Title: For Love and Basketball
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing.
Warnings: Yaoi, AU, OOC
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Chapter Two
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Duo walked into the gymnasium after school, dressed in his shorts and a
shirt. He went over with his 'lucky'
ball and started shooting. After a long
debate with Quatre, he lost, and decided to join the team. His last class was on hallway over from the
gym, and he also had his stuff before going to his sixth hour.
Duo was so busy shooting he didn't notice someone come up behind him. The figure placed hand on his shoulder. Duo whirled around, glaring. The smile returned to his face when he
realized who it was. "Hey Howard."
"Hey Duo. So, you decided to play for
your rival team?"
"Not the rival team anymore if I'm going to be playing on it." Duo grumbled.
"True. It's stupid that you got expelled
from Oz High though." Howard said.
"I don't care. Even if I hadn't been
expelled, I would have transferred. I
can't stand Marquise anymore." Duo said darkly.
"I'll be glad to wipe the floor with him."
Howard chuckled. "Come on, the rest of
the team is still bitching. My guess is
that they can't believe that an Oz player would think of joining." Howard
rolled his eyes. "So I'll play ya in a
quick one-on-one."
Duo raised an eyebrow in amusement. "Can you keep up old man?" He teased.
"Old?! Who are you calling old?!" Howard questioned. "I'll have you know, that no matter my age,
I'm still better then you in basketball."
"Yeah right!" Duo exclaimed. "I'd like
to see you make a half court shot."
Howard stared at Duo through his sunglasses.
"Okay, so you're the better basketball player."
"Damn right I am." Duo grinned.
Howard rolled his eyes. Glancing at the
clock, he sighed. "I better go get the
team from the locker room, or they get to run laps." Howard left, smiling. One his way out he passed Heero, Trowa, and
Wufei. Duo watched Howard leave before
shooting again. The three of them stood
by the bleachers, watching Duo.
Duo had noticed them out of the corner of his eye. "You know, instead of standing there, you can
always grab a ball and shoot." Duo said to them.
Wufei glanced at Trowa and Heero before going to the rack of balls and grabbing
one. He went up to the free-throw line
where Duo was and began shooting. Heero
and Trowa followed.
They continued shooting for fifteen more minutes, before stopping for a small
break. They headed over to the
bleachers, and Duo grabbed his water bottle, gulping down the clear
liquid. Heero sat down next to Duo, then
Wufei, then Trowa.
"So what changed you mind about playing?" Wufei asked.
Duo shrugged. "I enjoy the game too much
to stop just because I'm on a different team."
"So you'll stay play your hardest, even on this team?" Heero questioned.
Duo nodded. "Yup, besides, I'm looking forward
to the first game so I can ram Zechs into the pole." He said grinning.
"What happened between the two of you?" Trowa asked. "You seemed like such good friends."
Duo rolled his eyes. "He's a
backstabbing blonde bimbo with no brains." He growled.
"Did he get expelled from Oz like you?" Heero inquired.
"No. He started the fight, but I did
more damage." Duo said, shrugging.
"Why does that matter?" Wufei asked.
"I shouldn't, but at Oz, they go by whoever does more damage. Besides, they weren't going to expel both of
their star players." Duo commented.
"If they didn't want to lose the best player, they picked the wrong person to
keep." Heero stated.
"I know. But if they don't want me, then
they can't have me." Duo stated. He
grabbed his ball and went back out into the court to the half way point. He began shooting again, making flawless goal
after flawless goal.
"How can you do that with out any problems?" Trowa asked.
Duo shrugged, shooting again. "It's just
like shooting from the free throw line."
"How do you figure that?" Wufei questioned.
Duo sighed. "Grab a ball and get over
here." He said. Glancing at each other, they
did what Duo told them to and went out to half court. "Alright, shoot." He said.
Wufei blinked a few times, staring at him.
"We can't make that shoot."
"Just try it." Duo said.
Sighed, Trowa dribbled the ball a couple of times then shot. He missed the hoop by a few feet. Wufei shot after him, missing by about the
same distance. Heero was the last to
shoot. He managed to bounce the ball off
the rim and onto the floor.
Duo watched as all three of them missed.
"Alright. I can safely say that
give it a week and I'm sure all of you can make it."
"I can make it...sometimes..." Heero muttered.
"It's all in your form." Duo said. "With
every shot, your form changes."
"Who
taught you to shoot?" Trowa asked.
"Howard." Duo answered, taking his shot, scoring. "Out at half court, add more forward pressure when
shooting, and push on your feet more while rotating your hip. You still might not make it at first, but with
practice, it won't be long before you can."
"Wait, your saying Howard, our coach, taught you to shoot?" Wufei questioned.
Duo nodded. "Howard is a friend of the family.
He's the one that got me interested in basketball."
"If he teaches here, and he taught you to play, then why did you go to Oz High instead
of here?" Trowa asked.
Duo sighed. "Most of my friends went to Oz,
so I went there to stay with them." He went
over and tossed Heero, Trowa, and Wufei's ball back to them then grabbed his own.
"Then they backstabbed you..." Heero stated.
"They don't sound like very good friends."
"Well, their not." Duo said. "They can burn
in hell for all I care." He added darkly.
Heero, Trowa, or Wufei didn't want to push the subject even more, so they
continued shooting. They eventually
settled on a game of two on two. Trowa
and Wufei were going against Heero and Duo.
After one game, everyone else on the team piled into the room, everyone
of them panting heavily.
Howard walked up in front of them, grinning.
"Now you know what happens when you don't do as I tell you." He said.
"But Coach, he's an Oz crony!" Shouted a voice from the group.
"Oz crony?! Can't you people fucking come up with something better then that!?"
Duo snapped, turning to face them. "In
the past two days I've been called that more times then I care to
comprehend. Come up with something more
fucking original!"
The room went silent as Duo ranted. When
he was done, everyone was staring at him.
Howard tried to hide the smirk from his face, and was failing miserably. Duo knew that Howard wouldn't be mad at him,
and figured that a few of the team members would be a little pissed at him, but
he didn't care.
"Well, it's time to start practice." Howard said. "I want everyone to line up and we're going
to run suicides." Everyone who was
outside running with Howard, because they didn't want to practice with Duo,
groaned. "Stop whining you babies, its
your fault you had to run two miles. Now
move!" Howard ordered.
Everyone ran to borderline, and started running when Howard blew the whistle. They ran up to the other borderline and back,
then two thirds of the way up the court and back, then one third of the way up
to the court and back. They continued
for about fifteen minutes. After they
finished their suicides, they had a small scrimmage before heading to the showers.
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Duo left the school, his hair still dripping wet. He just pulled it back into the ponytail. Knowing
his hair would take long enough to dry to begin with, but if he had braided it,
by third hour the next day, it would still be wet. He was sitting in his hummer, the door still
opened. He had promised to give Quatre a
ride home after his orchestra rehearsal.
Smiling, Quatre walked over to the driver side of the Hummer. "How was practice?" He asked, looking up at
Duo.
Duo shrugged. "Everyone but me, Heero,
Wufei, and Trowa had to run two miles
outside for refusing to practice at first." He said, making sure to emphasize
Trowa's name, teasing Quatre.
"Shut up..." Quatre grumbled, going over to the passenger side and getting into
the oversize truck.
"Why don't you just talk to him? He's so
totally gay." Duo said, shutting his door and turning the vehicle on.
"How do you know that?!" Quatre asked.
Duo chuckled. "It's called gaydar,
Quatre." Duo thought about something for
a moment. "I know, I'll talk to Trowa
for you tomorrow at practice."
"You'll do no such thing!!" Quatre exclaimed.
"Why not? You do like him." Duo stated.
"So?! That doesn't mean he likes me.
Besides, you don't even actually know
if he's gay. You're just assuming."
Quatre stated.
"You never know if you don't say something!" Duo stated.
"But...but...the intimidation..." Quatre muttered.
"He's not that damn bad." Duo said as the pulled into the driveway of Quatre's
house. "Bye Quatre."
"Bye Duo, and don't talk to him!" Quatre said, leaving the Hummer. Smiling, Duo left the house and drove towards
his own house.