The Fox Meets the Wolf and All Hell Breaks Loose (why? *smack* why? *smack* why? *smack*)
by KOFLeona
I'm gonna have TOO much fun writing this chapter!! Now, I can put Nobunaga and Kei in the same chapter and interacting with each other. I can now create some random insanity that makes utterly no sense whatsoever!!! This chapter is not serious and will contain practically no Rukawa! Actually, you won't even need to read the chapter to get the rest of the story. I just thought that the craziness is needed now.
^o^ Moogles forever!!! '.') Long live the Kirby!!! @(^,^)@ Monkeys rock!!!
*note-this IS being written in a psych ward*
Chapter 6 Nobunaga Comes to Town!!
"Hey, Kei?" Yukari asked as the two ate lunch out in the quad.
"Hm?" Kei responded through a mouth of sushi, looking over at her friend.
"What are you going to be doing after school today?" Yukari asked, sipping at her cola daintily. Yukari was very graceful, even though she usually looked like some bookworm.
Kei swallowed her sushi with a cough before answering. "Well, I was planning to go to the gym and get in some practice," Kei responded, taking a sip of her water. "Why do you ask?" she questioned.
"Just wondering, since Onii-chan wanted to come over and see you. Now, you two can practice together!" Yukari exclaimed, happy with the thought. Always so selfless.
"Sounds good! I could use the company," Kei replied before finishing off her last maki roll. "By ze warg..." Kei said, forgetting she had food in her mouth. She roughly swallowed before asking again. "By the way, Yukari, you're gonna come to our practice game against Ryonan, right?" Kei asked.
Yukari looked a bit shock. "Of course I'd come! I wouldn't miss your first match on the team for the world! I'm sure Onii-chan will want to come too!" Yukari answered, a definite yes.
"Great!" Kei smirked. "Just tell him to beware of the crazed Rukawa Shinetai!" Kei joked. Yukari chuckled.
"I'll be sure to warn him!" Yukari said, giving an 'ok' sign.
"Kei's game has certainly gotten a lot more...fierce..." Yukari muttered as she and Nobunaga watched Kei play against some freshman on the team. She had stolen the ball straight from under his nose, feinted, and shot a fast, neat lay-up. It was almost flawless.
"Yes, maybe so...but still no match for ME!!" Nobunaga exclaimed with pride.
"Yeah, right, monkey boy!! Why don't you come down here and say that to my face!??!" Kei yelled out from the gym floor. Nobunaga froze in classic anime eye-twitch style.
"SAY WHAT!??!?!?! ARE YOU DOUBTING THE GREAT NOBUNAGA KIYOTA'S ABILITIES!??!?!?!?!?! YOU SHALL FEEL MY WRATH!!!!!" Nobunaga yelled out, his fist clenched.
"Now, now, Onii-chan! Calm down! We wouldn't want to send you back to anger-management, now would we??" Yukari asked, patting his shoulder. Nobunaga sat back down, shoulders hunched.
"No," he muttered, defeated.
"That's a good boy!" Yukari comforted, patting his head before turning her attention back to the gym floor. She was just in time to see another one of Kei's three-pointers, the ball sailing in an arc across the air and straight through the hoop.
"Nothing but net!" Kei said with a smirk. "Still wanna go at it?" she asked the boy, who was panting with exhaustion. He blanched at the thought.
"Um..no, I think I'll pass...thanks for asking though!!" he said nervously before running off to the locker room.
Kei sighed and looked to the ceiling. "Now that's just great! I don't have anyone to play, and Nobunaga just hurt his wrist!" Kei mused, spinning the ball on her index finger, other hand on her hips, her lips playing into a small frown. "This sure is boring..." she mumbled, looking up at the ceiling.
"Hah!!! Wrist or no wrist!!! The great Nobunaga is up for any challenge!!!!" Nobunaga exclaimed, jumping off the bleachers to prepare for 'battle'.
"Oh, dear..." Yukari sighed, setting herself down the verbal battle that would most likely come.
"Ok, hotshot!!! Let's get this going! I usually don't face the crippled, but I'll make a special exception just for you!!!" Kei joked with a grin, getting up into Nobunaga's face. He cracked his knuckle, going into a similar comical mood.
"Hah! I'm no crippled, but you will be after seeing my sweet moves!!! The Wild Monkey of Kainan always prevails!!!" he said triumphantly.
"Yeah right!!! More like the Wild Dodo of Kanagawa!!!" Kei retorted, turning her head up with a smirk, still spinning the ball. Nobunaga vein-pulsed, hand in a fist.
"SAY WHAT!!?!?!?!??!" he screeched, head exploding in a volcano.
"Dodo!! Dodo!! Dodo!!" Kei repeated, chanting while walking away.
"I'll teach you to call me a Dodo!!!" he huffed, ready to give chase before a cackling laugh pierced his ears. "My ears..." he whimpered, covering his head.
Kei stopped in her tracks, confused. Who was that?? "Oh, shit...don't tell me...."
"Bwahahahaha!!!!!! The Tensai will show you how basketball is played!!!!!!" an annoying voice laughed out.
"Not him..." Kei muttered, spotting her arrogant team mate, walking beside Miyagi-san. "And I thought I could get some peace and quiet..."
"Ah, and LOOK!! It's the Tensai's apprentice, Miyazaki!!!! You know, I was the one that helped her onto the team, yes I am..." Sakuragi commented, nodding before a chair flew at his face.
"Shut your lying mouth, a-hole!!!!" Kei yelled, breathing heavily from just throwing the chair.
"Chair hits are not allowed..." Sakuragi whimpered, falling to the floor in a daze.
"Anyway," Kei continued, hands on her hips. "What are you guys doing here? There's no practice today, anyhow." she commented.
"Yeah, but we still have to train, and if we don't come early, Rukawa is gonna get the court. So, if we come, he'll most likely leave!" Miyagi explained.
"I see, and take that brigade of his along also..." Kei said, thankful.
"Anyway!!! We couldn't help but see that you have no one to practice with, including that crippled monkey over there!!!" Sakuragi said, grinning.
"I am NOT a cripple!!!!" Nobunaga screeched. Sakuragi only laughed before Nobunaga retaliated.
"Not good to shout Mr. Crippled Monkey!! You have to rest your injuries!! Bwahahahahahaha!!!!!" Sakuragi joked, slapping his leg. Miyagi looked at him screw-eyed.
"Why you little girlie!!! At least I don't have a GAY name like Hanamichi, Mr. Flower Power!!!!!" Nobunaga snapped before tackling Sakuragi to the ground.
"Looks like they're having fun..." Kei commented, looking at the fight cloud screw-eyed.
Miyagi nodded before scratching his head. "Shouldn't we stop them??" he asked. Kei shrugged her shoulders.
"I dunno. Besides, it's kinda fun to watch, they're both annoying...so if they beat each other up, we don't have to!" Kei reasoned.
"A good point! Let's watch!" Miyagi exclaimed before watching Nobunaga bite Sakuragi's head off, Sakuragi answering by slamming Nobunaga to the ground.
"Oh, should we really be letting those two go at it!?" Yukari asked worriedly, coming over to the fight scene.
"Ah, let the two brawl!!" Kei assured, just as Sakuragi got Nobunaga in a headlock. Nobunaga retaliated by biting Sakuragi's hands before kicking him in the balls.
"Help!" Sakuragi muttered before falling face-first into the ground. Miyagi flinched. A hit to the balls always hurt.
"Owch! He got sack-whacked!!" Miyagi commented.
"Bwahahahahahahaha!!!! Teaches you for challenging the Wild Monkey!!" Nobunaga laughed triumphantly, the rising sun of Japan suddenly appearing behind him. Everyone sweatdropped, except for the KO'ed Sakuragi.
"You guys are too much..." Kei sighed, shaking her head in mock shame. She placed her hand on her hip, the other holding the basketball before turning around, determined to get some more practice in. "Who the..." she muttered, spotting some other guy on the court. Someone completely alien to the school.
"What's the problem?" Miyagi asked, also turning around. He arched his eyebrow at the stranger, just as confused as to who he was. He had tanned skin, black hair, and deep-green eyes. And furthermore, he was good!! They watched as he dribbled the ball through his legs effortlessly before jumping up for an equally graceful slam dunk.
"Whoa..." Kei breathed in awe. He could slam dunk just as well as Rukawa...maybe even better?? She shook her head then. Nah. Sure, she hated Rukawa and all, but even she could tell this guy was not as good. He was missing something, she couldn't tell what, but Rukawa seemed to have something over this guy that would give Rukawa the competitive edge. Nonetheless...this guy was way too good to be an amateur.
"Oi, who the heck are ya?!" Miyagi asked, going up the guy. Kei then saw how tall he was, almost a head taller than Miyagi, about Sakuragi and Rukawa's height.
"Yes, can I help you?" the guy asked, his voice soft, yet still male. Kei thought he sounded like Allen from Escaflowne. She frowned...geez, how wonderful, a pansy!!
"Yeah, first of all, who are you and what are you doing here??" Miyagi asked, absolutely sure that this guy wasn't from Shohoku. The guy smiled good-naturedly.
"Oh, how rude of me. I'm Ran Hisakawa, the new power forward for Ryonan," he said, holding the ball calmly at his side as he said this. Miyagi looked at the guy suspiciously.
"If you're from Ryonan, then what are you doing here, hmmm???" Miyagi asked, getting up in the guy's face and giving him a stink-eye. Ran chuckled.
"No need to be suspicious, I'm just here to speak with Miyazaki." he explained. Kei frowned. Here to see her?? What was going on here?
"Well, you don't need to look far, she's right there!" Miyagi said, pointing over to Kei. The guy looked shocked for a little before smiling. he went up to Kei and offered his hand. Kei, rolled her eyes for a brief second before slapping his hands as means on a shake.
"Well now, the others didn't tell me that the new surprise player on Team Shohoku was a girl," he said, giving one of those dazzling, look at me, I'm bishounen smiles. Kei secretly wretched.
"What did you expect, Dumbo?" she said sarcastically, looking right at Ran, frowning. She didn't know the exact reason why, but she didn't really like this guy. She didn't like his calm/flirtatious/whatever personality.
Ran chuckled at her joke. "No, no. I was expecting a male, but it seems that my prediction was off the mark this time," he said, still smiling.
"Well, not everyone can be right all the time," she commented in a melancholy tone. He nodded in agreement.
"Well, I should be going...can't take up any more of your time. I'll see you later, Miyazaki," Ran said, looking over his shoulder and waving goodbye. Kei didn't answer. She too, like Miyagi, felt something fishy about this dude, whatever it may be...
Well, you like?? ^^'
I know I kinda turned this chapter into an important one, but what can I say?? The idea for Ran just kind of came out of the blue!!! If you want a reference for him, I guess he'd look like...er, whats-his-face from You're Under Arrest. Well, you know what I mean!!! ^^
Anyhow, the next chapter is about Kei's first REAL practice on the team, and how insanely difficult it is. To make matters worse, now Rukawa is giving her some glare!! Creepy!!!
Kei also learns more about this mysterious Ran fellow, and when she hears what he did, she gets PISSED!!!!!! Only thing to do...get revenge at the practice game!!!!!!!!
Next chapter- New Problems
by KOFLeona
I'm gonna have TOO much fun writing this chapter!! Now, I can put Nobunaga and Kei in the same chapter and interacting with each other. I can now create some random insanity that makes utterly no sense whatsoever!!! This chapter is not serious and will contain practically no Rukawa! Actually, you won't even need to read the chapter to get the rest of the story. I just thought that the craziness is needed now.
^o^ Moogles forever!!! '.') Long live the Kirby!!! @(^,^)@ Monkeys rock!!!
*note-this IS being written in a psych ward*
Chapter 6 Nobunaga Comes to Town!!
"Hey, Kei?" Yukari asked as the two ate lunch out in the quad.
"Hm?" Kei responded through a mouth of sushi, looking over at her friend.
"What are you going to be doing after school today?" Yukari asked, sipping at her cola daintily. Yukari was very graceful, even though she usually looked like some bookworm.
Kei swallowed her sushi with a cough before answering. "Well, I was planning to go to the gym and get in some practice," Kei responded, taking a sip of her water. "Why do you ask?" she questioned.
"Just wondering, since Onii-chan wanted to come over and see you. Now, you two can practice together!" Yukari exclaimed, happy with the thought. Always so selfless.
"Sounds good! I could use the company," Kei replied before finishing off her last maki roll. "By ze warg..." Kei said, forgetting she had food in her mouth. She roughly swallowed before asking again. "By the way, Yukari, you're gonna come to our practice game against Ryonan, right?" Kei asked.
Yukari looked a bit shock. "Of course I'd come! I wouldn't miss your first match on the team for the world! I'm sure Onii-chan will want to come too!" Yukari answered, a definite yes.
"Great!" Kei smirked. "Just tell him to beware of the crazed Rukawa Shinetai!" Kei joked. Yukari chuckled.
"I'll be sure to warn him!" Yukari said, giving an 'ok' sign.
"Kei's game has certainly gotten a lot more...fierce..." Yukari muttered as she and Nobunaga watched Kei play against some freshman on the team. She had stolen the ball straight from under his nose, feinted, and shot a fast, neat lay-up. It was almost flawless.
"Yes, maybe so...but still no match for ME!!" Nobunaga exclaimed with pride.
"Yeah, right, monkey boy!! Why don't you come down here and say that to my face!??!" Kei yelled out from the gym floor. Nobunaga froze in classic anime eye-twitch style.
"SAY WHAT!??!?!?! ARE YOU DOUBTING THE GREAT NOBUNAGA KIYOTA'S ABILITIES!??!?!?!?!?! YOU SHALL FEEL MY WRATH!!!!!" Nobunaga yelled out, his fist clenched.
"Now, now, Onii-chan! Calm down! We wouldn't want to send you back to anger-management, now would we??" Yukari asked, patting his shoulder. Nobunaga sat back down, shoulders hunched.
"No," he muttered, defeated.
"That's a good boy!" Yukari comforted, patting his head before turning her attention back to the gym floor. She was just in time to see another one of Kei's three-pointers, the ball sailing in an arc across the air and straight through the hoop.
"Nothing but net!" Kei said with a smirk. "Still wanna go at it?" she asked the boy, who was panting with exhaustion. He blanched at the thought.
"Um..no, I think I'll pass...thanks for asking though!!" he said nervously before running off to the locker room.
Kei sighed and looked to the ceiling. "Now that's just great! I don't have anyone to play, and Nobunaga just hurt his wrist!" Kei mused, spinning the ball on her index finger, other hand on her hips, her lips playing into a small frown. "This sure is boring..." she mumbled, looking up at the ceiling.
"Hah!!! Wrist or no wrist!!! The great Nobunaga is up for any challenge!!!!" Nobunaga exclaimed, jumping off the bleachers to prepare for 'battle'.
"Oh, dear..." Yukari sighed, setting herself down the verbal battle that would most likely come.
"Ok, hotshot!!! Let's get this going! I usually don't face the crippled, but I'll make a special exception just for you!!!" Kei joked with a grin, getting up into Nobunaga's face. He cracked his knuckle, going into a similar comical mood.
"Hah! I'm no crippled, but you will be after seeing my sweet moves!!! The Wild Monkey of Kainan always prevails!!!" he said triumphantly.
"Yeah right!!! More like the Wild Dodo of Kanagawa!!!" Kei retorted, turning her head up with a smirk, still spinning the ball. Nobunaga vein-pulsed, hand in a fist.
"SAY WHAT!!?!?!?!??!" he screeched, head exploding in a volcano.
"Dodo!! Dodo!! Dodo!!" Kei repeated, chanting while walking away.
"I'll teach you to call me a Dodo!!!" he huffed, ready to give chase before a cackling laugh pierced his ears. "My ears..." he whimpered, covering his head.
Kei stopped in her tracks, confused. Who was that?? "Oh, shit...don't tell me...."
"Bwahahahaha!!!!!! The Tensai will show you how basketball is played!!!!!!" an annoying voice laughed out.
"Not him..." Kei muttered, spotting her arrogant team mate, walking beside Miyagi-san. "And I thought I could get some peace and quiet..."
"Ah, and LOOK!! It's the Tensai's apprentice, Miyazaki!!!! You know, I was the one that helped her onto the team, yes I am..." Sakuragi commented, nodding before a chair flew at his face.
"Shut your lying mouth, a-hole!!!!" Kei yelled, breathing heavily from just throwing the chair.
"Chair hits are not allowed..." Sakuragi whimpered, falling to the floor in a daze.
"Anyway," Kei continued, hands on her hips. "What are you guys doing here? There's no practice today, anyhow." she commented.
"Yeah, but we still have to train, and if we don't come early, Rukawa is gonna get the court. So, if we come, he'll most likely leave!" Miyagi explained.
"I see, and take that brigade of his along also..." Kei said, thankful.
"Anyway!!! We couldn't help but see that you have no one to practice with, including that crippled monkey over there!!!" Sakuragi said, grinning.
"I am NOT a cripple!!!!" Nobunaga screeched. Sakuragi only laughed before Nobunaga retaliated.
"Not good to shout Mr. Crippled Monkey!! You have to rest your injuries!! Bwahahahahahaha!!!!!" Sakuragi joked, slapping his leg. Miyagi looked at him screw-eyed.
"Why you little girlie!!! At least I don't have a GAY name like Hanamichi, Mr. Flower Power!!!!!" Nobunaga snapped before tackling Sakuragi to the ground.
"Looks like they're having fun..." Kei commented, looking at the fight cloud screw-eyed.
Miyagi nodded before scratching his head. "Shouldn't we stop them??" he asked. Kei shrugged her shoulders.
"I dunno. Besides, it's kinda fun to watch, they're both annoying...so if they beat each other up, we don't have to!" Kei reasoned.
"A good point! Let's watch!" Miyagi exclaimed before watching Nobunaga bite Sakuragi's head off, Sakuragi answering by slamming Nobunaga to the ground.
"Oh, should we really be letting those two go at it!?" Yukari asked worriedly, coming over to the fight scene.
"Ah, let the two brawl!!" Kei assured, just as Sakuragi got Nobunaga in a headlock. Nobunaga retaliated by biting Sakuragi's hands before kicking him in the balls.
"Help!" Sakuragi muttered before falling face-first into the ground. Miyagi flinched. A hit to the balls always hurt.
"Owch! He got sack-whacked!!" Miyagi commented.
"Bwahahahahahahaha!!!! Teaches you for challenging the Wild Monkey!!" Nobunaga laughed triumphantly, the rising sun of Japan suddenly appearing behind him. Everyone sweatdropped, except for the KO'ed Sakuragi.
"You guys are too much..." Kei sighed, shaking her head in mock shame. She placed her hand on her hip, the other holding the basketball before turning around, determined to get some more practice in. "Who the..." she muttered, spotting some other guy on the court. Someone completely alien to the school.
"What's the problem?" Miyagi asked, also turning around. He arched his eyebrow at the stranger, just as confused as to who he was. He had tanned skin, black hair, and deep-green eyes. And furthermore, he was good!! They watched as he dribbled the ball through his legs effortlessly before jumping up for an equally graceful slam dunk.
"Whoa..." Kei breathed in awe. He could slam dunk just as well as Rukawa...maybe even better?? She shook her head then. Nah. Sure, she hated Rukawa and all, but even she could tell this guy was not as good. He was missing something, she couldn't tell what, but Rukawa seemed to have something over this guy that would give Rukawa the competitive edge. Nonetheless...this guy was way too good to be an amateur.
"Oi, who the heck are ya?!" Miyagi asked, going up the guy. Kei then saw how tall he was, almost a head taller than Miyagi, about Sakuragi and Rukawa's height.
"Yes, can I help you?" the guy asked, his voice soft, yet still male. Kei thought he sounded like Allen from Escaflowne. She frowned...geez, how wonderful, a pansy!!
"Yeah, first of all, who are you and what are you doing here??" Miyagi asked, absolutely sure that this guy wasn't from Shohoku. The guy smiled good-naturedly.
"Oh, how rude of me. I'm Ran Hisakawa, the new power forward for Ryonan," he said, holding the ball calmly at his side as he said this. Miyagi looked at the guy suspiciously.
"If you're from Ryonan, then what are you doing here, hmmm???" Miyagi asked, getting up in the guy's face and giving him a stink-eye. Ran chuckled.
"No need to be suspicious, I'm just here to speak with Miyazaki." he explained. Kei frowned. Here to see her?? What was going on here?
"Well, you don't need to look far, she's right there!" Miyagi said, pointing over to Kei. The guy looked shocked for a little before smiling. he went up to Kei and offered his hand. Kei, rolled her eyes for a brief second before slapping his hands as means on a shake.
"Well now, the others didn't tell me that the new surprise player on Team Shohoku was a girl," he said, giving one of those dazzling, look at me, I'm bishounen smiles. Kei secretly wretched.
"What did you expect, Dumbo?" she said sarcastically, looking right at Ran, frowning. She didn't know the exact reason why, but she didn't really like this guy. She didn't like his calm/flirtatious/whatever personality.
Ran chuckled at her joke. "No, no. I was expecting a male, but it seems that my prediction was off the mark this time," he said, still smiling.
"Well, not everyone can be right all the time," she commented in a melancholy tone. He nodded in agreement.
"Well, I should be going...can't take up any more of your time. I'll see you later, Miyazaki," Ran said, looking over his shoulder and waving goodbye. Kei didn't answer. She too, like Miyagi, felt something fishy about this dude, whatever it may be...
Well, you like?? ^^'
I know I kinda turned this chapter into an important one, but what can I say?? The idea for Ran just kind of came out of the blue!!! If you want a reference for him, I guess he'd look like...er, whats-his-face from You're Under Arrest. Well, you know what I mean!!! ^^
Anyhow, the next chapter is about Kei's first REAL practice on the team, and how insanely difficult it is. To make matters worse, now Rukawa is giving her some glare!! Creepy!!!
Kei also learns more about this mysterious Ran fellow, and when she hears what he did, she gets PISSED!!!!!! Only thing to do...get revenge at the practice game!!!!!!!!
Next chapter- New Problems