Pride and Prejudice – Part 4

By: Ghostwriter

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            Everyone ceased laughing when a shadow loomed over them. Sakuragi looked down upon them, scowling most ferociously. Rukawa stood behind him, and as usual, his handsome features looked as though they have been carved out of white marble.

            'How's your back, Hanamichi?' Mitsui asked, unable to resist a grin. 'Heard you yell from my class. You really like Rukawa a lot eh, yelling his nick name when you're in pain,' he snickered.

            'TEME MITCHY!'

            'How many times must I tell you not to call me Mitchy?' Mitsui roared at him.

            'Who's Mitchy?' a voice asked loudly. 'Get out of my way, baka, your back is not as interesting as you think it is.' Akane pushed rather roughly pass the two boys with Yumiko in her wake. Rukawa was unruffled but Sakuragi looked livid.

            'Who are you to tell the Tensai what to do?' he thundered, venting his anger without seeing who it was. He looked down at Akane, who was standing in front of him, with her hands planted firmly on her ample hips. Mitsui grinned. Sakuragi is about to get the worst verbal battle he ever had the misfortune to get into.

            Sakuragi stared at her, as though she was some alien species that fell from the sky before bursting out laughing. 'Godzilla,' he pointed at her as he started laughing again. Everyone was aware of the scorching heat of anger that Akane was radiating. Yumiko noticed the small muscle twitching in Akane's jaw, a sure sign that she is awfully angry.

            'Akane…' Yumiko said warningly as she tried to calm her enraged friend. Too late.

            'BAKA NINJIN ATAMA!' she screamed at the red-head basketball player. Sakuragi was momentarily stunned at her outburst and stared down at her with a mixture of curiosity as well as annoyance. Not many people dared insult the Tensai, and even less females that even dared say an unkind word in his face.

            Akane was steaming with rage, longing to pick up a chair and bash it on his head. She stared defiantly at Sakuragi, meeting his eyes, blue fire dancing in her sea green eyes. He might be one and a half feet taller than her, probably twice as strong as her, but nobody insults Katsura Akane and gets away with it!

            'What did you call me?' Sakuragi growled, purposely intimidating her. Akane was not put off. She climbed up on a nearby chair and bellowed into Sakuragi's ear, 'BAKA NINJIN ATAMA!'

            Akane's voice echoed through the building. Everyone was stunned. Someone other than Rukawa had publicly called Sakuragi names. And even Rukawa did not insult him this loudly, or in front of the half the student body of Shohoku High.

            Sakuragi looked around to find everyone staring at them with utmost interest. 'What are you looking at? There is nothing to see!' he shouted at them. He then turned to face his provoker, in the throes of his fury. 'I oughta…' he raised his fist threateningly.

            Shocked to think that he is actually going to hit her, Akane did the only thing that came into her mind that instant.

            She raised her fist and with lighting speed, rammed it into his eye.

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Disclaimer: OK…Slam Dunk don't belong to me…

Hey Minna,

            You must be thinking – OMG, she actually hit him.

            If you think no female can give Sakuragi a black eye, you're mightily wrong. My Akane can…*Parades around and throws confetti into the air* He deserves it, ne? Always walking around, dubbing his seniors with such disrespectful nicknames. (GWriter's best friend: Then I believe someone should give you a black eye as well, since you do exactly the same thing!) I – arr…NEVERMIND!

            Ok, I've read all my reviews carefully…and I'm going to answer every one of your questions, since you guys probably are mad at me for making this chapter damn short, ne?

Doujin: Well, I won't say Mitsui is exactly the ever loving, kind and caring and handsome good guy. After all, he is an ex-gangster, and sometimes, old habits die hard.

Lor: Gomen, I know I have a lot of typing mistakes in the first few chapters. That is because I was so eager to post it up and see how your reactions are.

Firenze: Sorry about the grammatical errors and mistakes in expression. After all, I'm quite young and I can only rely on my trusty computer to do my checking. If you want to know my age, you'll have to mail me! Coz, there is no way I'm going to announce my age in public.

Ju-chan: According to my calculations, Mitsui should be in third year. From where the anime left off, it was only mentioned that Akagi and Kogure quit the team because they need to study for the university exams, but Mitsui wants to stay one and play as long as he can to make up for all his lost time. And in one of the earlier episodes, somewhere before the Ryonan+Shoyo against Shohoku practice game, Fujima Kenji told Hikoichi that Hanagata and he will continue to coach and play for Shoyo despite their coming exams. And Hikoichi had remarked with disappointment that they were so enthusiastic whereas Uozumi had quit the team after they failed to beat Shohoku. And the Original Rukawa Shinetai was never properly introduced. Anyway, by the game against Kainan, Rukawa's popularity had gone so high that a lot of girls appeared in the same uniform, cheering for him. So I guess someone actually tool the trouble to get things organized. But Rukawa is worth it! Ok, my apologies, I just realized my error. Sakuragi and Rukawa are in Year 1 but got thrown into the same class along with Yohei and Haruko, Ok? I'll make the necessary changes soon. Gomen. Otherwise, all is in order.

Illuminate: Actually, Akane is as flawed as anyone can possibly be. It's just that the fic hasn't really gone into the main storyline yet, so all I can say is that her flaws aren't all that evident yet. For example in this chapter, she let her fury blind her and publicly called Sakuragi 'baka ninjin atama'. It really shows how brash her temper really is. And when Sakuragi raised his arm, she acted upon her instinct without weighing the consequences and sent her fist flying into Sakuragi's face. I mean, would you want a girl like that to be your girlfriend, if you were a guy?

            I'm glad everyone enjoys the story about a flawed character. It was not so difficult for me to write because I'm very flawed, very hot tempered and I often do things without thinking as well. I guess many of us are like that, right? I mean, it's just a matter of personality. Oh, even though Akane might have the temper of a she-devil, a tongue as sharp as a new razor and a neck as stubborn as diamonds, she has many good traits as well. You'll learn of them as the story progresses. If you have anymore questions, either review them or mail me, kay?

            So I'm gonna disappear now. *grinz* I think this is a perfect place to end, is it not? *looks around innocently* I'm sure you'll all agree with me….

Haunts of Love,

GHOSTWRITER…

P/S: I know, you're all wondering what baka ninjin atama means right? It means… Mail me, and I'll tell ya!

P/S/S: And yes, the comment from my best friend? Yeah, she actually said that. I did call my seniors nicknames but not in their faces.