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Song: Sakura Kiss – Chieko Kawabe
Chapter 5: Not That Kinda Girl (part 3)
Syaoran.
I must be going nuts. Am I imagining it or something, but did I just saw that Kinomoto girl blew a kiss towards me a moment ago?
Yes she did and I'm damn sure of it. Why? Because she finds me hot? Nah… If she finds me hot, she wouldn't call me 'Big Ape' earlier this morning. But then again, she must think that I'm hot since she had just blown me a kiss just now.
Wait. I'm confusing myself, and it's all because of her. Damn it. Why must she do this to me? Wasn't that smile enough for any guy to fall for her? And that smile… so pure and angelic. Nothing like I've seen from the rest of the girls. I could only see lust in them but her, I see something else. And her gorgeous emerald eyes…
She is beautiful.
I'm sure as hell wouldn't admit this but I think I saw a group of dudes across the court glaring and watching me. Maybe they thought she's mine.
She's not mine.
Not yet.
Wait a minute. Did I just think about that? Oh crap. What has got into me?
And this reminds me to apologize to her for what I've done earlier this morning. I was using her, which I shouldn't have.
First she called me 'Mister I-thought-I-know-everyone' then 'Big Ape' and now she had blown a kiss at me. What is happening to this world?
I mean hey, I'm not complaining but I need to sort things out with her before she gets everyone confused; including me.
Females. I can never understand them…
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Takashi slapped a hand across Syaoran's chest, snapping him out of his gaze. "Heeeey…"
"What now?" Syaoran asked. This time he was glaring intensely at Takashi.
"Am I imagining it or something, but did I just saw Sakura blew a kiss towards your direction a moment ago?" Takashi asked wriggling his eyebrows.
"I really wouldn't know." Syaoran answered, his 'killer' eyes looked as if he could burn a hole through Takashi. "Don't ask me these type of questions again because I won't answer them."
"Come on Syaoran, you can always tell me anything. Ne Syaoran-" Takashi tugged Syaoran's sleeve playfully.
Syaoran shrugged Takashi's hands off his sleeve. "Since you know everything, why don't you go figure this one out on your own?" He spat out sarcastically.
Takashi pouted and said in a girly voice, "Eriol! Syaoran's being a big meanie again."
Syaoran looked at Takashi as if he doesn't value his life. "Oi-"
"Hmmm?"
"My glares do not seem to work on you doesn't it?"
"Nope." Takashi closed his eyes, grinning from ear to ear. Syaoran felt like wringing his neck.
Eriol and Tomoyo couldn't stop laughing at their friends' antics.
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Back to the game. So far the score was 30 to 12 in the favor of the red team. It took quite a while for the blue team to realize that the red team mostly used the Point Guard and the Center to score points. As a result, the score difference got wider, with Sakura leading the red team to victory.
Elie couldn't accept the fact that Sakura had made her a clown in front of everyone in the court, especially Syaoran. Just as she thought things would get better when she could show Syaoran how fine she plays, then maybe Syaoran would ask her out. Sakura is going to pay for this. Elie thought.
A/N: HAH! In her dreams… Neways…
Sakura was the one doing the most job of passing the ball to her teammates and stealing the ball from the other team. She was doing a great job, until Elie signaled her teammates to change positions; now three opponents were blocking Kim (the Center) and two (including Elie) were defending Sakura. Nanami, Charla and Sam were left without anyone to defend them.
Sakura felt herself losing energy faster than usual. She smirked. It was surprising to know that these girls in front of her made her sweat only for the first ten minutes of the game.
Her opponents usually made her sweat for the last five minutes of the game back in High School.
Sakura made an obvious blink towards her teammates and they gave a slight nod in return. Nanami and Charla assisted Kim and tried to distract the rest while she was doing her best to pass the ball to either one of her teammates.
She's going to pass the ball to Kim and there's no fucking way I'm going to make it easy for her. That's what Elie thought as she smirked.
Sakura braced herself and threw the ball across the court. Nobody actually knew where the ball went to...
Until Sam caught the ball and shoots it from outside the circle, earning the red team three more points.
Eriol frowned. "Those girls totally underestimated Sakura."
"Hell yeah. It's a wonder Sakura could stay long in that position, considering that she was doing the most job since the game started." Takashi agreed.
"Ara? Look at Sakura. She's sweating now." Tomoyo said.
"She had used twice her energy since she faced two opponents all by herself." Eriol explained. "And it seems like the game had just started for her now."
"Ganbatte Sakura-san!" Tomoyo tried to raise her voice, but instead it ended up as if she was squeaking.
Takashi snorted. "That's not the way to cheer someone. Here, let me show you the right way-"
He stood up and screamed at the top of his lungs, "Ganbatte Sakura-saaaaaaaan!" He punched his fist in the air.
Eriol and Tomoyo did the same. Syaoran slapped his forehead and shook his head. Sometimes he wondered how and why he ended up with these motley group of people whom he called friends...
Right now two opponents (including Elie) were guarding Sakura, making it hard for her to elude her opponents nor passing the ball to any one of her teammates. Sakura glimpsed at Sam. Sam has an opponent blocking her from receiving any passes from Sakura. Apparently the blue team had figured out a small part their second plan.
Sakura could hear her friends cheering for her. She gave a slight smile of confidence and the glint in her eyes showed that she would now show everyone what she was really made up of.
Through Elie's experience, Sakura's expression made her assume that Sakura has planned not to pass the ball to her teammates; she was going for the shot herself. Sakura saw a loop hole in Elie and Shanna's (Elie's teammate) defense and charge through them. She managed to elude both of them and was heading to the hoop. She was near the hoop and was about to do a simple shot when out of nowhere, Elie's teammate Summer, the biggest and tallest player in that team, appeared in front of Sakura. Summer's huge hands were blocking off Sakura's aim for the shot.
Sakura obviously couldn't waste this shot and expect Nanami to grab the rebound. It was not the fact that Sakura didn't trust Nanami; it was Sakura who just wouldn't give up.
It felt like time had stopped when Sakura was face-to-face with Summer and both jumped at the same time. Summer pulled back her right arm and was ready to smack the ball. Sakura noticed this and with both hands on the ball, she transferred it to her right hand, swiftly moved her right arm forward and flicked her wrist.
Before Summer knew, she was smacking through thin air. She tried to refrain her arm from going further but it landed on Sakura's shoulder. Summer's powerful hit caused Sakura to yelp in pain as she fell backwards, landing on her butt. The ball had hit the board before it went through the hoop.
Everyone in the gym stopped whatever they were doing. The dudes who were busy ogling at the girls gasped and their mouths dropped in horror. Even the girls across the court who were having the cheerleader tryouts stopped bitching and it seemed like everyone's eyes were fixed on Sakura and Summer.
At that moment, the echoed sound of the same ball bouncing on the shiny wooden floor could only be heard in the court.
The silence was deafening; Nobody actually knew how long they were staring at Sakura and Summer before Coach Kaito blew the whistle.
"Defense – Pushing. One free throw to the red team." Coach Kaito said out loud.
The dudes roared in agreement and gave a round of applause. Everyone was interested in the game now.
"Are you alright?" Charla asked while helping Sakura up.
Sakura winced as she tried moving her left shoulder. It hurts a lot and she knew that that area would bruise the next day. "I'm okay-" She answered, putting on a brave face.
All the players gathered around the circle before Sakura did the free throw. She got the ball in the hoop. She had gained three more points for the red team.
Sakura wiped a bead of sweat that was rolling on the bridge of her nose with her wristband. Nobody have to know she was in pain. If her opponents knew, they would use her weakness against her. If her teammates knew, they would sympathize her and that would make it obvious for their opponents. They say a person's weakness can be somebody else's strength.
Elie approached Summer and gave a pat on her back. "Great job Summer."
"But I did foul her." Summer protested.
Elie snorted. "Who cares? You've got four more fouls to go." She looked straight at Summer in the eyes. "And I want you to spent them on Sakura..."
A/N: In basketball, each of the players have five chances for them to have offensive or defensive fouls. It's like some sort of a warning for them. If the player have five fouls under their names, he or she will be out of the game. Back to the story...
Five minutes have passed and apparently the blue team were aiming on destroying Sakura; pushing, tripping, holding, charging into, anything that could impede Sakura's progress to the basket.
The score gap was getting closer because the blue team managed to stop the source of the red team; Sakura.
Sakura, on the other hand, did not give up. Let them crush her. Destroy her. She wasn't ready to give up yet. If she did, what will her teammates think of her? They will never trust her again. The blue team might win the battle, but the red team were determined to win the war.
"You don't need to have a big body to play this game. There are a lot of ways on how small people play. Skills or experience don't always win the game. All you need is determination and will.'
The crowd in the gym were increasing minute by minute. News spread through the whole school like wildfire. People heard that there was an ongoing basketball practice game happening at the moment and they would regret it if they missed it out.
Sakura faced Elie and Shanna again. She took a deep breath and concentrated on the game, despite her tremendous lost of energy and the stinging pain on her left shoulder. She managed to elude both of them and faced Summer again.
Nanami saw this one coming and ran to assist Sakura. Elie and Shanna chased after Sakura but got blocked by Nanami.
Summer was defending the basket and she didn't care if she got another foul again. Summer had intended to push Sakura, but Sakura, being a smaller and a faster player than Summer, moved faster than her and did a simple lay-out shot. Summer did got a foul for pushing anyway, because Charla protected Sakura by blocking Summer off while Sakura went for the shot.
Sakura helped Charla up. "Thanks-" She said breathlessly.
Charla smiled and winked, trying to lighten up their moods. "No problem Sakura. If they want a piece of you, they will get a piece of us too-"
Sakura's eyes glittered. She gave a thin smile and nodded. Charla had reminded Sakura that she was never alone in this game. Nanami, Kim and Sam crowd around Sakura and Charla.
"Hey you girls okay?" Sam asked out of concern.
Kim frowned. "I swear, this isn't what I thought Basketball is all about."
"Hell yeah." Nanami agreed, glaring at the blue team. "Are they trying to kill us or something? This is just a practice game for God's sake why they are so uptight about it?"
"It must be that bitch." Charla nodded towards Elie's direction.
"Let the matter rest. We just have to keep on playing." An idea had struck Sakura. "Girls – wanna hear something?" Sakura whispered to her teammates and after that, all the players gathered around the circle for Sakura's free throw.
Sakura got the ball into the basket and the red team was still leading with the score of 39 to 34. Five more minutes to the end of the practice game.
Everyone commented that Sakura's the greatest female basketball player they've ever seen not to mention the fact that she also have the beauty, the brains and the body on top of everything. Meilin, Rika, Naoko and Chiharu did the cheerleader dance for the red team and basically everybody was making a lot of noise,rooting on their favorite teams.
Eriol smiled a contented smile. "Sakura must have told her teammates to foul their opponents."
"She knows how to use her assets and her team's assets to take advantage of their opponent's weaknesses. I have to give her props for that." Takashi was impressed.
Syaoran noticed Sakura's stiff movements like she was in pain, but her face showed the opposite. Her eyes were now a dull green that showed no expression at all.
Her shoulder. Syaoran just remembered. He was definitely impressed of Sakura's will and determination, despite being small, delicate and fragile. He was fuming inside when the blue team cornered her, trying ways to dampened her hopes and strength. He felt like going to the coach and tell him to stop the game but he couldn't because Sakura didn't give up, but pushed herself more harder every time. Sakura had gained his respect just by being herself.
At the moment, Elie deliberately pushed Sakura. Sakura yelped in pain and groan as she fell.
Syaoran felt the bulge in his shorts getting bigger and bigger. Sakura's simplest movements and sounds seemed to have affected him so much. Tightening his jaw, he clenched his fists and suddenly stood up, heading for the door out of the gym.
"Leaving already?" Eriol asked.
"I'm going for a walk." Syaoran simply replied.
"Don't you want to know who will win?" Tomoyo asked.
"We all know who is going to win." Syaoran answered as he left the gym.
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Syaoran headed for the gent's, cursing to himself along the way. Lucky he was wearing a black baggy basketball shorts. If not, everyone could have seen his erection.
Syaoran burst through the door and rushed for the nearest cubicle. A short frail-looking guy with glasses was on the cubicle beside him, nervously eyeing Syaoran's member.
Syaoran gave the death-glare at that poor dude. "What the fuck are you fucking looking at?" He barked.
The guy quickly moved his head away from Syaoran and adjusted his glasses nervously. "No-Not-Nothing-" He stammered. After he finish his 'business', he quickly zipped his pants and left the toilet, leaving the fuming wolf inside.
"Fucking busybody's who cannot mind their own business," Syaoran cursed as he looked down.
Now Syaoran knew why that dude had been looking at his member. He had made a mess of himself.
"Great – Just fucking great." He raised up his hands to surrender. He must be going crazy since he just got turned on by some girl who was only playing basketball. If his friends knew about this, he will be so embarrassed to face all of them.
Syaoran suddenly remembered and mentally thanked God he got the same looking black shorts for spare in his locker.
A/N: Ah... a shorter chapter from me in 5 days. More coming soon and OMG Syaoran what have you done! Hahahahaha RR ne! Sankyuu and Ciao!