~*Note*~
Arigatou for all of you who have answered my dilemma ^_^....And special thanks to M-i for suggesting the title ^_^

Disclaimer: I just realize this fic of mine doesn't have the appropriate disclaimer but unfortunately, I do not own the SD Characters...If I did, the Anime would have been a real Yaoi Series...hehehehe...

Anyway, on to the fic!

Chapter 4

"Nice shot Sakuragi-kun..." Haruko exclaimed. The red head smiled at the manageress and continued to practice his shots.

Sakuragi had been accepted in the basketball team, much to Sendoh's dismay. But then again, he now had another "reason" to be late for practice. Sakuragi had known most of the members of the team since Sendoh had introduce him to them before plus his skills in basketball were enough so it was a little bit easy to join the club.

"Sendoh-sempai, what are you doing here...again?" Haruko asked, not really looking at him.

"Nothing. Just visiting...you guys...again." he said, sending her his 100000 megawatt smile then he looked at Sakuragi who was executing a nice jump-shot.

Farther into the court, Miyagi was observing how Sendoh was looking at the redhead. "He has got it bad for Sakuragi." the small point guard said as he dribbled the ball slowly.

Mitsui made a three-point shot that went in perfectly and answered, "Yeah. Totally head over heels."

Mitsui then turned to Sendoh. "Oi Sendoh! Shouldn't you be running along? You might get punished again by Taoka!" he yelled.

"Hello to you too!" Sendoh replied, smiling at the scarred boy. "Don't worry about me. Taoka-sensei won't punish me. After all, I'M the star pitcher."

"Taoka-sensei won't, but I WILL, if you don't move your ass outta here, star pitcher or NOT!" a voice from behind Sendoh boomed. Sendoh turned around and found a very angry raven-haired girl, hands on her hips and tapping her right foot.

"Hi-Hikaru-chan! I-I was just about to go to practice...I just forgot something in my locker..." the spiky-haired said. Haruko sweatdropped at this.

"If I remember correctly, the lockers are on the other side." she said getting a bit impatient. Hikaru may look harmless but she can scare the living daylights out of Sendoh. So, without further ado, he turned to the basketball team and bid them farewell.

"See yah guys tomorrow!" he said then turned to Sakuragi and waved at him, "Ja Hana-kun!"

"Ja Akira-kun!" the redhead replied as he waved back smiling.

"Move. NOW!" Hikaru bellowed. Sendoh jumped a little.

"Okay, okay, I'm going." Sendoh said sheepishly and waved to Sakuragi one last time...for that day that is. Hikaru glared at the retreating form of the star pitcher then sighed in exasperation and turned to the Basketball team.

"Sorry 'bout that. It's hard to tame someone with...wild hormones." she said massaging her temples as the others only laughed, well except for Sakuragi being confuse, and Rukawa being....Rukawa. Hikaru was about to leave when she remembered something. She turned around to face them once more, "Almost forgot! Don't forget, it's Aki-chan's birthday on Saturday be at Fujima's place at 7:00 pm."

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A/N:
In case you're wondering, they can go home during the weekends. That's all ^_^ Back to the story.

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"What theme is it this time?" Haruko asked.

"Hawaiian Luau! Ja!" she said grinning widely and left.

"Why don't I like that grin of hers?" Mitsui asked frowning.

"Because it looks so cynical and malicious?" Kogure, who had appeared out of nowhere, said.

Mitsui and Miyagi nodded in response. Akagi approached the three. "What are you three talking about?" he asked as he eyed them.

"Oh nothing. It's just that many people mistake Hikaru for an innocent young manageress of the Baseball team." Miyagi answered as he started to do his lay-ups.

Akagi snorted, Kogure sweatdropped and Mitsui chuckled and then they all went back to their practice

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In Aki's Biology class the day after, the sound of a chalk being split in half was heard after a loud snore. Huge veins began to pop from the sensei's forehead and murmur's began to rise in class.

"He may be popular, but he has no right to sleep in class."

"Doesn't he look kawaii when he's sleeping."

Random fangirls sigh.

"So are you free on Saturday?"

"What color do you think suits me?"

Then the sensei turned around and everything fell into a disturbing silence. All but the loud snore. Aki sighed and looked at the boy beside him then at their sensei that was fast approaching with dull eyes. "RUKA..." the sensei started when a hand stopped in front of him.

"Hiwatari-sensei, do you remember what happened last week? And the week before that? And the week before that? And the we...?" Aki asked.

"I get the picture Ms. Fujima." Hiwatari cut in, touching his bruised eye under the pair of shades he's wearing.

Every single week, the same routine happens during THIS Biology class. Whenever the sensei tries to wake up Rukawa Kaede, either one of the students gets injured or him receiving a punch on the face. Aki pitied her classmates and her sensei, so she took the liberty to wake him up. She shook him gently calling his name but he didn't budge so she shook him harder this time. Several of her classmate shook their heads and some murmured, "'It was nice meeting you, Aki" When the Fist of Death came flying to Aki's face, she moved her head sideways and grabbed his arm. "I knew those karate lessons would come in handy. Rukawa time to wake up!"

Upon hearing Aki's voice did Rukawa Kaede wake up. Groggily he looked sideways to see who was holding his arm. "Aki..." he muttered only then did she released his hand.

Then the bell rang signaling for the students to come down to the cafeteria to eat their lunch. Soon, the classroom was empty except for Rukawa and Aki. "Is there any time when you're not sleeping?" she asked the yawning boy.

"Basketball..." he answered. She sighed.

"You're a hopeless case." she said.

"I try my best..." he said smirking.

"You should be more like that in front of others, maybe somebody might like you, like you, get it?" he said.

"Are you saying, you don't like me?" he asked.

"I like you but not like you like you..." she said. "ARGH! You're making me confuse."

"Hn."

"Anyway, why can't you be more like your cousin, Sendoh."

"You want ME to be a pervert?"

"It's better being dubbed as the 'Ice King.' *pause and thinks* Okay maybe not."

Snort.

"Well, I happen to like it."

"Whatever. Anyway, I'd better be going before your royal guards decide to mince me when they see me with you."

"You don't like being with me?"

"I, for one thing, happen to value my life and reputation. Do you have any idea how scary can those three be when they get jealous?"

"Are you afraid *yawn* of them?"

Shrugs.

"Anyway, I'll see you on Saturday, k?"

"What's on Saturday?"

"My. Birthday. That's what. I'm also inviting our new friends, Sakuragi and Mito. You'll come right? Ohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease...."

Sad puppy dog eyes.

"You know that doesn't work on me."

"Fine. I'll just tell your brigade that you're sweet toothed."

. "Fine I'll go..."

"I knew you'd see it my way! Your the best pal a girl could ever have."

With a big grin, Aki left the classroom, leaving a sighing Rukawa.


~*Note*~
So what do you guys think? I'm sorry if I made Rukawa OOC here. Don't worry, he's still the Ice King Rukawa except when he's with Sendoh and Aki.