Disclaimer » Slam Dunk and all it's characters belong to Inoue Takehiko, not me. So don't sue.
A/N » Chapter 3's up! I'm super fast this days eh? After completing a chapter in my Generation Y fic, I wrote a new chapter for BLR, I've simply got nothing to do. ^^

Basketball Love Revolution

Chapter 3 » Trying out for the Track team

            Rei, Ayuki, Mia and Sakura hastily changed into their sports attire and headed for the school track. There were quite a number of people there.

            "Ie! Shi…Shi… Shinomori Aoi kun!" stammered Mia as they arrived just in time to see Aoi start sprinting for a place in the team.

            "He's fast!" Rei exclaimed. She had always believed that she was the fastest person in the school, until she saw how fast Aoi was. "Sugoi…"

            "I know! He's fast right. Fast in sports, fast in making friends, fast in studies, and most of all, fast in capturing hearts of ours…" murmured Ayuki.

            Rei sighed.

            "Fastest time for 100 m, Shinomori Aoi!" announced Hanaii Tokiya, the captain of the track team, of course, another bishonen.

            "Ahh!!! Shinomori kun, love me!"

            "Ie! Shinomori kun is mine! Love ME, not HER!"

            "Ahh! Aishiteru ni!"

            Shouts and screams from adoring fans of Aoi could be heard screaming his name after he was announced the fastest. Even Rei's three buddies, Mia, Ayuki and Sakura were joining in the madness too.

            "Yare yare Aoi kun, your fans are everywhere." Joked Tokiya.

            Soon shouts of 'Tokiya I love you' and 'Tokiya marry me' could be heard from amidst the crowd.

            "Looks like we have a fair share of unwanted limelight." Smiled Aoi.

            Big mistake, because as soon as he smiled, fans started screaming and fainting.

            "Ano, Hanaii sempai…" called out a girl from the crowd.

            Tokiya spun around and found himself looking down at a tall girl. [Tokiya's 6'1, but too bad he's not in the BB club.]

            "Watashi wa Hikorou Rei. This three are my friends, Toka Ayuki, Mamoii Sakura and Ishiya Mia. We want to attend the tryouts for the female track team too. Can we?" asked Rei nervously.

            Her beauty mesmerized Tokiya. Raven black hair with highlights of brown in them, Rei was indeed a stunning beauty.

            "Ano… are you there?" asked Rei.

            Tokiya snapped back to reality and smiled at the girl.

            "Gomen. Of course you can do tryouts. Do you want to try 100, 200, 400, 800 or relay?" He asked as he noticed Rei's friends for the first time.

            "Erm, I'm trying 200. But I'm not so sure about my friends. I'll ask them as soon as I can get them to stop screaming Shinomori's name. Haha." Rei laughed.

            Aoi looked at the girl who just mentioned his name. Oh, Hikorou Rei chan. She's trying out for the track team too? I wonder how good she is?

            Rei waved her hands continuously in front of her star struck friends. Finally she gave up.

            "Oi! What do you girls want to try out? 100, 200, 400, 800 or relay? Unfortunately, Shinomori's no included in this menu." Rei asked coolly.

            "Ahh! Rei have you talked to Hanaii sempai already!!! What are you doing anyway?" asked Mia.

            "Good, you are finally back to normal. I've already talked to him, and I'm doing 200m. What about you Mia?" replied Rei.

            "You can talk to guys so easily! I'm so jealous. Heh heh. I'm doing 100m. Sakura and Ayuki are both doing relays. Well, good luck with your 200m tryout then, your competitors look mean and fast." Said Mia.

            "Daijoubu. Ore wa Tensai number 2!" joked Rei as everybody who heard her start to sweat drop.

            Tokiya tapped her shoulder and signaled to her to take her place. Rei smiled and gave him thanks before running into position.

            "Ready, on your mark, get set, go!"

            A gunshot accompanied the 'go' as the girls started the race for 100m. Mia was currently second. Her strongest competition was the girl named Yukinta Chiyomi. Behind Mia was another fierce competitor, Shinsen Kaoru. Mia forced her legs to bring her forward, but to no avail. At the end of the race, Chiyomi won.

            "Fastest time for girls 100m, Yukinta Chiyomi!" announced Tokiya.

            Chiyomi flashed a smile at Aoi, hoping to get him to smile back at her, but the effort was wasted. Disappointed, she did the same at Tokiya, but got the same effect.

            Next, the girls vying for the place in 200m assembled themselves neatly. In the first lane was Mushiya Ruri. Rei was in the second lane. Yukinta Chiyumi, Chiyomi's sister, was at the third lane. Fourth lane was occupied by Takito Youme, while in the fifth and final lane, was Ikuyu Tomoe.

            "Ready, on your mark, get set, go!"

            Chiyumi proved to be as fast as her sister. She was in the lead, followed by Rei, then Tomoe, then Ruri and last Youme. Rei could feel herself perspiring. I cannot lose to her. I must not lose to her. I should not lose to her. Zettai! Rei's mind screamed.

            With a sudden burst of energy, Rei began running like how she used to during basketball matches with her neighbor a long time ago, and took the lead, winning the event and narrowly missing a fall after almost tripping on a rock strategically placed in her lane.

            "Fastest time for girls 200m, Hikorou Rei!" announced Tokiya again.

            He smiled at Rei and gave her a thumb up. Rei winked at him and smiled before walking away to join Mia.

            Tokiya blushed after the wink. He smiled back at her, his heart fluttering. Then he shook his head, and resumed the tryouts.

            "You were great and very fast Rei chan!" exclaimed Mia, Sakura and Ayuki.

            "Arigato mina! Mia, you were not that bad yourself too." Grinned Rei.

            "If only I won. That Yukinta is rather fast. Her sister is too. Twins have all the luck." Said Mia as she smiled at Rei. "But Rei, you almost tripped at the end of the race right? What happened? Running too fast?"

            "If only it was that. There was a rock strategically placed at my lane. I suspect it was Yukinta Chiyomi who did it. Guess she wanted her sister to be in the track team too, so she placed the rock there to make me fall. Luckily, my basketball playing has enabled me to have faster reflexes. Or else, I might suffer some serious cuts on the forehead." Replied Rei.

            "Despicable." Said Ayuki. "Anyway, Sakura and I've got to go start the relay already."

            "Kempate you two!" shouted both Mia and Rei as they watch the duo head to the track.

            "Ready, on your mark, get set, go!"

            Once again, Chiyomi and Chiyumi teamed up to win this race. Ayuki teamed with Sakura. This was a 2x200m relay; the difference from 1x100 is that in 1x100, it's 4 people running 100m each. But in 2x200, it's 2 people running 200m each.

            "Kempate Sakura chan! Ayuki chan!" shouted Rei from her seat.

            "Ike ike Sakura and Ayuki!" shouted Mia.

            As the finishing team crossed the line, Ayuki and Sakura smiled. It was a close draw. They tied with the Yukinta sisters.

            "Fastest for girls 2x200m relay, the Yukinta sisters and the Mamoii-Toka team!" announced Tokiya.

            When the crowd had cleared, Tokiya gathered the runners and announced the list of people who will be accepted into the track team [for girls].

            "Yukinta Chiyomi. Yukinta Chiyumi. Takito Youme. Shinsen Kaoru. Ishiya Mia. Mamoii Sakura. Toka Ayuki. Shoto Maname. Koban Miyuki. Tsujin Natsumi. And Hikorou Rei."