A Love Within Three Hearts
Thank you to all the reviewers! Here's chapter 6!
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.
Chapter 6
"Darn it, Sendoh's not entering yet," Kaede muttered.
"Eh?" Len asked, surprised.
"He's your brother's rival on and off the court," Miyagi explained. Len nodded, he knew how that feels.
The game starts soon after that, Shohoku making the first offence. As like last year, both Shohoku and Ryonan are even. Shohoku had their first three points when Yuhi unexpectedly shoots a three pointer, startling Fukuda, who's guarding him. Ryonan didn't want to be left behind, Fukuda got his revenge by getting two points for Ryonan, but Shohoku's still leading by a point.
At the bench area, Sendoh watched as the Rukawa brothers played with *and* against each other. At some times, they were rivals, but at other times, they played a combination play that Sendoh had never thought Rukawa Kaede could do with someone else aside from Hana. Taoka -sensei finally put in Sendoh after he knew that nobody could challenge the Rukawa brothers on court. But, Anzai-sensei has a trick up his sleeve, Sendoh's too tall for Miyagi to guard, and so, Hana went on the court as well.
Imagine the surprise on Taoka-sensei's face, when the Rukawa twins and Hana formed a triple combination play. Hana would pass to either of them, and they would do the finishing job. Taoka-sensei frowned, 'the purple haired Rukawa plays like one of the boys at the NBA High School basketball tournament,' he thought. Taoka-sensei obviously had watched some games that Len had played in.
Hana's dribbling the ball, Len, as usual, had gotten all the rebounds, and they are now going to attack. Sendoh guarded her tightly, but, she managed to elude Sendoh and passed the ball to Len, who again, passed to Kaede, but Kaede met the tight guard of Asagari, and so passed back to Len, who made a jump shot. Shohoku is leading 25-23.
Sendoh got his chance to even the score when he eluded Hana's guard, but Hana got her revenge by shooting a three pointer, she was accidentaly pushed down while making the shot, but the ball went in.
"Basket count! One throw!" shouted the referee. Sendoh was devastated, he couldn't believe he had just given four points to Hana. Hana's free throw went in smoothly, Shohoku's now leading 29-25.
But, in the end, Shohoku won by two points only. Sendoh congratulates Hana for the obvious improvement in her plays.
"Well, that's all thanks to Len here, he coached me when I'm at the States," Hana said.
"Aah, you are the 'Len' that Hana talked to me about," Sendoh said, understood now. Sendoh knew that Kaede wants Hana back.
"Good play, Rukawa," Sendoh said to Kaede. "You too, Len,"
Kaede nodded, but Len replied, "Yup, I look forward in playing against you in the Inter High,"
"Same here," Sendoh nodded.
******
Len was listening to his Dry Cell cd when somebody knocked on his door.
"I don't understand this world that we are living in, people give you things so they can take it back again, I don't wanna be, part of history, I just want my life to be the way that it should be," Len sang as he opened the door. Funnily, it's Kaede.
"Hello, what do you want?"
"Tutoring," Kaede answered monotonely.
"C'mon in,"
The first thing that Kaede noticed is the framed photograph of a smiling Hana. Her hair is shorter then, and she had this really beautiful smile that lifts up Kaede morose mood.
"She's beautiful, isn't she?" asked Len, when he noticed Kaede looking at Hana's photo. Kaede nodded.
"Okay, let's start, I've taken some of my books for you to read, and I'll say stop when your pronounciation is wrong,"
Kaede nodded.
"Here, start with this," Len said, handing one of his Harry Potter books to Kaede, and opened pages 143.
The lesson goes on very well, with Len correcting a few of Kaede's mistakes.
"Well, I'll guess you'll pass, you've got a good brain inside that skull of yours," Len said, after 35 minutes.
"Len, let's go to my room, I need to show you something," Kaede whispered. Len nodded curtly.
*****
Kaede's room was large, as Len observed. One whole area was devoted entirely of basketball. There was pictures of Michael Jordan, and every other basketball legends. Cabinets full of basketball trophies lined a wall, but what takes most space is the photograph of the Shohoku team, when they beated Sannoh. And there's a framed poster-size photograph of Kaede and Hana, looking into each other's eyes.
"That was when we beated Sannoh," Kaede said after he saw Len looking both pictures. "You know the others, we were the Shohoku Five then, I mean Six, Kogure-sempai always entered when Hana's injured, the Gorilla-like face is Akagi, the bespectacled boy is Kogure, and you know Mitsui-sempai,"
Len noticed that Hana wrapped her hands around Kaede, and smiled for the camera. "She was injured when this photo was taken, she sprained her ankle when she helped me to guard Sawakita Eiji, the then Sannoh ace,"
"Is it the same Sawakita Eiji who went to the States?" Len asked, only to be answered with a curt nod.
Both were silent until somebody knocked the door.
"Enter," Kaede said loudly.
Their butler entered. "Master Kaede, oh, you are here as well, Master Len. Master Taka requests both of you to join him in the billiards room,"
"Tell him we'll be there shortly," Kaede answered. "C'mon, let's go to the billiards room,"
******
On their way to the billiards room...
"Aniki must have some problems, or he wouldn't invite both of us over there," Kaede said afterwards.
"Why doesn't he want to invite us there?"
"The billiards room is right next to Otoosan's bar, sometimes both of us nicked some of Otoosan's liqour to drink as we play billiards," Kaede answered. "He never really notices, though, since the servants always topped it up,"
******
At the billiards room...
"There you are," Taka said to both of them. "I took a bottle of dry martini from dad's bar,"
"A glass please, aniki," Kaede answered.
"No thanks," Len declined.
"Ok, who plays first?" Taka asked.
"What's your problem this time, aniki?" Kaede asked instead.
"Oh, nothing much, Kei and I had a quarrel again," Taka answered. "This time, over a girl,"
"Kei?" Len asked.
"Hana's older brother, Keisuke," Kaede supplied.
******
A few days later...
The oral test was hard, and they did what they could.
"There's a Dry Cell concert in Tokyo this weekend," Hana said to both of them.
"I love their music," Len answered. "They are having a concert in Tokyo?"
Hana nodded.
"Dry Cell? Is it the rock band that sang Body Crumbles in the Queen of the Damned soundtrack?" Kaede asked.
"Yup. Finally I find when I lose control, inside, my BODY CRUMBLES" Len talked and sang.
"I wanted to tell both of you that Kei-nii-chan, gave me three tickets!" Hana told them. "You've to pay him though,"
"Ok, I love their music, I wouldn't mind going, what about you, Kaede?" asked Len.
Kaede thought for a moment. He doesn't really like rock that much, but he didn't want Len to get the added advantage either.
"I'll go with both of you," he answered.
Hana jumped, and hugged Kaede. "Good, both of you pick me up, and Kei-nii-chan is going with us as well, you could invite Taka-san, Kaede, I think Kei-nii-chan bought him a ticket," Hana said.
"Kei-san is having a row with aniki," Kaede said.
Hana crumpled her face. "Ouch, when those two have a row, don't ever interfere, really scary," Hana said, emphasizing the word 'scary'.
******
They've to ride the 'Shinkansen' to go to Tokyo, and Kei decided to bring the youngsters around Tokyo first before going to the concert area, so they are leaving early from Kanagawa.
At the train station...
"Who are we waiting for again, Hana?" asked Kei. Len and Kaede are there, and so does Kei's newest and latest girlfriend.
"My other friend, he said he'd be here soon," Hana answered, worried.
"Sorry, minna, I'm late!" shouted the always cheerful voice of the Ryonan ace.
"There you are, Akira," Hana replied. "C'mon, let's go,"
End of chapter 6 - please read and review
Thank you to all the reviewers! Here's chapter 6!
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.
Chapter 6
"Darn it, Sendoh's not entering yet," Kaede muttered.
"Eh?" Len asked, surprised.
"He's your brother's rival on and off the court," Miyagi explained. Len nodded, he knew how that feels.
The game starts soon after that, Shohoku making the first offence. As like last year, both Shohoku and Ryonan are even. Shohoku had their first three points when Yuhi unexpectedly shoots a three pointer, startling Fukuda, who's guarding him. Ryonan didn't want to be left behind, Fukuda got his revenge by getting two points for Ryonan, but Shohoku's still leading by a point.
At the bench area, Sendoh watched as the Rukawa brothers played with *and* against each other. At some times, they were rivals, but at other times, they played a combination play that Sendoh had never thought Rukawa Kaede could do with someone else aside from Hana. Taoka -sensei finally put in Sendoh after he knew that nobody could challenge the Rukawa brothers on court. But, Anzai-sensei has a trick up his sleeve, Sendoh's too tall for Miyagi to guard, and so, Hana went on the court as well.
Imagine the surprise on Taoka-sensei's face, when the Rukawa twins and Hana formed a triple combination play. Hana would pass to either of them, and they would do the finishing job. Taoka-sensei frowned, 'the purple haired Rukawa plays like one of the boys at the NBA High School basketball tournament,' he thought. Taoka-sensei obviously had watched some games that Len had played in.
Hana's dribbling the ball, Len, as usual, had gotten all the rebounds, and they are now going to attack. Sendoh guarded her tightly, but, she managed to elude Sendoh and passed the ball to Len, who again, passed to Kaede, but Kaede met the tight guard of Asagari, and so passed back to Len, who made a jump shot. Shohoku is leading 25-23.
Sendoh got his chance to even the score when he eluded Hana's guard, but Hana got her revenge by shooting a three pointer, she was accidentaly pushed down while making the shot, but the ball went in.
"Basket count! One throw!" shouted the referee. Sendoh was devastated, he couldn't believe he had just given four points to Hana. Hana's free throw went in smoothly, Shohoku's now leading 29-25.
But, in the end, Shohoku won by two points only. Sendoh congratulates Hana for the obvious improvement in her plays.
"Well, that's all thanks to Len here, he coached me when I'm at the States," Hana said.
"Aah, you are the 'Len' that Hana talked to me about," Sendoh said, understood now. Sendoh knew that Kaede wants Hana back.
"Good play, Rukawa," Sendoh said to Kaede. "You too, Len,"
Kaede nodded, but Len replied, "Yup, I look forward in playing against you in the Inter High,"
"Same here," Sendoh nodded.
******
Len was listening to his Dry Cell cd when somebody knocked on his door.
"I don't understand this world that we are living in, people give you things so they can take it back again, I don't wanna be, part of history, I just want my life to be the way that it should be," Len sang as he opened the door. Funnily, it's Kaede.
"Hello, what do you want?"
"Tutoring," Kaede answered monotonely.
"C'mon in,"
The first thing that Kaede noticed is the framed photograph of a smiling Hana. Her hair is shorter then, and she had this really beautiful smile that lifts up Kaede morose mood.
"She's beautiful, isn't she?" asked Len, when he noticed Kaede looking at Hana's photo. Kaede nodded.
"Okay, let's start, I've taken some of my books for you to read, and I'll say stop when your pronounciation is wrong,"
Kaede nodded.
"Here, start with this," Len said, handing one of his Harry Potter books to Kaede, and opened pages 143.
The lesson goes on very well, with Len correcting a few of Kaede's mistakes.
"Well, I'll guess you'll pass, you've got a good brain inside that skull of yours," Len said, after 35 minutes.
"Len, let's go to my room, I need to show you something," Kaede whispered. Len nodded curtly.
*****
Kaede's room was large, as Len observed. One whole area was devoted entirely of basketball. There was pictures of Michael Jordan, and every other basketball legends. Cabinets full of basketball trophies lined a wall, but what takes most space is the photograph of the Shohoku team, when they beated Sannoh. And there's a framed poster-size photograph of Kaede and Hana, looking into each other's eyes.
"That was when we beated Sannoh," Kaede said after he saw Len looking both pictures. "You know the others, we were the Shohoku Five then, I mean Six, Kogure-sempai always entered when Hana's injured, the Gorilla-like face is Akagi, the bespectacled boy is Kogure, and you know Mitsui-sempai,"
Len noticed that Hana wrapped her hands around Kaede, and smiled for the camera. "She was injured when this photo was taken, she sprained her ankle when she helped me to guard Sawakita Eiji, the then Sannoh ace,"
"Is it the same Sawakita Eiji who went to the States?" Len asked, only to be answered with a curt nod.
Both were silent until somebody knocked the door.
"Enter," Kaede said loudly.
Their butler entered. "Master Kaede, oh, you are here as well, Master Len. Master Taka requests both of you to join him in the billiards room,"
"Tell him we'll be there shortly," Kaede answered. "C'mon, let's go to the billiards room,"
******
On their way to the billiards room...
"Aniki must have some problems, or he wouldn't invite both of us over there," Kaede said afterwards.
"Why doesn't he want to invite us there?"
"The billiards room is right next to Otoosan's bar, sometimes both of us nicked some of Otoosan's liqour to drink as we play billiards," Kaede answered. "He never really notices, though, since the servants always topped it up,"
******
At the billiards room...
"There you are," Taka said to both of them. "I took a bottle of dry martini from dad's bar,"
"A glass please, aniki," Kaede answered.
"No thanks," Len declined.
"Ok, who plays first?" Taka asked.
"What's your problem this time, aniki?" Kaede asked instead.
"Oh, nothing much, Kei and I had a quarrel again," Taka answered. "This time, over a girl,"
"Kei?" Len asked.
"Hana's older brother, Keisuke," Kaede supplied.
******
A few days later...
The oral test was hard, and they did what they could.
"There's a Dry Cell concert in Tokyo this weekend," Hana said to both of them.
"I love their music," Len answered. "They are having a concert in Tokyo?"
Hana nodded.
"Dry Cell? Is it the rock band that sang Body Crumbles in the Queen of the Damned soundtrack?" Kaede asked.
"Yup. Finally I find when I lose control, inside, my BODY CRUMBLES" Len talked and sang.
"I wanted to tell both of you that Kei-nii-chan, gave me three tickets!" Hana told them. "You've to pay him though,"
"Ok, I love their music, I wouldn't mind going, what about you, Kaede?" asked Len.
Kaede thought for a moment. He doesn't really like rock that much, but he didn't want Len to get the added advantage either.
"I'll go with both of you," he answered.
Hana jumped, and hugged Kaede. "Good, both of you pick me up, and Kei-nii-chan is going with us as well, you could invite Taka-san, Kaede, I think Kei-nii-chan bought him a ticket," Hana said.
"Kei-san is having a row with aniki," Kaede said.
Hana crumpled her face. "Ouch, when those two have a row, don't ever interfere, really scary," Hana said, emphasizing the word 'scary'.
******
They've to ride the 'Shinkansen' to go to Tokyo, and Kei decided to bring the youngsters around Tokyo first before going to the concert area, so they are leaving early from Kanagawa.
At the train station...
"Who are we waiting for again, Hana?" asked Kei. Len and Kaede are there, and so does Kei's newest and latest girlfriend.
"My other friend, he said he'd be here soon," Hana answered, worried.
"Sorry, minna, I'm late!" shouted the always cheerful voice of the Ryonan ace.
"There you are, Akira," Hana replied. "C'mon, let's go,"
End of chapter 6 - please read and review