Sanzo looked around the gym. It had been nearly a month since they
were in Japan, and things were going pretty well. Too well, Sanzo thought.
Where was the so-called 'challenge' they were supposed to receive? After
spending his entire life in a world full of demons, Kanagawa was beginning
to become a bit dull. Still, he didn't want to admit it to the others. He
would just wait until somebody else speaks up. He can just imagine Goku and
Gojyo saying, " Sanzo, you can't even handle a simple life like this. I
mean, all we do is go to school and basketball practice. Nothing major."
Then he'd get teased being a wuss. Sure, he could just shoot their heads
off, but still. His reputation would be shattered. Plus, he couldn't kill
Kanzeon Bosatsu. He'd just wait for a while.
" Shohoku!! Listen up!" Ayako yelled. Sanzo's attention focused back to the group of basketball players. He jogged back to the group and stood next to Mitsui. Somehow, he felt close to Mitsui. Not in a serious kind of way, just in a brotherly kind. He knew that Mitsui had a long break from basketball, he just didn't know why. He knew it wasn't appropriate to ask him directly, and the rest wouldn't talk about it. I mean, how bad can it be? He wondered.
" Okay, listen up." Akagi said. Sanzo knew the rest had a habit of calling him Gori, and he knew that it was probably a different meaning to what they call Goku. " As you all know, we have a very good chance of getting to the inter-high this year," Akagi continued. (Sanzo could see Mitsui fidgeting from the corner of his eye, then turned back his full attention on Gori.)" But it will be really tough. There's still Kainan, who has already went to the Inter-high for fourteen years, Shoyo, and Ryonan. Now to prepare ourselves for the inter-high, Coach Anzai has arranged for all of us to have a practice game against Ryonan. " Sanzo Ikkou had heard nothing bad about Ryonan, except that they could kick the crap out of them.
" Sendoh, obviously, has become a HUGE factor for us," Ayako continued. " So has Uozumi. They have offense, and defense. But who says we don't?" She smiled then walked around the group. " Let's see..." she murmured. " As usual, captain will be playing center and..." She was cut off when the gym door opened. All heads turned that way.
A chubby (ahem) elderly man stood there. By now, everyone knew who he was: he was the one and only Anzai Sensei. He had come for a few practices and helped out a few times. But he was definitely unexpressionable. No one could tell what he was thinking, and whenever Sanzo played, he could feel his eyes on him. It was kinda freaky.
" So what had you been saying?" Anzai asked Ayako. " Just about the practice game and their positions, sensei," she replied. " Captain will of course be playing center, Miyagi, Mitsui and Yasuda are guards, Rukawa, Hanamichi, Kogure and Kakuta forwards, and." Her eyes had been traveling around the group of faces until they landed on Sanzo, Goku, Hakkai and Gojyo.
" What positions have you guys played?" She asked them. The four of them looked at each other. " Well actually," Hakkai spoke up. " We have never played it before until this year." They could hear mutters all around.
" Ho,ho,ho," Anzai sensei laughed. " Is that true? That's amazing. Well, since I've been observing all four of you, I'll pick your positions. Goku, you'll be a Point Guard, Miyagi's main position. Gojyo, a Power Forward, the position that I will give Sakuragi, Hakkai, you're a Shooting Guard, the position that has been stuck to Mitsui since forever, and Sanzo," he looked intently into Sanzo violet eyes. " You're a Small Forward, a position that Rukawa will play. Now you may need to switch players once in a while, so everyone needs to be in top shape." Anzai then took his seat on the benches. Akagi cleared his throat. " Continue!!"
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Kougaji lifted the ball with his hands and prepared to shoot. " Kougaji!! You're too stiff! Loosen up!" Uozumi, the Ryonan captain, yelled at him. Kougaji's brow knitted and nodded. He wasn't always this tense; it was just the fact that he had less than a week to shape up for the practice game against Shohoku. His teammates all said no other team could suck more than Shohoku, but Kougaji had his doubts. After all, they would be playing against Sanzo Ikkou, and Kougaji knew this was no more than a pebble in their way. Plus the fact that they had Hakkai, who seem to excel in everything he did. Kougaji couldn't stand it if he lost to them. Again.
But we have Sendoh, Kougaji thought, dribbling back the ball to the center of the court and passing it to Dokugakuji. I heard he was good, but man! I didn't know he was damn great. But the rest was having problems with one guy that was a first year at Shohoku. A guy who was captain of the Tomigaoka Basketball Team and had brought his team to the championships. A guy who people said could take on Sendoh, the Ryonan ace. But come on, Kougaji thought, looking at the ace who was practicing shooting from the foul line. Could there really be two people like those in Japan?
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" Rukawa Kaede!! "
Rukawa ignored Sakuragi, and kept on dribbling the ball. What the hell is wrong with that stupid Do'aho? He aimed, than let go of the ball. Perfect shot. Sakuragi, apparently, didn't think so. He stomped over and glared at him. Rukawa raised his eyebrows.
" Why didn't you pass to me, Kitsune??!!! " he complained. Rukawa blinked back at Sakuragi. Seriously, what was wrong with him? He had nothing against Sakuragi, except for the fact he's not the ' Tensai' he claims to be, nor was he the ace of the team. Or the fact that somehow he just had to be better than Rukawa... fine, maybe there was one or two things that could be changed about him, but still.
" Why? Because I knew you couldn't score a basket even if you're life depended on it." He replied. And to make matters worse, they just had to be on the same team for practice. As usual.
Sakuragi opened his mouth to say something Rukawa probably didn't want to hear, but was interrupted by Haruko, Gori's sweet sister, who came in with an armload of water bottles.
" Haruko!" Sakuragi stopped in mid-sentence, then trooped over to her to help her unload the bottles. Rukawa watched as he placed the bottles on the floor, and talked to Haruko, with a stupidly stupid smile on his stupid face. He kept on watching until Haruko caught him looking. He quickly turned away. He didn't want her to think he liked her. He didn't. He wouldn't go for girls who don't even notice it when a person liked her. But it was obvious that she had the hots for him.
Rukawa walked over to the benches and sat next to one of the new members, Hakkai. He reached for his towel, wiped his face with it, then stared at the others who were still playing. He noticed that Hakkai was watching his every move.
" Rukawa, so how long has it been since you played basketball?" Hakkai asked suddenly. Rukawa's head snapped back, and faced him. Nobody had really bothered to make small talk with him before, because all of them knew they'd just get cold stares. But that wasn't exactly true anyways.
" Ermm... My older sister played basketball when I was about three. She was nine, and she taught me how to play it. I guess I got hooked." Rukawa replied, surprising himself. He never had told anyone that he had actually had any siblings, minus Ayako.
" I see. Have you any other siblings?" Hakkai asked, as if reading his mind.
" I have a younger brother," he answered automatically. Damn. What was this? It was as if he was being possessed. But he felt a sense of openness with this guy. He wasn't really sure what was it.
" The exams are coming up, aren't they? " Hakkai continued, unaware of the awkwardness between them. " Have you studied?"
Rukawa shrugged. Man, he was good. He made everything sound so normal. " Kinda," Rukawa replied, not very sure why he was continuing this conversation. " I mean, I'm too caught up with basketball now to really put my heart into it." Rukawa looked back on the court, hoping to end the conversation. But he could still feel the senior's eyes on him.
" You're too caught up with basketball all the time to put your heart into anything else," Hakkai said quietly. Rukawa turned back to him, unable to speak. Seriously, where was he going with this? Sure, he didn't really care much about his studies, but who does? Basketball was his life. He enjoyed doing it. What, someone he hardly knows swoops in his life and tells him he should give up basketball?
" I mean, you shouldn't actually give up on basketball, " Hakkai continued. Rukawa raised an eyebrow. Okay, this guy is definitely freaky. " But... Never mind," Hakkai gave a small laugh, then he turned serious again. " Rukawa, do you know where a heart belongs?"
Rukawa bit his lip. He wasn't good with trick questions. But was this one? " I ...I have no idea."
Hakkai looked up at the ceiling. Rukawa couldn't see the expression on his face. Was he serious about this, or was it just a joke? " A heart belongs with another heart. And it has to be the right one. And even though it gets broken, the right one will shine light upon it, and fix it."
Rukawa stared at him. This is just...
" Okay! Get back in line! Let's do five-on-five, main players mixed with substitutes!!"
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Homura walked out of the Shoyo gym. Fujima had ended practice early. Usually he would just go to his place immediately, but this time, he had asked Zenon and Shien to go ahead. They really understood him, because they went without saying anything. He had stayed to practice. This was just one of those moments he had to have by himself. This is one of the moments when he would actually have doubt in what he was doing, and has to convince himself this was all worth it.
" Hey Homura! Wait up!!"
Homura turned to see him teammate and the captain of the Shoyo team, Fujima, running towards him. He didn't feel like having any company, but he didn't want to tell Fujima off, either.
" Hi," Homura greeted when Fujima reached him. " Why'd you stay back so late?" Fujima shrugged. " I had to fill in some stuff for the inter- high. No big deal. What about you?"
" Some practice," Homura answered. He knew Fujima tried to encourage all the members to practice more. He was really organized, and Homura admired the fact that he was both captain and coach, and he could come up with really great strategies.
" So, are you ready for the inter-high? Oh, I forgot to tell you. Hanagata and me are going to watch the practice game with Shohoku against Ryonan. You can come, if you want to. But Shohoku isn't really a team that can blow you from you seat. It's just best if you get to see all the games being held, just to see the competition."
Homura stopped in his tracks. " Hold on. Shohoku is having a practice game? Against Ryonan? I thought you said Shohoku couldn't get any worse. Why would they risk humiliating themselves before the match?"
Fujima shrugged. " Who knows? Apparently the coach is a genius. Too bad his players play like crap. Except for one... I'm not sure what his name was. And I heard Kaede Rukawa is in that school. He's bound to play basketball. But a few players can't change the fact. Hey!" Fujima said. " Why don't we go there now? To Shohoku? Then you can see who your upcoming opponent is."
Homura thought for a while, then nodded. Why not? He could always amuse himself by going. Who knows what he might find there? Besides, he was always wondering how a monk would look like in shorts.
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Sanzo flipped his hair back. What he wanted now more than anything was a cigarette, but he knew he would get his head blown off if Gori saw him with one. Of course, he thought, looking at Akagi, who was defending his goal, if he ever dares to tell me not to smoke, he's the one who would be losing a head. It was really tiring to be playing everyday after school. Not that he was complaining; basketball was a great game. But still Sanzo couldn't help wondering if they would ever be going anywhere by just playing.
" Hey Sanzo! Catch!" Sanzo turned just in time to see a ball whizzing towards him. He quickly caught it and turned towards the goal to shoot. Just as he was about to let go of the ball, something at the corner of his eye caught his attention. He distractedly released the ball, which missed the net completely. Sanzo turned around and faced the person.
Of course, it was Homura. Homura was leaning against the door with a smirk on his face. Next to him was a brown haired guy who had his arms folded. " Tough luck," Homura called out to him, then laughed. He walked forward, grabbed the ball which had rolled out of the court, and did a perfect lay-up shot. Sanzo gave out bitter sigh. Damn this god.
" Hey Homura. What the hell are you doing here?" Sanzo asked, obviously pissed (then again, when is he isn't??). Homura shrugged. " Didn't you know? I'm one of Shoyo's new players. Konzen, you should study your opponent more. But then again, you were always too laid-back to care. And by the looks of it," Homura looked towards the net, then to the ball, and then back to Sanzo, " You're lack of practice."
" Who's this?" Mitsui asked, coming up beside him. " Kami-..." Sanzo started, then stopped. " A past rival." He finished, glaring at Homura. What was he doing here anyway?
" Yare, yare."
Everyone turned. There, right behind Homura, was Hakkai, Goku and Gojyo. " HOMURA!" Goku yelled, taking a step forward and pointing at Homura. Homura raised an eyebrow. " Son Goku," he murmured, walking towards Goku. " So you're here."
" Yes. And Homura? Might I say that you look great in shorts?" Gojyo said, giving him a head-to-toe look.
" Of course! I myself admit I have great legs. But you know." Homura stopped, looking at Sanzo, who had his hand in his pocket, probably ready to take out his gun. " I didn't know underneath those robes were those gorgeous legs. If I did, well, let's just say the sutra wouldn't be the main thing why I'm after you guys. Ne, Sanzo?" Goku and Gojyo tried to muffle laughs, while Hakkai was saying, " It's rude to laugh," even though he himself was trying hard not to.
" Urusai," Sanzo said, cracking his knuckles to keep calm. If only he had loaded his gun with bullets... " Homura, what are you guys talking about?" the other guy asked, pursing his lips together to keep from laughing. Homura smiled mischievously at Sanzo. " Oh, just an old joke. Fujima, I'd better get going. I think I've seen enough. Thanks for bringing me." He turned around and walked away.
Fujima nodded, and watched as Homura turned around the corner. He turned back to the rest, and faced Hakkai, Goku and Gojyo. " Well," he said. " He is correct. That guy does have good legs."
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" So they've met," Kanzeon Bosatsu said with a laugh. Jiroshin looked confusedly from the Goddess to the God's temple.
" Kanzeon Bosatsu, shouldn't you tell the uppers about this?" He said worriedly. " You'll get into trouble if they found out that you didn't tell them."
The Goddess of Mercy stifled a yawn. " What do you mean? I am an upper. Besides, what will they do if they found out? Send out more people to do their dirty work for them, like Nataku? Please. They wouldn't do anything serious. It's better this way. And anyway, do you think I'd let them ruin my only source of entertainment in this boring place?!!"
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Author's notes:
Hey!! Thanx for reading this fic. Got a review from Futon about not having any author's notes, so here it is (BTW, tnx for telling me, Futon! ^_~)! The past chapters did lack of paragraphs, so I fixed it and hope you'll have a better time reading. Anyway, this is my second fanfic but my first on fanfiction.net, so I'm kinda new at this. My friend and me decided to write some, and when I had wrote a few chapters then I decided to put it up. I guess I don't know how this story will turn out, it'll just come to me on the way. Anyway thanks for reading and please review!!
P.S. Been busy having 'anime weekends' ( like ' Rurouni Kenshin weekend', 'Marmalade Boy weekend' and 'Fushigi Yuugi OVA' weekend) with my sis, so the next chapter won't come for a while.
" Shohoku!! Listen up!" Ayako yelled. Sanzo's attention focused back to the group of basketball players. He jogged back to the group and stood next to Mitsui. Somehow, he felt close to Mitsui. Not in a serious kind of way, just in a brotherly kind. He knew that Mitsui had a long break from basketball, he just didn't know why. He knew it wasn't appropriate to ask him directly, and the rest wouldn't talk about it. I mean, how bad can it be? He wondered.
" Okay, listen up." Akagi said. Sanzo knew the rest had a habit of calling him Gori, and he knew that it was probably a different meaning to what they call Goku. " As you all know, we have a very good chance of getting to the inter-high this year," Akagi continued. (Sanzo could see Mitsui fidgeting from the corner of his eye, then turned back his full attention on Gori.)" But it will be really tough. There's still Kainan, who has already went to the Inter-high for fourteen years, Shoyo, and Ryonan. Now to prepare ourselves for the inter-high, Coach Anzai has arranged for all of us to have a practice game against Ryonan. " Sanzo Ikkou had heard nothing bad about Ryonan, except that they could kick the crap out of them.
" Sendoh, obviously, has become a HUGE factor for us," Ayako continued. " So has Uozumi. They have offense, and defense. But who says we don't?" She smiled then walked around the group. " Let's see..." she murmured. " As usual, captain will be playing center and..." She was cut off when the gym door opened. All heads turned that way.
A chubby (ahem) elderly man stood there. By now, everyone knew who he was: he was the one and only Anzai Sensei. He had come for a few practices and helped out a few times. But he was definitely unexpressionable. No one could tell what he was thinking, and whenever Sanzo played, he could feel his eyes on him. It was kinda freaky.
" So what had you been saying?" Anzai asked Ayako. " Just about the practice game and their positions, sensei," she replied. " Captain will of course be playing center, Miyagi, Mitsui and Yasuda are guards, Rukawa, Hanamichi, Kogure and Kakuta forwards, and." Her eyes had been traveling around the group of faces until they landed on Sanzo, Goku, Hakkai and Gojyo.
" What positions have you guys played?" She asked them. The four of them looked at each other. " Well actually," Hakkai spoke up. " We have never played it before until this year." They could hear mutters all around.
" Ho,ho,ho," Anzai sensei laughed. " Is that true? That's amazing. Well, since I've been observing all four of you, I'll pick your positions. Goku, you'll be a Point Guard, Miyagi's main position. Gojyo, a Power Forward, the position that I will give Sakuragi, Hakkai, you're a Shooting Guard, the position that has been stuck to Mitsui since forever, and Sanzo," he looked intently into Sanzo violet eyes. " You're a Small Forward, a position that Rukawa will play. Now you may need to switch players once in a while, so everyone needs to be in top shape." Anzai then took his seat on the benches. Akagi cleared his throat. " Continue!!"
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Kougaji lifted the ball with his hands and prepared to shoot. " Kougaji!! You're too stiff! Loosen up!" Uozumi, the Ryonan captain, yelled at him. Kougaji's brow knitted and nodded. He wasn't always this tense; it was just the fact that he had less than a week to shape up for the practice game against Shohoku. His teammates all said no other team could suck more than Shohoku, but Kougaji had his doubts. After all, they would be playing against Sanzo Ikkou, and Kougaji knew this was no more than a pebble in their way. Plus the fact that they had Hakkai, who seem to excel in everything he did. Kougaji couldn't stand it if he lost to them. Again.
But we have Sendoh, Kougaji thought, dribbling back the ball to the center of the court and passing it to Dokugakuji. I heard he was good, but man! I didn't know he was damn great. But the rest was having problems with one guy that was a first year at Shohoku. A guy who was captain of the Tomigaoka Basketball Team and had brought his team to the championships. A guy who people said could take on Sendoh, the Ryonan ace. But come on, Kougaji thought, looking at the ace who was practicing shooting from the foul line. Could there really be two people like those in Japan?
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" Rukawa Kaede!! "
Rukawa ignored Sakuragi, and kept on dribbling the ball. What the hell is wrong with that stupid Do'aho? He aimed, than let go of the ball. Perfect shot. Sakuragi, apparently, didn't think so. He stomped over and glared at him. Rukawa raised his eyebrows.
" Why didn't you pass to me, Kitsune??!!! " he complained. Rukawa blinked back at Sakuragi. Seriously, what was wrong with him? He had nothing against Sakuragi, except for the fact he's not the ' Tensai' he claims to be, nor was he the ace of the team. Or the fact that somehow he just had to be better than Rukawa... fine, maybe there was one or two things that could be changed about him, but still.
" Why? Because I knew you couldn't score a basket even if you're life depended on it." He replied. And to make matters worse, they just had to be on the same team for practice. As usual.
Sakuragi opened his mouth to say something Rukawa probably didn't want to hear, but was interrupted by Haruko, Gori's sweet sister, who came in with an armload of water bottles.
" Haruko!" Sakuragi stopped in mid-sentence, then trooped over to her to help her unload the bottles. Rukawa watched as he placed the bottles on the floor, and talked to Haruko, with a stupidly stupid smile on his stupid face. He kept on watching until Haruko caught him looking. He quickly turned away. He didn't want her to think he liked her. He didn't. He wouldn't go for girls who don't even notice it when a person liked her. But it was obvious that she had the hots for him.
Rukawa walked over to the benches and sat next to one of the new members, Hakkai. He reached for his towel, wiped his face with it, then stared at the others who were still playing. He noticed that Hakkai was watching his every move.
" Rukawa, so how long has it been since you played basketball?" Hakkai asked suddenly. Rukawa's head snapped back, and faced him. Nobody had really bothered to make small talk with him before, because all of them knew they'd just get cold stares. But that wasn't exactly true anyways.
" Ermm... My older sister played basketball when I was about three. She was nine, and she taught me how to play it. I guess I got hooked." Rukawa replied, surprising himself. He never had told anyone that he had actually had any siblings, minus Ayako.
" I see. Have you any other siblings?" Hakkai asked, as if reading his mind.
" I have a younger brother," he answered automatically. Damn. What was this? It was as if he was being possessed. But he felt a sense of openness with this guy. He wasn't really sure what was it.
" The exams are coming up, aren't they? " Hakkai continued, unaware of the awkwardness between them. " Have you studied?"
Rukawa shrugged. Man, he was good. He made everything sound so normal. " Kinda," Rukawa replied, not very sure why he was continuing this conversation. " I mean, I'm too caught up with basketball now to really put my heart into it." Rukawa looked back on the court, hoping to end the conversation. But he could still feel the senior's eyes on him.
" You're too caught up with basketball all the time to put your heart into anything else," Hakkai said quietly. Rukawa turned back to him, unable to speak. Seriously, where was he going with this? Sure, he didn't really care much about his studies, but who does? Basketball was his life. He enjoyed doing it. What, someone he hardly knows swoops in his life and tells him he should give up basketball?
" I mean, you shouldn't actually give up on basketball, " Hakkai continued. Rukawa raised an eyebrow. Okay, this guy is definitely freaky. " But... Never mind," Hakkai gave a small laugh, then he turned serious again. " Rukawa, do you know where a heart belongs?"
Rukawa bit his lip. He wasn't good with trick questions. But was this one? " I ...I have no idea."
Hakkai looked up at the ceiling. Rukawa couldn't see the expression on his face. Was he serious about this, or was it just a joke? " A heart belongs with another heart. And it has to be the right one. And even though it gets broken, the right one will shine light upon it, and fix it."
Rukawa stared at him. This is just...
" Okay! Get back in line! Let's do five-on-five, main players mixed with substitutes!!"
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Homura walked out of the Shoyo gym. Fujima had ended practice early. Usually he would just go to his place immediately, but this time, he had asked Zenon and Shien to go ahead. They really understood him, because they went without saying anything. He had stayed to practice. This was just one of those moments he had to have by himself. This is one of the moments when he would actually have doubt in what he was doing, and has to convince himself this was all worth it.
" Hey Homura! Wait up!!"
Homura turned to see him teammate and the captain of the Shoyo team, Fujima, running towards him. He didn't feel like having any company, but he didn't want to tell Fujima off, either.
" Hi," Homura greeted when Fujima reached him. " Why'd you stay back so late?" Fujima shrugged. " I had to fill in some stuff for the inter- high. No big deal. What about you?"
" Some practice," Homura answered. He knew Fujima tried to encourage all the members to practice more. He was really organized, and Homura admired the fact that he was both captain and coach, and he could come up with really great strategies.
" So, are you ready for the inter-high? Oh, I forgot to tell you. Hanagata and me are going to watch the practice game with Shohoku against Ryonan. You can come, if you want to. But Shohoku isn't really a team that can blow you from you seat. It's just best if you get to see all the games being held, just to see the competition."
Homura stopped in his tracks. " Hold on. Shohoku is having a practice game? Against Ryonan? I thought you said Shohoku couldn't get any worse. Why would they risk humiliating themselves before the match?"
Fujima shrugged. " Who knows? Apparently the coach is a genius. Too bad his players play like crap. Except for one... I'm not sure what his name was. And I heard Kaede Rukawa is in that school. He's bound to play basketball. But a few players can't change the fact. Hey!" Fujima said. " Why don't we go there now? To Shohoku? Then you can see who your upcoming opponent is."
Homura thought for a while, then nodded. Why not? He could always amuse himself by going. Who knows what he might find there? Besides, he was always wondering how a monk would look like in shorts.
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Sanzo flipped his hair back. What he wanted now more than anything was a cigarette, but he knew he would get his head blown off if Gori saw him with one. Of course, he thought, looking at Akagi, who was defending his goal, if he ever dares to tell me not to smoke, he's the one who would be losing a head. It was really tiring to be playing everyday after school. Not that he was complaining; basketball was a great game. But still Sanzo couldn't help wondering if they would ever be going anywhere by just playing.
" Hey Sanzo! Catch!" Sanzo turned just in time to see a ball whizzing towards him. He quickly caught it and turned towards the goal to shoot. Just as he was about to let go of the ball, something at the corner of his eye caught his attention. He distractedly released the ball, which missed the net completely. Sanzo turned around and faced the person.
Of course, it was Homura. Homura was leaning against the door with a smirk on his face. Next to him was a brown haired guy who had his arms folded. " Tough luck," Homura called out to him, then laughed. He walked forward, grabbed the ball which had rolled out of the court, and did a perfect lay-up shot. Sanzo gave out bitter sigh. Damn this god.
" Hey Homura. What the hell are you doing here?" Sanzo asked, obviously pissed (then again, when is he isn't??). Homura shrugged. " Didn't you know? I'm one of Shoyo's new players. Konzen, you should study your opponent more. But then again, you were always too laid-back to care. And by the looks of it," Homura looked towards the net, then to the ball, and then back to Sanzo, " You're lack of practice."
" Who's this?" Mitsui asked, coming up beside him. " Kami-..." Sanzo started, then stopped. " A past rival." He finished, glaring at Homura. What was he doing here anyway?
" Yare, yare."
Everyone turned. There, right behind Homura, was Hakkai, Goku and Gojyo. " HOMURA!" Goku yelled, taking a step forward and pointing at Homura. Homura raised an eyebrow. " Son Goku," he murmured, walking towards Goku. " So you're here."
" Yes. And Homura? Might I say that you look great in shorts?" Gojyo said, giving him a head-to-toe look.
" Of course! I myself admit I have great legs. But you know." Homura stopped, looking at Sanzo, who had his hand in his pocket, probably ready to take out his gun. " I didn't know underneath those robes were those gorgeous legs. If I did, well, let's just say the sutra wouldn't be the main thing why I'm after you guys. Ne, Sanzo?" Goku and Gojyo tried to muffle laughs, while Hakkai was saying, " It's rude to laugh," even though he himself was trying hard not to.
" Urusai," Sanzo said, cracking his knuckles to keep calm. If only he had loaded his gun with bullets... " Homura, what are you guys talking about?" the other guy asked, pursing his lips together to keep from laughing. Homura smiled mischievously at Sanzo. " Oh, just an old joke. Fujima, I'd better get going. I think I've seen enough. Thanks for bringing me." He turned around and walked away.
Fujima nodded, and watched as Homura turned around the corner. He turned back to the rest, and faced Hakkai, Goku and Gojyo. " Well," he said. " He is correct. That guy does have good legs."
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" So they've met," Kanzeon Bosatsu said with a laugh. Jiroshin looked confusedly from the Goddess to the God's temple.
" Kanzeon Bosatsu, shouldn't you tell the uppers about this?" He said worriedly. " You'll get into trouble if they found out that you didn't tell them."
The Goddess of Mercy stifled a yawn. " What do you mean? I am an upper. Besides, what will they do if they found out? Send out more people to do their dirty work for them, like Nataku? Please. They wouldn't do anything serious. It's better this way. And anyway, do you think I'd let them ruin my only source of entertainment in this boring place?!!"
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Author's notes:
Hey!! Thanx for reading this fic. Got a review from Futon about not having any author's notes, so here it is (BTW, tnx for telling me, Futon! ^_~)! The past chapters did lack of paragraphs, so I fixed it and hope you'll have a better time reading. Anyway, this is my second fanfic but my first on fanfiction.net, so I'm kinda new at this. My friend and me decided to write some, and when I had wrote a few chapters then I decided to put it up. I guess I don't know how this story will turn out, it'll just come to me on the way. Anyway thanks for reading and please review!!
P.S. Been busy having 'anime weekends' ( like ' Rurouni Kenshin weekend', 'Marmalade Boy weekend' and 'Fushigi Yuugi OVA' weekend) with my sis, so the next chapter won't come for a while.