Title: If Looks Could Kill

Author: Blue-eyed Fox

Pairing: RuHana???

Disclaimer: I don't own Slam Dunk. T__T Takehiko Inoue does…

Authoress' Note: Howdy everyone! Honto Ni Gomen for the short chapter last time. I really can't think of anything else. That chapter wasn't planned at all. Anyway, thanks for the reviews!!! *Jumps up and down* Nyahahaha…  Chapter four! Brace yourself guys! Hana-chan is going to make 'em have severe nosebleeds!!! Nyahahaha!!! Go Hana go!

 For the Sendoh fans out there, I made a part here for Sendoh's thoughts. ^__^;

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Chapter 4: If Looks Could Kill

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Sendoh hailed a taxi outside his house. He looked at his watch, "Hmm… 5:30 pm, I' be there in 25 minutes. I guess that should give me enough time to grab Hana-kun and stall him" he thought and smiled to himself as he got inside the taxi.

"Where to sir?" asked the cab driver,

"Kainan High school."  Sendoh said as the cab sped off towards Kainan.

Sendoh stared out the window and smiled as he remembered the day when he first met Hanamichi. It was the practice game between Ryonan and Shohoku. He was really looking forward in meeting him. He had heard about him from Hikoichi. He told him that a particular redhead player from Shohoku is going to beat the crap out him. He just smiled at what he just heard, he found it rather amusing and have been looking forward in meeting him.

He waited for the fated day that they would meet. He had a feeling that he would like the guy. And indeed, Hanamichi was the most interesting human being he has ever met in his entire seventeen years of existence. He found him cute, adorable and extremely sexy. He was captivated by his loud antics, cheery disposition and especially by those beautiful puppy eyes. He smiled, he flashed his unnoticeably beautiful smile at him when they met, and it was that time when he noticed Rukawa glaring at him whenever he threw a mega-watt smile at Hanamichi.

Sendoh raised his right hand and smirked as he rekindled the feeling of grasping Hanamichi's hand. It was so soft and smooth which proved that he was still a beginner at this sport. And then again, he caught sight of Rukawa's glares. He loved the feel of Hanamichi's skin against his, and how he'd love to feel it again.

He just sat there at the back of the cab smiling to him-self as he remembered other things regarding his beautiful redhead as the cab made its way towards Kainan.

Meanwhile…

The basketball team of Kainan was making the last minute check-up on the whole gym. The team captain Shinichi Maki was the one supervising the whole event. He had assigned a few of the team members on specific duties. For instance, Soichiro Jin was assigned to handle the sounds and some technical duties including the lights, and Kiyota Nobunaga was assigned on guest registration. He had thought to designate him as the celebrations announcer and emcee. But on the other hand, Kiyota might just end up making noise and giving everyone a severe headache. So, for the benefit of everyone, he had asked Ryonan's Hikoichi Aida to become the celebrations announcer and emcee.

Guests started to arrive around 5:45 pm. Juun Uozumi arrived with a cousin and Hikoichi Aida was with his sister, who else but Yayoi Aida. One by one guests started to arrive with their respective partners, if not, alone by themselves. Kenji Fujima, Toru Hanagata, and Kazushi Hasegawa arrived just in the same time together with Takenori Akagi, Hisashi Mitsui and Hiroaki Koshino. Each had a warm exchange of greeting that was followed by a lively conversation. Maki on the other hand welcomed the guests who arrived with Kiyota up front.

"Good Evening Capt. Akagi. Welcome!" Maki said as he reached out to offer a handshake, which was warmly accepted by Akagi.

"Thank you. It was very kind of you to invite our team in your celebration."

"It's my pleasure." Said Maki. If only Akagi also knew the other reason why. (A/N: Ooohh, I wonder what that could be?! ^o^;;)

"I see that you didn't bring your sister along. Why is that if I may ask?" Maki said in such a gentlemanly manner.

"Well, Haruko wanted so much to come along, it's just that she caught a mild case of flu." Akagi informed in a sort of defeated voice.

"Oh I see. That's too bad. Please do tell your sister to get well soon."

"I will, thank you for your concern." Akagi said as they both shook hands again.

The others were just watching as if some serious peace talks were going on.

Maki on the other hand stroked a conversation with Shoyo's team captain Kenji Fujima.

It was already 6:00 pm when Rukawa and Sendoh arrived. Sparks flew when their eyes met. Rukawa just ignored him and went directly to register his name. Rukawa was greeted by a smiling Kiyota who was about to start bragging when Maki gave him a look saying 'Behave or else!' Rukawa signed in his name and was followed by Sendoh, who was as usual flashing his mega-watt smile. He greeted the hosts with a cheerful 'good evening' then began to ask Kiyota something as he signed his name.

"Yo! Kiyota-san how's it 'goin? Sendoh greeted.

"Great! It's nice of you to come." Kiyota was straining a casual smile and was trying so hard to keep a casual conversation.

"Have you seen a particular redhead arrive yet?"

Maki, Fujima and Rukawa shot their eyes directly to Sendoh who was gleefully anticipating Kiyota's reply.

"Sorry Sendoh-san. But I haven't seen the redhead monkey—I mean Sakuragi arrive yet. Probably—umm—traffic caught him." Kiyota just couldn't believe his luck! He was under pressure. He had just hoped that Maki would skid off someplace else while he did his agonizing job.

"I see." Sendoh frowned as looked at the others.

"Why are you looking for him Sendoh san?" Asked a curious Fujima.

"Nothing in particular. I just wanted ask Sakuragi something."

Rukawa was practically glaring at Sendoh. He just hated him. Period. "Stay away from him you pervert!"

Maki noticed that something was going amiss in all the conversation. So what he did was,

"Nice suit you have on there." Maki was talking to Rukawa who glanced his way towards him.

"Armani." Was Rukawa's reply.

Sendoh and Fujima couldn't help but look at Rukawa's suit from head to toe.

"I see. Fits you pretty well. How about the two of you?"

"Prada."

"Dolce and Gabbana. How about you Maki-san?" asked Fujima.

"Salvatore Ferragamo." He said with a smile. "Why don't go inside and wait for the others to arrive shall we?"

"I'll wait with you." Sendoh said.

"…" Rukawa went inside and positioned himself near the door.

"Me too." Said Fujima.

Little did they know that the person they're waiting for was about to arrive…

(A/N: These guys are wearing designer suits! *drool* you guys just wait for Hana!!!)

Outside…

"Well, were here!" Said Ryota as he parked the car.

"Finally!" Ayako said exasperatedly. "Are you ready Hana-chan?" she said as she turned around to look at Hanamichi.

"I guess… Hey, can one of you guys sign-up my name for me?"

"I don't think so. You should do it yourself." Said Kogure.

"Yeah! I want them to be surprised!" Said Ayako cheerfully.

"Well, if you insist. Ne, Ayako, could I borrow your fan? I need it so I can whack the hell out of the wild monkey just in case he starts insulting me."

"I guess so. Here." She said as she handed her huge paper fan over to Sakuragi.

"Aya-chan, are you sure to lend that thing to Hanamichi?" Asked Ryota as he stepped out of the car together with Kogure to open the doors to the ladies.

"Yeah its okay, I have a spare." She said with a smile as the three of them sweat dropped.

"Okay now, are you ready?" asked Kogure who offered his arm to Hanamichi.

"Yeah, I think so. Kyahhh!" Hanamichi slipped. "I don't think I can do this. I'm getting nervous. Why don't you guys and go ahead and I'll follow you."

All of them tried not to laugh for it might lead Hanamichi to turn around and go home.

"Are you okay Hana?" Asked a concerned Ayako.

"Yeah. I just slipped." He said as he got back his balance. " There! I think I got the hang of it back!" He said as practiced walking around a little bit more.

Ayako looked at Hanamichi and stared at Ryota. She then had another idea. She pulled Ryota's ear to whisper something then to Kogure.

Hanamichi on the other hand was getting confused. The whispering was done when Ayako turned to Sakuragi.

"Hana, I'll sign-up with you. We'll let Kogure and Ryota go in first. They'll just meet us up in the doorway." She said with a smile.

The first thing Hanamichi noticed that the two boys were already holding boxes of tissues and hurriedly went up to the gym.

"Don't worry. Everything's going to be fine." Ayako said as she grinned from ear to ear.

Hanamichi just got more nervous with Ayako's reply that was now checking his appearance. Ayako took the shawl and placed it on Hanamichi. She made sure that Hanamichi's back was going to be exposed but somehow made the whole look more dramatic.

Kogure and Ryota was greeted by Kiyota and signed up their names. They handed a box of tissue to Kiyota who accepted it bewilderment. He asked what was it for and they said 'Trust us, your gonna need it.' And they winked. The two boys went inside and found Maki, Fujima, Sendoh and Rukawa standing beside the gyms' door. Kogure quickly handed the two boxes of Kleenex and winked at Rukawa and whispered something to his ear,

"You won't believe what you'll see. Ja! See ya later!" Kogure said as he hurriedly passed the other boxes of Kleenex to the surprised recipients.

Rukawa on the other hand was somehow confused with Kogure and Ryota's actions. "What's going on? Where's Ayako and that do'aho?"

When Kogure and Ryota were done passing the boxes of tissues, they went outside to fetch their lovely escorts. Ayako saw the two of the come out and motioned Hanamichi that they should meet them by the door.

"Aya-chan, were done. It's time for the two of you to sign-up."

"Okay. Wait for us inside. We'll meet you there."

With that, Kogure and Ryota went inside to hold their positions. Ayako on the other hand was now dragging Hanamichi to walk. It seems that our stunningly gorgeous Hanamichi forgot how it was to walk.

"Just relax Hana, you can do this." She said to the now speechless Hanamichi. "Okay, just follow me." She went up to meet Kiyota who was drooling when he saw the two lovely looking ladies. Little did he know that the stunningly gorgeous redhead was the redhead monkey he was talking about earlier.

"Good evening ladies. Both of you look fantastic." He said as he turned his head to look at gorgeous tall redhead. Somehow, he looked familiar to him but he just couldn't figure out who it was.

"Well, thank you Kiyota-san. That's very nice of you."

Hanamichi somehow lost his nervousness when he noticed Kiyota's puzzled look. "Hmm… this isn't bad as I expect. Might as well get over it." He said to himself, as it was his turn to sign-up Kiyota was waiting to get a look at the name of the loveliest lady he has ever seen in his entire life. As Hanamichi bent down to write his name, Kiyota suddenly felt blood running down his nose and quickly took the box of Kleenex Ryota handed him earlier. "Well, I didn't expect that these would come in handy." He said to himself.

Hanamichi noticed this and smiled at Kiyota that made him blush so hard and make his nosebleed like an open faucet.

"Are you okay there?" he asked in a concerned voice.

"Ha, Hai!" Kiyota said. Boy! He still didn't have the slightest idea who he was. Ayako on the other hand was already snickering.

"Ayako, why don't you go inside now? I'll just catch up." He said as he smiled at Ayako.

"Okay, we'll wait for you inside Hana-chan." She said as she went inside.

"Hana-chan?! Did I hear that right?"  Kiyota thought as he stared looking more puzzled at Hanamichi.

Just at the same time, Hikoichi and Koshino went outside to get some fresh air. Both of them quickly noticed the tall, beautiful lady talking with Kiyota. Which made the two quicken their pace towards them.

"Good Evening!" chorused both of them.

Hanamichi turned to look who it was and smiled when he saw that it was just the two of them. "I think I'm getting the hang of this. I'll go whack Kitsune's head later."

"Hikoichi! Koshino! How nice to see both of you. How are you guys doing?"

Both of them blushed furiously when Hanamichi turned around. For them, Hanamichi looked drop dead gorgeous, as if she was some model who came to grace the party with her presence. Nonetheless, she knew their names. "Daijobu ka?"

Both of them started to have nosebleeds as well, so what they did was grab the box of Kleenex on the table and stuff some tissue up their nose.

Kiyota on the other hand looked at the guest book. His eyes widened with what he just saw. He just couldn't believe his eyes. He rubbed his eyes and looked at Hanamichi and looked again at the guest book.

"Hanamichi Sakuragi!?" he said aloud.

"Yes?" He turned around to look at Kiyota who was now ready to faint. His eyes were swirling and his nosebleed just got worse.

Both Hikoichi and Koshino's jaws dropped to the ground with what they just heard.

"That… is… Hanamichi…Sakuragi? Un…believable!" Hikoichi thought.

"Oh…my…God! He's…so…BEAUTIFUL!!!" Koshino said to himself.

"Well, ja! See you guys inside." Sakuragi said as waved a hand and went inside. With that an audible drop to the ground was heard. Hanamichi turned around to see what happened and just smiled to himself and went directly inside passing by the four men who were unsuspectingly waiting for him. He smiled and gave them a nod. The four of them were in awe.

The four of them stared at the tall gorgeous woman who just smiled and passed by them. Then they went outside to check what just happened. Two puzzled looking men and Kiyota who was now lying on the ground with his eyes swirling greeted them.

"Oi, are you guys okay? It looks like you guys just saw the woman of your dreams." Fujima asked as he bent down to poke Kiyota with a finger. "Anou, this one's okay. He just passed out."

"Hey, do you mind telling us what just happened here?" Asked Maki to the two who was still staring at the woman who was making her way towards Ayako.

"We… just… saw…the... most...beautiful…" Said Hikoichi

"And…sexy…guy…in…drag…" finished Koshino.

The four of them now looked at each other then looked back again at them.

Sendoh went to look at the guest book to check what the hell are they talking about. What he saw was the redhead's name and said it out loud.

"Hanamichi Sakuragi."

And the two speechless men raised their hands and pointed towards the beautiful tanned back of the woman who just passed by them.

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Authoress: Nyahahahahaha! I just did it! Chapter four! So sorry guys! I didn't know what else to do! ^__^

Maybe I'll put the lemon part a little later. But then again, what do you guy want to happen?!!!! Coz as you guy's see, I already have chapter 5 and I want to know your reactions…. ^__^

In the meantime, I think I should hide. I might get hit by a flying chair again… *whack*… Owww!!! Who did that?!

Sendoh: So sorry Blue I didn't mean it! *Pats Blue's head*

Authoress: You guys are here again! @__@

Rukawa: He meant it! *pow* (hits Sendoh)

Maki: Trust us. HE did mean it! (holds Rukawa back)

Sendoh: What are you doing here? (Massaging his cheek) And you're with… Fujima?!

Rukawa: … (glares at the visitors)

(Authoress slipping away…)

Fujima: Hi there! We came here to have a word with Blue… then again…where is she?

(Everyone looks and searches for authoress)

Maki: She must have slipped away!

Rukawa: She mustn't!

Sendoh: Yeah! I would like to thank her for dressing my Hana-kun in that sexy evening gown!

Maki: 'My Hana-kun'? Did I hear that right?

Rukawa: Let's beat the crap out of him! He's deluded.

(Authoress hides behind curtain)

Maki: Sure! Hey Fujima! Are you in?

Fujima: Gomen! I'll go look for Blue. I'm gonna ask her a favor…

Maki: Nani!?

Sendoh: You're not going anywhere.

Rukawa: Yeah.

(Authoress slips through the door and goes outside.)

Authoress: *throws pebbles through the window* Hey!!!! You guys up there!!! Hey!!!

Four Aces: ???

Authoress: *sticks tongue out* I wont let you get near my works or me! Nyahahahaha! *runs away*

Four aces: *Sweat drops* we lost her.

Maki: Don't worry. We'll track her down! We wont let her get away!

Rukawa: I'm in!

Fujima: Me too!

Sendoh: Me three!

Maki: Yosh! Let's go!