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Title: Kanagawa Blues
PART 7: FOOLISH HEART
"WHY ARE YOU ALL LOUNGING AROUND?!" Ryota yelled at his teammates as he entered the gym. "YOU SHOULD BE RUNNING 50 LAPS!" everyone looked at him pleadingly.
"Just kidding," he grinned. "Ten will do." Everyone sighed in relief. Ryota was a much nicer captain than Akagi because he was not as obsessed about the Nationals as the former governor. The seniors arrived with Mitsui, one arm slung over his cousin's shoulders.
"Ohayou minna-san!" Ayako greeted the boys. Most of the newcomers blushed and Ryota suddenly straightened up.
"Ohayou Aya-chan!" Ryota greeted, grinning stupidly and Ayako smiled at him sweetly, knowing its effect on Ryota. This always worked and gave the captain-guard more spirit. Koshino felt his insides twist.
"OK, everyone ten laps!" he instructed his teammates.
"Including me?" Mitsui asked pointing to himself. Ryota smiled evilly and said.
"Omake who faints easily should have one, I suppose."
"Oh, is that it?" Mitsui was insulted and found a way to retaliate. "Captain Ryochin, if you don't my saying," he smiled innocently, "We should do some stretching first for those who are…" pause for effect. "…too short."
Everyone sweatdropped but Ron and Mitsui were laughing hysterically. Miyagi practically blew up.
"YOU DARE INSULT ME YOU LAME-ASS PUNK!!!" he shouted at Mitsui and was about to beat Mitsui into a bloody pulp when he was held back by four hands. The first pair owned by the angel looking second year and the other owned by Yasuda.
"Yamette, captain," Sakuragi said, smiling smugly. "I think you should set a good example for Kirin here." He gestured towards Kirin. He had a special liking (not yaoi, you hentais!) for the freshman because of the closeness of their features.
"On with the practice, everyone!" Ayako felt that she should do the first move since they weren't going anywhere with Ryota's temper and Mitsui's attitude.
She's so cool… Koshino couldn't help but notice that Ayako was in total control of the situation. She didn't even use her paper fan!
His thoughts drifted elsewhere and it took a while before he noticed that someone was waving something at his face.
Aya-chan… Music was playing in the background and someone seemed to be calling to him from a faraway place.
Hiroaki-kun…
Aya-chan…
Hiroaki-kun…
Aya-chan…
"HIROAKI!" he suddenly snapped from his reverie when he saw Ayako.
"Let's practice," she said
"Yeah, right on."
Ayako divided them into two teams; the first team was composed of Miyagi, Kakuta, Sakuragi, Rukawa and Yasuda. The second team was composed of Kirin the Young, Luka the Angel, Ron the Punk, Hisashi the Fair and Hiroaki the Dreamer.
Sakuragi was complaining, "But Ayako-chan I don't want to play with Kitsune," he pointed at Rukawa who snorted, "Why don't you let me play for the other team, you see Kirin-chan and I have practiced some cool moves."
Ryota tapped his shoulder and said, "But this is a way of showing Kirin how good you are, right? Ok, I'll guard Koshino, Rukawa will guard Luka, Kuwata, you guard Ron, Yasuda, you watch Kirin and Hanamichi, you guard him." he pointed at Mitsui who rolled his eyes.
The game started and Miyagi's team got the ball first. He got the first score by eluding Koshino.
"Darn." Koshino muttered. Miyagi flashed a smile. It was hard to see who would win. Mitsui kept on making incredible passes to Ron, which resulted to several amazing plays such as ally-oop. Half of the points was made by Ron and 2/3 of the assists was contributed by Mitsui. But this didn't stop Rukawa and Sakuragi to show off, all their shots were dunks and Sakuragi was grabbing almost all the rebounds.
During a time out Rukawa insisted that he'd take care of Ron and Sakuragi insisted he'd take care of Kirin as he was always eluded and screened by Mitsui. Ryota simply said no which resulted to Sakuragi grumbling about certain nasty chibi-people.
During the second half, Luka decided he should make a show too, he was moving so gracefully and so fast that everyone just watched open-mouthed, save Rukawa who was in deep concentration. But Luka was unpredictable; he had bounced the ball really hard against the floor and made a single ally-oop. Rukawa's eyes were flaring.
Sakuragi cheered for Luka, "Take that, Kitsune!" while Ron and Mitsui were hitting Luka on the back and head as a sign of appreciation, "Do you have wings under your shirt!?" they asked, he just smiled.
However, Miyagi's team won, he wouldn't let the new comers put him down, he scored 35 points, 15 assists, 10 rebounds, 5 steals and 3 blocks. Ayako gave him a high five and smiled at him.
Koshino saw it, "Foolish of me…" he thought. "He's better, he's the captain…he's ten steps ahead of me."
TBC