Disclaimer: We do not own the SD boys but we sure as hell want to own Akira

        Sendoh drool

Title:  Kanagawa Blues

PART 5: Head over Heels

A/N: The three characters you will encounter are extracted from Takehiko Inoue's (Maker of SD) work, One on One, a basketball videogame. We actually don't know their last names so we invented them. Check out the game so you can see for yourselves how much they fit as SD characters.

Ayako's face was smiling at him, "How about dinner tomorrow at 8?" she asked. Her hair wasn't tied, and she was wearing a basketball jersey. When he looked at it, Ryonan no. 6 was printed on it. She was wearing his basketball jersey and he couldn't help smiling. Before he could say yes, the school bell rang…he was dreaming. When he woke up, his alarm clock was making hell. It was already nine thirty in the morning leaving him thirty minutes to prepare.

          "Fuck! What am I thinking, I'm late for practice, rather try-out!"

He went downstairs with one step. He brushed his teeth and went straight to the bathroom. His parents looked at each other.

          "What is he up to?"

Koshino was singing to himself loudly in his bath, "Kimi ga suki dato sakebitai, ashitawo kaete miyo koorutsuiteku toki wo buuchikowa shitai…"

          "What the hell is he doing?" His brother asked. "Has he found a new girlfriend?"

          "Yes, I mean, I'm going to." Koshino had just finished and went back to his room to change and grabbed his bag and out of the house. He went to their garage and hopped on his bike without eating breakfast. He hit the road really fast.

When he reached Shohoku, he was exactly on time. He ran to the gym and saw Ayako. It was the first time he saw her wearing a pair of really short shorts and a plain white shirt. She called out to him,

          "Koshino, come on here and play basketball!" She was smiling.

His knees felt very weak as he returned the smile. There were fourteen guys who signed up. Ayako asked them to form a line and introduce themselves. Koshino went first and introduced himself proudly as Ayako watched.

          "I'm Hiroaki Koshino, 178 cm, 145 lbs, I usually handle point guard position."

After the introduction, they were asked to change in their basketball clothes. When they came back, Ayako asked them to listen to her.

          "OK, I know all of you here are experienced but because of limited resources only four of you will be selected to join the team. For those who will be chosen you can or you may not play for the summer games. OK, any questions?" She asked.

"Alright let's get it on."

They were divided into two groups and were asked to play against each other. The game was to last for 30 minutes. Koshino showed off all through the game that his team ended the second half taking a twenty one-point lead. Ryota was not so happy about this, he was scowling but Ayako was cheering both teams up.

Handsome Mitsui and redhead Sakuragi were watching with great enthusiasm, they laughed at those who made mistakes and whistled to those who were doing well. They were renewed punks after all. Ayako didn't like this. Rukawa however, was snoring in the corner, his head on his shoulder.

The game ended with Koshino's team leading by fourteen points. He got 30.

Ayako, Miyagi, Mitsui and Yasuda asked them to wait for awhile and hear the results later. The four of them sat in the corner and decided. Miyagi started to argue with the other three,

          "He was keeping the ball to himself, anyone who handles it that long can score even more."

          "Oh come on Miyagi, he had 11 assists that's not what you call a ball-hugger, you call it triple-double!" Mitsui said angrily, his beautiful eyes narrowing.

          "Well he only passed the ball when every opponent was screening him."

          "That only happened because his teammates kept passing the ball to him and besides he has the best record among them," said Yasuda politely.

          "Point guards don't get inside the paint every time, you know."

          "Unless all his teammates are screened outside…" said Ayako, this shut Miyagi up. She continued,

          "Honestly, Ryota, what do you want? A teammate or another cheerleader? We need him."

Miyagi didn't know how to answer but said, "OK, if you say so, but I have appointed Yasu as sub-captain." Yasuda couldn't help smiling.

They stood up and faced the aspiring players.

          "Ok, we have just come up with the list, as we've mentioned, four of you will be chosen." Ayako announced as she looked at them one by one, at least five of them blushed, excluding Koshino.

          "We have chosen, Kirin Ikeda of first year class 5." A tan-haired boy with a wide mouth stepped forward. He grinned.

          "Second, we choose Ron Taichiko of third year class 7." A tall guy with long hair joined Kirin. He just nodded coolly and gave Mitsui a five. Sakuragi looked at them, "This one kinda reminds me of you before you came back to the team." He told Mitsui.

          "Third, we choose Luka Tenshi from second year class 1." An angel-looking guy with green hair, he kissed his necklace with a cross hanging on it.

          "And last but certainly not the least, Hiroaki Koshino of third year class 5." He didn't look surprised at all. Mitsui winked at him as Sakuragi whistled.

          "Congratulations to you and to the others, better luck next year." Yasuda told them all.

They had practice that afternoon. Mitsui and Sakuragi gave their new teammates a tour,

          "You, pretty boy Ikeda, since you are the only freshman here, you have to come early every practice and clean up, hahaha, just joking you're not alone, the sophomores will help you," Sakuragi told Kirin, they seem to be getting along very well. They looked like each other very much, only a slight difference: Hair color.

          "No problem with me." The freshman answered.

Mitsui and Ron turned out to be, well, cousins. They were walking by themselves while laughing loudly, "Don't worry, you don't have to clean, the sophies and freshmen will handle it." Mitsui told him. Luka and Koshino were still quiet. Sakuragi turned to Luka and said, "Are you foreign? I mean you look like an, er, I mean you look OK." Luka just smiled at him. Sakuragi then turned to Koshino and said,

"Ey, Kosh, how's my rival, your ace, Sendoh?"

Koshino twitched at the mention of the name and said,

          "He's fine, he's the new captain, can I excuse myself for awhile, I mean I've been here yesterday and toured myself…"

          "OK, suit yourself." Said Sakuragi.

Koshino went back to the gym, which was now empty except for Mr. Anzai and Ayako. Koshino's heart was beating fast. He watched as Mr. Anzai left Ayako alone. His heart beat even faster.

Nervously he entered the gym, Ayako noticed him,

          "Hello." She said smiling at him.

          "Er, hi, what's that?" He pointed at the papers Ayako was holding.

          "These are your records, want to check them out and see if there's something wrong with them, you know, infos and spellings."

          "Yeah let's see…" Koshino stood close beside her as they both scanned the papers. Why did he have to blush right now? He wasn't really reading the papers. After reading, Ayako tapped him on the shoulder and said,

          "Boy, you really are good." She said as she fixed her things.

          "Er, thanks, going home already?" he asked

          "Yeah, I think."

          "Want me to walk you home?" he asked before he could stop himself.

          "No, it's ok, I have to run some errands for Mr. Anzai and it will take long."

          "Well, OK, I'll see you then."

          "See you."

A/N: Did you like Hiro-chan's song? ^_^ It ain't ours too.