Title: For Love and Basketball
Rating: PG-13 for now
Disclaimer: I don't own
Gundam Wing.
Warnings: Yaoi, AU, OOC (but
that's normal for a AU fic)
Summary: Duo Maxwell has just
transferred to Gundam High. At his old
school, he was the captain of the basketball team, and the star player. Now, he has to adjust to life at his rival
school. However, he doesn't want to be
at Gundam High, but back at Oz high.
Hello! I know I have a lot of stories unfinished, but this idea came to mind
and wouldn't leave me alone. I hope you
like it, and I'll update this as well! I'm not letting more stories die. -___-;;
I will update. Also, check out
some of my other stories.
Chapter One
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Outside of Gundam High, a pure black hummer with silver tribal bands down the
side, pulled into the student parking lot.
Everyone turned to look at the unknown vehicle. When the door opened, loud rock music filled
the area. After shutting off the truck, the occupant exited the vehicle.
Duo Maxwell grabbed his bag and shut the door.
He stood up tall at 6'2". His
chestnut hair was pulled into a braid that went past his waist, and he wore
black sunglasses, covering his wild violet eyes. He had on black baggy pants
and his basketball jersey. The black and
green jersey have the words 'Lions' written in big bold golden letters on the
front, and the number thirteen with his nickname on the back.
Sighing, Duo headed towards the front doors.
Ignoring the looks from everyone, he walked past and into the
school. Going into the main office, he
took a seat, and waited for his name to be called so he could get his classes
and locker number.
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Heero Yuy was sitting outside in the court yard, with his two best friends,
Trowa Barton and Chang Wufei. He wore
blue jeans and a green tank top, his lettermen's jacket over that. His messy chocolate brown hair covered his
piercing blue eyes, with the way his head was bent down. Trowa was in blue jeans as well, and in a
blue turtle neck. His bangs came down,
covering one of his deep green eyes.
Wufei was in puffy white pants and a blue shirt, his hair pulled back
into a tight ponytail.
All three of them sat there, quietly.
Neither of the three heard of the new arrival. The only thing the three of them knew was
that Duo Maxwell had been expelled from Oz High, and that made them happy, even
though they'd never really show it. All
three of them were on the basketball team, and every year they made it to
state, only to take second place, with Oz High taking first.
Everyone outside started going in a few minutes before the bell, and Heero, Trowa,
and Wufei followed. Trowa was the
tallest of the group, standing at 6'4".
Heero was the second tallest, coming up to 6'2". Wufei was the shorted, standing at an even
six feet.
Once inside, they met up with some other friends of theirs. Heero walked up to a short blonde girl, her
hair falling down to her shoulders. She
looked up at him with her light blue eyes.
"I know something you don't know." She said in low melodic sing song
voice.
"What's that women?" Wufei asked.
"You remember number thirteen of the Oz team?" She questioned.
"Yeah, Duo 'Shinigami' Maxwell. If
you're going to tell us he got expelled from Oz, we already know that." Wufei
stated.
"Ah, but did you know that he's transferring to this school?" She asked
confidently.
"Why dose it matter, Sally?" Heero asked. "I seriously doubt that he'll want to
be on our basketball team."
"You never know." Sally said. "But could
you imagine, we'd be unstoppable with him on the team!"
"He's not going to want to play for his once rival team." Trowa said
softly.
"I don't even think they'll let him on the team. I mean, we're already into the season." Wufei
stated. The small group headed for their
first period class.
"I'm sure he could be convinced. I mean,
he's likes the best player ever!" Sally stated.
"He's not that great." Heero said.
"Heero, he can make a shot from half court! Even you have trouble doing that!"
Sally said. "And have you seen how tall he is?!" She said, smiling. "You know
what they say about the tall ones....unless of course you're Wufei." She said,
then took off running.
Growling, Wufei took off after her. "I'll get you for that onna!" Shaking their heads, Heero and Trowa walked
behind them.
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Duo sat in the principal's office. He
had his sunglasses sitting atop his head.
He had been sitting there since a little after the first hour
started. Sighing, Duo shut his eyes,
thinking pf a way to go back to Oz High.
He hated, no, he loathed the fact that he was the one who had to switch
schools.
"It was just a petty fight..." Duo muttered to himself. He looked up when the principal walked into
the room.
"Hello, Mr. Maxwell. I'm Dr. J." The man
said. "I'm the sub-principal while the other one is on leave." He added. "Now, we've signed you up for the same
classes, and, after a little persuasion, I convinced the basketball couch to
let you on the team, if you want to, that is."
"I'll think about it." Duo said.
"Alright. If you want to, just show up
to the practice today." J said. Duo
nodded. "Good. Now, this is your class schedule, it has your
locker and locker combination on it." J
handed the paper over to Duo.
"And these are your textbooks." J
then handed Duo a stack of three textbooks; AP chemistry, AP English, and
Calculus. "Are there any questions?"
"No, sir." Duo answered. He had already
been through the school, and knew where everything was. He'd always sneak away before games and look
around.
"Well, that's all then." J said.
"Welcome to Gundam High."
"Thank you, sir." Duo said then left the room, but not after grabbing a pass
from J. He looked to see what class he
had first, and saw it was AP chemistry.
When he got to his locker, he got it opened, and shoved everything but a
pen, notebook, the chemistry textbook, and the calculator. He shoved the items into his bag, which also
held his lucky basketball. Shutting the
locker, he headed to chemistry room.
In the classroom, Mr. Darlian was teaching the class when Duo entered. "Ah, Mr. Maxwell, so nice of you to join us."
Mr. Darlian said in his usually cheery voice, causing a few students to
snicker. Rolling his eyes, Duo handed
him the pass. "Well, I see J wanted to
make sure you didn't get in trouble on your first day."
"Whatever..." Duo muttered.
"Well, Mr. Maxwell, you can take the seat next to Mr. Winner." Mr. Darlian
said, pointing to Quatre. Duo nodded,
and headed to the seat. As he walked, he
received glares from of some the cheerleaders and basketball players. He ignored it. When he took his seat, Mr. Darlian picked up
where he left off in his lecture.
"Hello, I'm Quatre." He blonde next to Duo said softly, offering a friendly
smile.
"Name's Duo."
"You know, you wouldn't receive so many glares if you didn't wear your old
jersey." Quatre pointed out.
"I know. But I don't really care what
they think." Duo stated. "I'm an Oz Lion
all the way, and they're just gonna have to deal with that." He added with his
normal cheery grin.
Quatre shook his head, smiling. "Well,
I'm sure they'll warm up eventually. You
already have something in common with them."
"Yeah, but, they can't hold a shot next to me." Duo commented.
"I know. There's only one person who can
make a shot from half court, and that's Hero Yuy." Quatre said. "And even he has trouble with that."
Duo shrugged. "I've been playing since I
was two....well, I tried playing hen I was two."
Quatre
nodded. "So, why are you here at Gundam High?"
"Got into a fight with a teammate, he spent a week in the hospital, I was
expelled." Duo's eyes darkened as he explained.
"It was his own damn fault."
"So, no more basketball for the rest of the year?"
"J said I could play here if I wanted too."
"Are you going to?"
Duo shrugged. "Not sure. I mean, I would be great to be able to focus
more on my studies, but I love the game too much."
"Well, I'm sure the team would love to have you." Quatre said. When the bell rang, they stood, and Duo got a
good look at Quatre. He had brilliant
aquamarine eyes, and light blonde hair,
He stood at around 5'7".
"Gods, you're short." Duo commented.
"No, you're just tall." Quatre stated.
"Nope. You're short." Duo said,
smiling. He left the room with Quatre,
ignoring all the gossip around him. "So,
what do you have next?"
"P.E. We're playing basketball, so it's
usually the people on the team against everyone else." Quatre said glumly.
"Well, I have P.E. next as well, so things will change." Duo said. The stopped at his locker first, and Duo
dropped his books off. Then they went to
Quatre's locker, where he dropped everything off as well. They then headed for the locker rooms.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Duo stood in the gymnasium, wearing his black basketball shorts and a regular
white shirt. He sat down on the first
bleacher, and waited for Quatre. No one
else was in the room with him. Everyone
was still in the locker room, no likely talking about him. He looked over and saw the rack of
basketballs. Sighing, he got up and
grabbed on, before going to stab at half court.
Standing there, he looked at the hoop.
Dribbling the ball he moved to the sides, and behind him, waving the
ball in and out between his legs, before taking the shot. He made the shot, the net swaying with
movement. The ball bounced its way back
to Duo's feet. He bent down to pick it
up, and saw someone with chocolate brown hair coming towards him.
"You're very good." The boy said.
"Thanks." Duo muttered. He lined up his
shot again, and fired, making it again.
"I'm surprised you're not in with the rest of your team." He commented.
"Why would I be?" Heero asked. "I know
who you are, your reputation. But you're
still a person."
Duo looked over at him, slender eyebrow raised in curiosity. "Right, and you haven't told this to the rest
of them?"
"I have, but they don't listen." Heero said.
He saw Trowa and Wufei walking over to them.
"They don't judge someone by reputation either." He commented.
"I'll keep that in mind." Duo said. He
walked away, dribbling the ball.
Trowa and Wufei made it over to Heero as Duo was walking away. "So, what's he like?" Trowa asked.
"He doesn't care about us. He still sees
Oz as his school." Heero answered.
"That's normal though." Wufei said. "So,
do you think he'll play on the team?"
"I think he will." Heero said. "He
enjoys playing the game too much." Heero
walked away from his friends and grabbed a ball.
Slowly, second hour, and the rest of the day passed for Duo Maxwell. He had no homework, and no practice since it
had been cancelled for the day, not that he minded. When he got home, all he did was g out and
play basketball, the end to his normal daily routine.
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