I'm not a Cheater
By: Princess Ren
Author's notes: Hi everyone!!! I would like to thank everyone who reviewed the last chapter! And also those who have given me suggestions… Anyways, here's chapter 10! I just hope you like it! Do review in the end okay!?
Same Disclaimers applied.
Chapter 10
"NO! NO! NO! NO! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT I WILL NOT AND WILL NEVER LET REI JOIN YOUR CLUB!?" Asano screamed in frustration at Morisato while facing him in a menacing way.
Morisato clenched his fists at Asano's stubbornness. They were having this argument for the last 10 minutes when they came to the principal's office. He had asked him if he would allow Rei to join another team and was rather annoyed when he said to seek permission to the coach before asking him. And there they are arguing again, this time for the permission of Asano… the baka.
"WHY ARE YOU KEEPING HER TO YOURSELF?! IT'S NOT LIKE YOU OWN HER!" He sneered as he waited for Asano's reaction.
"Listen here Morisato," emphasizing the word Morisato with hatred while glaring at him
"It's true that I do not own her but I AM her coach." He said in a calm voice and smirked when he saw his reaction.
"SO WHAT IF YOU'RE HER COACH!? IT'S NOT LIKE YOU CONTROL HER AS IF SHE'S YOUR SLAVE!" Morisato retorted
"Besides she REALLY wants to join my team. Do you think she'll be happy if you're the one who stopped her from doing what she wants?" he continued, this time he was the one to smirked.
"Is this your way of getting back at me?" Asano growled, silently cursing Morisato for letting him become vulnerable at the situation.
"Maybe," Asano sighed for a moment and thought.
Rei, Chigasaki, and Sasaki looked at each other then back at the older people. They were sitting quietly at the bench in the right side of the room. And was rather ashamed of the way their coaches acted in front of the principal. They looked at the direction of the principal only seeing him shaking his head slowly, a hand on his head, indicating that he too didn't like the situation in front of him.
"I didn't know Coach Morisato is so desperate on getting you Anzai-san." Sasaki spoke quietly.
"Yeah… Rei would be fine with me Sasaki-san." She replied, a smile forming in her lips.
"Alright, you can call me Megumi if you want." returning the smile with her own.
"You know I'm beginning to wonder why Coach Asano hates Coach Morisato… back at the gym when Rei disappeared he began to say confusing things. He kept calling Coach Morisato, baka." Chigasaki told them. She was really confused at that. She hoped telling them would help her from becoming less confused.
"Really? Coach Morisato also said the same thing. When we asked him why he keeps calling him baka he just said he's an all around baka." With that Rei and Chigasaki sweatdropped and looked at the arguing coaches.
"Say, you two knew each other?" Rei asked, trying to make a conversation.
The two looked at each other before giggling slightly at Rei's friendliness. "Yeah, We've been classmates when we were sophomores but now we aren't. But I'm in the next class after Megumi's." Chigasaki answered as Megumi nodded.
"Oh I see…"
"You came from Tomigaoka right?" Sasaki asked but in a low manner trying not to disturb the older people who were having their own conversation.
"H-Hai…" Rei replied in a low voice
"That means you know Rukawa-san?" Chigasaki asked,
"Y-yeah. Why do you asked?"
"We're just surprised that he answered for you when the coaches were asking for your decision." Sasaki said, with a hint of playfulness in her voice.
"I must say he really knows a lot of you. Do you know why?" Chigasaki teased as a silly smile appeared on her face when she saw Rei look away, with a small blush on her cheeks.
"I-It's because we've been classmates for 3 years in Junior High," she stammered as the two giggled and started talking about something. Rei immediately looked away suddenly feeling left out as she had her own thoughts.
'Why am I still blushing when I'm being teased to him? We've broken up so why? It's not like I'm still madly in love with him… I know I still have feelings for him but not as strong as before, back when I'm in junior high. I have Akira now, even though he's still courting me. I know I can trust him and besides I like him. So why am I still like this?' she wondered, her mind somewhere else. An image of Rukawa suddenly appeared in her mind and couldn't help but smile at that. She has to admit that he changed, very much. Then she recalled what Chigasaki had told her. Her smiled grew at that, she really was happy that he answered for her, the usual way when she was having a hard time deciding what to do. Her smile immediately disappeared when she remember her promise to Ayako.
'I really need to explain the whole situation to Ayako carefully. I know she really wants to know what happened to us. I just hope she doesn't react the way Keiko and the others did. With that, she couldn't help but sigh. She didn't want to remember the way Keiko and Naoko reacted. They were nearly fighting each other, she was defending Rukawa while they defended her. Shaking her head, she pulled all her thoughts out and focused to what was happening.
'I just hope they don't kill each other.' She thought seeing the two coaches glaring daggers at each other.
'I hope they allow me to play Basketball…'
~#~#~
The remaining people in the main gym were silent from the turn of events. They were all grateful that the arguing had stopped thanks to Rukawa who had suggested they settle the argument with the principal. But was now wondering to what is happening in the principal's office. They just hope things there are going ok. All thoughts were stopped when someone started to say something.
"Um… is it okay with you guys if we stayed here? We promise we won't be a distraction or anything…" Mika asked nervously to the men in the room.
Akagi and the boys looked at each other before nodding. "S-sure. Besides that's what your coach told you, right?" the girls just nodded and stayed in one corner watching them return to their practice.
"I didn't know that Rukawa-san knows what Rei-san wants…" Mika wondered softly to them as the girls just nodded.
"I hate to admit it but I feel that I rather envy Rei-san…" Saori admitted shyly, she was a sophomore and the guard in the basketball team.
"Really? I didn't know you have a crush on Rukawa-san…" Kazumi said a sly voice with an evil smile on her lips. She was a member of the volleyball team.
"Kazumi!" she just laughed at Saori's embarrassment.
"Don't be shy Saori-chan… I know some girls here also have a crush on Rukawa-san so don't worry." She smiled when she saw some girls looking away, blushing.
"You two know each other?" Yumi (Vice Captain of the Basketball club) asked, Saori and Kazumi who looked at each other before nodding.
"We're classmates."
"Oh."
"How about you Yumi-sempai? Do you have a classmate or someone that you know from the other team?" Saori asked, all the girls are now looking at them with interested eyes.
"Me? Of course… I know Mayumi (She's a senior), Akiko (Chigasaki), and Mika (another senior)" she said smiling at Mika and Mayumi.
"Really?"
"Yeah… say why don't I introduce my teammates to you girls then you do the same?" Yumi offered as they nodded.
"Okay this is a long list but I really don't care," Yumi breathed deeply before starting.
"I'll start with the seniors first… I'm Tachibana Yumi, the vice captain of the basketball club and I play as a forward. The one that's together with the coach is Sasaki Megumi, she's the captain and plays as a guard in the team. That's Tomizawa Sayaka, she plays as a guard. Then we have the sophomores, that's Akiyama Saori, she also plays as the center. That's Fukami Kyoko, she's a forward. Then Maede Yoko as a center. The last are the freshmen, Kamiya Mitsuko and Asaki Maria both guards, Sukimura Akane and Kurosawa Hikaru both play as forwards." She sorted while pointing to each member as they smiled politely at the other team. She drew a breath before saying,
"How about your team Mika?"
"Well it's not a very long list but I'll start," she said while doing the same thing as Yumi before starting.
"Elders first, as you know I'm Furomoto Mika, the vice captain of the volleyball club, and that's Atami Mayumi. Then the sophomores are Komatsu Emiko, Miyamura Kazumi, and Matsumoto Hitomi. The freshmen are Nagashima Manami, Miyamura Nami, Orikasa Umi and Inoue Yui. Also together with our coach are Chigasaki Akiko, our team captain and Anzai Rei, a freshman." She said giving a wide smile to the other team.
"I see. So, uh… Do you have positions?" Kyoko asked.
"Huh? Positions? You mean like yours? Forwards and guards?" Mika asked, while the girls just nodded.
"Well not really. You see we change positions every now and then during the game since it is in the rules."
"Oh." With that the girls started to talk some more on things like 'what's happening in the principal's office' or things that were off the topic.
Ayako in the meantime was looking at the girls with interested eyes while sitting comfortably on a chair. Some of her worries disappeared when Rukawa helped Rei. She was really surprised when he spoke. She didn't think he would interfere and leave Rei helpless. And her curiosity and suspicion about the break-up increased when Rei came back thanking Rukawa for helping her. She shook her head telling herself that Rei was always like that, thanking people for the good things that they do to her but she didn't when she saw Rukawa's lips twitch upward. She knew anyone wouldn't notice but she was always looking at things intently and she saw it. The smallest of smiles. She has to admit that he looks better when he smiles, but that was during Junior High, when Rei smiles at him. Shaking her head, she began to think who broke the relationship. She sighed, realizing she have returned to the beginning.
'I just have to wait and let Rei explained the situation.' She hoped.
Rukawa however was having an internal battle to himself about to what had happened earlier. He don't know why he felt at peace when Rei gave him a sweet smile. That sweet and innocent smile that she always gives when he was tired or feeling awful. And was somewhat angry when he gave her a smile, a small one at that. He didn't know what possessed him to give her one, since he knew that she doesn't deserve it. But he felt lucky since she didn't see it. And he didn't know why he bothered helping Rei. He concluded that maybe it is because he had wanted the stupid argument to stop. But he knew that's not the reason. He let out a sigh as he focused to what he was doing and that is… Guarding Kogure.
~#~#~
"NANI!?" Morisato screamed in rage.
"I said, kneel and beg before me. If you do that I'll let Rei join your club." Asano sneered, an evil smile evident on his face. Rei and the others looked at each other then back at the two coaches.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ME!? AN IDIOT WHO'LL DO WHATEVER YOU SAY!?"
"Well, if you're not gonna kneel and then forget it. You'll never have Rei." Morisato gritted his teeth.
"And when you kneel, say this 'Oh great Asano I beg of you please let your student join my stupid club. PLEASE!' if you say those words I'll let Rei to join the club." He smirked when he saw Morisato's face blanch in horror.
"W-What!? You're expecting me to do that!?" he stammered through gritted teeth, ignoring the insult he made.
'Is he crazy!?'
"Yeah, and don't forget that when you say those words you have to have your hands tied around my legs, a true sight of pleading. Hahahaha!" he laughed as he saw the face of Morisato. The girls looked at each other before whispering,
"I never knew they can be so immature." Chigasaki said nervously.
"Y-Yeah… But I feel sorry for Mr. Morisato…" Rei said as she bowed her head in shame. Chigasaki and Sasaki exchange glances before looking at her.
"It's okay Rei it's not your fault that Coach Morisato really wanted you." Sasaki said
"B-But…"
"Don't worry everything will be okay."
'I hope…' she added mentally as Rei just nodded, hoping that the ridiculous argument would stop.
Morisato stiffened greatly; he looked at their principal who had an eyebrow raised indicating that he is waiting and then to the girls. He turned his gaze towards Asano and glared one more time, before swallowing the hard lump on his throat. He really want to get Rei and win the championships. Even though she's still not a member of the team, he had put all his dreams in her. The next thing happened was the most unbelievable. Morisato kneeled.
'Forget Pride!' He thought bitterly.
Everyone looked stunned at the turn of things. Sasaki couldn't help but gasp. Never did she see her Coach do something as stupid as this. She knew her coach had pride… and a lot of it. She was really surprised when he kneeled. She looked at her coach for a minute to see him close his eyes tightly, then she looked at their principal. He too has the same expression as everyone in the room.
'I just hope he knows what he's doing.'
Chigasaki and Rei exchanged glances before focusing at the scene before them. What was their Coach thinking? Sure, their Coach might be crazy at times but not this crazy! Does he know how embarrassing this is to Coach Morisato? To the principal? They can't believe they have to see something like this.
Asano blinked before regaining his composure. He never thought that he would do that stupid thing to him. He had to admit that it was rather foolish to do something like this, but he just told it to make Morisato angry, the way he wanted it. He could never imagine Morisato begging… to him, of all people… In that way.
'He must be serious!' he looked towards Rei and saw her expression. He really had to admit that she's really good at volleyball. She can jump really high; hit the ball with extreme force and can block the ball with ease. Qualities like those are very useful in basketball. But it was only in the category of blocking in the basketball sport. He wondered how good she is in the sport, since Morisato is so desperate on getting her. He looked down to see Morisato in such a vulnerable state. He couldn't help but feel sorry for him. He shook his head as he looked at him and raised his eyebrow and waited for him to start begging.
'I swear I'm gonna kill him!' Morisato thought through clenched teeth. He slowly tilted his head to Asano and saw a triumphant smile written across his face. His glare hard and shakily snaked his arms towards Asano's feet, the way he wanted it!
'I'm going to kill him if I have the chance!' he felt Asano's feet move a bit and looked at his direction again before beginning the scripted begging!
"Oh…" he began, his voice croaky. Everyone remained silent at that, letting him continue.
"What? I didn't hear you…" Asano said in a singsong voice. He looked down and saw Morisato glared at him but ignored it.
'I'm gonna kill him!' he thought angrily before beginning again.
"Oh-" he was interrupted again by Asano who looked at him.
"Sorry to interrupt but I think IT IS better if you rub your cheek on my legs… you see it would make a better effect if you do that…" he mocked.
With that Morisato's face paled. What in the world is he thinking!? He is already doing this pleading he wanted and he wanted to add some more to embarrass him!? Does he hate him so much!?
"W-Wait a minute! You expect me to do that!?" Morisato screamed as he stood up.
"Yeah… something wrong?" Morisato clenched his fists and looked at the girls. He sighed one more time and continued what he was doing before he was rudely interrupted.
"Oh great Asano…" he said, his voice trembling and his face pushed towards Asano's feet and slowly, ever slowly rubbed his cheek to his unholy legs.
'I'm gonna wash my face right after this!'
Rei, Chigasaki, and Sasaki blinked before giving each other embarrassing glances. They can't believe that Coach Asano added some more to embarrass the Coach right in front of them and the principal. They looked at his direction only to see him a little shock. His eyes and mouth gaping at the scene right in front of him. They bit their lower lip and looked at their immature coaches. They kept biting their lower lip from saying anything or from laughing. They had to admit it was funny. They stopped biting their lips and frowned that the scene in front of them is very embarrassing aside from the fact that it is funny.
Asano had a triumphant smile when he felt Morisato's cheek rub against his legs. He never felt so proud in his life, for Morisato was begging in front of him. He would let Rei join his club even if Morisato didn't kneel. He has faith in the child and he didn't want to be the villain in Rei's life. He was just her coach, and not her parents. He would allow her since she wanted it even though he knew that her time would be divided. He felt guilty at doing this to his old friend, but it was his fault why he was like this! If he didn't insult volleyball so much, he wouldn't get back to him. His thoughts were greatly interrupted when he heard Morisato's voice.
"… I beg of you please let your student join my stupid club. PLEASE!" he growled through clenched teeth. He was embarrassed for doing this. He thanked god that it was finished and that only some people had to witness this event. He slowly stood up and avoided eye contact with anyone in the room. His cheeks were burning hot from the embarrassment. He breathed deeply before coughing to break the silence in the room.
"O-Okay, are you going to allow me to have Rei?" he asked calmly. He tried to be as calm as possible and tried to forget the scene he had created.
To be continued…Author's notes:
Okay… that's chapter 10 for you! I know it's short, but forgive me okay!? And also for posting this chapter so long… really sorry!!! Wait for Chapter 11!!! I'll post it as soon as possible okay!!!!???? Review! And by the way, I would like to thank Mitsui Jr. for becoming my editor! I'll see you in the next chapter! Ja! ^_^
~Princess Ren