Upside-down

By:
Darkness VII

Author's Whatever-s: Wow... I never expected it to be this long, though I have thought about that concept too... Well, go on. I think I'll start with Haruko/Sendoh (?!?!?) here. This story would get to be at least seven to eight chapters...I'm so sorry! On with the story!

Disclaimer: I have nothing to do with Slam Dunk. I do not own any of the characters in the story (except for maybe a few). I'm just borrowing them for fun.

WARNING: Characters (especially Rukawa) are VERY ooc.

CHAPTER 6- Sendoh and Haruko, together?

~~~~~Saturday, 4:30 PM, Kim's car~~~~~

"Okay, okay...I'm going there, sheesh man, cool it" Kim said through the receiver of her phone. "Who was that?" Kaede asked "Someone" "Fine, fine" Kaede nagged, Kim giggled sweetly "You'll find out soon enough" Kim told him, Ryota and Ayako, and her car went faster to the airport. When they got there, Kim ran up to the guard and flashed her ID and dragged Kaede along with her, he dragged Ryota behind him and Ayako followed. The arrival area was packed with people, but one person stood out. He was six-feet seven-inches and had spiky dark blond hair and had a black backpack lazily slung over his left shoulder. Kim dragged her way to this person with Kaede behind her and had two more people behind them.

Kim finally let go of Kaede's hand and ran to this person and he gave her a big bear hug. "Nani!?" Kaede exclaimed "Cool it, Rukawa, there must be some explanation. You know Kim, always full of surprises" Ryota said "Oh, okay" and the three approached the two. "Hey, squirt, how ya been?" asked the guy. "Geez, moron, I haven't seen you for months but you still haven't changed" "You too, squirt" "Dad told me about her" "He told me about him too" and they both blushed. He let Kim go and she went to proceed dragging her boyfriend towards someone who seemed to be someone like her brother. "Kaede, this is my brother" she told him in English "Nani!?!" "Yes" "Pleased to meet you" Kim's brother told Kaede and shook his hand. Ryota and Ayako didn't seem to mind and just went along, flirting with each other.

"You must be her boyfriend" Kim's brother asked Kaede. "My name is Kolt" "And he's a big dumbo" "And my sister's a big klutz." "Idiot" "Booger brain" "Butt-head" and the insulting went on for a while until someone approached them. "Hey, babe" Kolt greeted "This is my sister, Kim" "Pleasure" Kim said coolly, and the girl shook Kim's hand. "I'm your brother's girlfriend, Alicia Stevens. We both go to Oxford U." Alicia informed her. Kim on the other hand, noticed that Kaede was so confused that she told him to go home and she'll tell him later. "Where's he going" Kolt asked "Home" "Okay" "Excuse me, Kim?" Alicia asked "What's Kolt's second name. He never told me" "He didn't, did he?" "Nope" "It's Khristian" Kim answered, Alicia giggled "Her second name's Krystal" Kolt said, Alicia giggled again because of their juvenile arguments "His third name's Blare" Alicia giggled again "Her third name's... her third name's..." Kolt snapped back, even if it didn't really exist. "Baka, I don't have a third name" she mumbled "What was that?" Kolt asked "Bro, you're already twenty-three and still you're sticking to English. Haven't you at least tried to learn a little bit of Japanese"

"No you little meddling squirt" "Baka" Kim muttered again "What the hell does that mean anyway?" "Nothing that you would want to know" she said "I'll kick your ass" "Gotta catch me first" she challenged and ran off in her ninja sort of way. "Oh, no you don't" and he ran off only slower than Kim "Gotta admit it bro, you're getting too old to run like this" "Not quite, sis" and both of them chased each other to the customs booth and waited for Alicia. "You idiot, you left your girlfriend in the arrival hall" "Aww, you worry too much sis. She can handle it" "Whatever" After they got their luggage, they went to the car and it drove off back to Katakura manor.

When they got there, the driver unloaded their stuff and the three of them went inside. "This'll be your room, bro" Kim pointed to the guest room. Kolt was obviously a first timer in Japan, he didn't have a permanent room in Katakura manor. Unlike Kim who has traveled all over the world and has memorized seven different languages. Japanese, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish and of course, English. She excelled in everything not like her brother who was almost average unless you count the fact that he's a terrific basketball player. You know the type, bishounen, good at basketball and has a hot little girlfriend. Sounds like someone we know, ne?

"C'mon Alicia, I'll show you to your room" Kim told her brother's girlfriend. "Wait a minute, squirt, why do we get separate rooms?" Kolt asked "Moron. You're not married yet" Kim snapped back and led Alicia across the hall to another guest room. "I'm going upstairs to change. I'll be back in a minute." Kim told Alicia. She did go upstairs in a matter of seconds. She got back down after two minutes. She wore a baggy (yes, dark blue) shirt and short black shorts and had her hair tied up in a messy ponytail. "Listen, bro. Help yourself to anything except my room. I'll be back later" "Wait, sis. Where are you going?" "Next door" "Why?" "You ask too many questions" "I'm just being your big brother, that's all" "Whatever"

Kim went back to her room to get her skates and went outside to go next door to Kaede's Aunt's house. When she got there, she rung the doorbell and her aunt answered the door. "Oh, hello there, Kim. Kaede's in Mia's room. Go right ahead" Kim took off her skates placed them on the mat and went to Mia's room. "Hey" she said "Need help?" she offered. Mia was, as usual, crying her tiny eyes out. "Heh, Kaede, you never learn do ya?" she said and proceeded to stop Mia from crying. "Geez, I still don't get it. How come she likes you?" "I don't know. She's your cousin, why ask me?" "How come you never told me you had a brother" his tone was serious this time "I never told you I was an only child" Kim answered "Why didn't you tell me?" "You never asked" she replied deviously "But..." he was cut off by Kim who placed a finger over his lips. "Don't worry, baby, it's fine" "But..." "Shhhh"

"Okay, I trust you on this. Don't let me down, k?" "Sure" "Umm, that's all I wanted to clear out. If you don't mind, I have to get going now" "Can't you stay a little bit longer?" "Sure, I guess I can. No, wait I can't. Why don't you just have dinner at our house?" "I think I can" "Okay, come by later. I have to go back home and make sure my brother doesn't do anything stupid" "Why do you hate him so much?" "It's not that I hate him or anything. It's a brother-sister kind'a thing. You know hate your brother and love him at the same time. All of it's just natural. You pester him all the time, but you still love him and treat him as your big brother. Even if he is a pain sometimes, he's always gonna be my big bro." "That's nice" "Okay, gotta go now" "Sure, bye"

She went to the door and put her skates back on. She was skating happily to her house when she suddenly bumped into something, hard. "Oh, shit! My damn nose!" she pulled out a hankie to wipe off a the blood that came spilling from her nose. "Watch where you're going next time will ya?" she muffled under her hankie. "My apologies" the young man smiled as he offered a hand to Kim. Kim, of course, wouldn't just take the hand of someone who had just caused her nose to become a leaky faucet, so she stood up. It wasn't smooth because of her skates. When she finally got up, she saw who the hell it really was. He smiled again and said, "Hi, I'm Sendoh, Sendoh Akira" "May I know, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING STANDING THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD?!?!?" she screamed, he merely smiled, again, and asked, "May I know your name?". She glared at him and answered a cold, fat "No" and skated off. Girls like that just make me want them more. She didn't go crazy like other girls. Why is she so...different? He wondered and jogged back to his place.

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Okay, as you may think, yes, everyone likes Kim. I've the slightest idea why I made her this way. She's cold, yet warm. And she has a boyfriend. I don't want to hurt poor Kaede, just Sendoh. Breaking the news to him gently is the best way. So just sit back, relax and enjoy the rest of my absolutely pointless story. (Yes, this is turning to PWP) And yes, this story is going very fast, again, as always.

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Kim didn't want to go home that moment so she crossed the road to do to the park and that's when disaster struck. Haruko was deliberately trying to get her run over and yelled her name (Was she jealous or what?). "Katakura-san! Hi!" "A who, what, wha?" she scanned her surroundings, confused as she heard a truck honking it's horn. She couldn't skate back so she jumped one of her ninja jumps. She landed at the sidewalk in front of her house, on her right arm. Something cracked, she yelled an audible "Aww, damn it!" and her brother rushed to her side. "Yo, squirt, what's with all the...shit! Kim, what happened?" he asked worriedly. "I'm fine" she answered.

Kaede, on the other hand, heard this and recognized the cursing voice and fled to the scene. There he saw Kolt examining Kim's right arm. "What happened?" Kaede asked, his face full of worry. "Nothing, I'm fine, I just hurt my arm a...shit! Be more careful with that, that hurt!" she complained "Alright, I'm calling a doctor" Kolt said finally, Kim didn't argue. She knew when her brother meant it. Kaede saw that Haruko was on the same sidewalk that they were and had a happy smile on her face. He couldn't stand it anymore, she's done too much. Kaede gave her the coldest glare anyone could ever muster. The one that could make the Sahara desert drown in snow.

Haruko sensed his anger and started sobbing, running blindly as more tears came. She bumped into Sendoh (Whoh, Sendoh bumps into so many girls) this time. "Ano, sumimasen, Sendoh-san" Haruko apologized "Daijobu, uh..." "Akagi, Akagi Haruko" she answered. "Akagi-san" "Please, call me Haruko, I'm more used to that" "Haruko-san, why are you crying?" Sendoh asked "Nothing..." there was still hurt and pain in her voice, Sendoh noticed. "You wanna talk about it?" "Sure" and they both walked together

Back at the other end of the sidewalk, we find Kaede and Kolt in Kim's bedroom (all K's?) with the doctor examining Kim's right arm. "She needs a cast for her right arm" the doctor said "Say what?" she yelled angrily "A cast, squirt, one of those plaster thingies" "I know what a cast is, moron, it's just that if I get a cast over my arm, then I can't play basketball, right" she said. The realization hit Kaede that his girlfriend won't be able to enjoy her favorite sport, but he couldn't do anything about it because if he did, then she'll just get hurt. "Alright doc, we'll bring her to the hospital later" "Alright, Mr. Katakura, bring your sister in later. I'll make the necessary reservations." the doctor told Kolt and went off. Kim couldn't argue anymore, what had to be done had to be done.

Where Haruko and Sendoh are, they're still walking, megami knows where. They're talking about Ru...Kaede and what happened to Kim. "You mean that girl in skates is his girlfriend?" Sendoh asked curiously "Yeah" Haruko answered glumly. "Why the long face?" Sendoh asked her, smiling, trying to make her feel better. "It's just that I've like Rukawa-kun for o long and here comes a transfer student to ruin it all..." she answered, smiling finally, realizing that it was a very silly reason "Come to think of it, it is pretty silly" she told him and started giggling. Sendoh, put and arm around her. (Ooh, sly devil aren't ya, Sendoh?) Haruko was hesitant at first then started to relax as she felt more comfortable in his grip. "Come on cheer up, I'll take you out tonight. Does that make you feel better?" he said "A little bit" she answered shyly.

Soon, after three weeks, Haruko-chan and Akira-chan have already become an official couple, Kim is still in her cast, only one week to go before she gets rid of the wretched thing. She lost to Sakuragi, of all the people, Kaede told him off with a "Do 'ahou, her right arm's broken" the Sakuragi's heart practically shattered when he saw Sendoh's arm around HIS Haruko-san's shoulders. "Personally, I think they look cute together" Ryota commented. "Ryo-chin..." he muttered "Yeah, baby, they look so happy together" Ayako added "Ayako-san..." he muttered again. Mitsui laughed at him when he looked like a pathetic puppy dog. Unfortunately, Akagi did the same thing. Both of them rolled on the floor like little Rolly-Polly dolls.

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TBC...

To be continued, probably

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Author's Whatever-s:
*sigh* I finally got this thing done. Come on, tell me how was it... good or bad? Was the pairing good? I think I might add another chapter...or two... give me comments and suggestions. Thanks to all those who reviewed, especially Nightjade who's been reading this chapter after chapter... more Ryo/Aya, Sen/Haru and K/K later... LUV YA ALL! Thanks for your patience! Please e-mail me for any comments or suggestions. Flames will be put off by automatic sprinklers... I swear I won't get mad, I only will improve when I learn to take criticism...(not like I'm gonna read them, ne?)

"Battle control, port side!"
My destiny is waiting! (again)
Fair the well! *salutes*
Till next time!
Ja, ne!

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If I don't continue, I'll just write a sequel!

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Darkness VII