**Disclaimers at first page**
Author's Notes: I'm sorry this came out so late. My
SenKosh muse took over for a while...The Shohoku boys finally make an appearance!
SPOILER ALERT:
reference to what happened in the IH games.
WARNING: To those who hate Haruko...sorry, but I don't hate her. I even like
her, though she's not a kickass female character. So if you can stand watching
the series, I think you'll be able to stomach the Sakuragi and Haruko scenes in
this fic.
ANNOUNCEMENT: I won't be online for...two weeks or more, because I really have
to get my PC fixed.
Happy reading!
Slam Dunk 02
(A SD/GW Crossover)
by AJ Maxwell
The most practical choice for Maki Duo was to attend Kainan High, but due to forces that had been unforeseen--namely, the unwanted, misdirected advances of Kiyota Nobunaga, and the most definitely unwanted attention from the famous hentai Sendoh Akira (according to the aniki, of course)--the decision was for him to attend Shohoku High. Would he regret this decision?
Chapter Three: Early Morning Enemy
It was a beautiful spring day in Kanagawa as Maki Duo walked the rest of the way from the bus stop to his new school. It irritated him that he was going to repeat his freshman year...well, he didn't really finish his first year, but...he sighed. And it pissed him off that he was tricked into going to Shohoku by his onii-chan.
Well, not exactly tricked, but...he could've told me that Shohoku's so damn FAR! No wonder 'tousan didn't believe me at first. Gah! I wish I insisted on going to Ryonan instead...or even Kainan. I'm sure I would've managed, even with Kiyota there. In his vexation, he kicked a slightly bigger pebble too forcefully, and--
CRASH!!
Violet eyes blinked at the sound.
A dark-haired guy was sprawled before him on the concrete, with his bike underneath him, sporting a bleeding wound on the right side of his head.
"Were you the one who hit my head with a stone?"
Duo blinked again, and gaped disbelievingly at the boy before him. What the hell? He sounds exactly like Heero!
The boy stood up, his fox eyes narrowing. Duo noted that he was still taller than the boy by a couple of centimeters, and took comfort in that fact.
"No one disturbs my sleep. You shall pay."
Sleep?! Wasn't he biking? "Hey, wait a minute!"
The dark-haired boy moved with lethal power, his foot aiming for Duo's stomach. If Duo wasn't used to being attacked, he wouldn't have been able to dodge. "Hey, cool it there, will ya? Sheesh!"
But the other boy wasn't listening, hell bent on making him pay. Another swift kick was aimed for Duo's shin, which he was able to dodge again, but the other boy was getting closer to hitting him.
The faint but distinct sound of a school bell made the incensed boy stop.
"You shall pay later."
And with that, the boy picked up his bike, and zoomed away.
"What was that all about?" Duo wondered.
He continued to walk, whistling to himself. It was several seconds more when his brain registered the sound of a school bell.
"K'SO!!!! I'M LATE!"
*
Sakuragi Hanamichi arrived, expecting the whole student body to fuss over him and ask him about his back injury. He grinned to himself, envisioning the questions, and how he would answer them.
Person from Broadcasting Club: Sakuragi-san, is your back injury completely healed? Are you in top shape? Will you be able to lead the Shohoku team this year as the center in place of Akagi-sempai, Oh Great Tensai, Sakuragi-san?
Sakuragi: (super deforms) NYAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHH!!!!!! Of course, I am well. I must lead the team to victory, because I fear that without The Tensai's efforts (points to self), the Basketball Club will only be left with common people and will not be able to win any games for the school. Ryochin and that Kitsune, considering their basketball skills, are no genius like me. They need me to win. NYAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHH!!!!!!
The red-haired monkey--er, boy spotted the Sakuragi guntan and made his way towards them. He waved at them, grinning, but his army seemed not to notice him, as they were discussing something else. He frowned.
"From where did you hear that, Youhei? Are you really sure?"
"I just heard it from some Kainan students. I'm not really sure."
"What I heard was that Maki Shinichi's imouto came back, not an otouto."
"Oi! What are you guys talking about?" Sakuragi finally butted in.
Takamiya turned to him, and replied, "Just this rumor about Maki Shinichi's brother."
"Or sister."
"What if she's a looker, ne? What does she look like, I wonder?"
"Baka ne. You're not even sure if it's really a sister."
"Why are you wasting your time on a rumor?" the redhead asked. Then, contradicting his earlier words, he said, "A sibling of that oldy Maki would only look like Oldy himself: old. NYAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHH!!!!!!"
Sakuragi was still chortling until he almost choked when the school bell rang. The five of them quickly made their way to their classrooms, eager for the start of class as second years, unlike the usual.
*
It was another bustling lunch break in Shohoku High's cafeteria. Since it was the first day of school, the students were livelier and noisier than usual.
The noise didn't bother Miyagi Ryota, team captain of Shohoku Basketball Club, for he was concentrated in discussing important matters with his teammates.
"We're in a fix," Miyagi said, worrying his lower lip a little. "We're still a strong team, but after Akagi left, it was like our team lost one of its limbs."
Ayako, meanwhile, was gaping at her classmate. "Wow, Ryota," she said, amazed. "I rarely hear you talk so seriously."
At the unexpected comment, Miyagi blushed. "Eheheh...Ayako-chan..."
Yasuda Yasuharu, another year three, looked amused at the sudden transformation of their captain, but was also bothered by their current problem. "We barely made it to the final four spot last winter; it was too bad that Sakuragi hadn't recovered fully from his back injury, or else we wouldn't have lost so badly to Kainan. Shoyo and Ryonan beat us, even with Mitsui-sempai still playing. He's gone off to college now, and even with Rukawa and Sakuragi--"
"The juniors are coming along nicely, I think," was Shizoaki Tetsushi's input. Ishii-kun, Sasaoka-kun, and Kuwata-kun trained hard for a year. I'm sure that we'll be able to make good use of them this coming season."
Miyagi looked thoughtful, finally overcoming his momentary flustered state, care of Ayako's teasing. "They have improved--we all have improved, but we need more formidable members if we want to be number one in the Inter High this year." His gaze then darted around him, his eyes narrowing in irritation. "Where the hell are Hanamichi and Rukawa? The other year twos? Didn't I call for a team meeting?!"
"Oi, Ryochin!" a familiar voice hollered, and the five seniors turned to see Sakuragi Hanamichi bounding up to them in his usual cocky gait. "Sorry I'm late. Ookusu dragged us to look for Maki oyaji's sister in the year one floor--"
"Maki oyaji?" Ayako blinked. "You mean, Maki Shinichi also has a sister here in Shohoku?"
"Eh," Kakuta Satoru scratched his nape. "So he has twin siblings."
Yasuda nodded. "Fraternal twins, then, since I heard the other's a brother, ne?"
Miyagi was staring at each of them confusedly. "What the hell are you talking about?!" he asked, still looking utterly lost. "Are you sure? Why didn't I know of this?"
Sakuragi just grinned at him and said, "Oi, don't be so hard on yourself, Ryochin. Even I, tensai that I am, only heard about it this morning."
"That's it!" Ayako exclaimed. "That solves our problem then!"
Just then, Akagi Haruko walked up to them. "What solves the problem? We have a problem?"
Sakuragi immediately super-deformed upon seeing the girl. "Ha-haruko-san..."
Haruko smiled in greeting. "Sakuragi-kun."
Miyagi ignored the redhead's behavior, already used to seeing the other boy fall over himself whenever he saw Haruko. Instead, he voiced out what he gauged was the question in everyone's mind. "What do you mean, Ayako-chan?"
The other girl was smiling hugely at them, pleased with her thinking. "Don't you get it? We recruit Maki Shinichi's brother into the team!"
A light bulb snapped on in Miyagi's head. "Ah...great thinking, Ayako-chan!"
Yasuda, Shizoaki, and Kakuta blinked at them, uncertain. "Ne," Yasuda ventured first, sounding a bit nervous. "What if Maki Shinichi's brother isn't as talented?"
"OR half as talented as his aniki?"
"What if he doesn't even play basketball?"
"What if he's really short?"
"So what if he's short?!" the captain cut in defensively.
"What if he's a nerd?"
"What if he's part of a gang?"
"NYAHAHAHAHAH! I'm sure he isn't a tensai like me!"
"What if he's a doaho?" a newcomer remarked.
"Rukawa-kun," Haruko greeted, no longer easy to blush at the sight of the boy. "How long have you been there?"
Rukawa didn't answer. Instead, he slapped the back of Sakuragi's head, hard.
"Itai! Bastard kitsune!"
"That's for waking me up with your idiot cackling."
"Why you--!" The redhead launched himself at Rukawa, and the other three seniors tried to restrain him.
"SAKURAGI HANAMICHI!" and down landed the dreaded fan.
"Itai! Ayako-san..." he whined.
Ayako frowned as the bandage that Rukawa's hair nearly covered completely caught her attention. "Hey, Rukawa. What happened to you?"
Rukawa huffed. "Some braided monkey's fault," was all he said.
When they settled down, with Sakuragi muttering about idiot foxes and biased fan-toting females, Ayako began again. "You all have a point, Ya-chan, Shio-chan, Ka-chan. So, I guess we'll have to see for ourselves first if he's worth recruiting."
"And if he turns out to be one of those that Yasuda-san, Shiozaki-san, and Kakuta-san had mentioned, then there are many first years who might have the needed potential," Haruko finished.
"So," the captain clapped his hands. "I give the job of scouting for potential players to Ishii, Sasaoka, and Kuwata, since they didn't attend this meeting. Where the hell are they?"
"Oh. I forgot." Sakuragi made a peace sign. Sasaoka and Kuwata told me they had to go to the library. As for Ishii, I haven't seen him."
"I saw him in the clinic," supplied Rukawa who, surprisingly, had not fallen back to sleep.
Haruko raised her hand enthusiastically. "I want to scout, too. I have an eye for that. I'll tell them later about our task--"
The bell rang, cutting off Haruko's next words. They all waved goodbye, sans Rukawa, who had wordlessly left even before the bell rang.
Students filed to the huge swinging doors, still chatting amiably to each other.
"So, Maki-kun," Hilde Schbeiker engaged her new friend into another conversation. "Why don't you tryout for the basketball team? I heard Shohoku team is good--"
Duo sighed. "Schbeiker-san," he drew out the honorific with great care, which made the girl wince. "Didn't we agree to call each other by first name?"
"Hai, hai, Duo. I'm sorry. It's just habit, but I'll really try, since I'm also asking you to call me Hilde."
The braided boy smiled. "Great."
"So how about it?"
"What?"
'"Shohoku Basketball Club. I bet you'll really be great!" Hilde enthused. "You're so tall, plus you're Maki Shinichi's brother, ne? I heard he's a really awesome player! He's very popular here in Kanagawa, even in other prefectures. He's already some sort of legend, you know. And he's also popular in Osaka. Did I mention that I just transferred from there?"
Duo nodded. "Hai, you mentioned that. So, 'nii-chan's really great, huh?" he asked, discreetly evading the question.
Hilde giggled, hiding her face behind her books.
"Nani?"
The short-haired girl giggled some more, which made him more confused and exasperated. "What's the matter?"
When Hilde got hold of herself, she answered. "You're the only guy I know who calls his aniki 'onii-chan'. Doesn't your brother deck you horribly for that? Oh hey. We're at the classroom already."
True enough, room 1-2 was right before them.
Maybe I should've listened to 'nii-chan about that aniki-oniichan thing. Oh, what the heck. I still like the sound of 'nii-chan, so I'm calling him that, even if people laugh at me. He looked at the girl, who seemed to have forgotten that she was pestering him about something. He was relieved that she forgot the Basketball Club topic.
*
Classes were dismissed that day, and students streamed out of their classrooms, eager to get out and relax. In the second ear students' floor, five students hurried out of their classrooms to fulfill their missions in the first year's floor. Four of them were Ishii Kentarou, Sasaoka Satoro, Kuwata Toki, and Akagi Haruko, and all of them were intent on finding the rumored otouto of Maki, and recruiting members for the Shohoku Basketball Club. The other one, awake unlike the usual, had a debt to collect from a certain braided baka.
"I wonder what he looks like," Haruko thought aloud.
Sasaoka looked at her and shrugged. "Maybe he looks mature like his aniki."
"So, basically we're looking for a first year who looks like a third year," Kuwata confirmed.
Ishii rolled his eyes behind his thick lenses. "I think it's best to ask."
Haruko nodded eagerly at the suggestion. "We split up and ask for him in every section, then we meet up back here. OK?"
"OK," the other three chorused.
*
"So, how about it?"
"How about what?"
"Joining the Basketball Club!"
Duo sighed inwardly. He discovered that Hilde was very persistent, and when there was an issue left unresolved, she would bring it up every time until it was settled. I can't evade this forever. I'm tired of dancing around the topic because of her pushiness. I'll just tell her the truth--
"Hey you."
Duo's head snapped up at attention to the very familiar voice. Heero?! "Oh," was all he uttered when he didn't see his friend. Then, his eyes widened. "You?!" he exclaimed, pointing at the dark-haired boy.
At his words, Hilde frowned. She tugged at her braided classmate's sleeve. "Duo? You know him?"
"He's the weirdo that attacked me this morning!"
"You attacked me first, yarou."
"Look, I didn't mean it. It was an accident, okay? I was preoccupied and I didn't know what I was doing! I'm really sorry, man," Duo said, explaining and apologizing sincerely.
But the other boy advanced on him still, and the look on his face made Hilde nervous. "Uhm, Duo? I think we better run."
"Hey, look, man. I said I was sorry." Duo was getting irritated. He already apologized--what did the guy want? Beat him to a pulp?
"You disturbed my sleep. You're going to pay...in court."
Violet eyes bulged. "Nani?! You don't have to go that far! I'm a minor--we're both minors! I don't have a lawyer! I don't want to be convicted like this!"
Hilde facevaulted. "I don't think that's what he meant."
The other boy wrinkled his nose in disgust. "Basketball. One-on-one right now, at the gym."
He walked away, leaving the two first years looking grim.
"Duo, I know you can beat him," the girl said encouragingly, but it was laced with a teensy bit of doubt. She noticed how tall the other guy was. He was almost as tall as Duo, plus he was bulkier, no doubt from well-developed muscles. Her friend, on the other hand, looked a bit frail compared to the other boy. Duo was tall, yes, but he wasn't as muscular.
Duo only looked at the retreating figure. My first day of school. I vowed to forget basketball, but I promise this is my last game. I don't want to play anymore, but...who does he think he is?! I said I was sorry! I'd've taken it better if he'd just thrown a punch at me, and then bygones. But no! He just had to challenge me to a game! Well, I'll show him! He thinks he's so good...Well, he picked the wrong sport to challenge me in! "I'm going to show him," he muttered, his old fire back.
*
Duo's first day of school began horribly, with him earning an enemy, and being tardy first thing in the morning. Meanwhile, the Shohoku Basketball Club members found themselves in need of stronger teammates. Will Rukawa's one-on-one challenge lure out the ball player in Duo? Will his skills be the strength that their team needed?
Finished May 29, 2002 Please tell me what you think. Thanks!
