Disclaimer: Slamdunk is not mine… blah…blah… except for Suzume. He! He! He!
Against all odds
Chapter 1: The mysterious blue-eyed girl
It was Friday night Shohoku team had just finished practicing. Rukawa decided to practice all by himself, because of the coming game for the Inter-high championship. As he approached the gym he heard someone had gotten there first. "No way! Nobody should be here at this hour. Oh no! Maybe it's that crazy Sakuragi." He went inside the gym expecting to see Sakuragi practicing but to his surprise he saw a girl shooting some hoops. He watched the girl quietly from where he is standing. Rukawa couldn't help himself but to notice the girl appearance. She had the most beautiful golden hair he'd ever seen and her blue eyes that reminded him of the peaceful sea in the summer. He was completely awed by her sight. The girl didn't notice Rukawa came in. After she did her three point shot that's where she noticed Rukawa. She was completely shocked when she saw him.
'Oh no! I'm busted.' The girl said in her mind. She began to run as fast as she could leaving her towel behind. Rukawa picked up the towel and ran after her. "Wait! Come back, you forgot your towel!" Apparently the girl didn't hear what he said. She just continues to run until she was out-of- sight. "Where did she go?"
Rukawa gave up on searching for her. He returned to the gym and started to practice. He was distracted by his thoughts so he stops on practicing and started to erase the girl in his mind but no matter how much he tried he just can't do it. 'I wish I could see her again.' He said in his mind. Rukawa's thoughts was focused on the girl that he didn't even heard Sakuragi's out-of-tune-song.
"Tensai! Tensai! Basketball man Sakuragi!!" Sakuragi sang till he entered the gym. The first thing he saw was Rukawa standing in the middle of the gym looking at nowhere. Sakuragi's happy face became grim when he saw Rukawa. "Hey fox-face! What are you doing here?" Sakuragi asked annoyed but Rukawa didn't replied to his question. Sakuragi went closer and he started to kick Rukawa behind his b**t. Rukawa was startled at Sakuragi's action. "Why you moron!" Rukawa said angrily and he face Sakuragi. "What are you doing here!?!"
"That's the stupidest question that a genius like me could ever hear. I'm here to practice. How about you what are you doing in here standing in the middle of the court looking at the floor."
"It's none your business." After he said that he started to leave the gym.
"Hey fox-face where are you going?"
"Home." Rukawa said flatly and he left Sakuragi all alone in the gym. On his way home he still couldn't take his mind off to the girl. "Wait why am I thinking about her as if I've fallen for her? This isn't me. I think I'm just tired. Yes I am tired." Rukawa said while walking on his way home.
@@@Monday, at practice@@@
As usual Akagi is in his best mood. "Okay we'll have a practice game between Seniors and Sophomores."
"Akagi are you sure about this?" Kogure asked worriedly.
"I'm sure about this." Akagi answered with a large sweat drop in his head.
"Another game with the fox-face. Humph. Wait this is my chance to show Haruko-chan than I'm better than Rukawa. Ha! Ha! Ha!" Sakuragi laughed hard that everyone in the gym turned all attention to him.
"Haruko-chan, look Sakuragi had a weird face again. This could mean trouble." Haruko's friend said to her. Haruko just smiled with a large sweat drop on her head.
"Mr. Anzai, do you agree with Akagi's plan. I mean… just look a t Hanamichi, he had the weird face again and that means trouble?" Ayako asked worriedly while holding a large fan in her hand. "Ohohohohoho…" Mr. Anzai just said while drinking green tea.
"Oh boy! This will be one heck of a practice." Mitsui said. "You said it." Ryota said.
Sakuragi approached Rukawa and studied him carefully. Then Sakuragi smirked. "Ha! Ha! You know what fox-face this will be the day you will lose to a tensai-man. Ha! Ha! Ha!" A fist came out of nowhere hitting Sakuragi in the head, producing a really large lump. "Why did you do that gori?" with that remark Sakuragi got another punch in his head. "Idiot." Rukawa mumbled.
The game had started between Juniors and Sophomores. Rukawa played as center for the team. After he did a lay-up he somewhat glanced at the entrance of the gym. He saw the blue-eyed girl standing at the door. Rukawa noticed that she wore her hair down, which made her more beautiful. Suddenly Mitsui went passed him, which made him to return his attention to the game. When he looked at the doorway he could not see the girl anymore. "Anything wrong?" Mitsui asked, " You seemed distant today, well you always seemed distant." Rukawa glared at him. "Sorry. Well you seem strange when you look at the doorway. Why is there something or someone in there?" Mitsui said while laughing. Rukawa blushed furiously, "Look there isn't anything or anyone in there that would catch my attention. Now let's go back to the game." Rukawa was very annoyed at that time. Mitsui was shocked at Rukawa's attitude. 'Did I see him blush or is it just my imagination?' Mitsui looked at the doorway and saw no one in there. "Weird" Mitsui mumbled to himself.
'That was close. What's happening to me I just saw her and suddenly I feel kind of feverish and light-headed. Maybe I'm just sick, but one thing is bothering me why did I act like I had crush on her. This is isn't happening to me.' Rukawa taught to himself while having their practice. 'Concentrate Rukawa. You shouldn't be thinking of some girl while practicing. Remember your dream of going to America.' Rukawa's inner thought said to himself.
"Yeah." Rukawa mumbled.
"What did you said?" Hanamichi said.
"Nothing."
"Weirdo"
@@@That night@@@
Rukawa decided to practice alone again. When he was nearing the gym he heard someone has already got there first. "What is this déjà vu'?" he entered the gym quietly.
To his surprise he saw the girl the girl again playing basketball. "This is definitely a déjà vu'." He watched the girl played basketball. He noticed that she is tense and different from the day he saw her. He also noticed a single tear falling from her face. She couldn't shoot a single one. "You know what you should be relaxed if you want to shoot the ball."
The girl was surprised when she saw Rukawa standing at the doorway.
"Who are you?!" the girl asked angrily.
"Well…I'm Rukawa Kaede."
"Humph. As if I care." The girl returned to what she was doing a while ago.
"Hey, why don't we have a one-on-one?" Rukawa said while holding his ball. The girl gave him her sour look.
"Me? Oh great." She said uninterested.
"Why not?" Rukawa said, then an idea came to his mind. "Maybe you are scared of losing to a guy like me." Rukawa said with a hint of challenge in his voice. The girl looked at him immediately.
"That's it! You asked for it!" the girl said angrily.
"Okay. The time is 30 minutes and if you can shoot two shots from me you win. Deal?" Rukawa said with a smirk forming in his lips. He extended his hand as a form of deal. The girl looked at his hand and she accepted it.
"You'll regret the day you made that stupid deal." The girl said. Rukawa gave the ball to the ball. She dribbled the ball while Rukawa block her way. When she tried to dodge Rukawa, he just stole the ball from her and ran to the ring and shoots the ball. 'Whoa he's fast and good.' She was shocked at Rukawa's move.
"You were saying?" Rukawa said to her.
"Just you wait and see." She dribbled the ball again and tried to shoot the ball from the three-point line but failed.
Fifteen minutes had passed and she still hadn't made a single shot. She dribbled the ball and watched Rukawa closely. She distracted Rukawa by moving left to right. She ran as fast as she could and "lay-up" the ball.
"Wow." Rukawa mumbled.
"At last but I don't have time left. Drat." It was Rukawa who dribbled the ball this time.
'Maybe I shouldn't have gone easy on her.' Rukawa said in his mind. He used his moves on the girl and, the ball shoots. The one he always uses on Sendoh, the "cross-over". Rukawa passed the ball to the girl. She dribbled the ball to the center of the court. Before she knew it the ball was stolen from her by Rukawa. Rukawa dribbled the ball and dunk the ball. And the crowds went wild!!!
There's only one minute left and the girl still hadn't made her last shot. "You should give up now. You only have one minute left and you still hadn't made your last shot yet." Rukawa said.
"Shut up!" She dribbled the ball to the three-point ring. Rukawa blocked her way so she couldn't do her shot. She tried to evade him but her move doesn't work on him anymore. 10 seconds left the girl doesn't have any choice but to shoot the ball. She threw the ball and Rukawa jump to get the ball but it missed him. The ball keeps on turning round and round on the ring. 5…4…3…2…1…0…times up but the ball didn't shoot in the ring so the girl lost. The girl was sad at a moment but then she smiled. Killer smile. Ha! H a! Ha!
"That was the best game I ever had." The girl said
"Same here." Rukawa said. Both of them are tired so they sat down on the floor.
"I'm sorry for the way I acted earlier."
"It's okay." Then silence came over them. The girl looked at Rukawa.
'He looks familiar to me. Now where did I saw him?' the girl said to herself. Rukawa caught her looking at him.
"What?" Rukawa asked her. "Nothing." She said while blushing. Then silence again.
"So what's you're name?" Rukawa asked while blushing. The girl looked at him suspiciously.
"Why are you asking?"
"Nothing. It's just that I want to know your name the next time we had another one-on-one."
"Oh no! You're one of them are you?!" the girl said angrily.
"Who?" Rukawa said
"You know what I'm talking about! Your one of my grandparents spy!"
"What! I am not a spy. I just only want to know your name." Rukawa said. The girl looked at him looking for lies. When she saw that he was telling the truth she decided to tell him her name.
"Well I guess your right. I'm Tobukiro Suzume and I sorry it's just that my grandparents they're so strict but kind."
"Why do you say so?"
"Well they…hate basketball. Whenever I asked them about why they never tell me. For them basketball kills people or something like that. I can't imagine why would a wonderful grandparents, like them, would hate basketball so much."
"So that's the reason why are pissed off earlier."
"Yeah." Suzume said sadly. 'If only that's the problem I have on why got pissed off.' Suzume said in her mind. Rukawa looked at her then suddenly a vision came to him. Suzume and him are alone in the park. They are sitting in a park bench under the shed of a tree looking at the sunset. Then Rukawa held Suzume in her chin and kissed her. The next minute Suzume's hand is waving in front of his face calling his name. "Hey wake up." Suzume said.
"Sorry." Rukawa said. 'What am I doing?'
"Um… I have a favor to ask you Kaede-kun." Suzume said. "What is it?" Rukawa said.
"Well…would you please don't tell anybody I'm playing basketball? Please?" Suzume said pleadingly. Rukawa looked at her eyes and realize he would do anything for her. "Okay."
"Thanks!" Suddenly Suzume hugged Rukawa. "You're a great friend." Rukawa blushed at what Suzume did. "Well I have to go home now. Jane."
"Wait!" Rukawa said before Suzume went away. "You forgot your towel last Friday."
"Last Friday? Oh! So you're the guy from the gym last Friday."
"Yeah. Well I forgot to bring it today. So how about tomorrow at lunch here at the gym?"
"Sure. Well, see you tomorrow."
"Bye." Rukawa was left alone in the gym smiling to himself.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Notes:
At last I finished it. This my first fanfic. Really. Well I only watched Slam Dunk at AXN so I got interested in it. Sorry for the wrong grammar and sorry for the Haruko fans for not being paired up with Rukawa.
Against all odds
Chapter 1: The mysterious blue-eyed girl
It was Friday night Shohoku team had just finished practicing. Rukawa decided to practice all by himself, because of the coming game for the Inter-high championship. As he approached the gym he heard someone had gotten there first. "No way! Nobody should be here at this hour. Oh no! Maybe it's that crazy Sakuragi." He went inside the gym expecting to see Sakuragi practicing but to his surprise he saw a girl shooting some hoops. He watched the girl quietly from where he is standing. Rukawa couldn't help himself but to notice the girl appearance. She had the most beautiful golden hair he'd ever seen and her blue eyes that reminded him of the peaceful sea in the summer. He was completely awed by her sight. The girl didn't notice Rukawa came in. After she did her three point shot that's where she noticed Rukawa. She was completely shocked when she saw him.
'Oh no! I'm busted.' The girl said in her mind. She began to run as fast as she could leaving her towel behind. Rukawa picked up the towel and ran after her. "Wait! Come back, you forgot your towel!" Apparently the girl didn't hear what he said. She just continues to run until she was out-of- sight. "Where did she go?"
Rukawa gave up on searching for her. He returned to the gym and started to practice. He was distracted by his thoughts so he stops on practicing and started to erase the girl in his mind but no matter how much he tried he just can't do it. 'I wish I could see her again.' He said in his mind. Rukawa's thoughts was focused on the girl that he didn't even heard Sakuragi's out-of-tune-song.
"Tensai! Tensai! Basketball man Sakuragi!!" Sakuragi sang till he entered the gym. The first thing he saw was Rukawa standing in the middle of the gym looking at nowhere. Sakuragi's happy face became grim when he saw Rukawa. "Hey fox-face! What are you doing here?" Sakuragi asked annoyed but Rukawa didn't replied to his question. Sakuragi went closer and he started to kick Rukawa behind his b**t. Rukawa was startled at Sakuragi's action. "Why you moron!" Rukawa said angrily and he face Sakuragi. "What are you doing here!?!"
"That's the stupidest question that a genius like me could ever hear. I'm here to practice. How about you what are you doing in here standing in the middle of the court looking at the floor."
"It's none your business." After he said that he started to leave the gym.
"Hey fox-face where are you going?"
"Home." Rukawa said flatly and he left Sakuragi all alone in the gym. On his way home he still couldn't take his mind off to the girl. "Wait why am I thinking about her as if I've fallen for her? This isn't me. I think I'm just tired. Yes I am tired." Rukawa said while walking on his way home.
@@@Monday, at practice@@@
As usual Akagi is in his best mood. "Okay we'll have a practice game between Seniors and Sophomores."
"Akagi are you sure about this?" Kogure asked worriedly.
"I'm sure about this." Akagi answered with a large sweat drop in his head.
"Another game with the fox-face. Humph. Wait this is my chance to show Haruko-chan than I'm better than Rukawa. Ha! Ha! Ha!" Sakuragi laughed hard that everyone in the gym turned all attention to him.
"Haruko-chan, look Sakuragi had a weird face again. This could mean trouble." Haruko's friend said to her. Haruko just smiled with a large sweat drop on her head.
"Mr. Anzai, do you agree with Akagi's plan. I mean… just look a t Hanamichi, he had the weird face again and that means trouble?" Ayako asked worriedly while holding a large fan in her hand. "Ohohohohoho…" Mr. Anzai just said while drinking green tea.
"Oh boy! This will be one heck of a practice." Mitsui said. "You said it." Ryota said.
Sakuragi approached Rukawa and studied him carefully. Then Sakuragi smirked. "Ha! Ha! You know what fox-face this will be the day you will lose to a tensai-man. Ha! Ha! Ha!" A fist came out of nowhere hitting Sakuragi in the head, producing a really large lump. "Why did you do that gori?" with that remark Sakuragi got another punch in his head. "Idiot." Rukawa mumbled.
The game had started between Juniors and Sophomores. Rukawa played as center for the team. After he did a lay-up he somewhat glanced at the entrance of the gym. He saw the blue-eyed girl standing at the door. Rukawa noticed that she wore her hair down, which made her more beautiful. Suddenly Mitsui went passed him, which made him to return his attention to the game. When he looked at the doorway he could not see the girl anymore. "Anything wrong?" Mitsui asked, " You seemed distant today, well you always seemed distant." Rukawa glared at him. "Sorry. Well you seem strange when you look at the doorway. Why is there something or someone in there?" Mitsui said while laughing. Rukawa blushed furiously, "Look there isn't anything or anyone in there that would catch my attention. Now let's go back to the game." Rukawa was very annoyed at that time. Mitsui was shocked at Rukawa's attitude. 'Did I see him blush or is it just my imagination?' Mitsui looked at the doorway and saw no one in there. "Weird" Mitsui mumbled to himself.
'That was close. What's happening to me I just saw her and suddenly I feel kind of feverish and light-headed. Maybe I'm just sick, but one thing is bothering me why did I act like I had crush on her. This is isn't happening to me.' Rukawa taught to himself while having their practice. 'Concentrate Rukawa. You shouldn't be thinking of some girl while practicing. Remember your dream of going to America.' Rukawa's inner thought said to himself.
"Yeah." Rukawa mumbled.
"What did you said?" Hanamichi said.
"Nothing."
"Weirdo"
@@@That night@@@
Rukawa decided to practice alone again. When he was nearing the gym he heard someone has already got there first. "What is this déjà vu'?" he entered the gym quietly.
To his surprise he saw the girl the girl again playing basketball. "This is definitely a déjà vu'." He watched the girl played basketball. He noticed that she is tense and different from the day he saw her. He also noticed a single tear falling from her face. She couldn't shoot a single one. "You know what you should be relaxed if you want to shoot the ball."
The girl was surprised when she saw Rukawa standing at the doorway.
"Who are you?!" the girl asked angrily.
"Well…I'm Rukawa Kaede."
"Humph. As if I care." The girl returned to what she was doing a while ago.
"Hey, why don't we have a one-on-one?" Rukawa said while holding his ball. The girl gave him her sour look.
"Me? Oh great." She said uninterested.
"Why not?" Rukawa said, then an idea came to his mind. "Maybe you are scared of losing to a guy like me." Rukawa said with a hint of challenge in his voice. The girl looked at him immediately.
"That's it! You asked for it!" the girl said angrily.
"Okay. The time is 30 minutes and if you can shoot two shots from me you win. Deal?" Rukawa said with a smirk forming in his lips. He extended his hand as a form of deal. The girl looked at his hand and she accepted it.
"You'll regret the day you made that stupid deal." The girl said. Rukawa gave the ball to the ball. She dribbled the ball while Rukawa block her way. When she tried to dodge Rukawa, he just stole the ball from her and ran to the ring and shoots the ball. 'Whoa he's fast and good.' She was shocked at Rukawa's move.
"You were saying?" Rukawa said to her.
"Just you wait and see." She dribbled the ball again and tried to shoot the ball from the three-point line but failed.
Fifteen minutes had passed and she still hadn't made a single shot. She dribbled the ball and watched Rukawa closely. She distracted Rukawa by moving left to right. She ran as fast as she could and "lay-up" the ball.
"Wow." Rukawa mumbled.
"At last but I don't have time left. Drat." It was Rukawa who dribbled the ball this time.
'Maybe I shouldn't have gone easy on her.' Rukawa said in his mind. He used his moves on the girl and, the ball shoots. The one he always uses on Sendoh, the "cross-over". Rukawa passed the ball to the girl. She dribbled the ball to the center of the court. Before she knew it the ball was stolen from her by Rukawa. Rukawa dribbled the ball and dunk the ball. And the crowds went wild!!!
There's only one minute left and the girl still hadn't made her last shot. "You should give up now. You only have one minute left and you still hadn't made your last shot yet." Rukawa said.
"Shut up!" She dribbled the ball to the three-point ring. Rukawa blocked her way so she couldn't do her shot. She tried to evade him but her move doesn't work on him anymore. 10 seconds left the girl doesn't have any choice but to shoot the ball. She threw the ball and Rukawa jump to get the ball but it missed him. The ball keeps on turning round and round on the ring. 5…4…3…2…1…0…times up but the ball didn't shoot in the ring so the girl lost. The girl was sad at a moment but then she smiled. Killer smile. Ha! H a! Ha!
"That was the best game I ever had." The girl said
"Same here." Rukawa said. Both of them are tired so they sat down on the floor.
"I'm sorry for the way I acted earlier."
"It's okay." Then silence came over them. The girl looked at Rukawa.
'He looks familiar to me. Now where did I saw him?' the girl said to herself. Rukawa caught her looking at him.
"What?" Rukawa asked her. "Nothing." She said while blushing. Then silence again.
"So what's you're name?" Rukawa asked while blushing. The girl looked at him suspiciously.
"Why are you asking?"
"Nothing. It's just that I want to know your name the next time we had another one-on-one."
"Oh no! You're one of them are you?!" the girl said angrily.
"Who?" Rukawa said
"You know what I'm talking about! Your one of my grandparents spy!"
"What! I am not a spy. I just only want to know your name." Rukawa said. The girl looked at him looking for lies. When she saw that he was telling the truth she decided to tell him her name.
"Well I guess your right. I'm Tobukiro Suzume and I sorry it's just that my grandparents they're so strict but kind."
"Why do you say so?"
"Well they…hate basketball. Whenever I asked them about why they never tell me. For them basketball kills people or something like that. I can't imagine why would a wonderful grandparents, like them, would hate basketball so much."
"So that's the reason why are pissed off earlier."
"Yeah." Suzume said sadly. 'If only that's the problem I have on why got pissed off.' Suzume said in her mind. Rukawa looked at her then suddenly a vision came to him. Suzume and him are alone in the park. They are sitting in a park bench under the shed of a tree looking at the sunset. Then Rukawa held Suzume in her chin and kissed her. The next minute Suzume's hand is waving in front of his face calling his name. "Hey wake up." Suzume said.
"Sorry." Rukawa said. 'What am I doing?'
"Um… I have a favor to ask you Kaede-kun." Suzume said. "What is it?" Rukawa said.
"Well…would you please don't tell anybody I'm playing basketball? Please?" Suzume said pleadingly. Rukawa looked at her eyes and realize he would do anything for her. "Okay."
"Thanks!" Suddenly Suzume hugged Rukawa. "You're a great friend." Rukawa blushed at what Suzume did. "Well I have to go home now. Jane."
"Wait!" Rukawa said before Suzume went away. "You forgot your towel last Friday."
"Last Friday? Oh! So you're the guy from the gym last Friday."
"Yeah. Well I forgot to bring it today. So how about tomorrow at lunch here at the gym?"
"Sure. Well, see you tomorrow."
"Bye." Rukawa was left alone in the gym smiling to himself.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Notes:
At last I finished it. This my first fanfic. Really. Well I only watched Slam Dunk at AXN so I got interested in it. Sorry for the wrong grammar and sorry for the Haruko fans for not being paired up with Rukawa.