The Fox Meets the Wolf and All Hell Breaks Loose
by KOFLeona
Slam Dunk is not mine, never was mine, never will be mine. Damn! -_-
Kei is mine though, and since I am such an anime and manga geek, I'm gonna give you her stats, NOT in the metric system, mind you. (damn metric system!)
name- Kei Miyazaki
age- 16 years old (2nd year)
birthday- March 27
height- 5 ft 7 in
weight- 118 lbs. (Take that, you annoying kilograms!!Mwahahahahahaa!!!!)
eyes- amber(like Inu Yasha's!)
hair- deep auburn (like Catherine's in GW)
hobbies- basketball, music
Chapter 1 Sweat and Blood
Daitokai ni boku wa mo hitori de
nagesuterareta akikan no yo da
Tagai no subete o shiritsukusu made ga
ai naraba isso towa ni nemuro ka...
Thmp, thmp, thmpthmpthmp. The basketball made a rythmic sound against the pavement as Kei's agile hand dribbled it from one side of the court to the other. Swiftly jumping up, she did a lay-up, the basketball landing neatly into the hoop, making it swish. Catching the ball in her hands again, she continued to dribbled, even faster than the last time, mixing up the rythm. Stay unpredictable, she told herself. She moved her feet, left in front, switch, right in front, switch, both parallel. Moving back to the 3 point line, she jumped up, shooting the ball in a clean arc, directing it straight through the hoop.
Crouching down slightly, hands supported by her knees, she breathed heavily, sweat draining down her face and off her chin in rivulets. Taking a deep gulp of air, she stood up straight again as the ball rolled towards her. Skipping the fancy dribbling, she used her right hand, focused by the stroung beat of the ball. Sprinting to the hoop, she made a jumpp shot that bounced off the rim. In a split second, she jumped up, caught the rebound, and shot again in midair. "I can't dunk yet, but this was good enough. I wonder though..."
Taking a few steps back, I looked at the hoop with an expression of deep thought. Could I dunk it? I could remember my old man's words, " 'Pathetic, Kei! You can't even dunk the ball!' 'But, Daddy! I'm only 9! I will dunk it, someday!' '-scoff- Yeah, that'll be the day!' "
"You always said I couldn't, Dad, but you're not here anymore, dirtbag, scum. I might not be able to dunk, but I get closer everyday!" Kei thought to herself. Dribbling the ball with one hand, she charged forward. One step, two, three...Gripping the ball in her hand, she pushed off the soles of her feet hard. Her right hand gripped the ball tightly, but she just couldn't get enough height, falling to the ground with a solid THUMP! She laid on the ground, looking up at the evening sky, pink, red, and blue. It wasn't from pain, but from pure weariness.
"I get better everyday, but is it enough? Can I make the high school team in this new place, Shohoku? Am I good enough? I wonder everyday if all this practicing is in vain, if I'm doing this all for nothing. But, it can't be nothing if I love basketball this much, right? Maybe, or this joy I get is an illusion to keep my mind off what is really there...Nonetheless, I am going to try out for Team Shohoku. I may be the newbie, but I'll do my best. I'll show you how good I really am, Father..."
Peeling her sweat soaked clothes from her body, Kei showered and changed into her home clothes, a extra large t-shirt and baggy shorts that almost reached her knees. When she went to the living room, she saw her Aunt and twin siblings, Kyoko and Takashi, watching cartoons, much to the twins' excitement. Her aunt looked up from the tv screen. "Have a nice workout?" she asked as Kei fell down onto the coush. She nodded in response, not in the mood for talking.
"Excited about school?" she asked, trying to stir about conversation as the Wily Coyote slammed into yet another brick wall. "Kinda," Kei answered, half-heartedly watching the silly characters try to beat the living pulp out of eachother. Her aunt was then silent, knowing Kei didn't want to talk. Inside, though, she was smiling brightly, which she hadn't done in real life for such a long while. The only thing on her mind right now was basketball.
Kei quickly snapped the last buckled on her rollerblades closed. Today was her first day at Shohoku, and she didn't want to be late. Taking a last sip of her orange juice, she exploded off the front porch, using the most of her leg strength to push herself down every yard of the way smoothly. Kei hummed a tune in her head, "Sekai ga Owaru made wa"(2nd ending theme to Slam Dunk for those anime music junkies ^^). She loved the tune and the lyrics were somehwat special to her.
"Kei!!" a familiar voice called out. Kei turned around, still blading in a steady motion. Kei smiled at her friend, her only friend. "Yukari!" she called out to the petite girl riding her bicycle, pushing up the glasses that always seemed to fall down the bridge of her nose.
"Daijoubu, Kei-chan?" Yukari asked as they headed towards school together. Yukari was already a third-year student at Shohoku(she skipped a grade), although she had been offered scholarships to Shoyo and Kainan, where her brother Nobunaga went. Those two were as different as night and day. Nobunaga could be very loud-mouthed and arrogant while Yukari was soft-spoken and kind.
"Oh, I'm fine. First day, y'know." Kei shrugged off her jitters. Nothing to worry about. "Getting nervous, Kei-chan?" Yukari asked in her soft voice. "Yeah, I'm pissing in my pants, I'm so afraid," Kei joked. Yukari laughed her soft chuckle. She always laughed like that.
"You'll love Shohoku, Kei-chan!" Yukari added with a smile. "I hope so. By the way, how's it been going between you and Maki?" Kei joked. Yukari began to blush. "There's nothing between me and Shinichi-sempai! I've only seen him, but never actually, talked to him, y'know. I only know what I've heard from Onii-chan," Yukari explained. "Don't worry, when he meets you, he'll fall instantly in love or he'll have to answer to this fist!" Kei declared, holding up her clenched hand. Yukari sweatdropped. "That isn't necessary, Kei-chan! It doesn't really matter if Shinichi-sempai doesn't like me, really it doesn't!" she said.
"He'd better," Kei thought "She's been pining over the guy ever since she went to one of her brother's matches!"
"And that's the chem lab, cafeteria, gymnasium, and courtyard. The class numbers are ordered according to the building, the first number; the floor, the second number; then the room number, the last 2 numbers!" Yukari informed, pointing at the map Kei had gotten to help her from getting hopelessly lost. "Ok, then! I'll see you at lunch then!" Yukari said, waving goodbye as people began to file into their classes.
The day passed by without any exciting event whatsoever, except for the astounding number of times she had to introduce herself: Hello, my name is Kei Miyazaki...15 years old...moved from Kyoto, Japan...Pleasure to be here. Only a retarded, five year old, hermaphrodite frog couldn't tell she didn't mean the last part. First day, and people already didn't like her. She was smarter than most of them, except for Yukari, and she packed enough sarcasm to sink a ship of Republican politicians.
"So, Kei-chan, how has your day been, so far?" Yukari asked, her books hugged to her chest. "It's been ok. I made some enemies already!" Kei replied in mock excitement. "But really, what's up with these girls wearing headbands saying Rukawa??" Kei asked, pointing to her head and implying that these girls acted like headcases. "Oh!" Yukari pushed up her glasses again, "You mean the Rukawa Brigade?" she answered. "R-Rukawa Brigade?" Kei's eyebrow twitched, "Something tells me it's some sort of fangirl faction honoring some jock..." Kei mused.
Yukari rasied her finger, about to make a statement. "Actually, that's perfectly correct. You see, Rukawa Kaede is one of the city's best basketball players, one of Kanagawa's All-Stars. Last year, he was called the Super Rookie and was MVP, replacing Shinichi-sempai!" Yukari said, putting extra emphasis on Maki-sempai. Kei smacked her head. "You never told me there'd be those kinda wierdos here!" Yukari only laughed at her friend's gesture, knowing it was a joke.
"What's up with the crowd there?" Kei asked as they were walking to the courtyard, trays in hand. Yukari chuckled. "Only those 'half-brained, mindless, dim witted, Rukawa Brigade groupies'!" she answered. "I see. Hey, what's so great about this Rukawa guy, aside from being an 'oh so awesome basketball player and hottie'? " Kei asked sarcastically, remembering how she had sat through study period listening to the Rukawa Brigade ranting about him. She had held a look of impending doom on her face, wondering if she should drive her pen through her own skull.
"I'd like to take this Rukawa guy, one on one, and see how good he is exactly," Kei proclaimed. "You want to challenge Rukawa?" Yukari asked in disbelief. Kei nodded. "It'd be a great match if this Rukawa is as good as you say!"
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Meanwhile, at Kainan
"Aw, crap!!!" Nobunaga yelled out, remembering something. Maki, who had been walking with his teammate, stared at Nobunaga strangely. "Kiyota? What's up with you?" he asked. "I forgot!! How could I?? Kuso..." Nobunaga cursed, Jin, at that moment jogged up to the two. "Hey, Shinichi-sempai, Nobunaga. What's wrong? I heard you yell out."
Nobunaga then got a fearful face. " I completely forgot about Yukari's birthday tomorrow!! What am I gonna do!? I made no plans. Hell, I don't even have a gift for her!" Nobunaga started to freak out. "Whoa, slow down, Kiyota." Maki said, holding down the frantic softmore. "First of all, who is Yukari? Your girlfriend?" Maki asked, amazed that Kiyota would even care about a girl enough to get all frantic.
"NO! Of course not! Why would I get all nervous about a girlfriend? I don't even have one! Yukari is my sister!!" he explained feverishly. "Oh, you mean that nice girl who comes to your games and pets your head afterwards?" Jin asked, vauguely remembering her. Nobunaga nodded. "And now I completely forgot about her birthday, and she never asks much from me, and I feel so guilty because even if she acts like it's no big deal, I know it is since she does so much for me and I'm acting like such a jerk for not remembering!!!!" Nobunaga ranted on and on, all in one breath. Jin and Maki were shocked to see him so concerned about such a thing.
"His sister??" Maki wondered, trying to remember the girl Jin explained. Kiyota did mention a sister who always took care of him, but he never met her yet. "Oh yeah, now I remember!" Maki thought.
"Kiyota, your sister, she has dark brown hair, right?" Nobunaga nodded. "And green eyes, right?" He nodded again. "Ties her hair in the front, right?" He nodded yet again, but began to wonder what the purpose of this was. "Glasses, and is this tall?" he asked, putting his hand out up to his chest. Nobunaga nodded agaain. "Nope, haven't seen her." *anime fall*
"But really, what the hell am I gonna do!!?!?" he asked again, almost in hysterics. Then, Tadashi came up to the bunch. "Hey, guy's what's up?" he asked casually, seeing a hysterical Nobunaga. "Nobunaga is trying to figure out what to get for his Yukari's birthday!" Jin whispered to Tadashi. Tadashi smiled. "Oh, you mean the girl that watches you in matches with the black hair and glasses?" Nobunaga nodded his head, shoulders slumped as they walked to the cafeteria. "Oh, I've seen her plenty of times, she's CUTE! I'd, personally, take her out on a date!" Tadashi exclaimed. (Uh oh for Tadashi!! ^^)
"TADASHI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Nobunaga was twice the normal size and his eyes glared red. "Uh, did I do something wrong?" Tadashi asked, noticing Maki had stepped to the side and Jin had hid around the corner. Nobunaga only continued to glare and flex his fingers. "YUKARI'S MY SISTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" "yelp!"
After many flames, blades, and injuries later, Jin came up with a plan while feeding Tadashi mooshed up, orangy junk. (blech!) Maki watched the dark aura that was seeping from Nobunaga. "Hey, Nobunaga. Why don't you take Yukari out for dinner? There's an Italian restaurant that I overheard her talking about with her friends," Jin suggested, leaving out the part that he actually TALKED to Yukari in person, knowing that he would end up just like Tadashi, and eating yucky gooey crap.
Nobunaga perked up. "Oh yeah...That's a good idea! WOOHOO!!!" Nobunaga jumped up in happiness, scaling all the walls in his new-found joy before accidently ramming into a wall. Jin and maki smacked their heads. "He's not gonna pull this off!" Jin said. Maki nodded.
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"Forty-five! Grr, Forty...SIX!! Forty-seven!! F-Forty-eight!!! FORTY-NINE!!!...Fifty!!" Kei gasped out 50 as she collapsed to the ground, panting for air. Yukari only looked on, wide-eyed. Kei turned her head on the ground to look at her. "Huh? I got something on my face except for the Pacific Ocean?" Kei asked. "You just did fifty push-ups, one handed!!" Yukari gasped out, holding up one hand. "You've really gotten stronger, Kei-chan!" she declared.
Kei chuckled. "Well, you know me! All macho and tough-guyish!" she joked, scratching the back of her head. "Not to forget you're stronger than the average girl or guy, can lift 150 pounds, 20 pull-ups in a minute, 70 sit-ups in a minute, 20 one-handed push-ups in a minute, and can run a mile in five minutes!" Yukari mentioned, tallying off the accomplishments. "Not to mention learned in kendo, ninjutsu, kenpo, aikido, t'ai chi, and karate!" Kei only sweatdropped. "Wow, Yukari, you're my biggest and only fan!"
Yukari laughed. "Of course! That's what friends do! I know you're no slacker in supporting me!" Yukari said, remembering how Kei and Nobunaga had cheered for her during the high school spelling bee and held up signs while wearing white bandanas, booing with thumbs-down whenever someone else was up. It was kind of embrassing, but encouraging nonetheless, considering that Kei had traveled for the weekend to Kanagaw for the event.
"By the way, how is Nobunaga doing nowadays? I haven't seen him since I visited in the summer." kei inquired, she and Nobunaga being friends/rivals. "Oh, Onii-chan has been very well lately! He's still small forward on the Kainan team, and doing better than ever!" Yukari said. "Also, he wants to challenge you again, and see how much better you've gotten!" Kei scoffed. "Tell him anytime. I'd be glad to take on the Wild Monkey of Kainan!" kei said with a smirk. Yukari laughed. She knew that it would either be a draw, or Kei would win. Nobunaga was fast, but Kei was even faster.
"And I also hear you had a run-in with Rukawa!" Yukari mention, eyes twinkling. Kei tried desperately to hide her frown. "If you define an intersection crash as a run-in, then yeah," Kei replied, rubbing the elbow she had put a 'huge-ass' bandage on and remembering how the guy smashed into her while he was asleep on his bike. He actually swerved off the street and onto the sidewalk, ramming into her, causing both of them to fall.
"There are surprisingly many girls who would have wanted to be in your place at that moment!" Yukari stated. "Right, they're called loooooosers!! Really, and afterwards, he glares at me like it's MY fault! Did he WANT me to stand there with open-arms and get my skull bashed open just to save his ass!?!?" Kei wondered out loud, clearly aggravated. "Sometimes, I just don't get my gender..." Kei muttered.
First chapter done!! I know, the scene at Kainan is a bit, off, but it was just meant to be funny. I also want it to escalate into a romance between Yukari and...well, you'll just have to wait to find out!! ^ ^
Since this is my frist SD fic, and I've only read a tiny smidget of the manga (most info was cited thanks to SD sites), it'd be well appreciated if you readers will review and tell me what the hell I'm doing wrong. Thanks, and prepare for the next chapter, Mishaps On and Off-Court!! It'll go over some wierd(and depressing in Kei's case) stuff that happens when Kei is practicing and Yukari is out for dinner with her onii-chan, Nobunaga!
by KOFLeona
Slam Dunk is not mine, never was mine, never will be mine. Damn! -_-
Kei is mine though, and since I am such an anime and manga geek, I'm gonna give you her stats, NOT in the metric system, mind you. (damn metric system!)
name- Kei Miyazaki
age- 16 years old (2nd year)
birthday- March 27
height- 5 ft 7 in
weight- 118 lbs. (Take that, you annoying kilograms!!Mwahahahahahaa!!!!)
eyes- amber(like Inu Yasha's!)
hair- deep auburn (like Catherine's in GW)
hobbies- basketball, music
Chapter 1 Sweat and Blood
Daitokai ni boku wa mo hitori de
nagesuterareta akikan no yo da
Tagai no subete o shiritsukusu made ga
ai naraba isso towa ni nemuro ka...
Thmp, thmp, thmpthmpthmp. The basketball made a rythmic sound against the pavement as Kei's agile hand dribbled it from one side of the court to the other. Swiftly jumping up, she did a lay-up, the basketball landing neatly into the hoop, making it swish. Catching the ball in her hands again, she continued to dribbled, even faster than the last time, mixing up the rythm. Stay unpredictable, she told herself. She moved her feet, left in front, switch, right in front, switch, both parallel. Moving back to the 3 point line, she jumped up, shooting the ball in a clean arc, directing it straight through the hoop.
Crouching down slightly, hands supported by her knees, she breathed heavily, sweat draining down her face and off her chin in rivulets. Taking a deep gulp of air, she stood up straight again as the ball rolled towards her. Skipping the fancy dribbling, she used her right hand, focused by the stroung beat of the ball. Sprinting to the hoop, she made a jumpp shot that bounced off the rim. In a split second, she jumped up, caught the rebound, and shot again in midair. "I can't dunk yet, but this was good enough. I wonder though..."
Taking a few steps back, I looked at the hoop with an expression of deep thought. Could I dunk it? I could remember my old man's words, " 'Pathetic, Kei! You can't even dunk the ball!' 'But, Daddy! I'm only 9! I will dunk it, someday!' '-scoff- Yeah, that'll be the day!' "
"You always said I couldn't, Dad, but you're not here anymore, dirtbag, scum. I might not be able to dunk, but I get closer everyday!" Kei thought to herself. Dribbling the ball with one hand, she charged forward. One step, two, three...Gripping the ball in her hand, she pushed off the soles of her feet hard. Her right hand gripped the ball tightly, but she just couldn't get enough height, falling to the ground with a solid THUMP! She laid on the ground, looking up at the evening sky, pink, red, and blue. It wasn't from pain, but from pure weariness.
"I get better everyday, but is it enough? Can I make the high school team in this new place, Shohoku? Am I good enough? I wonder everyday if all this practicing is in vain, if I'm doing this all for nothing. But, it can't be nothing if I love basketball this much, right? Maybe, or this joy I get is an illusion to keep my mind off what is really there...Nonetheless, I am going to try out for Team Shohoku. I may be the newbie, but I'll do my best. I'll show you how good I really am, Father..."
Peeling her sweat soaked clothes from her body, Kei showered and changed into her home clothes, a extra large t-shirt and baggy shorts that almost reached her knees. When she went to the living room, she saw her Aunt and twin siblings, Kyoko and Takashi, watching cartoons, much to the twins' excitement. Her aunt looked up from the tv screen. "Have a nice workout?" she asked as Kei fell down onto the coush. She nodded in response, not in the mood for talking.
"Excited about school?" she asked, trying to stir about conversation as the Wily Coyote slammed into yet another brick wall. "Kinda," Kei answered, half-heartedly watching the silly characters try to beat the living pulp out of eachother. Her aunt was then silent, knowing Kei didn't want to talk. Inside, though, she was smiling brightly, which she hadn't done in real life for such a long while. The only thing on her mind right now was basketball.
Kei quickly snapped the last buckled on her rollerblades closed. Today was her first day at Shohoku, and she didn't want to be late. Taking a last sip of her orange juice, she exploded off the front porch, using the most of her leg strength to push herself down every yard of the way smoothly. Kei hummed a tune in her head, "Sekai ga Owaru made wa"(2nd ending theme to Slam Dunk for those anime music junkies ^^). She loved the tune and the lyrics were somehwat special to her.
"Kei!!" a familiar voice called out. Kei turned around, still blading in a steady motion. Kei smiled at her friend, her only friend. "Yukari!" she called out to the petite girl riding her bicycle, pushing up the glasses that always seemed to fall down the bridge of her nose.
"Daijoubu, Kei-chan?" Yukari asked as they headed towards school together. Yukari was already a third-year student at Shohoku(she skipped a grade), although she had been offered scholarships to Shoyo and Kainan, where her brother Nobunaga went. Those two were as different as night and day. Nobunaga could be very loud-mouthed and arrogant while Yukari was soft-spoken and kind.
"Oh, I'm fine. First day, y'know." Kei shrugged off her jitters. Nothing to worry about. "Getting nervous, Kei-chan?" Yukari asked in her soft voice. "Yeah, I'm pissing in my pants, I'm so afraid," Kei joked. Yukari laughed her soft chuckle. She always laughed like that.
"You'll love Shohoku, Kei-chan!" Yukari added with a smile. "I hope so. By the way, how's it been going between you and Maki?" Kei joked. Yukari began to blush. "There's nothing between me and Shinichi-sempai! I've only seen him, but never actually, talked to him, y'know. I only know what I've heard from Onii-chan," Yukari explained. "Don't worry, when he meets you, he'll fall instantly in love or he'll have to answer to this fist!" Kei declared, holding up her clenched hand. Yukari sweatdropped. "That isn't necessary, Kei-chan! It doesn't really matter if Shinichi-sempai doesn't like me, really it doesn't!" she said.
"He'd better," Kei thought "She's been pining over the guy ever since she went to one of her brother's matches!"
"And that's the chem lab, cafeteria, gymnasium, and courtyard. The class numbers are ordered according to the building, the first number; the floor, the second number; then the room number, the last 2 numbers!" Yukari informed, pointing at the map Kei had gotten to help her from getting hopelessly lost. "Ok, then! I'll see you at lunch then!" Yukari said, waving goodbye as people began to file into their classes.
The day passed by without any exciting event whatsoever, except for the astounding number of times she had to introduce herself: Hello, my name is Kei Miyazaki...15 years old...moved from Kyoto, Japan...Pleasure to be here. Only a retarded, five year old, hermaphrodite frog couldn't tell she didn't mean the last part. First day, and people already didn't like her. She was smarter than most of them, except for Yukari, and she packed enough sarcasm to sink a ship of Republican politicians.
"So, Kei-chan, how has your day been, so far?" Yukari asked, her books hugged to her chest. "It's been ok. I made some enemies already!" Kei replied in mock excitement. "But really, what's up with these girls wearing headbands saying Rukawa??" Kei asked, pointing to her head and implying that these girls acted like headcases. "Oh!" Yukari pushed up her glasses again, "You mean the Rukawa Brigade?" she answered. "R-Rukawa Brigade?" Kei's eyebrow twitched, "Something tells me it's some sort of fangirl faction honoring some jock..." Kei mused.
Yukari rasied her finger, about to make a statement. "Actually, that's perfectly correct. You see, Rukawa Kaede is one of the city's best basketball players, one of Kanagawa's All-Stars. Last year, he was called the Super Rookie and was MVP, replacing Shinichi-sempai!" Yukari said, putting extra emphasis on Maki-sempai. Kei smacked her head. "You never told me there'd be those kinda wierdos here!" Yukari only laughed at her friend's gesture, knowing it was a joke.
"What's up with the crowd there?" Kei asked as they were walking to the courtyard, trays in hand. Yukari chuckled. "Only those 'half-brained, mindless, dim witted, Rukawa Brigade groupies'!" she answered. "I see. Hey, what's so great about this Rukawa guy, aside from being an 'oh so awesome basketball player and hottie'? " Kei asked sarcastically, remembering how she had sat through study period listening to the Rukawa Brigade ranting about him. She had held a look of impending doom on her face, wondering if she should drive her pen through her own skull.
"I'd like to take this Rukawa guy, one on one, and see how good he is exactly," Kei proclaimed. "You want to challenge Rukawa?" Yukari asked in disbelief. Kei nodded. "It'd be a great match if this Rukawa is as good as you say!"
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Meanwhile, at Kainan
"Aw, crap!!!" Nobunaga yelled out, remembering something. Maki, who had been walking with his teammate, stared at Nobunaga strangely. "Kiyota? What's up with you?" he asked. "I forgot!! How could I?? Kuso..." Nobunaga cursed, Jin, at that moment jogged up to the two. "Hey, Shinichi-sempai, Nobunaga. What's wrong? I heard you yell out."
Nobunaga then got a fearful face. " I completely forgot about Yukari's birthday tomorrow!! What am I gonna do!? I made no plans. Hell, I don't even have a gift for her!" Nobunaga started to freak out. "Whoa, slow down, Kiyota." Maki said, holding down the frantic softmore. "First of all, who is Yukari? Your girlfriend?" Maki asked, amazed that Kiyota would even care about a girl enough to get all frantic.
"NO! Of course not! Why would I get all nervous about a girlfriend? I don't even have one! Yukari is my sister!!" he explained feverishly. "Oh, you mean that nice girl who comes to your games and pets your head afterwards?" Jin asked, vauguely remembering her. Nobunaga nodded. "And now I completely forgot about her birthday, and she never asks much from me, and I feel so guilty because even if she acts like it's no big deal, I know it is since she does so much for me and I'm acting like such a jerk for not remembering!!!!" Nobunaga ranted on and on, all in one breath. Jin and Maki were shocked to see him so concerned about such a thing.
"His sister??" Maki wondered, trying to remember the girl Jin explained. Kiyota did mention a sister who always took care of him, but he never met her yet. "Oh yeah, now I remember!" Maki thought.
"Kiyota, your sister, she has dark brown hair, right?" Nobunaga nodded. "And green eyes, right?" He nodded again. "Ties her hair in the front, right?" He nodded yet again, but began to wonder what the purpose of this was. "Glasses, and is this tall?" he asked, putting his hand out up to his chest. Nobunaga nodded agaain. "Nope, haven't seen her." *anime fall*
"But really, what the hell am I gonna do!!?!?" he asked again, almost in hysterics. Then, Tadashi came up to the bunch. "Hey, guy's what's up?" he asked casually, seeing a hysterical Nobunaga. "Nobunaga is trying to figure out what to get for his Yukari's birthday!" Jin whispered to Tadashi. Tadashi smiled. "Oh, you mean the girl that watches you in matches with the black hair and glasses?" Nobunaga nodded his head, shoulders slumped as they walked to the cafeteria. "Oh, I've seen her plenty of times, she's CUTE! I'd, personally, take her out on a date!" Tadashi exclaimed. (Uh oh for Tadashi!! ^^)
"TADASHI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Nobunaga was twice the normal size and his eyes glared red. "Uh, did I do something wrong?" Tadashi asked, noticing Maki had stepped to the side and Jin had hid around the corner. Nobunaga only continued to glare and flex his fingers. "YUKARI'S MY SISTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" "yelp!"
After many flames, blades, and injuries later, Jin came up with a plan while feeding Tadashi mooshed up, orangy junk. (blech!) Maki watched the dark aura that was seeping from Nobunaga. "Hey, Nobunaga. Why don't you take Yukari out for dinner? There's an Italian restaurant that I overheard her talking about with her friends," Jin suggested, leaving out the part that he actually TALKED to Yukari in person, knowing that he would end up just like Tadashi, and eating yucky gooey crap.
Nobunaga perked up. "Oh yeah...That's a good idea! WOOHOO!!!" Nobunaga jumped up in happiness, scaling all the walls in his new-found joy before accidently ramming into a wall. Jin and maki smacked their heads. "He's not gonna pull this off!" Jin said. Maki nodded.
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"Forty-five! Grr, Forty...SIX!! Forty-seven!! F-Forty-eight!!! FORTY-NINE!!!...Fifty!!" Kei gasped out 50 as she collapsed to the ground, panting for air. Yukari only looked on, wide-eyed. Kei turned her head on the ground to look at her. "Huh? I got something on my face except for the Pacific Ocean?" Kei asked. "You just did fifty push-ups, one handed!!" Yukari gasped out, holding up one hand. "You've really gotten stronger, Kei-chan!" she declared.
Kei chuckled. "Well, you know me! All macho and tough-guyish!" she joked, scratching the back of her head. "Not to forget you're stronger than the average girl or guy, can lift 150 pounds, 20 pull-ups in a minute, 70 sit-ups in a minute, 20 one-handed push-ups in a minute, and can run a mile in five minutes!" Yukari mentioned, tallying off the accomplishments. "Not to mention learned in kendo, ninjutsu, kenpo, aikido, t'ai chi, and karate!" Kei only sweatdropped. "Wow, Yukari, you're my biggest and only fan!"
Yukari laughed. "Of course! That's what friends do! I know you're no slacker in supporting me!" Yukari said, remembering how Kei and Nobunaga had cheered for her during the high school spelling bee and held up signs while wearing white bandanas, booing with thumbs-down whenever someone else was up. It was kind of embrassing, but encouraging nonetheless, considering that Kei had traveled for the weekend to Kanagaw for the event.
"By the way, how is Nobunaga doing nowadays? I haven't seen him since I visited in the summer." kei inquired, she and Nobunaga being friends/rivals. "Oh, Onii-chan has been very well lately! He's still small forward on the Kainan team, and doing better than ever!" Yukari said. "Also, he wants to challenge you again, and see how much better you've gotten!" Kei scoffed. "Tell him anytime. I'd be glad to take on the Wild Monkey of Kainan!" kei said with a smirk. Yukari laughed. She knew that it would either be a draw, or Kei would win. Nobunaga was fast, but Kei was even faster.
"And I also hear you had a run-in with Rukawa!" Yukari mention, eyes twinkling. Kei tried desperately to hide her frown. "If you define an intersection crash as a run-in, then yeah," Kei replied, rubbing the elbow she had put a 'huge-ass' bandage on and remembering how the guy smashed into her while he was asleep on his bike. He actually swerved off the street and onto the sidewalk, ramming into her, causing both of them to fall.
"There are surprisingly many girls who would have wanted to be in your place at that moment!" Yukari stated. "Right, they're called loooooosers!! Really, and afterwards, he glares at me like it's MY fault! Did he WANT me to stand there with open-arms and get my skull bashed open just to save his ass!?!?" Kei wondered out loud, clearly aggravated. "Sometimes, I just don't get my gender..." Kei muttered.
First chapter done!! I know, the scene at Kainan is a bit, off, but it was just meant to be funny. I also want it to escalate into a romance between Yukari and...well, you'll just have to wait to find out!! ^ ^
Since this is my frist SD fic, and I've only read a tiny smidget of the manga (most info was cited thanks to SD sites), it'd be well appreciated if you readers will review and tell me what the hell I'm doing wrong. Thanks, and prepare for the next chapter, Mishaps On and Off-Court!! It'll go over some wierd(and depressing in Kei's case) stuff that happens when Kei is practicing and Yukari is out for dinner with her onii-chan, Nobunaga!