Disclaimer: The Slam Dunk characters are not mine! ( But I love Rukawa so much)
Chapter 3-First Meeting
" Aaa, Rukawa! That was my ball!!!" Sakuragi yelled as he ran back for the ball
Rukawa was holding.
" Do'aho." Rukawa said in his usual way, which irritated Sakuragi even more.
" Enough." Anzai sensei's voice pierced through both of them. All of them turned
their attention to the coach and they noticed for the first time that Maki and the other four
starting members of Kainan were present plus a striking dark girl who resembles Maki.
" Gather around! This is Acturus, a new student at Shohoku but since she's just
arrived here today she only paid us a visit and she'll join you tomorrow in class." Anzai
Sensei Introduced.
" Hello minna-san." She gave a small bow then she noticed someone in the crowd
and her eyes flew open, " Hanamichi!" She gave a joyful yell and embraced her old
friend.
" Acturus-chan?" Sakuragi laughed as he greeted her in the same way.
" Long time no see!" she embraced him once more.
" Hey Sakuragi! I didn't know you had such a pretty girlfriend." Ryota teased.
" He's not my boyfriend! " she protested after seeing her brother's horrified look,
" He's like a brother!"
" Nani?! Don't compare Maki-sempai to that idiot!" Kiyota yelled. Everyone in
Shohoku looked even more surprised.
" You're Maki's little sister?" Ayako asked her. Acturus gave a nod.
" He's the best onii-chan in the whole world!" She smiled, which make Maki only
blush.
" But why a different last name?" Sakuragi asked again.
" When our parents divorced she had to change her last name." This time it was
Maki who gave the answer.
" Anyway, I'm really lucky to have two onii-chans! Even thought I'm a bit older
than Hanamichi he acts like a big brother." She explained, " And also I know who he
likes." Everyone started to laugh along with Acturus at Sakuragi's red face.
" We know too…her name is Ha…" Ryota started when Hanamichi shot him a
dark look. They all laughed harder.
" Wait a second! You mean he's your friend who told you that I'm really bad at
free-shots?" Kiyota pointed to Sakuragi who was smiling smugly.
" It's the mere truth." He gave his trademark laugh. Kiyota went red all over
again.
" At least I'm not as bad as to miss easy shots!" Kiyota shot back.
" What???? Why you…" Hanamichi prepared to charge into Kiyota and both
Akagi and Maki's fist landed on their heads.
" Sorry for his behaviour." Akagi apologized.
" No, it's his fault." Maki replied.
" Do'aho." Rukawa shook his head.
" Anyway, I hear that you have great interest in Basketball, we do not have an all-
girl basketball team but you are welcome here for practice if you want. We could not
allow you to play in the large games though." Anzai sensei told her. Acturus gave an
obedient nod.
" Thank god she's not allowed to play." Maki muttered under his breath, he
turned to Acturus, " I guess we'll leave you here. Have fun with your new friends, here!"
He threw her a key, " That's the key to our house, if I'm not back use that to open the
door." He walked away.
" I know onii-chan! What else do you use keys for?" she shouted after him and
then waved at him when Maki turned to smile at her.
" So…Acturus-chan, don't you want to change into more comfortable clothes.
The weather gets pretty hot here." Sakuragi informed his junior-high school old friend,
pointing to the suitcases Acturus was carrying.
" I'm sorry, I don't mean to waste anymore time but can you please introduce
these people? I do not know any of them." She gave a small whisper to Hanamichi,
Ayako overheard and patted her shoulders.
" Do not worry! I'll be the first one. I'm Ayako, manager of the team, second
year." She beamed at the new girl.
" Nice to meet you Ayako-sempai." Acturus replied.
" I'm Takenori Akagi, Captain of the team." Akagi introduce himself.
" You know this tensai right Acturus." Sakuragi asked.
" Shut up! By the way I'm Hisashi Mitsui, MVP of junior-high." Mitsui shoved
Sakuragi aside.
" I've always wanted to meet you!" Acturus' eyes shone in delight as she shook
his hands. Mitsui seemed proud with himself.
" I'm Ryota Miyagi, point guard." Miyagi told her and one by one the whole team
introduced themselves to Acturus.
" And you are?" She asked Rukawa who had stayed silent for the whole time but
when he lifted his head Acturus felt as if she was glued to the floor, " Wow…" she
whispered in awe.
" Rukawa Kaede and you don't need to know anything else." He answered coldly
as he turned away.
" Rukawa! You could at least a bit friendlier to a new girl!" Ayako yelled to him
but when he just ignored her she turned to Acturus, " Gomen, he's always like that.
Please don't take it seriously." She apologized for him.
" No it's okay. Daijobu." Acturus told her senior. Rukawa didn't look back.
" You'd better change," Akagi advised her and she hurriedly dragged one of her
suitcases towards the locker room, " What position do you play?" he asked her.
" Small forward." She yelled her reply from behind the door. Akagi scribbled
something down on a piece of paper and she returned wearing a shirt and a pair of shorts.
" Let's see how good you are." Mistui told her as he passed her the ball.
" I'm really bad! Especially at defense!" she replied but she turned and dribbled at
lightning speed towards the other end of the court and did a three point shot, " I haven't
played for long though." Mitsui just caught the ball and laughed.
" Don't worry, we're not testing you so don't be nervous." He said only to realize
that she wasn't nervous.
" Thanks for the encouragement Mitsui-sempai." She said.
" Small-games. Freshmen versus the older players." Akagi announced, " Acturus,
I heard from the Kainan players that you are outstanding in something, would you like to
enlighten us on what it is?" he asked. Acturus blushed bright red.
" I'm not extraordinary at all." She whispered.
" Strategy." Anzai sensei told all of them all, " She is a first class strategist. I
heard from Maki that she managed to make a team of the worst players in Kainan with
only Kiyota win against the other best players. Her old school also know this and wrote a
letter to me that said that she is a very precious member they also said that you are great
at three-point shots." This time even Rukawa had to look at her in awe.
" I could help that way even if I couldn't play in the matches." She offered.
" All-right! We've got a strategist!" Ryota punched his fist into the air.
" But…I do not know what you are each good at so I have to either play or watch
one half to grasp the information." She warned.
" Then let's get started!" Sakuragi ran onto the court. Everyone else followed his
lead.
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Not much development but I had a great time writing that. I don't even know anything
about Maki's parents but isn't Sakuragi just so sweet? Since the 2nd chapter is short
I decided to post 2 at a time. Thanks for the reviews.
Chapter 3-First Meeting
" Aaa, Rukawa! That was my ball!!!" Sakuragi yelled as he ran back for the ball
Rukawa was holding.
" Do'aho." Rukawa said in his usual way, which irritated Sakuragi even more.
" Enough." Anzai sensei's voice pierced through both of them. All of them turned
their attention to the coach and they noticed for the first time that Maki and the other four
starting members of Kainan were present plus a striking dark girl who resembles Maki.
" Gather around! This is Acturus, a new student at Shohoku but since she's just
arrived here today she only paid us a visit and she'll join you tomorrow in class." Anzai
Sensei Introduced.
" Hello minna-san." She gave a small bow then she noticed someone in the crowd
and her eyes flew open, " Hanamichi!" She gave a joyful yell and embraced her old
friend.
" Acturus-chan?" Sakuragi laughed as he greeted her in the same way.
" Long time no see!" she embraced him once more.
" Hey Sakuragi! I didn't know you had such a pretty girlfriend." Ryota teased.
" He's not my boyfriend! " she protested after seeing her brother's horrified look,
" He's like a brother!"
" Nani?! Don't compare Maki-sempai to that idiot!" Kiyota yelled. Everyone in
Shohoku looked even more surprised.
" You're Maki's little sister?" Ayako asked her. Acturus gave a nod.
" He's the best onii-chan in the whole world!" She smiled, which make Maki only
blush.
" But why a different last name?" Sakuragi asked again.
" When our parents divorced she had to change her last name." This time it was
Maki who gave the answer.
" Anyway, I'm really lucky to have two onii-chans! Even thought I'm a bit older
than Hanamichi he acts like a big brother." She explained, " And also I know who he
likes." Everyone started to laugh along with Acturus at Sakuragi's red face.
" We know too…her name is Ha…" Ryota started when Hanamichi shot him a
dark look. They all laughed harder.
" Wait a second! You mean he's your friend who told you that I'm really bad at
free-shots?" Kiyota pointed to Sakuragi who was smiling smugly.
" It's the mere truth." He gave his trademark laugh. Kiyota went red all over
again.
" At least I'm not as bad as to miss easy shots!" Kiyota shot back.
" What???? Why you…" Hanamichi prepared to charge into Kiyota and both
Akagi and Maki's fist landed on their heads.
" Sorry for his behaviour." Akagi apologized.
" No, it's his fault." Maki replied.
" Do'aho." Rukawa shook his head.
" Anyway, I hear that you have great interest in Basketball, we do not have an all-
girl basketball team but you are welcome here for practice if you want. We could not
allow you to play in the large games though." Anzai sensei told her. Acturus gave an
obedient nod.
" Thank god she's not allowed to play." Maki muttered under his breath, he
turned to Acturus, " I guess we'll leave you here. Have fun with your new friends, here!"
He threw her a key, " That's the key to our house, if I'm not back use that to open the
door." He walked away.
" I know onii-chan! What else do you use keys for?" she shouted after him and
then waved at him when Maki turned to smile at her.
" So…Acturus-chan, don't you want to change into more comfortable clothes.
The weather gets pretty hot here." Sakuragi informed his junior-high school old friend,
pointing to the suitcases Acturus was carrying.
" I'm sorry, I don't mean to waste anymore time but can you please introduce
these people? I do not know any of them." She gave a small whisper to Hanamichi,
Ayako overheard and patted her shoulders.
" Do not worry! I'll be the first one. I'm Ayako, manager of the team, second
year." She beamed at the new girl.
" Nice to meet you Ayako-sempai." Acturus replied.
" I'm Takenori Akagi, Captain of the team." Akagi introduce himself.
" You know this tensai right Acturus." Sakuragi asked.
" Shut up! By the way I'm Hisashi Mitsui, MVP of junior-high." Mitsui shoved
Sakuragi aside.
" I've always wanted to meet you!" Acturus' eyes shone in delight as she shook
his hands. Mitsui seemed proud with himself.
" I'm Ryota Miyagi, point guard." Miyagi told her and one by one the whole team
introduced themselves to Acturus.
" And you are?" She asked Rukawa who had stayed silent for the whole time but
when he lifted his head Acturus felt as if she was glued to the floor, " Wow…" she
whispered in awe.
" Rukawa Kaede and you don't need to know anything else." He answered coldly
as he turned away.
" Rukawa! You could at least a bit friendlier to a new girl!" Ayako yelled to him
but when he just ignored her she turned to Acturus, " Gomen, he's always like that.
Please don't take it seriously." She apologized for him.
" No it's okay. Daijobu." Acturus told her senior. Rukawa didn't look back.
" You'd better change," Akagi advised her and she hurriedly dragged one of her
suitcases towards the locker room, " What position do you play?" he asked her.
" Small forward." She yelled her reply from behind the door. Akagi scribbled
something down on a piece of paper and she returned wearing a shirt and a pair of shorts.
" Let's see how good you are." Mistui told her as he passed her the ball.
" I'm really bad! Especially at defense!" she replied but she turned and dribbled at
lightning speed towards the other end of the court and did a three point shot, " I haven't
played for long though." Mitsui just caught the ball and laughed.
" Don't worry, we're not testing you so don't be nervous." He said only to realize
that she wasn't nervous.
" Thanks for the encouragement Mitsui-sempai." She said.
" Small-games. Freshmen versus the older players." Akagi announced, " Acturus,
I heard from the Kainan players that you are outstanding in something, would you like to
enlighten us on what it is?" he asked. Acturus blushed bright red.
" I'm not extraordinary at all." She whispered.
" Strategy." Anzai sensei told all of them all, " She is a first class strategist. I
heard from Maki that she managed to make a team of the worst players in Kainan with
only Kiyota win against the other best players. Her old school also know this and wrote a
letter to me that said that she is a very precious member they also said that you are great
at three-point shots." This time even Rukawa had to look at her in awe.
" I could help that way even if I couldn't play in the matches." She offered.
" All-right! We've got a strategist!" Ryota punched his fist into the air.
" But…I do not know what you are each good at so I have to either play or watch
one half to grasp the information." She warned.
" Then let's get started!" Sakuragi ran onto the court. Everyone else followed his
lead.
______
Not much development but I had a great time writing that. I don't even know anything
about Maki's parents but isn't Sakuragi just so sweet? Since the 2nd chapter is short
I decided to post 2 at a time. Thanks for the reviews.