A Love Within Three Hearts
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 7
At the concert...
"Are you all ready to party? Tokyo?" shouted the lead singer. "It's Jeff here!"
"Yes!!!!" shouted Hana at the top of her lungs. "Jeff, I LOVE YOU!"
"I love you too, baby!!!" shouted Jeff back, making both Kaede and Len scowl.
"Our first song will be-," shouted Jeff before everyone shouted back, "Slip Away! Slip Away! Slip Away!"
The chant goes on until Jeff shouted, "You guessed it! Slip Away!"
Kaede looked around him, his 'brother' Len, is headbanging along with Hana. Sendoh just swayed his body a little bit, and bop his head up and down, while Keisuke, Keisuke's singing the same song to his girlfriend, and didn't really notice that Kaede's there. Noticing that he's the only one at the area not jumping up and down, and headbanging, Kaede decided to take Sendoh's example.
The music was so loud that Kaede was sure, something will be wrong with his eardrums afterwards. He glanced at Len and Hana, who's headbanging and singing along with the band.
"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. Every now and then I find a slip away, every now and then, there's only so much I can take.." sang the lead singer, Jeff.
Kaede pondered at the lyrics, slip away. That's what he'd been trying to do to Hana before. Slipping away from Hana.
A while after that, the band started another song, this time slower...
"Tokyo! We present to you, Last Time-"
"Fast Version!" people shouted.
"They say it's true, something's not right, they laughed at you..." Jeff softly sang. "They don't know you, not inside..."
'They don't know you, not inside,' Kaede thought. The only person other than Taka to know Kaede inside is Hana herself, and sometimes, Anzai-sensei.
"Made you lose your insight, it's all right, it's ok, you'll never far away," sang Jeff. Kaede suddenly felt an urge to be with Hana. He knew that she'll never be far away, but somehow, he wanted to be close with her now.
*****
When the concert finally ended...
It was 2 or is it 3 in the morning. All six of them wearily walked away from the concert area.
"So what do you think of the band, Kaede?" asked Hana, who's still energetic.
"Awesome, they are great, Hana," Kaede answered. "I love the song, So Long Ago,"
"So Long Ago, is about a guy who broke up with his girlfriend, but he still remember her very well in his mind," Hana answered.
"Just like me, then," Kaede whispered, but only Hana and Sendoh heard it. Hana was startled, and Sendoh, understanding.
"Hey, there's a Ramen Store that still opens, let's go and eat first before we go home!" Hana shouted, pointing at a Ramen store.
"No, Hana, let's just eat the meals sold at the station, we could eat them in the train," Keisuke protested.
"All right, all right, Kei-nii-chan," Hana said, and sleepily walked with them, and dropped onto Kaede's hands.
"Hana!" everyone panicked.
"It's ok, she's just tired, let me just hold her," Kaede soothed everyone, and scooped Hana up.
"Is she not heavy, Rukawa?" asked Sendoh.
"Not really," said the 187cm tall small forward. Hana is still, after all, 11 cm shorter than he is, or is it 9cm, the girl after all boasted that she gained 2cm last fall again.
Len looked jealous, why does Hana had to fall down in Kaede's arm?
With her eyes closed, she whispered, so that only Kaede could hear, "Kaede... aishiteru,"
Kaede was startled, but didn't show it. 'She's asleep, she's probably talking nonsense now, she won't remember any of it,' he soothed himself.
******
At the train, Hana rested her head at Kaede's shoulders, making Len very jealous indeed.
"I think they are gonna be together once more, don't you think?" asked Sendoh, who's sitting next to Len.
Len didn't answer Sendoh. "When I first met Hana, I fancied her as well, and I kinda feel something called 'love' but, Hana didn't get attracted towards me, and it's just a friendly affection. At first, I don't know why it's like that..." Sendoh said.
"Until when we shared our first kiss. It was so cold, I could feel the ice, we then decided to remain friends, as we are waaaaay too similar with each other. Hana often went to talk to me if Mito, her only serious best friend among her army, is not around to hear her problems," Sendoh continued.
"Did she do anything when she broke up with Kaede?" asked Len.
"Hmm, not studying, sleeping in class, well, she *usually* sleep, but she *listens* to the teacher first before sleeping," Sendoh answered. "Played very very badly, didn't come to practice, didn't come to extra classes, etc, etc,"
"She must have had taken it very bad," Len commented.
"She did, you know what did she first do, before anything else?" asked Sendoh.
"Umm, lemme guess, I did one thing when I broke up, not with Hana, I threw the framed photograph of me and the ex-girlfriend towards the marble floor," guessed Len.
"Exactly, she did just that, when, nobody's around the house," Sendoh confirmed. "But her brother, the one in the US..."
"Ah, Ryu,"
"Yes, Ryu, was at home, and heard the commotion. Hana did go to school, if I'm not mistaken, the next morning, and had to face Rukawa who's sitting behind her," Sendoh continued. "She didn't come to practice though,"
"How did you know about the break-up?" asked Len.
"Being a proud person, Hana didn't tell me anything, didn't tell me straight away. Not that I asked, anyway, but when she's leaving for the States, I noticed Rukawa's not around, seeing her off. So, I got the information out of Hikoichi, Ryonan's team manager, who gladly researched the information for me. After I heard it from Hikoichi. I asked Fujima if it's true, since after Mito and me, and if Hana didn't want any fights, she go for Fujima, who considered Hana his little sister, and Fujima confirmed it," Sendoh answered.
"So, the reason why she went to the States is to escape from Kaede, and find a new guy?" asked Len.
"Well, the plan *was* originally like that, because two months after that, Rukawa would have been taken into the Under 16 Japanese Basketball Squad. But, Rukawa did something wrong during the basketball youth camp..." Sendoh answered.
"What did he do?" asked Len.
"He played very very badly, he admitted to still having love for Hana, and that's the reason why he's slacking, when he's one of the best players before, and at the camp, he's one of the worst," Sendoh continued. "When Miyagi's injured, he was rushed back home to Shohoku, and you know the story why Hana had to go home,"
"Yeah, Keisuke was injured, and so's Miyagi," Len said.
"Both of them love each other, you know how they met?" asked Sendoh, and a smile formed at his lips.
"How?"
"Well, I heard from Mito that Hana's *sleeping* on her brand new bike, when Rukawa, who's also *sleeping* on his bike, crashed into her," Sendoh answered, and tried not to laugh, he was imagining the scenario. "Mito said, 'it was love at first crash,'"
******
the Rukawa home...
Len's bedroom
Len lied down on his bed, the words, 'it was love at first crash' kept ringing in his head.
"Did I steal her away from my own twin brother?" he asked himself. "No, I didn't,"
"Of course, I didn't!" he said to himself again.
*****
School...
During maths...
"Sorry for the interruption, minna!" said the person at the PA system. "The Student Council are going to hold an event called, "The Star of Shohoku", where anyone, who's brave enough, can perform songs, drama, dance, anything! Everyone are invited to participate, and the preliminary will start next Tuesday, 5 pm at the auditorium, anyone interested, please attend the preliminary. End of announcement, arigatou,"
'I'm going to enter,' thought Len.
'Should I enter?" asked Hana to herself. 'I've got a fairly nice voice,'
*******
The three talked about the contest before the beginning of their next lesson, Biology.
"Are you going to enter the contest, Hana?" asked Youhei.
"Hana can sing?" asked Len.
Youhei rolled his eyes. "Of course she can sing, Len, back when all of us were single, we used to go to the Karaoke with Kei-kun," he answered.
"I don't know, Youhei. Let's see if I want to," Hana answered.
Len suddenly decided not to tell them that he's thinking of entering. He's thinking of singing one of the Dry Cell songs. But to sing Dry Cell, he needs a band. He watched as Hana joked around with Kaede.
'I definitely need to sing one or two sappy romance songs,' he thought.
*****
Nobody knows that Len went to the preliminaries, as it was closed to all except the Student Council members and the teachers.
At the basketball court...
"Where's your brother, Kaede?" asked Miyagi.
Kaede shrugged his shoulders. "Don't know," he monotonely muttered.
*****
"Congratulations, Rukawa-kun, you made it into the Finals," said one of the Student Council members.
"Thank you," Len answered, and strode off to basketball practice.
end of chapter 7 - please read and review.
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 7
At the concert...
"Are you all ready to party? Tokyo?" shouted the lead singer. "It's Jeff here!"
"Yes!!!!" shouted Hana at the top of her lungs. "Jeff, I LOVE YOU!"
"I love you too, baby!!!" shouted Jeff back, making both Kaede and Len scowl.
"Our first song will be-," shouted Jeff before everyone shouted back, "Slip Away! Slip Away! Slip Away!"
The chant goes on until Jeff shouted, "You guessed it! Slip Away!"
Kaede looked around him, his 'brother' Len, is headbanging along with Hana. Sendoh just swayed his body a little bit, and bop his head up and down, while Keisuke, Keisuke's singing the same song to his girlfriend, and didn't really notice that Kaede's there. Noticing that he's the only one at the area not jumping up and down, and headbanging, Kaede decided to take Sendoh's example.
The music was so loud that Kaede was sure, something will be wrong with his eardrums afterwards. He glanced at Len and Hana, who's headbanging and singing along with the band.
"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. Every now and then I find a slip away, every now and then, there's only so much I can take.." sang the lead singer, Jeff.
Kaede pondered at the lyrics, slip away. That's what he'd been trying to do to Hana before. Slipping away from Hana.
A while after that, the band started another song, this time slower...
"Tokyo! We present to you, Last Time-"
"Fast Version!" people shouted.
"They say it's true, something's not right, they laughed at you..." Jeff softly sang. "They don't know you, not inside..."
'They don't know you, not inside,' Kaede thought. The only person other than Taka to know Kaede inside is Hana herself, and sometimes, Anzai-sensei.
"Made you lose your insight, it's all right, it's ok, you'll never far away," sang Jeff. Kaede suddenly felt an urge to be with Hana. He knew that she'll never be far away, but somehow, he wanted to be close with her now.
*****
When the concert finally ended...
It was 2 or is it 3 in the morning. All six of them wearily walked away from the concert area.
"So what do you think of the band, Kaede?" asked Hana, who's still energetic.
"Awesome, they are great, Hana," Kaede answered. "I love the song, So Long Ago,"
"So Long Ago, is about a guy who broke up with his girlfriend, but he still remember her very well in his mind," Hana answered.
"Just like me, then," Kaede whispered, but only Hana and Sendoh heard it. Hana was startled, and Sendoh, understanding.
"Hey, there's a Ramen Store that still opens, let's go and eat first before we go home!" Hana shouted, pointing at a Ramen store.
"No, Hana, let's just eat the meals sold at the station, we could eat them in the train," Keisuke protested.
"All right, all right, Kei-nii-chan," Hana said, and sleepily walked with them, and dropped onto Kaede's hands.
"Hana!" everyone panicked.
"It's ok, she's just tired, let me just hold her," Kaede soothed everyone, and scooped Hana up.
"Is she not heavy, Rukawa?" asked Sendoh.
"Not really," said the 187cm tall small forward. Hana is still, after all, 11 cm shorter than he is, or is it 9cm, the girl after all boasted that she gained 2cm last fall again.
Len looked jealous, why does Hana had to fall down in Kaede's arm?
With her eyes closed, she whispered, so that only Kaede could hear, "Kaede... aishiteru,"
Kaede was startled, but didn't show it. 'She's asleep, she's probably talking nonsense now, she won't remember any of it,' he soothed himself.
******
At the train, Hana rested her head at Kaede's shoulders, making Len very jealous indeed.
"I think they are gonna be together once more, don't you think?" asked Sendoh, who's sitting next to Len.
Len didn't answer Sendoh. "When I first met Hana, I fancied her as well, and I kinda feel something called 'love' but, Hana didn't get attracted towards me, and it's just a friendly affection. At first, I don't know why it's like that..." Sendoh said.
"Until when we shared our first kiss. It was so cold, I could feel the ice, we then decided to remain friends, as we are waaaaay too similar with each other. Hana often went to talk to me if Mito, her only serious best friend among her army, is not around to hear her problems," Sendoh continued.
"Did she do anything when she broke up with Kaede?" asked Len.
"Hmm, not studying, sleeping in class, well, she *usually* sleep, but she *listens* to the teacher first before sleeping," Sendoh answered. "Played very very badly, didn't come to practice, didn't come to extra classes, etc, etc,"
"She must have had taken it very bad," Len commented.
"She did, you know what did she first do, before anything else?" asked Sendoh.
"Umm, lemme guess, I did one thing when I broke up, not with Hana, I threw the framed photograph of me and the ex-girlfriend towards the marble floor," guessed Len.
"Exactly, she did just that, when, nobody's around the house," Sendoh confirmed. "But her brother, the one in the US..."
"Ah, Ryu,"
"Yes, Ryu, was at home, and heard the commotion. Hana did go to school, if I'm not mistaken, the next morning, and had to face Rukawa who's sitting behind her," Sendoh continued. "She didn't come to practice though,"
"How did you know about the break-up?" asked Len.
"Being a proud person, Hana didn't tell me anything, didn't tell me straight away. Not that I asked, anyway, but when she's leaving for the States, I noticed Rukawa's not around, seeing her off. So, I got the information out of Hikoichi, Ryonan's team manager, who gladly researched the information for me. After I heard it from Hikoichi. I asked Fujima if it's true, since after Mito and me, and if Hana didn't want any fights, she go for Fujima, who considered Hana his little sister, and Fujima confirmed it," Sendoh answered.
"So, the reason why she went to the States is to escape from Kaede, and find a new guy?" asked Len.
"Well, the plan *was* originally like that, because two months after that, Rukawa would have been taken into the Under 16 Japanese Basketball Squad. But, Rukawa did something wrong during the basketball youth camp..." Sendoh answered.
"What did he do?" asked Len.
"He played very very badly, he admitted to still having love for Hana, and that's the reason why he's slacking, when he's one of the best players before, and at the camp, he's one of the worst," Sendoh continued. "When Miyagi's injured, he was rushed back home to Shohoku, and you know the story why Hana had to go home,"
"Yeah, Keisuke was injured, and so's Miyagi," Len said.
"Both of them love each other, you know how they met?" asked Sendoh, and a smile formed at his lips.
"How?"
"Well, I heard from Mito that Hana's *sleeping* on her brand new bike, when Rukawa, who's also *sleeping* on his bike, crashed into her," Sendoh answered, and tried not to laugh, he was imagining the scenario. "Mito said, 'it was love at first crash,'"
******
the Rukawa home...
Len's bedroom
Len lied down on his bed, the words, 'it was love at first crash' kept ringing in his head.
"Did I steal her away from my own twin brother?" he asked himself. "No, I didn't,"
"Of course, I didn't!" he said to himself again.
*****
School...
During maths...
"Sorry for the interruption, minna!" said the person at the PA system. "The Student Council are going to hold an event called, "The Star of Shohoku", where anyone, who's brave enough, can perform songs, drama, dance, anything! Everyone are invited to participate, and the preliminary will start next Tuesday, 5 pm at the auditorium, anyone interested, please attend the preliminary. End of announcement, arigatou,"
'I'm going to enter,' thought Len.
'Should I enter?" asked Hana to herself. 'I've got a fairly nice voice,'
*******
The three talked about the contest before the beginning of their next lesson, Biology.
"Are you going to enter the contest, Hana?" asked Youhei.
"Hana can sing?" asked Len.
Youhei rolled his eyes. "Of course she can sing, Len, back when all of us were single, we used to go to the Karaoke with Kei-kun," he answered.
"I don't know, Youhei. Let's see if I want to," Hana answered.
Len suddenly decided not to tell them that he's thinking of entering. He's thinking of singing one of the Dry Cell songs. But to sing Dry Cell, he needs a band. He watched as Hana joked around with Kaede.
'I definitely need to sing one or two sappy romance songs,' he thought.
*****
Nobody knows that Len went to the preliminaries, as it was closed to all except the Student Council members and the teachers.
At the basketball court...
"Where's your brother, Kaede?" asked Miyagi.
Kaede shrugged his shoulders. "Don't know," he monotonely muttered.
*****
"Congratulations, Rukawa-kun, you made it into the Finals," said one of the Student Council members.
"Thank you," Len answered, and strode off to basketball practice.
end of chapter 7 - please read and review.