Disclaimer: The Slam Dunk characters are not mine…even though I wish I own Rukawa
or Kiyota.
Chapter 1-Late Captain
"Captain is late today, I wonder why." Kiyota thought out loud as he spun the
bright orange basketball on his index finger.
" He wasn't there for the last two lessons either but the teachers seemed to know
the reason for that." Jin told him as Kiyota dribbled and passed to him, Jin caught it
deftly and did a beautiful three point shot. A few others cheered as the ball went into the
basket without touching the rim of the hoop, " Perhaps he has some personal problems."
Jin suggested.
" Even so, he should've come to the practice. He's the captain and we have a
practice match with Shohoku in three days. They are tough." Kiyota shook his head.
" I guess I should've told I'd be late." A familiar, confident voice commented
from the gym entrance. The whole team turned to face Maki in his usual cool way.
" C-Captain…I didn't mean to be criticizing you." Kiyota stammered.
" It's okay, even a captain needs some criticizing sometimes." Maki stepped
forward.
" But why are you wearing a formal suit instead of the gym clothes?" Jin asked
curiously. Maki looked down to his neat grey suit without a single crumple upon it.
" You look very sophisticated with that tie on." Stated a freshman in awe. Maki
chuckled.
" I had a very important thing to do this afternoon, sorry. But now I'm back, just
let me get changed and I'll be with you right away." He added quickly.
" What's the important thing?" Kiyota inquired curiously.
" You see, I had to go to the airport to fetch this important person here." He
stepped aside to reveal a young girl with Maki's dark skin. She had lush dark brown hair
that can easily be mistaken for black. Her eyes twinkled like the stars. She was wearing a
turtle-neck long-sleeved bright-green shirt which contrasted with her dark skin and jeans.
" Hello Minna-san." She gave a sweet smile. The other players just stared in
surprise.
" Eh?" Jin was speechless at the sight of this girl who resembled Maki a lot.
" Yup, she's Acturus Myosotis, my younger sister. She was studying in
Switzerland until now. She's going to be in the first year of Kainan." Maki seemed proud
to have a sister like her.
" Y-younger sister?" Kiyota sweat dropped, " You mean this lovely, frail-looking
and delicate girl is the sister of the rough, tall, old-looking and scary Maki??" Everyone
in the team fell silent, waiting for Maki's usual pound on the head.
" But I'm not coming to Kainan." The girl turned to her elder brother.
" What?!" Maki looked genuinely surprised.
" I'm going to Shohoku." She explained to him.
" Sho-Shohoku?!" the whole team chorused. The dark girl nodded vigorously.
Instantly the gym was filled with whispers and yells.
"W-why Shohoku?" Jin asked.
" Stop joking Acturus!" Maki yelled at his sister.
" Is it because of Anzai sensei?" Kiyota asked.
"Eh? I have no idea what you are all talking about! I just know that I'm supposed
to go to Shohoku. No onii-chan, I am NOT joking and I haven't even met Anzai sensei
before!" Acturus told everyone is such a loud voice that they all fell silent. Maki saw the
annoyed expression in her face and gave a sigh. He knew that she was serious and that
she rarely got annoyed.
" Allright…but why? You don't know anyone there" He asked her again. She
looked at him in the eyes.
" Onii-chan, I just felt that if I came here I would be a burden to you and plus I
have an old friend in Shohoku so I'll be allright." She tried to be patient, which was
really hard for she wasn't a very patient person.
" You wouldn't be a burden!" Maki tried to argue but knew it was useless. When
his younger sister didn't say anything he knew that he had lost the argument, " Allright,
you win." Acturus gave a sweet smile.
" Don't you think you should get back to training now?" she reminded her brother
softly.
"Yeah captain! We've been waiting for 20 minutes now!" Jin teased.
"Okay! I'll get changed!" Maki laughed, he turned to Acturus, " I'll be back, you
wait here." Acturus nodded. Maki disappeared into the locker room and Acturus picked a
bench to sit on.
" Hey, who's your friend in Shohoku?" Kiyota asked her whilst she took out the
drink bottle and towel for Maki. Acturus gave a little smile.
" He's also on a basketball team, perhaps you know him." She told him, " But
you'd better start practicing those free throws or my brother will get angry at you."
"Nani?! How did you know that I'm really bad at free throws?" Kiyota looked
impressed yet embarrassed.
" My friend in Shohoku told me!" She gave a chuckle. Kiyota went bright red.
" If I ever find out who your friend is I'm so going to kill him!" He yelled in his
usual wild ways, which made Acturus laugh even more, " Why do you laugh? Tell me
who your friend is!" Kiyota demanded but Acturus couldn't stop laughing.
" Sumimasen…I wasn't laughing at you." She apologized when she regained
control of herself. Kiyota gave a pout and turned away.
" Allright, everyone gather around here!" Maki's booming voice came from a
distance, instantly the whole team made it's way towards its captain.
" As you know, our coach isn't here today and we have a match against Shohoku
in a few days. So we'd better have a small game. People to my left are in one team and
people on my left are in the other. Let's go." He instructed as he ran towards the court.
" We will win of course! All the best people are in our team!" Jin exclaimed as he
realized that all except Kiyota from the starting five are in their team.
" This is impossible! They'll win!" Kiyota pulled his hair.
" Onii-chan, may I play?" Acturus inquired from the bench, everyone turned to
look at her in surprise.
" Sorry but …" Maki started and he didn't need to finish because Acturus gave an
understanding smile and sighed.
"All right, but I won't forgive you." She gave a playful smile. Maki laughed.
" You don't mean that you're going to help the team opposing me?" he asked and
she gave a nod.
"But I don't know if it will work." She added as she realized that the team with
Kiyota were looking at her as if she was some miracle-worker, " Let me watch for the
first half, Kiyota, tell your team to save up energy and defend well." She instructed.
Kiyota looked a bit puzzled but just nodded.
" She's only a girl who knows nothing, how can she help?" Miyamasu sneered
and cast a glance at Maki.
" If we lose then we owe this all to you Acturus. Please don't embarrass your own
brother." Maki pleaded but she just gave a sweet smile, " That's it…we'll lose this time
team." He announced to his team-mates. They stared at him as if he was crazy and just
shook their heads.
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I know the beginning isn't very exciting but I hope that it will be soon. Please review
this.
or Kiyota.
Chapter 1-Late Captain
"Captain is late today, I wonder why." Kiyota thought out loud as he spun the
bright orange basketball on his index finger.
" He wasn't there for the last two lessons either but the teachers seemed to know
the reason for that." Jin told him as Kiyota dribbled and passed to him, Jin caught it
deftly and did a beautiful three point shot. A few others cheered as the ball went into the
basket without touching the rim of the hoop, " Perhaps he has some personal problems."
Jin suggested.
" Even so, he should've come to the practice. He's the captain and we have a
practice match with Shohoku in three days. They are tough." Kiyota shook his head.
" I guess I should've told I'd be late." A familiar, confident voice commented
from the gym entrance. The whole team turned to face Maki in his usual cool way.
" C-Captain…I didn't mean to be criticizing you." Kiyota stammered.
" It's okay, even a captain needs some criticizing sometimes." Maki stepped
forward.
" But why are you wearing a formal suit instead of the gym clothes?" Jin asked
curiously. Maki looked down to his neat grey suit without a single crumple upon it.
" You look very sophisticated with that tie on." Stated a freshman in awe. Maki
chuckled.
" I had a very important thing to do this afternoon, sorry. But now I'm back, just
let me get changed and I'll be with you right away." He added quickly.
" What's the important thing?" Kiyota inquired curiously.
" You see, I had to go to the airport to fetch this important person here." He
stepped aside to reveal a young girl with Maki's dark skin. She had lush dark brown hair
that can easily be mistaken for black. Her eyes twinkled like the stars. She was wearing a
turtle-neck long-sleeved bright-green shirt which contrasted with her dark skin and jeans.
" Hello Minna-san." She gave a sweet smile. The other players just stared in
surprise.
" Eh?" Jin was speechless at the sight of this girl who resembled Maki a lot.
" Yup, she's Acturus Myosotis, my younger sister. She was studying in
Switzerland until now. She's going to be in the first year of Kainan." Maki seemed proud
to have a sister like her.
" Y-younger sister?" Kiyota sweat dropped, " You mean this lovely, frail-looking
and delicate girl is the sister of the rough, tall, old-looking and scary Maki??" Everyone
in the team fell silent, waiting for Maki's usual pound on the head.
" But I'm not coming to Kainan." The girl turned to her elder brother.
" What?!" Maki looked genuinely surprised.
" I'm going to Shohoku." She explained to him.
" Sho-Shohoku?!" the whole team chorused. The dark girl nodded vigorously.
Instantly the gym was filled with whispers and yells.
"W-why Shohoku?" Jin asked.
" Stop joking Acturus!" Maki yelled at his sister.
" Is it because of Anzai sensei?" Kiyota asked.
"Eh? I have no idea what you are all talking about! I just know that I'm supposed
to go to Shohoku. No onii-chan, I am NOT joking and I haven't even met Anzai sensei
before!" Acturus told everyone is such a loud voice that they all fell silent. Maki saw the
annoyed expression in her face and gave a sigh. He knew that she was serious and that
she rarely got annoyed.
" Allright…but why? You don't know anyone there" He asked her again. She
looked at him in the eyes.
" Onii-chan, I just felt that if I came here I would be a burden to you and plus I
have an old friend in Shohoku so I'll be allright." She tried to be patient, which was
really hard for she wasn't a very patient person.
" You wouldn't be a burden!" Maki tried to argue but knew it was useless. When
his younger sister didn't say anything he knew that he had lost the argument, " Allright,
you win." Acturus gave a sweet smile.
" Don't you think you should get back to training now?" she reminded her brother
softly.
"Yeah captain! We've been waiting for 20 minutes now!" Jin teased.
"Okay! I'll get changed!" Maki laughed, he turned to Acturus, " I'll be back, you
wait here." Acturus nodded. Maki disappeared into the locker room and Acturus picked a
bench to sit on.
" Hey, who's your friend in Shohoku?" Kiyota asked her whilst she took out the
drink bottle and towel for Maki. Acturus gave a little smile.
" He's also on a basketball team, perhaps you know him." She told him, " But
you'd better start practicing those free throws or my brother will get angry at you."
"Nani?! How did you know that I'm really bad at free throws?" Kiyota looked
impressed yet embarrassed.
" My friend in Shohoku told me!" She gave a chuckle. Kiyota went bright red.
" If I ever find out who your friend is I'm so going to kill him!" He yelled in his
usual wild ways, which made Acturus laugh even more, " Why do you laugh? Tell me
who your friend is!" Kiyota demanded but Acturus couldn't stop laughing.
" Sumimasen…I wasn't laughing at you." She apologized when she regained
control of herself. Kiyota gave a pout and turned away.
" Allright, everyone gather around here!" Maki's booming voice came from a
distance, instantly the whole team made it's way towards its captain.
" As you know, our coach isn't here today and we have a match against Shohoku
in a few days. So we'd better have a small game. People to my left are in one team and
people on my left are in the other. Let's go." He instructed as he ran towards the court.
" We will win of course! All the best people are in our team!" Jin exclaimed as he
realized that all except Kiyota from the starting five are in their team.
" This is impossible! They'll win!" Kiyota pulled his hair.
" Onii-chan, may I play?" Acturus inquired from the bench, everyone turned to
look at her in surprise.
" Sorry but …" Maki started and he didn't need to finish because Acturus gave an
understanding smile and sighed.
"All right, but I won't forgive you." She gave a playful smile. Maki laughed.
" You don't mean that you're going to help the team opposing me?" he asked and
she gave a nod.
"But I don't know if it will work." She added as she realized that the team with
Kiyota were looking at her as if she was some miracle-worker, " Let me watch for the
first half, Kiyota, tell your team to save up energy and defend well." She instructed.
Kiyota looked a bit puzzled but just nodded.
" She's only a girl who knows nothing, how can she help?" Miyamasu sneered
and cast a glance at Maki.
" If we lose then we owe this all to you Acturus. Please don't embarrass your own
brother." Maki pleaded but she just gave a sweet smile, " That's it…we'll lose this time
team." He announced to his team-mates. They stared at him as if he was crazy and just
shook their heads.
_________
I know the beginning isn't very exciting but I hope that it will be soon. Please review
this.