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Chapter 8:

An alarm clock rang, waking Rukawa from a dreamless and good sleep. It had been two weeks since he had arrived at America, the daily routine being Basketball, eat, basketball, eat, watch T.V., eat, basketball, sleep.

Rukawa woke up groggily, dressed, and ate breakfast. After that, he went over to the mailbox, and found two letters. One letter told him that he had been accepted at Ohio University.

Ohio University was the local University, and was also famous for its basketball team. Rukawa had applied there hoping to continue his luxurious basketball career.

Rukawa started to grin. He looked over the second letter.

His eyes widened. It was from Sakuragi Hanamachi of Japan:

Hey Rukawa! How you doing in America? The basketball season has just ended, and Shohoku has just won their second championship in two years. Guess who got the MVP award and the title of Japan #1? This tensai, of course! Nyahahaha!!! I'm Japan #1, and I'm coming to Ohio too in a few weeks. Nyahahaha!!!

P.S.: Me and Haruko-Chan have come together! Gori and her parents have allowed her to come with me!!! NYAHAHAHAHA!!

Hanamachi

Rukawa smiled. He knew this was going to happen when he left, and he felt pride that Shohoku had won again, proving it wasn't a fluke last year. He felt new determination welling up inside him, determined to beat Sakuragi.

He went out to his backyard and started shooting. Three Pointer! SWISH! Turnaround Jumper! SWISH! Floater! SWISH! He worked up a sweat as he raced in for a windmill dunk, a fadeaway, then a reverse layup.

It turned out he practiced for the rest of the day.


Rukawa gulped as he entered the classroom. Here he was in his first class, studying computers. His marks were bad, since he slept in class all day in high school, so his new ambition was to earn at least passing grades.

As he entered the classroom, he took a look around his new classmates. He immediately noticed the girl. She was very pretty, even with casual clothes, with normal, brown hair, and a ponytail at the back. She had a small mouth, pursed in a nervous expression, while her eyes were just beatiful, partly brown and black.

She was wearing a grim and nervous face, and Rukawa was sure if she smiled, she would cause every guy in the room to stare at her.

He looked around in dread, as he realized that the only empty seat was beside the pretty girl. He walked slowly up to the seat, deposited his backpack, and sat uncomfortably, fidgeting every now and then.

Finally, the teacher came in and his first class started.


Rukawa yawned. It hadn't been long until he had fallen asleep in class. It turned out the teacher hit him in the head, and even if Rukawa threatened him, he still stood up to him.

He grumbled as he rubbed the lump on his head. "Hi!" He jumped as a voice behind him said it. He whirled around to see that it was the pretty girl. Rukawa had just found out in class that her name was Utada.

"Rukawa, is it?" she asked. Rukawa just nodded dumbly, stunned by the sight of this beatiful woman.

They continued talking until Rukawa opened up, and they soon turned out to be friends. "Here's my phone number! Bye!" Utada gave him a slip of paper, and ran off.

End Chapter 8.

demi: Next chaps about when Rukawa goes to the tryouts for the basketball team, so review!!!!!!