Which will they pick???

Their dreams......

Or love?


Chapter 8: Enough

"Darn it."

"Where is he???"

Miyaru checked her watch for the infinite time that morning. she stood impatiently outside her house waiting for Rukawa, but still no sign of the kitsune....She was already going to be late for her first class.

"I told him not to be late...."

"What's taking him so long?"

"Did he forget me?"

"Kae-kun..."

"Where are you?"

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Rukawa was lost in his thoughts again, the whole night he'd been battling with himself whether or not he should keep his promise to Miyaru and walk her to school.

"She must be mad at me....

"I sorry, Miyaru but if I want to pursue my dream and become the no.1 basketball player I have to forget my feelings for you......."

"........even if it hurts so much....."

Rukawa pedaled even faster as the gate of Shohoku emerges and his fanclub erupted into squeals.

"RUKAWA! RUKAWA! L-O-V-E RUKAWA!!!"

"I don't want to hurt you Miyaru....But I decided to pursue my dreams....."

"..........and you shall pursue yours..."

"Gomen na sai.........Miyaru."

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The rain as pouring hard as Rukawa stared at the teacher's blackboard. he was not copying notes or listening for the matter, he was trying to forget everything about Miyaru....her voice....her face...her body....her smile....It was not working though because every minute her voice will pop up in Rukawa's head: "Kae-kun! Why did you leave me?" He sighed, he couldn't even take a quick cat (fox?)nap. He was feeling depressed...

"How am I gonna practice later if I can't stop thinking that I've hurt her feelings?"

"RUKAWA!"

Huh?" Rukawa directed his eyes to his sinister-looking teacher.

"Mr.Rukawa, you've been staring at the board for the past 30 minutes, surely you could tell us the answer."

His teacher's eyes glistened. He bared his teeth at him, like a tiger ready to devour a fox....

"I don't even know the question!" Rukawa sighed, standin up and heading to the door.

"Rukawa! Where do you think you're going?" veins were popping out of sensei's temples due to anger.

"I can't think in this freaking classroom. You're too noisy.....d'aho." was what he really wanted to say but he was not in the mood to be sent to the principal's office so he replied, "Out." slamming the door.

He looked around for a place where he could be in peace....cafeteria?

"Nah...the smell of the food will distract me."

Rooftop?

"Definitely not.....I'm not in a mood for a fight...."

How about the gym?

"Hmmm...practice's not until half an hour. I could stay there without anybody bothering me..."

So Rukawa headed off to the school gym.....

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"Kae-kun...."

Miyaru whispered as she looked out the window. Raindrops splattered on her window pane. The sky was dark black, as if matching her mood. She was on her last period, her favorite period, Math. But her mind seems to be drifting off somewhere....

"Why?"

"Why did you forget me.....???"

"Kae-kun........you promised." She scribbled the word promise on her notebook and crossed it out with a sigh. She shut her notebook and sighed once more.

"I've been thinking about Kae-kun all day? "

"Why?"

"Is it just the promise?"

"Or....something else?"

"I making such a fuse about this.......why?"

"Does Kae-kun's promise really matter to me that much?"

"....................."

"................Or......"

"........................."

"Am I falling for him?"

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Rukawa picked a spare ball lying on the gym floor and aimed a three-pointer. The ball bounced off the ring, not even close.

"Damn it!"

"The practice's starting in 30 minutes and I can't concentrate!"

"What will captain Akagi say? And that d'aho will surely laugh at me......" He sighed, frustrated with himself.

"What to do....what to do...."

"Maybe I should apologize......"

"No! Stupid! Stop torturing yourself! It's only a small promise! You've broken about a hundred promises in your whole life! Why make a fuse with this one?!"

"Think about your dream instead! Going to America! Becoming the no.1 basketball player in the world!!!"

"She will only ruin you!"

Rukawa dribbled the ball again...

"I'm not letting her distract me...not letting her into my life...only a distraction..."

"I'm not falling in love." he said firmly.

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"Aaaaaaaaaarrrgh!!!! I can't concentrate!!!"

"I really have to see him! I need to see him! I can't sit still until I know the reason!"

"And it better be a good one..."

"Sir!" she raised a hand.

"Yes, Miss Sakeshito." the sensei stopped his monotonous blabbing and faced her.

"I need a bathroom pass!" she said.

"Miss Sakeshito..." the sensei lowered his voice but his voice was still very clear. "You don't seem to be participating in class today. In addition to that, you missed your first class. And---"

"But I really need to get the hell out of here!" she blurted out.

The sensei's eyes almost popped out of their socket. His best student had just interrupted his speech and wants to get the hell out of here.

"Since when did she develop such harsh vocabulary?" he thought, recovering quickly from shock, "No! Miss Sakeshito, you will stay in your seat until the final bell rings and you and I will have a little chat after class!!!"

Miyaru's eyes were flaming, like Rukawa's when he is pissed off. She stood up and squared her shoulders, grabbed her books and shoved them into her bag and headed towards the door....some of her classmates were chanting: Go! Go! Go! at her.

She opened the door and was about to steeped out when the sensei uttered his last words....

"Miss Sakeshito!!!" he looked angrier than ever, "Are you forgetting your scholarship plan? With that behavior of yours, I daresay that you don't deserve this scholarship. It will only be a waste!"

She glanced back at her sensei's angry face.

"My scholarship...."

She was about to return to her seat in defeat when another voice whispered in her ears......."Kaede Rukawa..."

And with that she slammed the door on her teacher's face, and swiftly ran away even before she could change her mind and feel guilty about leaving her hard earned scholarship to waste.

"I need your explanation. Kae-kun..........."

"Yes...It matters a lot.....to me..."

"....because I think I love you......."

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"Miyaru....." Rukawa whispered, he was sitting on the floor, resting for the practice.

"You don't love her." he told himself bitterly.

"She's just a girl like those pesky cheerleaders following you around. She won't do you any good."

"Forget about her! She's going away, remember? She would only hurt your feelings......do really want that?" he was scolding himself mentally when the bell rang, signaling the end of classes.....

"The practice's gonna start any minute now....I hope the d'aho's absent or hospitalized or expelled or better yet......dead."

Rukawa was picking up the ball he used when the door suddenly burst open.

"D-ah---!!!" he turned around and came face to face with none other than Miyaru, who was soaking form head to toe. "M-Miyaru....."

"Yes, it's me." she was obviously extremely incredulously frighteningly mad. "I was wondering why didn't you pick me up this morining when I specifically told you not to be late!"

"I......." Rukawa was yet again speechless.

Miyaru raised an eyebrow. Rukawa eyed her with his intense blue eyes, thinking "I'm not putting up with you again...."

"So?'

"So?!" she flared. "I looked like a moron waiting for you and all you have to say is----- so?!?!?!"

"You could have walk to school by yourself. I believe you have those things they call---feet?" Rukawa's becoming his usual cold and proud self, forgetting that the girl she was talking to was the only person in the whole universe who had cared for him...He was forgetting everything they've done together.....forgetting their promise to one another.....He forgot the fact that it was his fault...He forgot to be kind and to apologize......Rukawa had forgotten that he loves her.

"Well! That's part of the bet and you promised to keep it!!!"

"I got tired of keeping my promising."

"So, you intentionally chose not to walk me to school, is that it?" she shouted at Rukawa, her voice echoing. She has never been so mad, so pissed off in her entire life! And to think I was beginning to like this guy!

"Yeah, besides I got better things to do that be your bodyguard." he replied coldly.

"More important than giving me a ring and at least warning me that you wouldn't be picking me up?!" she cast a 'how could be so insensitive' glare at him.

Rukawa only shrugged and said tonelessly, "Play basketball."

"What?!" Miyaru looked as if she was slapped on the face.

"Speaking of basketball, our practice is about to start so you better be off going somewhere else where you won't be disturbing people." he added, dribbling the ball and tossing it to the net.

SHOOSH.

Miyaru was beet red from embarrassment. Nobody dared say those things to her! And of all people, RUKAWA! Tears started to sting her eyes, she was going to cry any second now, but Rukawa chose to ignore it anyway...

"T-That w-wasn't very n-nice..." her voice shook as she tried to hold back her tears. "I was beginning to like you, y'know? B-But I was w-wrong! V-Very wrong!" she looked at Rukawa to see how he would react to this . She was surprised when his face showed nothing.... It was expressionless........nothing.

"So?" he said coldly.

Before Miyaru could control herself, she had stepped towards Rukawa and her hand went flying on his face.

SMACK!

"So there!" she went rushing out of the gym, tears blurred her eyes, not even stopping to apologize to a red-haired someone she bumped into....

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Rukawa was all alone once more.....

................cursing himself..........

....................with a red mark on his cheek........

.......he felt like hell........

"What have I done?"


A/N: Finally! Semester break! More time to finish this fic and maybe start a new one.....Mmm? Sorry if my writings' not improving, there are lotza errors and wrong spellings....my story's not getting anywhere either......groans I have an important 'mission' to accomplish sometime in November so my fic will be 'on hold' for a while.

My ryodanz are also supporting me in everyway they can so lotza credits to them!!!!!! Paku! magpagaling ka na and ayusin yung fic natin!!! Thanks to all those who reviewed my fic!!! I write faster if I see more reviewws!!! ^_^

Also, any comments, suggestions or anything you wanna say? Pleez ......I need advises from professional writers now and then...

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By the way, if you want a different plot, read Blackmail by darkerdescendants. It's really cute, it has lots of comedy and twists and of course, blackmail....Really unique!!! ^_^

Machi!!! she wanted to be mentioned so there.... Kurama? ^_^