleaned army all in one."
"Not funny." Sakura pouted.
"VERY funny."
They exchanged funny looks then burst out laughing.
The basketball team members looked at each other oddly. "Are they a little weird up here?" Ryota whispered to Rukawa, pointing to his head.
Rukawa shook his head.
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If not *glints evilly and takes out a sharp sword out of nowhere*, you know what will happen to you. Hehehe! This will help people to review your fic, celestial sakura. Hope you don't mind this note of mine in addition to this chapter of yours, ok?
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Mitsui hummed as he strolled through the corridors. He cursed silently as he looked at his watch. Damn that teacher! He promised we'd be back before basketball practice!
He sighed. Oh boy.
Emerging from the changing room five minutes later, he headed to the gym.
Hearing the familiar sounds of his teammates, he smiled slightly.
He slid open the door at the wrong time. "Yo," he was all he could say before a basketball crashed in his face.
~~
"Oops…" Ryota said uneasily.
"That must have hurt," Ayako muttered.
"What was that for?!" Mitsui yelled, rubbing his forehead.
"Sorry!" Ryota backed away quickly. "I really didn't mean it, really didn't mean it, so how was your history excursion?"
"Bah, forget it." Mitsui tossed the ball towards him. "It was boring. Absolutely nothing at all. Something about a rebellion I think. I didn't even take down notes. So where are the others?"
"Others?"
"You know, the usual trouble-makers,"
"Oh, Rukawa and Sakuragi? They're at remedial."
"Hmph. They'd need it."
"You'd need it too, Mitsui," Ryota said, swiftly ducking to avoid an extremely hard clap on his shoulders. "You failed your college entrance exam!" Ryota promptly took off, Mitsui hard on his hells shouting, "I'LL GET YOU FOR THAT, SHORTY!"
WHAP.
Ayako rubbed her fan appreciatively as she walked back to the sidelines.
"Okay, now that we are all, ah, warmed up, we shall have a game!" Ryota divided the members into two groups and chose the starting members. One team consisted of Mitsui, Yasuda, himself and two new players, Yosuke and Kyoiichi. The other team entirely of new members.
"Don't you think you're a bit biased, Miyagi?" Mitsui questioned, seeing that their team had three senior members.
"Not at all! This is our chance to see how good they are!" Ryota rubbed his hands gleefully. "Okay! Start!"
~~
"Well, that wasn't too bad, Kaede," Hikari said thoughtfully. "At least you passed your Maths by five points."
"Hn." Rukawa stared at his practice paper.
"It's an improvement from your failure of twenty-four marks, at least."
"Hn." He stuffed it in his bag.
"And you," Hikari turned to Sakuragi. "You didn't make any improvement at all." Sakuragi shrugged. "So?"
"You won't be able to play in the Inter-High if this continues."
"I know," Sakuragi scratched his head thoughtfully. "It's just the way I am, I guess. I can't help it!" Sakuragi insisted, seeing Hikari glare at him.
"If Kaede can pass, why can't you?" Hikari pointed out.
"BAH! THE GENIUS CAN DO EVERYTHING BETTER THAN THE KITSUNE!" Sakuragi scowled at Rukawa.
"Okay. Basketball time!" Hikari opened the gym door.
BAP.
"OW!" Sakuragi howled, clutching his forehead.
"Your fault again, Miyagi." Mitsui chided the captain.
"Sorry! I keep throwing out of the court today!" Ryota apologized ruefully.
"DAMN YOU RYO-CHIN!"
"Hey, who's this?" Mitsui noticed Hikari standing beside them.
"Oh, this is Rukawa's sister, Hikari." Ryota introduced. "Hikari, this is Mitsui Hisashi." Spotting Mitsui's quizzical look, he filled him in. "She's joining the girls team. You know, that subject Aya-chan raised a few weeks back?"
"Yeah, I heard something about that…" Mitsui rubbed his scar thoughtfully. "What position do you play?" he asked Hikari.
"Well," Hikari thought about it for a moment. "I can play any position, but my favorite is shooting guard."
"Hey! I play shooting guard too!"
Ryota nudged Mitsui. "She does great three-pointers too,"
"Really? I don't believe you. Prove it!"
"Pass me the ball," Hikari called to Rukawa, who threw a ball to her.
Heading towards the hoop, she stopped behind the three-point line.
"Hmph. I don't believe she can do it." Mitsui thought.
In one swift move, Hikari jumped and threw the ball through the air. The ball fell in a perfect arc into the hoop.
"Nice!" Ayako called to Hikari.
"Well?" Ryota laughed. "Was that good or was that good?"
Mitsui shrugged. "Well, it could have been better."
"Just admit she's better than you."
"RUKAWA!" Mitsui whirled around angrily. "I'm the MVP and I will not be beaten by a girl!"
"She's already beaten you in accuracy."
"I AM ACCURATE IN MY SHOOTING!"
"Whatever."
Rukawa did a lay-up shot, ignoring Ryota, Yasuda and Ayako's attempts to calm the raging Mitsui.
"Let's continue with the game," Ryota declared.
The gym door opened a crack. Ayako noticed it. "Yes?" she asked, sliding it open.
Three girls stood outside the gym door. All three seemed thoroughly embarrassed and kept shifting around.
"Yes? Ayako repeated.
"Well, we…" one of them said.
"We…" another echoed.
Ayako noticed that two of them were twins, identical in every way she could see.
"We want to join the basketball team!" they blurted out at the same time.
Ayako blinked, surprised. "Oh. Okay. Come in."
"Just one reminder."
"Yes?" the three chorused.
"I hope you're not joining just to get close to Rukawa," Ayako said nonchalantly.
"Of course not!"
"We wouldn't want to get close to - "
"That walking ice-block!"
Ayako sweatdropped. This is a first, she mused. They entered the gym just in time to see Hikari shoot a fade-away shot.
"HIKARI!" one of the girls shrieked.
"Huh? Whoops…" Hikari slipped upon landing on the floor. "Oof! What is YOUR problem, Sakura?"
"You know her?" Ayako questioned the girl.
"RUKAWA HIKARI YOU LITTLE…" Sakura stormed over to Hikari and pretended to throttle her.
"GACK! What?!"
"You never told me you transferred over from Ryonan!" Sakura protested.
"Fine, fine. My fault." Hikari picked herself up from the floor. Noticing the puzzled looks everyone was sending them, she introduced Sakura.
"Everyone, this is Sakura Yamasaki. She's my…" Hikari ticked off on her fingers. "Best friend, childhood playmate, worst enemy, rival academically and in sports, romance instructor and mess-up-what-I've-cleaned army all in one."
"Not funny." Sakura pouted.
"VERY funny."
They exchanged funny looks then burst out laughing.
The basketball team members looked at each other oddly. "Are they a little weird up here?" Ryota whispered to Rukawa, pointing to his head.
Rukawa shook his head.
CBK: This fic belongs to me not celestial sakura. Muahahahaha! Ok ok, just kidding this fic belongs to celestial sakura. Feel free to mail her at sakura_hanagumi@hotmail.com if you have any questions or anything to say to her but of course you have to review her fic too.
If not *glints evilly and takes out a sharp sword out of nowhere*, you know what will happen to you. Hehehe! This will help people to review your fic, celestial sakura. Hope you don't mind this note of mine in addition to this chapter of yours, ok?
Please note that when this fic has author's note, it's celestial sakura's ramblings not mine, ok? If mine, it'll be CBK, ok? Well, hope ya enjoy reading this fic.