A Love Within Three Hearts
Thank you to all the reviewers.
Disclaimer: Slam Dunk, and its original characters do not belong to me. It belongs to Inoue Takehiko. All the unoriginal characters in this fic are mine, though. What If?, A Fling and A Love Within Three Hearts is a trilogy. If you haven't read the other two stories, read those first.
Summary: Hana got back from the States already. Len also too. Set during Hana and Kaede's second year.
A/n: Kaede and Taka wants their other brother, Len to fit in. So, expect OOC in Kaede's case. I do hope I got the legal age to drive correct in this chapter.
Chapter 2
Sunday Morning...
"My car should arrive soon, can I use it to drive to school?" Len asked the next morning.
"Len, you are only 17. It's only legal for Japanese to drive at 18," Mr. Rukawa answered. "You have to cycle to school, like Kaede here,"
"So, I expect the beemer will be collecting dust, eh?" Len asked sarcastically. "But I thought Taka drives,"
"Len, I'm 21 years old, what do you expect?" Taka asked, smiling.
Kaede finished eating in record time.
"Kaede, where are you going?"
"One-on-one with Sendoh," he replied. "Hana promised to cheer me up,"
******
School...
Monday Morning
Len cycled to school with Kaede. Both didn't talk much. Kaede just showed him the way to Shohoku, Len watched the scenery along the way.
"Oh well, here's Shohoku," Kaede said after they entered the school compound.
"Rukawa! Rukawa! Love me! Love me! Rukawa!" shouted some girls.
Kaede immediately went to park his bicycle and rushed off to class. Along the way he saw the Sakuragi Gundam.
"Oi, Yohei, where's Hana?" he asked.
"She went to the InterSchool English Competition," Yohei answered. "Rukawa, am I seeing double?"
Kaede shook his head. "This is my twin brother,"
"Rukawa Len Xiao Tian Adam, call me Len,"
"Mito Youhei, call me Mito," Youhei replied.
Len nodded.
*****
In class...
It sounds so quiet. Len entered the class when it's maths. He had just given his form of entry to the principal, and shown around the school by somebody he didn't know.
"Ohayo, I'm the new student," he greeted the sensei.
"Ohayo, tell us your name, and you may sit wherever you like," the sensei answered.
"Ohayo, minna, ore wa Rukawa Len Xiao Tian Adam, please call me Len," Len introduced himself.
"You look just like Rukawa Kaede, are you siblings?" asked somebody from the back. Len nodded.
There are two empty seat, one in front of his brother, while the other, next to his brother. Len went to sit at the front.
"That's Sakuragi's seat, if I were you, I wouldn't sit there!" somebody said. After hearing that, Len went to sit next to Kaede.
"What is it about Sakuragi?"
"She has a fiery temper," Kaede answered.
After maths, then biology, after that, chemistry and after that, physics. Len watched and learned as all the teachers use Japanese to teach (duh!). Len adapted himself to the new surroundings, as it is very different from Kennedy High.
Just before the end of the school day, an announcement was made via the P.A. system.
"Sorry for this interruption, minna! Sakuragi Hana had just won the InterSchool English Competition after narrowly beating Kainan High!" squealed the person making the announcement. "Congratulations to Sakuragi-san!"
"Kaede, who's Sakuragi?" asked Len.
"She sits at the place you originally wanted to sit on just now,"
"She must be very good in English,"
"Hana spent a month in the States, Len," Youhei interrupted.
"Really? I wonder which part, coz there's this girl from Japan entered my school. Her name is Hana Sakuragi," Len said.
"What club are you going to join, Len?"
"Basketball," Len answered.
*****
Basketball practice...
"Minna, we have a new member today," announced Anzai-sensei.
"Konnichiwa, ore wa Rukawa Len Xiao Tian Adam, yoroshiku," Len introduced himself.
"Any relationship with Rukawa?"
"Brother,"
"Miyagi-sempai, is Sakuragi-sempai coming to the practice?" asked a first year, Mikage Yuhi, who's face somewhat looks similar to his namesake in Ayashino Ceres.
"Did somebody call my name?" shouted a girl.
"Sakuragi-san!" shouted a freshman.
"C'mon, Mikage, do you think I'd miss a day of practice?" the girl asked.
"Of course not, Sakuragi-san," the freshman answered.
"Oi baka! Come over here for a moment, there's a new member," shouted Miyagi.
"Sure, sure, shorty," she mocked and jogged lightly towards Miyagi.
"Hana, this is our new member, Rukawa Len Xiao Tian Adam," Miyagi introduced. "Oi, Hana!"
"Aah, sorry, Ryocchin, Kaede made a mistake just now," Hana answered. "He traveled,"
"I did not," Kaede answered monotonely.
"Kitsune, you just did," she replied.
Len watched the redheaded girl torment his own brother. She reminded him a lot of Hana, physically.
"As I was saying, Hana!" Ryota shouted.
"Watashi wa Sakuragi Hana, yoroshiku," Hana said to the guy who stared at his shoes.
"Ore wa Rukawa Len Xiao Tian Adam, yoroshiku" he answered and eyed Hana.
Hana immediately recognised him as R.Len, but she didn't want to open up the issue.
Len, however, thought, 'I wonder if she is Hana, but the behaviour is so different! Her hair is longer too,'
"Are you related to the kitsune?" asked Hana.
"Kitsune?" Len asked.
"Oi, do'aho, he's my twin brother," Kaede answered.
"Do'aho?" Len asked. If he's not mistaken, Do'aho means stupid, and kitsune means fox.
"Both of them has 'special' nicknames for each other, Hana called Rukawa, 'kitsune' and Rukawa returned the favour by calling her 'do'aho'," Miyagi explained.
"I wonder when they will reconcile, they look so cute together," Haruko sighed.
"Reconcile?" asked Len.
"They used to have a deep and intense relationship, end of story," Miyagi explained again.
"The first years in team A, the second years and third years in team B," Miyagi shouted.
Neither Len nor Hana entered the game first.
"Why aren't you playing?" he asked her.
"Ryota is a point guard, and you know as well as I do that there should only be one point guard in a game," Hana replied lightly.
"You play point guard?" Len asked. 'They even play the same position!'
"Hai, from your height, I'd guess you either play small forward or power forward," she answered.
"How'd you know?" he asked.
"I just guessed," she lied.
"Ryocchin! Take a rest! Or you'll trouble your leg!" she shouted.
"I'm going to, you baka!" Miyagi shouted. True to his words, Hana entered the court 5 minutes after that.
"I broke my leg a few months ago," Miyagi explained.
"But why are you playing?"
"The doctor said it's ok, if I just play for 5-10 minutes," Miyagi explained. "Watch Hana play, she's very good,"
"Kaede!" she shouted, and passed to Rukawa, who made a jump shot.
"Good pass, Hana!" shouted Miyagi.
Sakuragi! Sakuragi! Love me Love me! Sakuragi," shouted some male cheerleaders.
"Sakuragi's own cheerleading squad," Miyagi explained.
"Rukawa! Rukawa! Love me Love me! Rukawa!" shouted some female cheerleaders.
"Rukawa's own cheerleading squad," Miyagi explained.
"They got them?"
"The people volunteered for it, both Rukawa Kaede and Hana don't want em," Miyagi answered.
*****
Practice ended around 9.00 p.m.
"End of practice! Three weeks later, we'll be having a practice game with Ryonan High," Miyagi announced. "Work hard minna, even though Uozumi's missing,"
****
"Is Ryonan good?" asked Len.
"Hai, they lost against us last year though," Hana answered. "Sendoh's good, he's the Ryonan Ace,"
"Who's Uozumi?" Len asked.
"He's one of the ex-players of Ryonan, he's about two metres tall, and Akagi, our ex-captain defeated him," Hana answered.
"Here's my house, see both of you tomorrow," Hana said after they arrived at her front gates.
"Konbanwa!"
"Konbanwa!" both chorused.
*****
"Hey, why this blue?" asked Ryuen.
"I met Len at school and he didn't recognise me," Hana answered.
"Really?"
Hana nodded.
End of chapter 2 - please read and review
Thank you to all the reviewers.
Disclaimer: Slam Dunk, and its original characters do not belong to me. It belongs to Inoue Takehiko. All the unoriginal characters in this fic are mine, though. What If?, A Fling and A Love Within Three Hearts is a trilogy. If you haven't read the other two stories, read those first.
Summary: Hana got back from the States already. Len also too. Set during Hana and Kaede's second year.
A/n: Kaede and Taka wants their other brother, Len to fit in. So, expect OOC in Kaede's case. I do hope I got the legal age to drive correct in this chapter.
Chapter 2
Sunday Morning...
"My car should arrive soon, can I use it to drive to school?" Len asked the next morning.
"Len, you are only 17. It's only legal for Japanese to drive at 18," Mr. Rukawa answered. "You have to cycle to school, like Kaede here,"
"So, I expect the beemer will be collecting dust, eh?" Len asked sarcastically. "But I thought Taka drives,"
"Len, I'm 21 years old, what do you expect?" Taka asked, smiling.
Kaede finished eating in record time.
"Kaede, where are you going?"
"One-on-one with Sendoh," he replied. "Hana promised to cheer me up,"
******
School...
Monday Morning
Len cycled to school with Kaede. Both didn't talk much. Kaede just showed him the way to Shohoku, Len watched the scenery along the way.
"Oh well, here's Shohoku," Kaede said after they entered the school compound.
"Rukawa! Rukawa! Love me! Love me! Rukawa!" shouted some girls.
Kaede immediately went to park his bicycle and rushed off to class. Along the way he saw the Sakuragi Gundam.
"Oi, Yohei, where's Hana?" he asked.
"She went to the InterSchool English Competition," Yohei answered. "Rukawa, am I seeing double?"
Kaede shook his head. "This is my twin brother,"
"Rukawa Len Xiao Tian Adam, call me Len,"
"Mito Youhei, call me Mito," Youhei replied.
Len nodded.
*****
In class...
It sounds so quiet. Len entered the class when it's maths. He had just given his form of entry to the principal, and shown around the school by somebody he didn't know.
"Ohayo, I'm the new student," he greeted the sensei.
"Ohayo, tell us your name, and you may sit wherever you like," the sensei answered.
"Ohayo, minna, ore wa Rukawa Len Xiao Tian Adam, please call me Len," Len introduced himself.
"You look just like Rukawa Kaede, are you siblings?" asked somebody from the back. Len nodded.
There are two empty seat, one in front of his brother, while the other, next to his brother. Len went to sit at the front.
"That's Sakuragi's seat, if I were you, I wouldn't sit there!" somebody said. After hearing that, Len went to sit next to Kaede.
"What is it about Sakuragi?"
"She has a fiery temper," Kaede answered.
After maths, then biology, after that, chemistry and after that, physics. Len watched and learned as all the teachers use Japanese to teach (duh!). Len adapted himself to the new surroundings, as it is very different from Kennedy High.
Just before the end of the school day, an announcement was made via the P.A. system.
"Sorry for this interruption, minna! Sakuragi Hana had just won the InterSchool English Competition after narrowly beating Kainan High!" squealed the person making the announcement. "Congratulations to Sakuragi-san!"
"Kaede, who's Sakuragi?" asked Len.
"She sits at the place you originally wanted to sit on just now,"
"She must be very good in English,"
"Hana spent a month in the States, Len," Youhei interrupted.
"Really? I wonder which part, coz there's this girl from Japan entered my school. Her name is Hana Sakuragi," Len said.
"What club are you going to join, Len?"
"Basketball," Len answered.
*****
Basketball practice...
"Minna, we have a new member today," announced Anzai-sensei.
"Konnichiwa, ore wa Rukawa Len Xiao Tian Adam, yoroshiku," Len introduced himself.
"Any relationship with Rukawa?"
"Brother,"
"Miyagi-sempai, is Sakuragi-sempai coming to the practice?" asked a first year, Mikage Yuhi, who's face somewhat looks similar to his namesake in Ayashino Ceres.
"Did somebody call my name?" shouted a girl.
"Sakuragi-san!" shouted a freshman.
"C'mon, Mikage, do you think I'd miss a day of practice?" the girl asked.
"Of course not, Sakuragi-san," the freshman answered.
"Oi baka! Come over here for a moment, there's a new member," shouted Miyagi.
"Sure, sure, shorty," she mocked and jogged lightly towards Miyagi.
"Hana, this is our new member, Rukawa Len Xiao Tian Adam," Miyagi introduced. "Oi, Hana!"
"Aah, sorry, Ryocchin, Kaede made a mistake just now," Hana answered. "He traveled,"
"I did not," Kaede answered monotonely.
"Kitsune, you just did," she replied.
Len watched the redheaded girl torment his own brother. She reminded him a lot of Hana, physically.
"As I was saying, Hana!" Ryota shouted.
"Watashi wa Sakuragi Hana, yoroshiku," Hana said to the guy who stared at his shoes.
"Ore wa Rukawa Len Xiao Tian Adam, yoroshiku" he answered and eyed Hana.
Hana immediately recognised him as R.Len, but she didn't want to open up the issue.
Len, however, thought, 'I wonder if she is Hana, but the behaviour is so different! Her hair is longer too,'
"Are you related to the kitsune?" asked Hana.
"Kitsune?" Len asked.
"Oi, do'aho, he's my twin brother," Kaede answered.
"Do'aho?" Len asked. If he's not mistaken, Do'aho means stupid, and kitsune means fox.
"Both of them has 'special' nicknames for each other, Hana called Rukawa, 'kitsune' and Rukawa returned the favour by calling her 'do'aho'," Miyagi explained.
"I wonder when they will reconcile, they look so cute together," Haruko sighed.
"Reconcile?" asked Len.
"They used to have a deep and intense relationship, end of story," Miyagi explained again.
"The first years in team A, the second years and third years in team B," Miyagi shouted.
Neither Len nor Hana entered the game first.
"Why aren't you playing?" he asked her.
"Ryota is a point guard, and you know as well as I do that there should only be one point guard in a game," Hana replied lightly.
"You play point guard?" Len asked. 'They even play the same position!'
"Hai, from your height, I'd guess you either play small forward or power forward," she answered.
"How'd you know?" he asked.
"I just guessed," she lied.
"Ryocchin! Take a rest! Or you'll trouble your leg!" she shouted.
"I'm going to, you baka!" Miyagi shouted. True to his words, Hana entered the court 5 minutes after that.
"I broke my leg a few months ago," Miyagi explained.
"But why are you playing?"
"The doctor said it's ok, if I just play for 5-10 minutes," Miyagi explained. "Watch Hana play, she's very good,"
"Kaede!" she shouted, and passed to Rukawa, who made a jump shot.
"Good pass, Hana!" shouted Miyagi.
Sakuragi! Sakuragi! Love me Love me! Sakuragi," shouted some male cheerleaders.
"Sakuragi's own cheerleading squad," Miyagi explained.
"Rukawa! Rukawa! Love me Love me! Rukawa!" shouted some female cheerleaders.
"Rukawa's own cheerleading squad," Miyagi explained.
"They got them?"
"The people volunteered for it, both Rukawa Kaede and Hana don't want em," Miyagi answered.
*****
Practice ended around 9.00 p.m.
"End of practice! Three weeks later, we'll be having a practice game with Ryonan High," Miyagi announced. "Work hard minna, even though Uozumi's missing,"
****
"Is Ryonan good?" asked Len.
"Hai, they lost against us last year though," Hana answered. "Sendoh's good, he's the Ryonan Ace,"
"Who's Uozumi?" Len asked.
"He's one of the ex-players of Ryonan, he's about two metres tall, and Akagi, our ex-captain defeated him," Hana answered.
"Here's my house, see both of you tomorrow," Hana said after they arrived at her front gates.
"Konbanwa!"
"Konbanwa!" both chorused.
*****
"Hey, why this blue?" asked Ryuen.
"I met Len at school and he didn't recognise me," Hana answered.
"Really?"
Hana nodded.
End of chapter 2 - please read and review