Demi: This chapter will talk about the Sannoh match!!
Chapter 5:
Five days later, 4:47 pm.:
Sakuragi looked over at the scoreboard. It read, "Sannoh: 89, Shohoku 93, 4:57 left in the second half."
It was Sannoh's possession, and once again directed to Sawakita Eiji. Eiji was really getting pissed. He was in the same situation as Rukawa last year.
Rukawa was outclassing Eiji every way. As Shohoku's ace, he had played through the whole game so far, and even though he was absolutely exhausted, he still gave it all...to achieve his dream.
"Japan #1!!!!!" He thought as he picked Eiji's pocket, then raced up, and made a huge windmill dunk.
"Yeah!!!" the Shohoku bench yelled. The other four Shohoku players on the court went over and mobbed him while the Rukawa Brigade yelled out,
"W-E-L-O-V-E-R-U-K-A-W-A!! What does that spell??!! WE LOVE RUKAWA!!!" This cheer made everyone sweat drop. Meanwhile, Haruko was swaying in a dreamy way, whispering, "Rukawa-kun..." Even the Sakuragi Army was quite impressed.
Sakuragi, even though he still liked Haruko, was ok with Rukawa making her swoon, but he was still a little jealous.
"Ah shit." Sawakita Eiji thought as he took the ball and immediately had Rukawa guarding him, with his cold serious eyes staring back at Eiji.
Eiji immediately gave the ball to his senior teammate, who was matched up against Mitsui.
The shooting guard slammed into Mitsui in frustration, and the referee called a charging foul on him.
"Nice Micchi!!!" Sakuragi said, slamming his back.
After this though, Shohoku suddenly went cold, letting Sannoh go on 8-0 run, making the score 97:95, with a minute left. Even Rukawa was missing his shots.
Anzai-Sensei called Shohoku's last timeout with Sannoh in possession of the ball.
"Sakuragi-kun and Rukawa-kun, you two are responsible for guarding Sawakita. Make sure you don't let him break past you." Rukawa and Sakuragi nodded.
"Whatever it takes, do NOT let them score. Foul them if you need. During offense, I want Sakuragi-kun and Rukawa-kun to be in charge. Miyagi-kun, be sure to get them the ball."
Anzai-Sensei ended his speech with a question, "Remember what I told you?"
Mitsui, Miyagi, Rukawa, Sakuragi, and Kashda yelled out, "WE ARE STRONG!!!"
As they took to the court, Sawakita inbounded, and had the ball given back to him. He found Sakuragi and Rukawa guarding him as tight as possible.
"Shit!!!" he thought as he pivoted around, trying to find an opening. While he was doing this, Miyagi picked his pocket, and ran with Sakuragi and Rukawa, against Eiji and another player.
"Rukawa!!" Miyagi gave the ball to him. Rukawa looked around. Sakuragi paused, making his defender relax for a second, then burst forward, and Rukawa lobbed it up.
"TENSAI DUNK!!!" Sakuragi yelled as he got the ball in midair, twisted around, and made a reverse alley-oop.
They high-fived and got back on defense quickly with thirty seconds left. Eiji took up the defense, and this time, burst forward, not waiting for the two-second years to set their feet. He went right, and shot a fadeaway.
"I will become Japan NUMBER ONE!!!" Rukawa shouted in his mind as he went up, and rejected Eiji.
Sakuragi took the ball, and raced in alone, as he took his time and layed it in. He looked over at the scoreboard. 97-99 Shohoku leading, with ten seconds left.
Sawakita took the ball whizzed through everyone except Rukawa and Sakuragi, stutter-stepped a lot of times, and went through them, preparing to lay it in.
"Fuck you." He heard two voices whisper in unison. He felt two hands close on the ball with a second left, and he knew then it was over.
Rukawa and Sakuragi both swept the ball out of Eiji's hands, and the final whistle rang throughout the gym.
"WE WON!!!" Everyone cheering for Shohoku burst in tears of happiness. Shohoku had become Japan's Number one high school team. Rukawa had gotten 44 points, 12 rebounds, 14 assists, 5 blocks, and a nice 7 steals.
He earned his title. "Japan #1, Rukawa Kaede."
End Chapter 5.
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